A three-fer tag

Today would have been my Grandmother's birthday.  For those who don't know, I was raised by my grandparents from birth.  Even though I lost her two weeks after I turned 21, I miss her to this day (and every day).

So much for sentimentality.  It has nothing to do with this tag I created.  Just a bit of nostalgia creeping in.  BTW, it's also World Vegetarian Day, a cause that is a lifestyle I have adopted.

For days I've been trying to find a way to wrap my head around the Steampunk theme of Joan's at Tag Tuesday.  When I finally found a suitable image (or at least one I thought might be suitable) I realized it also met the requirements at Moo-Mania & More's theme In the Air.  And since I didn't have very many cogs, which seem to go with Steampunk, I thought clocks would make a good substitute.  That's where Try it on Tuesday came in with their Clocks theme this fortnight.

Here is the man in his flying contraption right out of the Victorian era.

Cogs and clocks seem to go hand in hand.  The black clock is a transparency, but I smeared it as I was attaching it.

I started by making two tags, then added some acrylic paint to the top one.  Next I spritzed both with some of my shimmering mists.  While the mists were drying, I cut out the focal image, the flying man.  Then I cut three strips of card stock and stamped two with my handmade chevron stamp using dye ink.  Next I stamped various clocks and cogs using various pigment inks.  I stamped one clock on a transparency.  I arranged the pieces I stamped on card stock and assembled them on the two tags.  I sewed them to the two tags using variegated thread, then added the focal image.

Thanks for visiting today.  I appreciate it.  Also, please join me at Tag Tuesday,  Moo-Mania & More, and Try it on Tuesday.