Yesterday I made a tag to join in with this month's Tag Along and ATC Challenge, a fun way to spend a wet afternoon! The tag base is an A&C die, cut from white cardstock inked an stencilled in shades of green, I used 2 Lavinia stencils for this. I cut an arched aperture from the centre and stamped and embossed the garden sentiment on the black base tag. The silhouette stamps were a magazine 'freebie' many moons ago, I added a die cut leafy sprig and another embossed sentiment.
The insert is ATC size, not sure if counts as an ATC because I added the little tab to the side. I stencilled the clouds, stamped the birds and sentiment and added another die cut sprig and a doodled border.
Have had a lovely day today, celebrating my youngest granddaughter's 6th birthday. It seems like yesterday she was a tiny baby, they do grow up too fast!
Thanks for stopping by
Chris
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Challenge entries
cardsgalore July Challenge
letscreate #221
tripleb July Challenge
acutabove July Challenge
16 comments:
Gorgeous tag Chris, love the colour and surprise ATC that pops out with its lovely sky and birds, beautiful tag..
luv CHRISSYxx
Beautiful tag! Love the contrast between the black and green. The aperature with the ATC looks amazing. Great use of your die cuts. Thanks for sharing with A Cut Above's July Challenge.
Your central ATC in the arched aperture is gorgeous against the floral tag
What a unique design Chris, I've made tags with a central aperture but to create this as at ATC is real thinking outside the box and very inspirational. Thanks so much for joining us at Tag-Along (and ATC's) July challenge.
We had a wet afternoon as well, 10ml in half a hour, everything is looking so fresh and overnight the lawns have gone from brown to green so think the tractor will be out today.
B x
What a beautiful Tag and ATC love the design and colours are perfect. Ginny x
It looks so beautiful and remind me on my daily walks. Glad you joined us at the Dream Factory. Good luck. Gundi
Beautiful tag Chris, love the scene you created and the lovely ATC is a really lovely touch. xx
oh wow! So many beautiful details, loved the aperture, not knowing it was going to reveal an ATC - brilliant work.
This is absolutely beautiful and so great to see you at my Garden Party this time!
Ellie
Ellibelle's Corner
What a lovely tag you have made. Thank you for participating in Let's Craft and Create.
What a gorgeous tag and your ingenious way of using an ATC inside is brilliant. I will have to adapt that for one of my mini books Chris. Absolutely love it! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Tag-along (and ATCs).
Beautiful and creative tag! I love tags!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Triple B!
Diane TB Co-Owner
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Your tag is so beautiful. Apologies for being MIA, unpacking boxes after moving house has been a huge chore xx
Chris, this is such a clever fusion of form and function—your layered use of the aperture and ATC creates a delightful reveal that feels like opening a tiny secret garden. The mix of Lavinia stencils with the silhouette stamps adds a gentle magic, and the leafy sprigs frame everything so beautifully. It’s like each detail was planted with intention, growing into a scene that’s both serene and spirited. What a lovely way to brighten a rainy afternoon!
Fabulous tag and ATC I love how you have combined the two the stamps, stencilling and colours are gorgeous
hugs
lorraine x
Your tag looks amazing, that background is so inspiring. And love the ATC "surprize" so fun. Thank you for joining us at the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge.
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