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The current challenge at Tag Tuesday  is NUMBERS ... 
Here is the brief ... I would like to see Numbers on your tags, as in the title, I mean more than one number, I don't mind how many numbers you use, but you must have more than 3. They can be all the same or all different...

On my desk, I happened to have a box of old postage stamps ... and there were numbers of course, as each stamp displays its value. 

Here are my tags for the Numbers challenge.  The first is  a collage of the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, standing on a podium with a random set of numbers  . The second features  a lovely set of stamps from New Zealand , again with the three numbers prominently displayed , complemented by a cut out from an old greeting card. 

Thanks, Sandie from tag Tuesday - a different and challenging theme. 

Comments

  1. Awesome Tags, love them both, the postage stamps are great.
    Thank you so much for playing along with us at Tag Tuesday x

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  2. these are great; i love that you used postage stamps, and you did it so artfully. thanks for linking to tag tuesday! xo

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