Le Cirque de Holleil

UPDATE:  Wow I just found out I won a random prize for posting my tags on the G45 facebook fan page.  The most exciting part is that the Graphic 45 blog featured 3 of my tags.  Such an incredible honor, and sure made my day!

Oh boy was it ever a pleasure to use the latest and the greatest Le Cirque Graphic 45 paper for my Mystic Paper project this month.  Hopefully you can tell how much fun I had playing and creating my 4 tags and 2 cards.

First is my very favorite tag, I wish you could see all the layers.  I really should have done a side view. 

And here is a card I made using the back, striped paper to create a poofy circus tent.  I sprayed it with Iridescent Gold glimmer mist to mute the color and add some sparkle and lined it with gold and black Stickles.  To make the curtains I crumpled them while wet with the mist and used a heat tool to dry them into shape and give them a great crispy texture.

I added a simple tag and feather inside to really finish it off.

This one is the most plain, but I loved the blue color (Broken China distress ink sprayed with water and edged with Vintage Photo ink) so much I wanted a simple tag.  I made the folded, stamped  flower using the back of a tag.  The picture part is from two different tag images with the stands and circus cars in the background and Miss Louise popped up in the front.  Fun where the paper led me.  :) 

I just about wrote, "this one was just FUN," but they were all such great fun really.  I wanted this tag to have lots of clowns, like how many clowns will fit into a VW bug kinda thing.  The clown charm on the chain dangles and swings for a touch of whimsy.  The ticket image is a Tim Holtz stamp.

Then I did a simple card, but the paper really makes it playful.

So I had to make the inside just as lively.

And for the last tag I did something a little more girly.  Soft pink seam binding and Tattered Rose and Brushed Corduroy ink with a shimmer of the Iridescent Gold glimmer mist.  I made a 3D popcorn box from white cardstock which I inked with Fired Brick and glimmer misted.  A touch of gold Stickles for the "lights" around the poster and some cool Tim Holtz wheels to make it look like a carriage or boxcar.

Be sure to stop by Sheri and Jenna's blogs to see their wonderful projects this month, and stay tuned for our next kits.