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Paris at Tag Tuesday

Paris Chef - art tag by Wilma Simmons 

I am enjoying a return to creating tags for Tag Tuesday, an online art tag challenge group. For many years, I made at least a tag a week  but recently found that I couldn't commit to it, so I stopped completely. Anyway, I have been squeezing a little time for this fun activity. All of these tags have collaged paper backgrounds, with a feature image... Paris Chef is one of the fun fabric prints from the Loralie range on a background of water coloured collage of magazine pages. 
Three French Hens in Paris : art tag by Wilma Simmons 
The collaged background of  Three French Hens in Paris is a downloadable collage sheet from The Pattern Boutique, with stamped images on magazine pages. ( I am not sure about the origins of the stamp, but I know it's been in my box of stamps for over 12 years!) 

The last tag I created for this theme was using up what was left on my desk, and I think I like it the best... an image cut from a magazine advertisement, collaged with scraps of paper serviette and the downloadable collage sheet , all pasted onto the next page of the magazine!

Here are links to other "Paris" themed tags, I've made in past years
https://empresswu.blogspot.com/2017/09/paris-and-paper.html
https://empresswu.blogspot.com/2017/09/cafe-trottoir.html

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  1. Valerie-JaelMarch 7, 2020 at 6:44 PM

    Fabulous tags Wilma. Always great to see you joining us at Tag Tuesday, Valerie

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  2. Sandra Wright.March 9, 2020 at 2:39 AM

    I'm echoing Valerie's comment here Wilma..fabulous tag, love the quirky take on my theme..Thank you xxxxx

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