Decorated Tag

A decorated tag that I have made for the Summer Love Challenge on the Gecko Galz Blog August 2020.

The size of the tag is 8 inches long by 4 inches wide.

To start I edged the tag with gold gilding paste, then I papered the front of the tag with a pretty patterned paper from the Gecko Galz Etsy store, and the image of the couple is also from the Gecko Galz.

For behind the frame I cut a lace trim into sections and layered that so it is larger than the framed image. I then used a die cut frame in purple. The image of the couple was glued on top of the lace and then the frame layered over that to make it the focal point of the tag. I then arranged the paper flowers in white, ivory and purple into a spray and some sisal and then arranged it around the bottom right hand corner of the frame, also on the top left of the frame I added three pearls.

At the base of the tag I added an ivory coloured lace trim and some small flower embellishments and for the top of the tag I added a small ivory coloured lace flower and a small flower embellishment

The digital images used from the Gecko Galz on Etsy are 

Springs Song Paper Pack

J'Taime Collage Set

I want to enter the Gecko Galz Summer Love Challenge 2020 Gecko Galz

Vintage style decorated envelope
 
This is made out of a large envelope. I used a pretty shop bought floral paper to decorate the envelope and the image on the front is from the Gecko Galz Etsy store

 For the front of the envelope I used one sheet of the same design and cut it so when the cover is closed the pattern matches. The frame around the image is from Tim Holtz. I used an image of a frame from My Porch Prints and I added the word 'dream' to that, then I added a small section of cheesecloth and a paper butterfly.

On the inside section on the right hand side I added a fold out flap and then added a pocket onto that and for the middle section I also added a pocket. Then for the middle section at the top I added a flap that flips upwards and I added a pocket to that

On the middle section on the flap I made an oblong embellishment decorated with patterned paper, cheesecloth and a butterfly

On  the flap at the bottom right I used a pretty postcard. To finish off the look I added lace, cheesecloth and small paper butterfly

All of the tags are cut out of kraft card for the base. I decorated all of the tags with collage of different scraps of patterned paper. On some of the tags I added small images, lace, cheesecloth and small paper butterflies, I also added a word to each tag. To finish I added a crochet trim for the top of each tag and tied them with string

On the back of the envelope I added a large pocket that it can be used for extra storage