Blog Hop: From the Potting Shade

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Hi everyone, WELCOME to the blog hop! If you are coming from Mae Nazareth’s blog, you are in the right place. I am sharing a tag I created for Tim with his Sizzix dies for Creativation 2019.

Everything I did on this tag can be summed up in the following 4 steps – die-cutting the shapes, painting them and the tag, gluing everything down and doodling to finish.

What I think might be helpful though is the exact list of supplies I used, so here it is with all the details –

Supplies –

Your next stop on this hop is Paula Cheney‘s blog.

Enjoy the projects and if you want to win a prize, leave a comment on each blog before February 9th at midnight PST and the lovely Richele Christensen will pick 3 winners and announce them on February 10th.

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210 Comments

  1. Love all of the steps in creating the bavkground!! Thank you for the detailed list of supplies!!

  2. Love your tag. The background is awesome and the more you look at it the more detail you see!

  3. Hi Mou 🙂 I love the way the little shading of blue in the background make your flowers pop! Gorgeous tag!!! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂

  4. Your style absolutely shines, in this project! Thank you for sharing the details in your (as always) perfectly written how-to!

  5. I love everything about this project. The fact it’s a tag, the colours, the dies etc. Just beautiful and eye catching.

  6. Love this tag. I’ve had the all the other Funky Floral dies and just ordered the Funky Floral large dies.

  7. Love your use of color for your focal point on a neutral background…even with lots of details on the background it still pops because of the color contrast. Thanks for sharing.

  8. Love the pop of color as your focal point on a neutral background…even with so many details it pops because of your color contrast. Thanks for sharing

  9. Lovely project, the colors are so pretty and I like the different stamps you used to create textures and interest.

  10. I’m always interested to see what you make because I love your colourful approach … and this was another delight ! SO pretty !!

  11. What stands about this project is the gorgeous color palette and your wonderful doodling skills. I love this! It’s both fun and beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing!

  12. I love the vintage background with the pretty flowers and leaves. I really like the detail of the background.

  13. Wonderful contrast between the die cut images and background. An interesting combination of painting & doodling techniques.

  14. looks like a beautiful 3D painting so nice, I really like it and it’s a look I have tried to acheive.

  15. Love this tag. The soft colors of the floral piece in the middle go great with the background without conflict! Just love it!

  16. Gorgeous, I love the use of colours and the way your background is having so much depth. Thank you so much for sharing Mou.

  17. Oh, how I love the way you used beautiful colors on your flowers against the darker background! So striking 🙂 Good to see you at Creativation – always too short on time tho. LOL!

  18. This piece….ahhhhhh! I love every thing about it! Every tiny detail. The background, the colors, the embellishments. You got talent a plenty!

  19. Love that pop of color against the muted colors!And your doodling on the flowers adds even more dimension!

  20. Wow Mou! This is a lovely piece! Love the new TH dies used for this and the beautiful coloring!!! Well done girlie!

  21. The colours you have used are so fresh-looking and the background just makes it all pop right off the tag!! Very artsy!! Also, so great to see what you have been up to! I always knew your layouts/work in the scrapbooking magazine(s)! You have a certain style that stands out! Thanks for sharing!!

  22. Beautifully layered and textured ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Such a pretty tag. Your background is seriously stunning!

  23. I love how the flowers and the pot “pop” off the background. You have such a great eye for color and really provide a great primer on how to emphasize the focal point on a project. Thanks for the beautiful lesson!

  24. As soon as I saw these tags, I knew they were yours. You have such an eye for colour, and composition. Beautiful work as always Mou!

  25. I love reading your summary of how to make the tag, you make it seem so easy! Your doodling skills are simply marvelous. I loved this collection of tags (3?) when Tim did his tour of the greenhouse, they’re wonderful thanks for sharing

  26. Loving how right that tag background is with all the layers, and of course the sweet flowers!

  27. Really great layers and layers to look at. Because that’s what mixed media is all about! Thanks for sharing.

  28. Great coloring on the flowes, they jump right off the tag. Thanks for sharing, might have to invest on the flowers as well.

  29. Beautiful project, and so unique! The pink flowers stand out so nicely against the muted background colors.

  30. Your funky flowers glow with energy against that serene background. Kind of a metaphor for living!! It is a beautifully composed little masterpiece.

  31. Love all the doodling in the background Mou, really brings the foreground to life! I also really enjoy the contrast of blues! Thanks for sharing.

  32. vicki in MD – WOW!!! this is amazing. I love all the layers that you have – in fact, I can’t stop looking at it. So many amazing details. Great use of color, not to mention all the die cuts. AMAZING! love the sentiment

  33. vicki in MD – WOW!!! this is amazing. I love all the layers that you have – in fact, I can’t stop looking at it. So many amazing details. Great use of color, not to mention all the die cuts. AMAZING!

  34. Wow! This is gorgeous…..love all the layers on your tag and the pen work. Swoon. thank you for the supply list.

  35. Oh Mou, the tag is fabulous! I love all the color and doodling. THANK YOU so much for the supply list…you are right, it is most helpful. Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future!

  36. I love tag art and flowers, you hit the perfect mark with this project. Love it! Thanks for sharing.

  37. I love all the colors. The background is gorgeous, and the flowers are so bright and spring-y. I absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing.

  38. This is gorgeous and that background is especially amazing! I had not seen your blog before today, and I will definitely be back!

  39. The flowers pop off the muted
    background. Fantastic
    thanks for sharing
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  40. So interesting….there’s so much to take in and look at! Love this mix of flowers and stamping and the background is great! love it! TFS!

  41. I’m enjoying looking closely at your tag and identifying things I recognize, even before looking at the list. The colors and background are all so intricate and beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us!

  42. This is my cup of tea. I like using/creating collage-type designs and creating flowers. Very colorful. I love it.

  43. Mou, what a great mixed media large tag! If I remember correctly, this was part of a trio of tags. They were all so well done and complimented each other even though they could have been stand alone pieces. Thanks for the inspiration!

  44. Love that tag. I haven’t made a tag for ages. Thanks for the inspiration. I need to get my Sizzix out of the cupboard more often.

  45. Fabulous tag our florals are super funky; colors are beautiful ! That background detail is AMAZING !

  46. Really love the background! Makes those flowers pop! Always amazed at all the layering and detail! Thank you for sharing!!

  47. I just loved this when I saw it Tim’s video at creativation. It just gorgeous. the flowers are so full of spring and sunshine. Makes you so happy to look at it!

  48. The Etcetera Tags were one of my favorite projects in the Sizzix booth. Love all the doodling and the details of painting the flowers. Thank you so much for sharing your project today.

  49. I love this piece! Your flower just pop with color, and the background is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

  50. Oh Mou Saha! Wow! Those flowers are popping! Beautiful background with your unique flair. Brilliant as usual!

  51. What a wonderful tag! There is so much to see – each time I look at it I see something different. Love it.

  52. Mesmerizing! The colors and layers together are just stunning. Can just keep looking at it and looking at it… and you keep seeing new things the deeper you gaze. Love it!

  53. Such a sweet bouquet. The layers and colors in the background make it a charming work of art.

  54. “….summed up in the following four steps…” Sounds sooo easy! Hmm a lot of thought and talent to create this beauty!

  55. So love the “ghosting” in the background. Makes the piece amazingly interesting to keep looking to see what you can find. Love it.

  56. Wow, just lovely and soooooo much going on!! Love people who can collage like this, I am completely randomly impaired!! Thank you

  57. The colours in the background are just gorgeous and create such a wonderful grounding for the beautiful die cut flowers! Anne x

  58. Love the depth of color and texture you achieved. Thin set florals are on my wish list. Great job with the new supplies

  59. You can always tell what is yours…always eye catching and joyful and so full of playfulness…yes I am a fan!!! LOVE every piece you created, and each project totally stood out! Stunning make here too!

  60. The background is completely scrumptious – such gorgeous colours and amazing artsy layering – and the die-cut flowers pop beautifully against it.
    Alison x