It’s a classic 70′s Elvis, in a beautiful blue jumpsuit. This is the kind of image that comes to mind whenever I think of the 70′s era Elvis. The King may be gone, but his music and memory live on!

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That little baby bird was sort of ragged looking. He sure wasn’t very old. I always worry about them when I see them in the yard…worried some other critter will decide to try to eat him for lunch. But I love finding birds around so I can photograph them. And it was fun to turn this into a digital sketch too. I love the texture it gives to the original photo. I added some color to this too since it was black and white to begin with. He sure was a cute little thing!

Now I’m hoping to spend some time later today working in my studio on some Easter crafts.

I started with a plain white hangtag, which I then used a decorative corner punch on to give it some added detail. Then I used brown ink and a text rubber stamp to create the background, and I distressed the edges with the same brown ink.

I found a vintage photo of a young girl, which I then Mod Podged in place on the tag. Then I added a transparent paper image over the top of the girl photo. This image has the little bird on it and reads Carte Postale at the bottom, which means “postcard” in French. I love the way the photo of the girl looks through this transparent (vellum-type) paper.

For embellishments, I added a crown using a 3D-O to make it appear in relief (raised up from the background) and I added rhinestone gems to the crown. I also added a rhinestone gem above the bird. I added alpha stickers to spell out q-u-e-e-n.  And then I added a pretty flower at the bottom of the tag. I finished it off with some coordinating satin ribbon.

I think the tag itself has a very vintage feel, and a very shabby chic feel as well.