Everyday Miracle Mixed Media Tag

Hello my friends and happy day to you! I sure hope you have enjoyed the weekend and had some time to be creative because I just love seeing all the beautiful things y'all make! I was inspired today by a couple of specific super fabby artists out there in crafty-bloggy land. As I sipped my coffee and perused a few of my new favorite blogs, I came upon The Stampin Place and found this completely fabulous and inspiring Spring Mixed Media Journal that Karen made!!! She is such a talented gal and I {heart} her wonderful style! And of course, my daily visit over to Ink On My Fingers to see what amazingness Hels had in store for me, I found that she was asked to be the Creative Guide Guest at A Vintage Journey for week 2 and you simply must see her jaw-dropping altered SHADOW BOX, it's so incredible! Hels also invited us to go visit A Vintage Journey blog and check out their current challenge--Say It With Words! Well, that was just about all the inspiration I needed! Here's a look at my tag...

Entering this tag into the Paper Issues Challenge: In The Navy

 I simply couldn't get my hands on some cardboard fast enough lol. This used to be a boring ol' box flap! I also cut another smaller piece of cardboard then tore off the front piece of paper on it and had the exposed corrugated cardboard waiting for me--I smooshed it down too much but it's ok because, hey--I like it! ;) I also got a chance to play a bit with my new FC Gelato's and am finding them to be wonderful! I have much to learn but I think I'm off to a good start with simple finger blending lol . This sentiment stamp is from Unity and I really like it. It also seems beach-tone colors appealed to me today as I was inspired by a fave book I read every year when it begins to get warmer. Because I'm a summer girl all the way and living in Seattle can get just a tad depressing during the winter months, so reading Summer Sisters by Judy Blume lifts my spirits every time~

I am entering my tag into the following challenges:

Red Carpet Studio challenge #66-the movie "Beaches"

Papercrafter's Corner- Earth Day 2014 Challenge

Time 4 Scrap- special challenge *1 week only "Earth Hour"

 So much of my inspiration comes from artists such a Tim Holtz because my style has always been quite shabby/grunge-like. I do try to keep my work clean and simple sometimes because it's a challenge for me and something I have to strive to achieve.  An altered tag like this requires much less effort and planning for me. I sort of just let my creativity flow and see what happens and this is most enjoyable for me. Well, I am quite the chatty cathy today, aren't I?! haha. I better wrap it up. Thanks so very much for stopping by and I hope today holds a miracle just for you!