A tag inspired by Karen's Colour Cube

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

Well I got my 'comeuppance' yesterday, I had a lovely day out with Lucy on Tuesday,  she took me to get some Terracotta pots, now, I didn't do any lifting or anything, the pots wouldn't fit in the back of Lucy's car with my wheelchair taking most of the room, so they had to go in my foot well in the car, I had my legs either side of them for the journey home,  I felt tired from the day out and a little achy but otherwise ok, forward a few hours and as I got out of bed I felt that tell tale Sciatica 'twinge', I managed to gety breakfast and sit at my desk but oh my word,  I went to get up and that electric shock pain shot from the top of my bum cheek down my leg, the pain was that intense I literally couldn't move my leg, I was stuck,  I could neither sit back down or stand up,  Paul just looked at me and said 'what can I do' , sadly there is nothing that anyone can do, he fetched my crutches to my side and I have made my way to the sofa, I have no idea if i will be able to get into my bed tonight!!  I haven't had a sciatica flare up for a long time, thankfully,  I am hoping and praying that this is a brief flare! 🙏 🤞

Now onto today's tag, Karen was telling me about asking 'Alexa' or 'Sirri' to pick one of the cards from her 'Color Cube'  038 was picked, Karen shared the card with me and I thought I would have a go. 

I had a play and came up with Distress oxides Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy,  Abandoned Coral,  The brown I mixed Vintage Photo and Gathered twigs, the last colour Tea Dye, I mean they aren't exact but a good comparison. 

I blended the 3 pinks onto my tag, the used the Tea Dye through a stencil to give interest  

To decorate the tag  I used a die set I have only used once,  I created the vase by blending browns and spritzing with water, to give it a glazed effect I added clear embossing ink and clear powder and heat set, I did a couple of coats to give the right texture. 

The finishing touches were the branches and tiny flowers that I cut from that colour swatch I did at the beginning,  I used dark brown card for the branches, sentiment and flower centres.  I picked a couple of ribbons that worked tonally with the chosen colours. 

Thank you Karen for inspiring me ❣️

I hope that you all have a lovely day,

Love and hugs, 

Sandra xxx