Deer Love

 On our farm we try and do things as much WITH nature as possible... but sometimes the critters really dont' give us any space... this year we had a lot of damage of the crops from the deer... since we are an organic/biodynamic farm... we use all kinds of things... from plastic bags to music... to soap and then even try a few deer hunters in the fall of the year...  but when deer season is all over, I am sad to see the families of deer all spooked and shaken up... so this tag is a tribute to them.... also to the holly trees that grow on our farm... we have one that is over 60 feet tall... the mother of a lot of baby holly trees all over the area...  Okay.. this is also a Tim Holtz Tag.... from the 12 Tags of Christmas... as I didn't get to actually do this tag and I wanted to... I did make the holly for a house I built... if you scroll down you will see it...  This tag is like Tim's #11 tag... 

I am also putting this tag on Inspiration Emporium...as part of their challenge they require you make ALL the Tim Tags... so I didn't do this one exactly... so now I have...  

I started off with a manila tag... and used Iced Spruce on it.. directly from the ink pad... then I used some picket fence Distress stain on it... and THEN some Perfect Pearl Mist... biscotti!!!!  Love it... and then I dribbled water on it... to create the spots... 

Down on the bottom, I put some Tissue tape and also a piece of scrap paper... the deer needed something to stand on...  

I made my deer with some glossy paper and alcohol inks on a blending tool.... creating the multi colored brown deer...  then I cut him out..  

I used some Ransom Idea-ology letters for the word LOVE... and then went to town on making my holly leaves...  I used shrink plastic... and then used my alcohol inks on them to color them... I love the way some of the leaves really curled to make them look really REAL... like they are in Nature..  

I used some pearls for the red berries...  although our tall tree is a 
male with no berries... I wanted to still recognize this special tree...  

Thanks for taking a look at this tag and for visiting my blog... I do hope that you will take a look also at all the wonderful tags on Inspiration Emporium... there are some that are really wild..  

Hope you have a wonderful holiday season... and enjoy all the love that is going around... 

Love, Light and Peace....Bonnie