Aunt Millie

I'm once again joining Wendy, this fortnight's host at Tag Tuesday.  And because I used some numbers in this tag, I'm also joining Try it on Tuesday.

I carefully checked the Tag Tuesday blog for size constrictions, and when I found none, I created this large tag that incorporates a smaller tag as part of the layout. 

The texture begins at the top with a piece of corrugated cardboard I dipped in the same walnut ink I colored everything else.  I was really amazed at how different substrates and materials took the walnut ink differently.

Aunt Millie (one of TH's faux relatives) was sewn to the smaller tag then placed over two doilies

that were also dipped in the same walnut ink.  The washi tape didn't get any walnut ink.

The clock number sits on a textured sand paint chip sample.  I stapled the paint chip sample to the tag.

I must have taken twenty photos of "Aunt Millie," then I realized it was not my camera, but the image that wasn't in focus.

I stapled more corrugated cardboard to the bottom of the tag.  I apparently ran out of gold staples because they suddenly turned that steel color of regular staples.

I admit this has been one of my favorite entries I have created in a long time.

Materials used include corrugated cardboard, S&H green stamps, two doilies, washi tape, a clock number, a paint chip sample, staples, a faux family member, fancy fibers, and two tags I cut from used file folders.  Most everything was colored using walnut ink.

Don't forget to visit Tag Tuesday, where Wendy's theme is texture.

And don't forget to visit Try it on Tuesday, where their current theme is Numbers and/or Letters.

You'll find me at both places.  Thanks for visiting today, because I'm especially proud of this tag.