Vintage-ish Valentine Tag, &quot;Je t'aime&quot;

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Vintage-ish Valentine Tag, &quot;Je t'aime&quot;

Cheers

Awww, thanks guys!! :)

May 21, 2007

ooo this is sooo pretty! love how you used french and the rubons are divine!

May 21, 2007

You make the best tags ever! You should sell them!

May 18, 2007

Gosh; this is lovely!

February 07, 2007

Absolutely beautiful!

January 14, 2007

This is so cool!

January 09, 2007

This is a greaat card. Hope you don't mind if I use your idea. Into my favorites it goes.

January 06, 2007

I saw this in the gallery and I knew it was your! LOVE it!

January 04, 2007

Fantastic!! Love it. Augustine

January 04, 2007

Vintage-ish Valentine Tag, "Je t'aime"

Took patterned paper (I think it's by K&Company, it's called "Newspaper Flat Paper") and used the TBB&M cartridge to cut a 5 inch bevel top holed tag on the mirror cut.

Then, I wasn't satisfied with the strength of the tag, so I cut another (sans mirror) on 'chipboard' (sold by Sizzix, it's really like a thin cardboard, in my opinion, I don't know what the technical difference is, but it's not as thick as "chipboard" sounds).

Inserted the cardboard between the two mirrors and adhered both sides (trimmed the bit of excess chipboard that stuck out as well).

Used the Cuttlebug to cut an ornate corner on burgundy suede paper ("Vintage" dies by Noralee Peterson made for Cuttlebug) and glued to corner of tag.

Inked edges of tag with black ink and then lightly intermittantly inked along entire tag.

Cut and frayed a length of 7 gypsies "le monde" black gaffer's tape. Sanded tape to further distress it.

Stamped tag with InkADinkADo heart in ColorBox "Chianti" colored ink, and then added another stamp (unknown maker, bought at Michael's in an ornamentation ink stamp set) with Memories black ink at the top of the tag.

Didn't like the exact color of the Chianti ink to the rest of the card so I took a black colored pencil and lightly darkened the heart stamped area.

Added rub-on (of unknown origin) below heart.

Punched holes for 3 mini brads along bottom and added MM black mini brads. Added MM black snaps in the tag's existing holes at the top.

Cut Magenta Black Mesh "Paper" with deckle edged scissors and set, off center. Adhered with Zig two way glue.

Took small length of sheer black bordered ribbon (from Michael's) and trimmed ends at an angle. Folded at an angle and then stapled to tag using two staples applied in an "X" sort of pattern.

Finally, added "Je t'aime" sticker from MAMBI (Love & Romance Sayings).

whew! ;)