Not exactly days of wine and roses

 

Because we still have a few more days in November, I'm once again joining Wendy, our host this month at Art Journal Journey, with her theme entitled Birds. 

I wanted to create something that would have a very feminine feel to it.

I did a play on words when I created the sentiment. 

 

I auditioned several pieces of lace for the focal image

 

which included a rose.

For this page, I began with a lovely and colorful image I had in my stash.  Not sure where I got it, but I've definitely had it a LONG time.  I printed it and the sentiment using my laser printer, which has only black ink.  I auditioned many different pieces of lace until I was happy with each one.  Because everything, including the black cardstock background was black and white, I used black and white variegated thread to sew the laces to the page and the images.

While you're here,

I thought you might like to see the tag I created for Valerie's theme at Tag Tuesday which is Pets.  Goaded by both Valerie and Bleubeard, I finally finished this today.

I went a little overboard on the photos.  You might be able to see where I tried to punch a hole that included the incredibly thick plastic substrate I used as backing.  You can also see the heart I created from handmade textured paper.

I love this photo of Bleubeard's close-up.

For this tag, I started with a sheet of very thick plastic (1/8 inch), then covered it with vintage sheet music.  Next, I layered washi paper, two tickets, a clear rectangle cut glass, a button, and a feather found in my yard.  Bleubeard swears he had nothing to do with the feather and I believe him. I finished it off by adding the textured heart and outlining the tag with purple ink.

Thanks so very much for visiting Bleubeard and me today.  We sincerely hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Birds, and at Tag Tuesday with your take on Pets.  

I'm also joining AEDM.  Today is Day 28 and I created a journal page for Art Journal Journey and a tag for Tag Tuesday.