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Farm Fervour

 






"Down on the Farm " is the current theme at Tag Tuesday - an art tag fortnightly challenge . With lots of other projects 'on the go', I quickly  made these farm inspired tags probably with more fever than fervour.  The technique is simple - tear up a magazine page and randomly and quickly paste all the  torn pieces down onto a sheet of paper. Cut out the required size for the tag and complete by choosing an image(s) as a focus . With these I also added some hand stitching and a button as embellishment. The vintage images are from a purchased collage sheet by Eleven Nine Design. 




And here is another "farm"tag which I free motion stitched  in February, for another challenge, 29 Faces . 



 




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  1. Valerie-JaelSeptember 17, 2020 at 7:27 PM

    Hi Wilma, your gorgeous tags have made me very happy, love how you made them - simple, clever and effective. Great to see you at TT again, I miss you! Have a great week, stay safe, hugs, Valerie

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  2. pinkySeptember 18, 2020 at 8:40 PM

    Amazing tags Wilma. Full of colour and texture, love them! Thanks for joining us at Tag Tuesday xx

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  3. KarenSeptember 21, 2020 at 11:55 PM

    These are terrific ~ I've never tried this type of collage background, you've inspired me to give it a try. I've got plenty of book pages especially.

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  4. Sandra Wright.September 22, 2020 at 12:57 AM

    Loving your retro style tags, they are very sepcial.
    Thank you for joining us at Tag Tuesday x

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