Borrowing the Dream

Hello all!  I'm here with a CASEing today - not something I do very often.

The moment I saw the glorious tag created by my fellow Creative Guide, Jennie of Live the Dream, for the most recent Tag Friday over at A Vintage Journey, I fell in love with it.  So today, I'm "borrowing the dream". 

Seeing the tag made me want to play right away, and I then checked in with the lovely Jennie to make sure she was okay with me sharing the result here on the blog.

If you want to see the beautiful original, it's right here, and you'll also be able to see how to make your own version.

Mine's really very close to Jennie's - not quite the same Infusions colour, and slightly different finishing touches, but other than that I'm deeply indebted to her for the inspiration and for the lovely time I had at my craft table playing.












I adored the light, ethereal quality of the tag - so typical of Jennie's work - and that wonderful background crackle, as well as the tall, elegant shape.  I'm sure I did order some of those long thin tags before I went to NYC, but I'm blowed if I can find them in my somewhat chaotic craft room.  So I grabbed a jumbo MDF tag and off I went.














I wasn't very successful with keeping my design tape strips showing through, but it gives such a great texture to the crackle - all sealed in with DecoArt Ultra Matte Varnish, so it's going nowhere - that I really don't mind.













Instead, I used some script stamping for additional detail.  (It's a PaperArtsy stamp which came as a freebie extra and has become a firm favourite.)













In any case, some more design tapes get pride of place as backing to the quote I've used from my PaperArtsy EAB09 Love Edition stamp set.












That was probably one of my main reasons for wanting to re-create Jennie's look... I really wanted to combine it with this particular quote.

My love for her tag certainly blossomed suddenly and unexpectedly!













The flower stems are coloured with Indigo Infusions powder - the same powder which provides the shaded colour in the background over the white crackle.














Some Idea-ology accents add a touch of metal...
















... accented with just a sweep of white acrylic paint.















And I've dotted around some of my ivory sequins.

They catch the light beautifully.














Some linen ribbon at the top, and that's pretty much that. 

Creating my own version of an inspiration tag reminded me how much I've missed Tim's fabulous 12 Tags challenge.  It's so lovely not to have to do your own thinking sometimes! 

So thank you, Jennie, for providing me with a carefree hour or so at the craft table, and also for reminding me that I really should play with the Infusions powders more often.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you're all having a great weekend, and I'll be round for a catch up soon.

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
Herman Hesse