When I strolled through our new queen Susie Australia's beautiful gallery I knew I wanted to do a tag, and was inspired mainly by this vintage tag and this little girl tag I wasn't sure how I was going to incorporate it into a card, but at some point in the process of this card when I was playing around with the butterfly, I came to the realization that I could use the butterfly itself AS the pocket! This ended up working even better after a big "uh oh" moment when the butterfly tore in two. As I was trying to figure out how to reassemble it I overlapped the two pieces and loved how it looked. I reinforced behind the join with a cardstock oval then glued down only the edges of the butterfly.
My tag has rub on accents and a jumbo eyelet with twine. It it layered over an embossed black piece with pocket watches. I'm playing along with the Dirty Dozen central theme of "time" with the thought of taking time to remember and vintage images and accents. My base has a woodgrain wheeled onto it as a nod to Susie's girl tag.
Close ups and a photo of the tag out of the pocket are on my blog
Date: Friday, October 18, 2013 GMT Views: 2434
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Sat, Oct 19, 2013 @ 6:15 AM
This is absolutely awesome!! I love everything!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 24, 2006 Location: Deep in the Heart of TEXAS Posts: 15980
Sun, Oct 20, 2013 @ 3:42 PM
Gail this is a lovely, lovely card! Nice job! Love all the wonderful details!
------------------------------ Phyllis Young at heart, slightly older in other parts. We really never grow up, we just learn how to act in public!! What if you woke up today with only what you had thanked God for yesterday??
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Sun, Oct 20, 2013 @ 3:56 PM
Gail, a butterfly pocket ! Purely genius! And totally lovely case.
------------------------------ Pat Smethers "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden." Isaiah 58:11
Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7619
Mon, Oct 21, 2013 @ 2:18 PM
Hi Gail. Sorry, I missed this earlier. Wow!! This is an amazing card. I love all the vintage elements that come together to create a piece of art!! Fabulous job and a wonderful tribute to Susie.