Tag You're It - Circles and Swirls Challenge

Well, I think the exhaustion and stress of the last three weeks finally caught up with me, and last night I just could NOT sleep! I finally got up around 3 am and shut myself away in my studio and started looking for a challenge I could sink my teeth into. And I found it with the new 'Tag You're It' challenge of making a tag with circles and swirls - I LOVE circles and swirls!

Back last fall I won a bunch of My Minds Eye (MME) "Tres Jolie - Je Taime" papers as a door prize at my local scrapbooking store (LSS) when they had a "Scrap Pink" event to raise money for breast cancer research. I'd never been able to figure out what to do with these - until the wee hours this morning. And I think it's adorable!

I'm sorry it's so hard to see, but as you can tell, it's a clear acrylic tag. The base is a frame from the MME goodies I won, as is the 'CUTE' tag which has los of swirlies and flourishes, as requested by Dawn who posted this week's challenge.

The circles are used to make a pretty flower. I cut the circles using all but the very smalliest of the basic circles (small) set from Spellbinders Nestabilities. Then I spritzed the paper with water in a spray bottle and wrinkled and crunched them up. The large brad is from Heidi Swapp.

The lace at the top is some my mom bought at a yard sale ages ago and gave to me. The ribbon at bottom is just a tiny piece I saved from an old scrapbooking kit. The fibers are Lion Brand yarn 'Fun Fur Prints' in Confetti that I bought a Dollar Tree.

Bits and Pieces:

• My Minds Eye Tres Jolie Je T'aime Cute Line of papers - Cute Floral Stripe/Rose Papier and Tiny Dots/Dark Rose Papier
• My Minds Eye Tres Jolie Je T'aime Cute Frame
• My Minds Eye Tres Jolie Je T'aime Cute Tag
• Heidi Swapp Big Brad
• Lion Brand Yarn - Fun Fur Prints - Confetti
• lace and ribbon from stash

Thanks for visiting, and come back soon! Becky