Thursday, September 30, 2010

So Thankful.............



So, the Design Divas had a challenge......in a nutshell: Do something you have never done before and create something to demonstrate/illustrate how it made you feel. Also, we had to use something from our stash that we hadn't used yet. Something I had never done before was to RAK someone (merely because I never can seem to get to the post office, like it's the dentist office or something---ha!). Anyway, on the All Things Tim Yahoo group they started (or perhaps re-started) an organized RAKing system for those in our group that may need uplifting for whatever reason. So, I bit the bullet (oh, the commitment ;)) and submitted my name the first time a request went out. I really enjoyed it so did it again the next week when another request went out. Well, long story not so short---I created this tag to illustrate the emotions involved. For my never used stash I used the metal keyhole 'brad' and the copper ribbon.


I am also submitting this to these challenges:
CCC#16: Wrinkle Free Distress (my 2nd entry) on Studio L3 blog by the fab Linda
Simon Says Stamps Challenge: Autumn Photo Inspired Challenge


Supplies:

** Distress Inks: Forest Moss, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo and Rusty Hinge

**misc. key and keyhole

**various ribbons/fibers

**Face stamp by Hampton Art

**Musical stamp by All Night Media

**Clock stamp by Rubber Stampede

**Metal Photo Corner from Tim Holtz Idea-ology line

18 comments:

CuddlyBunny said...

Holy Cow! I think you've mastered this week's CCC technique!

This tag is GORGEOUS, too!

Love the mix of stamps and embellishments!

Pam said...

Very beautiful background! The colors are great!

lena-dailyscrap said...

Beautiful tag with great colours and gorgeous stamping!

MarleneMAZ said...

Nice background colours, great job with the tag.

Kate's Makes said...

This is so beautiful and i love the touch of the key and lock embellishments :o) Thanks for playing along with the SFTW challenge! Kate x

donna said...

Very cool background and tag.

Unknown said...

I love it. It is quite beautiful. I love how the musical notes float on the page and absolutely love the colors!

Evelyn S. said...

The colors are absolutely fabulous....and you've chosen the perfect images. Beautiful!

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous tag Deanne ,,, I love the colours you used and the stamps and embellies are perfect :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)

luv
Lols x x x

June Houck said...

Perfect D! I am so glad I got to see this beauty IRL. I like your post office-dentist reference, though dentists may call you an anti-dentite :) I'd rather watch golf on tv than go to the dentist, though I actually really like my current dentist and the one previous.

Kathy Eddy said...

This is so pretty Deanna. I love the colors you used on it.

Sue West said...

This is lovely. What gorgeous colours, and fab stamps and embellishments.
Sue x

Rhonda said...

Awesome! Love that you have stepped outside of your comfort zone and discovered how fun it is. This tag is gorgeous and love all of the meaning behind it - cheers!!

Anonymous said...

So Pretty, Deanna!!

Terry said...

Very cool and love the images! Great use of colors!

Joanne Stott said...

Love this tag creation, it reminds me of one of my first projects i did at Art School, which i thoroughly enjoyed creating. Well it's certainly perfect for out challenge at SFTW and good luck.

Hugs

Joanne x

Yelowflower said...

what a lovely tag, your mix of textures and colors is awesome.

Linda Ledbetter said...

Deanna, this is SO cool! I love your dramatic wrinkle-free distressed background, and the sweet sentiment and great stamping. What a lovely approach to the challenge to do something new! I know whoever receives this beautiful RAK will be thrilled. You rocked the CCC, as always, and created yet another full-on feast for the eyes!