100 Tags - The Book

I decided I needed a permanent record of my collage challenge so I put together a book. I used Blurb for the printing - I like Blurb because I'm not forced into using a template - I can design in InDesign. Also, their print quality is really nice. I chose the hard cover but a softbound version is also available. I do want to color correct the cover - it came out a little too blue.

Last but not least

Last but not least is Tag 100, posted on New Year's Eve.

Tag 100

Tags 98 and 99

Tag 98

Tag 99

Down to the Wire

Tags 96 and 97

Tag 96

Tag 97

Five to Go

I made this tag from a vintage postcard (dated on the back 1898!). The purple ink inspired the color scheme so I used purple papers from my stash and vintage postage stamps.

Tag 95

Winter White

Frosty white and gold handmade papers plus a little bit of white acrylic paint.

Tag 94

Ok, here is the last of the blue series.

Tag 92 is made from a vintage letter, an old Japanese label, part of a Florentine design envelope and vintage music.

Tag 92

Tag 93 uses vintage wallpaper, part of an  old letter and vintage postage stamps.

Tag 93

The last stretch

Here come the 90's.

Tag 90

Tag 91

Shades of Blue

I've had these tags done all week but with lots of rain, it was hard to find time to photograph. These 2 tags were done with vintage wallpaper and handmade papers.

Tag 88

Tag 89

Two tags with Type

This weekend I have 2 more collages - both using vintage documents and a variety of patterned papers in black and shades of tan.

Tag 86

Tag 87

Tag 85

Tag 85 uses patterned papers in black and tan with a letterpressed piece in the middle.

Tag 85

Pattern and Type

This tag combines pattern with vintage type-rubber stamp in the background with hand made papers an a bit of a vintage document.

Tag 84

Tag 83

Tag 83 features a cat from a vintage match box label. I printed the background with eraser stamps and then layered on some handmade and marbled papers.

Tag 83

Blue and Green

I did 2 more patterned tags for this week- both in shades of blues and greens

Tag 81

Tag 82

Patterns and Paper

This week I have series of tags. I used hand carved rubber stamps and layers of colored tissue paper to add pattern and color to the tags, then layered on hand made papers.

Tag 76

Tag 77

Tag 78

Tag 79

Tag 80

Three quarters

I'm up to number 75- three quarters of the way through my 100 tags. This collage is on a jumbo "postcard" tag and uses a vintage seed pack, handmade papers and 2 Ukrainian postage stamps.

Tag 75

More Purple

I have one more tag using the purple letterpress printed floral paper and a vintage stamps.

Tag 74

Passion for Purple

Missed a week due to a 2-day show and no time for photography. But here are 2 new collages. They both use a purple letterpress printed floral pattern, and postage stamps. The first one, Tag 72 uses a British Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde stamp and Tag 73 uses a stamp from Japan.

Tag 72

tag 73

Match Box Label Series

This week I used 4 vintage Russian matchbox labels. I combined them with a black and white paper from India, vintage wallpaper, and hand made Japanese washi paper.

Tag 68

Tag 69

Tag 70

Tag 71

It's Greek to Me

My tag collage for today features a beautiful postage stamp from Greece combined with hand made papers.

Tag 67