Valentine inspiration III

Love Tags by Lisa McGarvey

Love Tags by Lisa McGarvey

This idea would work for a whole bunch of seasons and reasons, not just Valentine’s Day. It’s inspired by English collage artist, Sarah Lugg, who does wondrous things with tags. The Creating Garden at TwoPeasinaBucket has section devoted to Make & Takes, of which this is one. Step by step photos and instructions are provided.

Love card trio by Jackie Bonette

Love card trio by Jackie Bonette

And this is another.

Projects like these can be great ways to use up offcuts, whether paper, textile or whatever, and like ATCs offer small canvases for experimenting with ideas and techniques. They offer scope for crafting with children, too.

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3 Comments on “Valentine inspiration III”

  1. cruststation Says:

    Oh, these are so beautiful!

  2. Lelah Says:

    I made my own version, but I went a little nuts! First time collaging.

  3. With these hands, I will craft Says:

    [...] WordPress.org Thursday February 08th 2007, 3:56 pm Filed under: I saw this post on Whip-Up, and I had to try it out for myself. The original artist is named Lisa McGovern, and I am highly impressed with her collage work. It’s actually hard to be simplistic in collage, but she makes it very refined. I ended up going nuts with mine. [...]

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