Tuesday 12 November 2013

TAG-ging Along--- Festive Style ;)

A big hello to all my friends !

Hope you all enjoyed  the festivities with your  near and dear ones. Today I'm sharing a tag inspired by a few challenges. This is my first tag and also this is the first time I made something that is all layered and loaded up. I must admit, I had a hard time figuring out how I should go with all the layering and adding details. I have seen a few crafters who are so good at this.

Here's my tag-



To make this tag, I used a thick base cut from the old wedding invitation cards. Then covered it with a blue coloured paper.

 For making the main background, I stuck sago seeds( known as 'saabudaana' in hindi) over another piece of card stock that was smaller in dimension. Whenever I saw these little pearl-like seeds in my kitchen, I used to have an urge to experiment with them. And I think I succeeded almost ;) Okay, after letting them dry,  painted it using three different fevicryl metallic paints(shimmer blue,green and yellow) to give it a shimmery finish. All the three paints were blended with the help of a paint brush. Then smeared some glitter glue over it. Here's how the completed background looks like-

For the embellishments, I made some ribbon flowers and stuck them over white foam net( we usually get this foam net as a covering for apples at the fruit  shops). The leaves and the glittery butterfly were a local buy.
Ribbon flowers
My favorite amongst all the embellishments is this peacock feather that was quilled. Yes, it did take some time to make this, but I think it was worth the effort.:)
Quilled peacock feather
Other embellies that I used are the lace at the bottom, the mirrors and the glitter ball in the centre to give that added sparkly effect. 
Finally, the sentiment is hand-written on a piece of vellum.


Let me know how you like it. Any suggestions??I enjoy reading  your comments.:)

Linking it to-
BGC- All that glitters( Have used a glitter glue and shimmer paints for the background,  glitter ball, mirrors(they are glittery too right?) , glittery butterfly, shimmery yellow ribbon flower, hope all that counts)



40 comments:

  1. simply superb ... no words to describe ur creativity... hats off!!!

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  2. Wow!! Wow!! Wow!! What a gorgeous and colorful tag!! And so creative of you to use sabudana for the background!! And that quilled peacock feather is so beautiful!! Great work!! :) :)

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  3. And those ribbon flowers are lovely!

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  4. How amazing. Firstly your background using sago is astounding! I LOVE your whole card/tag. Your ability to think outside the square is fabulous. Wow! Thanks for entering this with us at Unstampabelles for our current challenge to use vellum.

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  5. WoW !! lovely layered n fully loaded tag Jasleen.. love your all embellishments and peacock feather is another wow I know it takes time I made the peacock feather earrings.. hats off to the sabudana background idea..we will eat a lot but never thought that may turn into beautiful background..

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    1. Thanks a lot Radhika? Wow, u made quilled peacock feather earrings? That's interesting. Will check it out on your blog soon.

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  6. Love this gorgeous tag dear. Colourful bright innovative. Jus love dat quilled feather

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  7. Hi Jasleen,
    This tag is so cute :). I like the way you've experimented with sago seeds.that's something new and cute as well.I too like them :) Those ribbon flowers are real cute :).

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  8. Omg fully loaded one jasleen! The sabudana idead is totally hatke but u seem to have achieved a lovely bg there...the quilled peacock feather looks good too.

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  9. This is a gorgeous tag Jasleen, such lovely rich colours and beautiful peacock feather.
    Pauline
    x

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  10. Beautiful tag Jasleen…..clever use of the sago seed for the background and so love your quilled peacock feather. Thanks for sharing this in our Vellum challenge at Unstampabelles this month.

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  11. Fully loaded and simply gorgeous!!

    Thanks for playing along with us at Lulupu challenge # 20

    Love
    Pratiksha :)

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  12. Jasleen, brilliant idea of using sabudana for background, great coloring and wonderful layers! love every bit of this tag :)

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  13. Oh my ! wonderful quilling Jasleen !!! Love the idea of creating the background too :) Thanks for joining us at Lulupu challenge this fortnight !
    Hugs

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  14. This is wonderful!!!!

    Thank you for playing along at Lulupu Challenge #21

    Love,
    Varshitha

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  15. The quilled peacock feather is amazing! Thanks for sharing at UnstampaBelles.

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  16. Wow, such amazing details! Great tag. Thanks for joining us at UnstampaBelles.

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  17. Wow !!
    What a fabulous creation!!

    Thanks for playing in the challenge at Crafters Corner !

    Hugs,
    Riti (DT)

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  18. A sago card...My you are one creative kudi!!!

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    1. Thanks doc. Good to hear that punjabi word from you...lol

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  19. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Unstampabelles Challenges and good luck.
    Mags (guest designer for Unstampabelles Challenges)
    x

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  20. Just Beautiful - so many wonderful embellishments! thanks for joining in with our Vellum Challenge at UnstampaBelles.

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  21. Good lord thats flooded with amazing !
    thanks for playing with us at BGC #42

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  22. Loving all the deminsion and colors. Thanks for joining us at BGC.

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  23. beautiful! i love the beaded tag and the layered accents. The colors are gorgeous!

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