Paris on my mind

Today I'm joining Wendy who is hosting Tag Tuesday this fortnight with her theme Paris.   Those of you who are long term visitors to my blog might remember that I have admired Wendy's art since I met her through the two Craft Barn Challenges I played in.

I was inspired by my friend Valerie, who used these two iconic Parisian images on her blog.

I mixed two pigment ink colors to create these stamped images. 

For the background, I added a French ledger from my files that I covered with gesso to tone it down.

After I sewed the image to the tag,

I added the lace (colored with dye ink), which reminded me of stitching

I'm sure you noticed the stitching, which means I can also join Try it on Tuesday with their theme Stitch It (real or faux).

Of course, I also wanted to join Yvonne of Meggy's Way who is hosting Art Journal Journey this month with her chosen theme of Colo(u)r in my World.

For Yvonne's theme, I've created a page for my scrappy journal.  I added the tag to the right side of the page.  Even though there are a lot of colors in the tag, I think you'll agree that this is a rather pink day!

It's too bad I only have black ink in my two printers,

so the Paris inspired art and words had to be created in black.

For this piece, I started with a sheet of pale pink copier/printer paper, then added the printed words and image using variegated thread to the left side.  I also added black card stock.  For the right side, I added the tag I made.

Thanks for joining me today as I visit

Tag Tuesday,

Try it on Tuesday,



and

Art Journal Journey.






I hope you'll join me there, too!