28th February, 2015 A Pretty Heart Tag.

 

 

Good Afternoon to everyone, hope you are all having a lovely weekend.  February is almost over and Spring is most definitely in the air.  My tortoise has woken up  !  He was making scratting sounds with his little legs and making his presence known.  He is now in my kitchen, laid on a blanket to gradually thaw out a lot more. As soon as he has a drink of water, which will not be for a good few days, then we will know that he's fine. He will be allowed to have the run of the kitchen until the weather is really nice then he will be moved to his little house in the garden. What a spoilt tortoise  !

 

Here at last is my pretty tag style card, a heart one, done in pinks and brown.

 

The die that I used was from the Cheery Lyn dies. The cardstock was a tad too thin so I die cut the white base out twice and layered.

 

The second heart, done in light brown is also from the same die set by Cheery Lynn.

 

 

 

 

I added some white seam binding ribbon to the top of the heart, tied in with some white lace style knitting wool  ! not wool like at all, more material in feel, made by Sirdar , called Fire Fox.  It is from a cardigan I was making many years ago, never completed, still in the drawer, and about five balls of ' wool ' never used, so I have out it to good use in my card making. I think it is quite pretty and a tad different. A large white pearl popped in the middle.

 

 

The butterfly has been die cut twice, layered,  embossed and glittered and a few white flat backed pearls down the centre.

 

 The centre heart was put through my wriggly mangle, white paste smudged onto it.  The LOVE die covered in heavy embossing powder and a diamonte in the middle of the O

 

 

The roses have white paste added to them to give a Shabby Chic look, and the rose leaves embossed also. I have put a few sprays of white dried gypsophila here and there.

 

Hope you like the pretty tag, thank you for stopping by, have a lovely day, Hugs  !! xx