The Wednesday Stamper - pens, pencils and brushes

Hermine's theme made me think of how lucky I am to live in a country where we have the freedom of speech and are free to express ourselves through art and writing... I just can't imagine what it must be like to be restricted to expressing the opinions of others. Of course one can always debate the degree to which we dare express ourselves and use our freedom freely, without being concerned about how others will react, think and interpret our creations...

My Pen is Free...

This week I made a ginormous tag 3,5x6,5 inches, using lots of different materials. It's greener than it looks, my camera had trouble catching the colours :)I used a pen stamp from Tim Holtz a letter backgroundstamp and I stamped the words pen and free. The background was stamped, gessoed, painted and collaged and I glued down some cheesecloth for texture. I inked and used a gold paintdauber. The birdcage and swirl is painted and cracklestamped and inked chipboard. I also used some plaid dimensional paint on the birdcage and lace for added glitter/texture. I glued down some glass tiles and lace trim at the bottom and the birdcage and fleur de lis where attached with brads. The bird is an image from San design on etsy I glued it onto heavier paper since I only wanted to glue down the bottom part of it. The Heart is a coconut button I got from etsy.

This is also my entry for Take a word - Green, Created by Hand - Green, One powerful hour - Green and Tag it on - Big bold and extended :)
Thank you so much for looking,
hugs and smiles,
Linda