Tag with Small Gothic Archway by Bernadette

 

Good Afternoon Friends,

I had to have a play with one of the small archways designed by Fiona Randall for Tando and my first thoughts were Halloween. Too early maybe, but as a lover of all things dark and grungy, I am happy to make Halloween all year round.

I used a size 10 Tando tag https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TAGS180X100.html as my base and added some patterned paper.  I then did some stamping on the paper and added some black soot distress ink around the edges with a blending tool.

The archway https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/FRGTHFRM2MEDSML.html comes in 3 pieces: a solid back and 2 cut out pieces. I painted the 2 cut out pieces of the archway with a dark grey paint and dry brushed some silver once they had dried.   

I glued a piece of ephemera and some more patterned paper to the solid back of the archway then glued the 2 cut out pieces of the frame on top.  

I added the tag with the owl to the base tag. I then used a Twinchie https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/TWINCHSTRAIG.html to add another layer.  I covered it with some patterned paper, the photo and ephemera and added it to the tag with foam pads.

I stuck the "beware" piece of ephemera to the back of the archway and added the paper doll and spider https://www.tando-creative.co.uk/GRBBGSPDERS.html to the front.  I used some left over bits of greyboard that I have popped other pieces out of (thanks for the top tip Fiona) to add to the back of the archway to make it stand away from the tag and give more depth and dimension.

I'll be posting some photos on Facebook in the Tando Creative Zone and on Instagram - any questions please ask and I will try to help.

Bye for now, Bernadette

xxx