Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Tag Tuesday - Shore Birds


Tag Tuesday's theme this week is Sea Birds. A while back I thrifted a complete set of 1920 Universal Encyclopedia of Ready Reference which has some great illustrations. 
One page had Shore Birds - I loved the sepia colours which reminded me of sand. I tried something new using a piece of corrugated cardboard for the background. I stitched the original illustration to the background along with some scrap paper and vintage lace. I added the buttons as a final embellishment. Enjoy. Jewels
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  1. SusanJuly 17, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    Beautiful!

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  2. LeslieJuly 17, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Mmm... I love this one, Jewels. I have that same polka dot paper, just haven't used it yet. I like the lace with the industrial corrugated - nice juxtaposition of elements.

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  3. JoannaJuly 17, 2012 at 4:37 PM

    Mmmmmm, yummy - this is lovely. Brilliant illustrations (great find) and I like how you've done it on corrugated cardboard. It looks great, well done Jewels :)

    x

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  4. queenb2uJuly 17, 2012 at 8:01 PM

    Great job, Jewels. I have been working with cardboard too...you know how great minds work! I like the combination.

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  5. creativelennaJuly 23, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    beautiful, Jewels, I love the illustration and the way you have sewn it onto the cardboard! Really nice look to this, great tag.

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