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Hallo Everybody!

Happy Valentine's Day

to you all.  May your day

be filled with love and

lusciousness (that's my

alternative word for

chocolates and flowers!)

I recall a few years ago that

our local supermarket was

handing out a single red rose

to every shopper as they left

the store.  Amazing how that

perked you up and made

you feel a valued customer

................... shame they 

have never repeated the

gesture ....

All that aside, Jane Castle

has the Valentine slot today

with the quirkiest  tag

sure to bring a smile to

anyone's lips

"Today I'd like to share with you a tag 

I've made and there is no stamping

 involved----

 just paint, inks, glue and fun!

To start with I gave all the Tando Creative

 parts a coat of white gesso except for 

the heart. 

While the tag was drying I squirted the

 shaving foam into a washed out vegetable

container (this can then be thrown away 

without having to wash out!) and 

added the alcohol inks. 

For this I used 4 colours and then lightly

 swirled these around in the foam. 

The tag was then laid onto the top of

 the foam and lightly pressed

If this process is new to you there are 

numerous videos on line just put in 

'Shaving foam and Alcohol inks'.

You can usually get several prints from 

the same batch and you can add extra inks 

if needed. 

The added bonus is your card/tag

 smells lovely too!

Now for the quirky bird and heart;

 the face, eyes and hands were painted in 

Blush and the feet and beak in Haystack

Once dry the beak was then given 

some detail with a white pen.

The heart was coloured with red ink and then 

given 2 layers of clear embossing powder 

and the beak just 1 layer.

The edges of the tag were hi-lighted with 

some silver embossing powder.

For the body of the bird I glued some ric-rak 

to the bottom edge and then made the 

dress from a scrap of Core-dinations card. 

The same ric-rak was added for the 

edge of the sleeves.

The cheeks were added using a cotton bud 

and some chalk ink and the eyes are just circles

 punched from some blue card and then 

self-adhesive gems for the pupils.

The hair is black felt and the

 toe nails added with Enamel Accents.

I have made this to tie onto a bar of

 my Husbands favourite chocolate for

 Valentines Day but it could be used

 for any gift to a loved one.

Enjoy your day and any crafting you might 

be able to fit into the week ahead. 

Bye for now

Jane X

Thank you Jane, such a novel idea

I'm thinking that if you wanted to

you could make this up into a

card quite easily and even use

it as a get well card ..........!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx