My Eyes, My Eyes!

...good grief.  The reason my title is that is because...I saw something very strange in the sky yesterday, and now today!

It's a brilliant orb of light that radiates heat, I think in some civilizations they call it "sun".

I haven't seen it for ages around these parts.  Now my pupils are dilating trying to keep up.

Ok, let's see, where was I?  lol.

The theme for Hels Sunday Stamper is Paris....ooooo....it just so happens that I still had some G45 Transatlantique paper laying around from the SSS project, which is filled with reference to Paris, France, etc.  Imagine---paper laying around.....so I came up with this tag, which also gave me an opportunity to use my Sizzix Eiffel Tower die, and the Tag and Bookplate die, love the shape of those bookplates!  Here we go:

Crackle Accents in the bookplate...Fab Flourish stamp used on background!

Added my fave French saying---actually it's about the only one I remember from French class in high school.  The bird and the Fleur de Lis are.... get this.... Friendly plastic I pushed into a mold of Tim's adornments. Looks almost like the real thing, doesn't it?  Thanks to my blog friend Alison, for turning me onto that little tidbit of useful info.  Friendly plastic can be found at most of the "big box stores".  Not Walmart usually...lol...

And on to Tag Tuesday, of which is a two week challenge this round, so I'm actually a little early... lol... the theme is postcard...so here it is...I'm not especially thrilled with it...not sure why, maybe you can tell me...

I had this tag actually left from the cruise, I don't have the embossing folder, although sometimes I wish I did...lol.... so.... I used some Wild Honey Distress Stain, and let me tell you, talk about fast coverage, these babies can do it! I was impressed!  Then I used some Walnut Stain (ink pad this time) over the embossed areas and the edges of the tag.
Made a rosette out of some Lost and Found paper, and since the theme was postcard, brilliantly chose to use a postage mark for the center. lol.
Then, I know this is a stretch, but since the theme was Postcard, I thought of travel, which leads to the Gypsy Girl advert there, 'cause, you know, gypsies travel around. lol.
Dunno, I think it's too blah.  Maybe more embellishments. I just hated covering up the embossing.  That's usually my biggest problem, covering up the base.  I'm sure you've noticed that.
And now, a little digression....I was given another award!  This time from my newfound blog friend, Candy, over at Creativity is Contagious!  Thank you so much Candy!  She does simply spectacular art, you should really check it out!  It's the Leibster award...and no... I don't know what it means, other than I need to pass it along to at least three other bloggers who inspire me, so I guess that's what it means, people who inspire you. 

There are a LOT of blogs/artists that inspire me, I mean, if I miss one day on my Google Reader, I will have about 100 new entries the next day!  And other than what I call the "big three", Tim, Wendy and Suze, I really have to think who to bestow this on, because it's so hard to narrow it down...
Hels would be one that really inspires me, especially where using Tim and Wendy stuff is concerned! lol!
My SSS team member Linda C, does some of the most amazing cards I've ever seen.... 
And Shelly's blog is great for tutorials and trying new things... If it has the word "faux" in it, she's done it! And of course she does wonderful art!
So...I probably named some that have already received the award..if so I apologize, but there you have it!

Don't forget too, about the vintage humor ATC swap I'm hosting, read about it HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today...Go Be Creative!