This is a first in my "Botanical Series" Journals. Sandwiched the dried bleeding heart and leaves then did the free motion machine stitching. Finished it off by adding a punched border and some fibers on the coil binding. Gave it to a friend as a journal. Oh what fun. Stay posted - I am working like crazy making all kinds of these of which I will share in future postings.
I started with watercolor paper, marking off a diamond grid before stamping happy birthday and embossing it with texture.
Collaged this bird onto watercolor then attached to painted vintage sheet music for the cover. In a future posting I will share with you the other portion of the picture and what I did on the inside cover.
These tags were a lot of work but sure to please the recipient. Below is some of the backs to write a message on or the "To" and "From". A friend told me she would like to use them for a bookmark. Go to my Rustic Pixel Backgrounds blog for a free background. 
