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Have a Heart for Tag Tuesday

"Have a Heart" is a happy theme for Tag Tuesday's fortnightly challenge  - already some brilliant tags have been posted here. Hope you will go and have a look,
My offering is a very simple tag, - a cut out house from a piece of painted paper ( paper used to take the excess paint off a brayer), a cut out bit of scenery from a magazine, and of course, a cut out heart shape.  The background is an old book page, with a little bit of coloured pencil shading. Then I traced around the outlines with black felt tipped pen.
The time taken to make a tag like this is between 15-30 minutes, depending on if you can find the bits and pieces you need quickly or not!
" Home is where the heart is" - a reminder to "have a heart " - be kind to someone today!
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  1. Valerie-JaelJanuary 31, 2018 at 6:45 PM

    Beautiful tag. Thanks for taking the tine to join in this time! Valerie

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  2. RikaJanuary 31, 2018 at 7:12 PM

    Stunnig tag!

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  3. Sandra Wright.February 1, 2018 at 1:18 AM

    What a fabulous Tag..love the "House" made from scrap painted paper.
    Thank you so much for joining in the challenge...

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  4. ToniFebruary 2, 2018 at 6:36 AM

    My favorite. Home is where the heart is! Wonderful idea.

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  5. JoanFebruary 3, 2018 at 11:13 AM

    Fabulous tag - love the house!!!

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