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Thursday, January 29, 2015
12 Tags of 2015 - January
Just popping in to post my January tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2015. I didn't realize that the month was running out on me so I put this together rather quickly last night! I didn't deviate much from Tim's process other than not using the distress stain spray since I don't have any of them. I used some Tsukineko walnut stain antiquing spray which I discovered doesn't quite dry the same!! But in the end it all worked out.
Saturday, November 29, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - November
Just popping in to post my November tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. I don't have the die/embossing folder combo that he used so I've been mulling over what and how I could do to make this tag. Since month-end is looming I figured I better just get it done! I decided to use the Tattered Leaves embossing folder and no die.
Here's how I did it!
I followed Tim's instructions up until the point where you have to die cut the corrugated cardboard. At that point I matched my tag up with the tag-shaped corrugated cardboard and slipped in into the embossing folder.
I lined up the embossing folder image with my already embossed tag and then pulled out the tag leaving the cardboard in place.
I ran the folder through my big shot and embossed the design onto the cardboard.
Then I used an exacto knife to cut out the leaf shapes.
Done!
It doesn't quite match up perfectly but it's good enough for me! At this point I followed the rest of Tim's steps. I used a different walnut stain spray and bronze Perfect Pearls mist since I also don't have the distress stain sprays. Here's the end result!
It's a great feeling to make do with what you have on hand. I'm determined to make all 12 tags this year and I'm happy that I got this one made in time. One more to go!!!
Here's how I did it!
I followed Tim's instructions up until the point where you have to die cut the corrugated cardboard. At that point I matched my tag up with the tag-shaped corrugated cardboard and slipped in into the embossing folder.
I lined up the embossing folder image with my already embossed tag and then pulled out the tag leaving the cardboard in place.
I ran the folder through my big shot and embossed the design onto the cardboard.
Then I used an exacto knife to cut out the leaf shapes.
Done!
It doesn't quite match up perfectly but it's good enough for me! At this point I followed the rest of Tim's steps. I used a different walnut stain spray and bronze Perfect Pearls mist since I also don't have the distress stain sprays. Here's the end result!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
12 Tags of 2014- October
I love Halloween so I couldn't wait to have some crafty fun with this October tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014! I don't have the Carved Halloween stamp set that Tim used so I used my favorite image from the new Halloween Blueprints 3 set. I love any type of check, diamond or dot print so the black cat from this set is my favorite!
I first stamped and watercolored the cat image with the front half purple and the back half green. After I finished I decided it would look better the opposite way so that is what you see here. I had to put my spider on the other side of the tag because of the shape of the cat. I don't have any of the new distress sprays so I created my own using the Distress reinkers and water in the Ranger Mini Mister bottles. It worked great! I'm sure the concentration might be different but that's the beauty of making your own distress sprays! They can be as intense or subtle as you like! I spritzed the tag with Perfect Pearls Bronze as a substitute for the bronze distress spray.
I used the Idea-ology Alpha Tiles to spell out "EEK". The "monocle" that I used is actually an optical lens that I've had in my stash FOREVER! It's larger than the Idea-ology monocles so I had to take remove the hinge clasp from the Idea-ology watch chain to shorten it so that the monocle wouldn't cover the spider! I noticed that the picket fence distress paint was rubbing off the backside of the monocle after it dried so I coated it with a thin layer of Ranger glossy accents. That seemed to do the trick and seal it from rubbing off any further.
Love this tag! And, as usual, I made a second one to share!
I first stamped and watercolored the cat image with the front half purple and the back half green. After I finished I decided it would look better the opposite way so that is what you see here. I had to put my spider on the other side of the tag because of the shape of the cat. I don't have any of the new distress sprays so I created my own using the Distress reinkers and water in the Ranger Mini Mister bottles. It worked great! I'm sure the concentration might be different but that's the beauty of making your own distress sprays! They can be as intense or subtle as you like! I spritzed the tag with Perfect Pearls Bronze as a substitute for the bronze distress spray.
I used the Idea-ology Alpha Tiles to spell out "EEK". The "monocle" that I used is actually an optical lens that I've had in my stash FOREVER! It's larger than the Idea-ology monocles so I had to take remove the hinge clasp from the Idea-ology watch chain to shorten it so that the monocle wouldn't cover the spider! I noticed that the picket fence distress paint was rubbing off the backside of the monocle after it dried so I coated it with a thin layer of Ranger glossy accents. That seemed to do the trick and seal it from rubbing off any further.
Love this tag! And, as usual, I made a second one to share!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll take the time to play along and make a tag as well!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - September
Popping in to quickly post my September tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014! I had other ideas for applying his technique but since I waited until the last day to do this I had to go with copying his tag. I LOVED his tag and would have made at least one just like it, anyway, in addition to my other idea. Anyhoo, as usual I made two so I have one to give away.
I used Willow alcohol ink on my background because I didn't have Lake Mist. It was a little dark so I put some alcohol blending solution on a piece of felt and wiped it across the surface of the glossy paper and that took off some of the color leaving me with a lighter background. I used the Botanical Remnant Rubs that Tim used on one of my tags and Life Quotes on the other. I probably should have more butterflies on each tag but in my haste I made two tags and only one strip of colored paper so I had to spread them out!! I didn't apply them in the rainbow pattern but added them randomly. All-in-all it's still a very pretty tag and I loved getting out those alcohol inks!
Also, a big shout of thanks to Cheiron over at Cheiron's Crafty Life! She held a giveaway back in July and I was the lucky winner of the Daydream stamp set used on this tag!! Be sure to visit her blog. She designs for Hero Arts and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and her work is fabulous!!
Thanks for stopping by!
I used Willow alcohol ink on my background because I didn't have Lake Mist. It was a little dark so I put some alcohol blending solution on a piece of felt and wiped it across the surface of the glossy paper and that took off some of the color leaving me with a lighter background. I used the Botanical Remnant Rubs that Tim used on one of my tags and Life Quotes on the other. I probably should have more butterflies on each tag but in my haste I made two tags and only one strip of colored paper so I had to spread them out!! I didn't apply them in the rainbow pattern but added them randomly. All-in-all it's still a very pretty tag and I loved getting out those alcohol inks!
Also, a big shout of thanks to Cheiron over at Cheiron's Crafty Life! She held a giveaway back in July and I was the lucky winner of the Daydream stamp set used on this tag!! Be sure to visit her blog. She designs for Hero Arts and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog and her work is fabulous!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, August 31, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - August
Bringing up the rear again with the August tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014! I made it last night and only needed to add the rusty embossing today but got so caught up in home projects that I almost forgot!
I used a different color scheme and images from the French Marketplace and Visual Artistry City Central stamp sets. I used the tiny attacher on the film strip, instead of the sewing machine, and I added tiny little photos from the Lost and Found paper stash. I wish there was an entire sheet of these little photos. But there's just four strips on one of the pages in the back. I've been saving them and decided it was time to use them!
I didn't have Vintage Photo distress embossing powder so I mixed Tea Dye with some dark brown regular embossing powder that I have. It's a little shiny but it did the trick!
I really like the bright colors! And I added some distress glitter to the heart!
And as usual I made one to share with a friend!
I used a different color scheme and images from the French Marketplace and Visual Artistry City Central stamp sets. I used the tiny attacher on the film strip, instead of the sewing machine, and I added tiny little photos from the Lost and Found paper stash. I wish there was an entire sheet of these little photos. But there's just four strips on one of the pages in the back. I've been saving them and decided it was time to use them!
I didn't have Vintage Photo distress embossing powder so I mixed Tea Dye with some dark brown regular embossing powder that I have. It's a little shiny but it did the trick!
I really like the bright colors! And I added some distress glitter to the heart!
And as usual I made one to share with a friend!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you were able to play along with Tim's tags this month as well!
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - July
Hey Everyone! Hope all is well in your corner of the world! I'm here with my July tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 and it isn't July 31st!!!
I was really excited about making this tag but didn't have any of the dies, or the embossing folder, that Tim used. I did, however, recently acquire the Stampers Anonymous Nautical Blueprints stamp set so I decided to make do with what I had on hand and soldier on!!
To start I stamped the Nautical Blueprints sand dollar and sea horse images onto grungeboard.
The sand dollar is a little bigger than the diecut shape so I traced around the inside of the stamped line with a pencil to and cut it down smaller.
Then I used my exacto knife to score the center so that it would show up after painting.
I stamped the sand dollar a second time and cut the star out to make the starfish.
And here are my sea horses after cutting. The stamped image is more detailed but you won't see the stamped lines after the surface techniques so you don't have to cut it that precisely.
And here are the finished pieces after following the surface techniques in Tim's instructions!!! Not that much different than if I had used the dies! Of course, it certainly would have been easier with the dies!
I used an embossing folder from the Retro Cirque Texture Fades set that I thought looked like waves. The seaweed greenery was cut from a couple of other dies that I have including Tim's Festive Greenery strip die.
And there you have it! One to keep and one to share. Wow, having this tag finished so early in the month makes me feel like I'm way ahead of the game! Oh, if only that were true!!
Thanks for stopping by!
I was really excited about making this tag but didn't have any of the dies, or the embossing folder, that Tim used. I did, however, recently acquire the Stampers Anonymous Nautical Blueprints stamp set so I decided to make do with what I had on hand and soldier on!!
To start I stamped the Nautical Blueprints sand dollar and sea horse images onto grungeboard.
The sand dollar is a little bigger than the diecut shape so I traced around the inside of the stamped line with a pencil to and cut it down smaller.
Then I used my exacto knife to score the center so that it would show up after painting.
And here are my sea horses after cutting. The stamped image is more detailed but you won't see the stamped lines after the surface techniques so you don't have to cut it that precisely.
And here are the finished pieces after following the surface techniques in Tim's instructions!!! Not that much different than if I had used the dies! Of course, it certainly would have been easier with the dies!
I used an embossing folder from the Retro Cirque Texture Fades set that I thought looked like waves. The seaweed greenery was cut from a couple of other dies that I have including Tim's Festive Greenery strip die.
And there you have it! One to keep and one to share. Wow, having this tag finished so early in the month makes me feel like I'm way ahead of the game! Oh, if only that were true!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Monday, May 26, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - May
I'm back with another post today for my version of Tim's tag for the month of May. The tag that you see here isn't the one that I originally began putting together. Before the background tag was inked I had picked out a different set of trinkets and a different ShadowPress folder. But then something Magical happened!
I wanted my background tag to be a little more colorful so I started by running a light coat of Antique Linen distress stain over the tag and then drying it with the heat tool. Then I used Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean DI with the Bubble layering stencil. I inked around the edges of the tag with Squeezed Lemonade and Brushed Corduroy DI using an ink blender. Then I splattered water droplets over the tag and dried the entire tag again with the heat tool. And that's when the tag took a different direction! As the water droplets dried I watched this little shape emerge...
Any idea what it is??!! Those of us who frequent that Happy Place, known as Walt Disney World in my part of the country or Disneyland on the other side of the country, will know it as a Hidden Mickey!!! If you're not familiar with this there is a published book that documents the many occurrences of the Hidden Mickey's that can be found at Walt Disney World and Disneyland! Once I saw it on my tag I knew I couldn't cover it up! I also knew that I had to change the theme of my tag to go along with it. So here's the tag that I ended up with...
The Good Times shadowpress folder along with the word band and muse token definitely speak to the good times and fun that I've share with my friends and family when we visit the theme parks at Walt Disney World! It's one of my favorite places to go (except during the hottest months of the summer!) so I added the heart adornment that I colored with Red Pepper and Pearl alcohol ink. The enamel tag was tinted with Latte alcohol ink and then I embellished it using a phrase from the Words rub-ons. Most importantly the arrow from the Industrious stickers highlights my very own Hidden Mickey!
Needless to say this is now my FAVORITE tag of the year! Thanks for stopping by!
I wanted my background tag to be a little more colorful so I started by running a light coat of Antique Linen distress stain over the tag and then drying it with the heat tool. Then I used Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean DI with the Bubble layering stencil. I inked around the edges of the tag with Squeezed Lemonade and Brushed Corduroy DI using an ink blender. Then I splattered water droplets over the tag and dried the entire tag again with the heat tool. And that's when the tag took a different direction! As the water droplets dried I watched this little shape emerge...
Any idea what it is??!! Those of us who frequent that Happy Place, known as Walt Disney World in my part of the country or Disneyland on the other side of the country, will know it as a Hidden Mickey!!! If you're not familiar with this there is a published book that documents the many occurrences of the Hidden Mickey's that can be found at Walt Disney World and Disneyland! Once I saw it on my tag I knew I couldn't cover it up! I also knew that I had to change the theme of my tag to go along with it. So here's the tag that I ended up with...
The Good Times shadowpress folder along with the word band and muse token definitely speak to the good times and fun that I've share with my friends and family when we visit the theme parks at Walt Disney World! It's one of my favorite places to go (except during the hottest months of the summer!) so I added the heart adornment that I colored with Red Pepper and Pearl alcohol ink. The enamel tag was tinted with Latte alcohol ink and then I embellished it using a phrase from the Words rub-ons. Most importantly the arrow from the Industrious stickers highlights my very own Hidden Mickey!
Needless to say this is now my FAVORITE tag of the year! Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
12 Tags of 2014 - February
In keeping with my resolution to make all 12 tags this year I'm sharing my take on Tim's February tag. I almost forgot to about it...realizing just yesterday that I only had until this Friday to get it done.
This tag involved a lot of improvising. I didn't have the new stamps, or the Industrious Stickers, so I substituted there. The stamp is from the My Favorite Things-Chalkboard Greetings stamp set. I embossed it in white and then rubbed Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap pigment ink into the background with my finger. I edged it with a chalk marker. The arrow is from Tim's Sizzix Bigz Love Struck Die. The border is from Tim's Sizzix Decorative Strip Vintage Lace die. Both were cut from manila cardstock covered with aluminum tape and then distressed with a combination of Ranger Latte alcohol ink and Snow Cap alcohol ink mixative. I also added the Ideaology Philosophy Tag and Wire Pin.
I tried the chalkboard technique that Tim used on his tag and it just didn't work for me so I used a different chalkboard technique. I read his instructions again and can only figure that I'm heating the embossing powder for too long. I'll give it another try but might not have time before Friday.
This tag involved a lot of improvising. I didn't have the new stamps, or the Industrious Stickers, so I substituted there. The stamp is from the My Favorite Things-Chalkboard Greetings stamp set. I embossed it in white and then rubbed Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap pigment ink into the background with my finger. I edged it with a chalk marker. The arrow is from Tim's Sizzix Bigz Love Struck Die. The border is from Tim's Sizzix Decorative Strip Vintage Lace die. Both were cut from manila cardstock covered with aluminum tape and then distressed with a combination of Ranger Latte alcohol ink and Snow Cap alcohol ink mixative. I also added the Ideaology Philosophy Tag and Wire Pin.
Another habit I'm trying to get into is making two of everything. It usually doesn't take much more time, since all of the supplies are already out, and that way I have one to keep and one to share!
Have a great day!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
12 Tags of 2013 - October
I finally took the time to participate in this month's 12 Tags of 2013! I've only made one other tag this year. Since I love Halloween I couldn't pass up making one for this theme. As a matter of fact...I made three! The first and second followed along with Tim's techniques and design. The distress paint colors that he used were fabulous!
I also love the larger tags so I used one of those to create the third tag. I added the apothecary bottles at the bottom which I cut from plastic packaging, colored with alcohol inks and then a layer of frosted film. Three tags means I have some to share so I gave the first one below to a friend!
I also love the larger tags so I used one of those to create the third tag. I added the apothecary bottles at the bottom which I cut from plastic packaging, colored with alcohol inks and then a layer of frosted film. Three tags means I have some to share so I gave the first one below to a friend!
Thanks so much for stopping to take a look! Have a great day!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Hello Again!
I hope that all is well with all of you! It's been a long time since I've posted. Time just seems to slip away and I haven't quite figured out where it goes yet! I did a much needed clean-out of my craft room. Donated bags and bags of goods and supplies to schools/churches and I still have way too much stuff. But, like everything else, it's a work in progress. I'm also doing a little remodeling...not built-in (I wish!)...but my brother-in-law helped me put together a new work table and I'm adding some bookcases from Ikea for storage. I'll share photos once it all comes together but right now things are scattered about the room and the house.
In the midst of it all I managed to create this Apothecary Tag Book which I'll be teaching this Saturday, October 12, from 10am-2pm at Whim So Doodle in St. Petersburg, FL.
We'll be using some of the new Tim Holtz Halloween stamp sets including The Chemist and the new Halloween Blueprints. The tags will cover techniques from both of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities books. I believe there are still a few spots left in the class so if you live in the area I'd love to meet you!
Wish me luck as this is my first foray into teaching and I'm getting a little nervous about the whole thing. As long as everyone has fun and learns something I'll consider it a success!!
In the midst of it all I managed to create this Apothecary Tag Book which I'll be teaching this Saturday, October 12, from 10am-2pm at Whim So Doodle in St. Petersburg, FL.
We'll be using some of the new Tim Holtz Halloween stamp sets including The Chemist and the new Halloween Blueprints. The tags will cover techniques from both of Tim's Compendium of Curiosities books. I believe there are still a few spots left in the class so if you live in the area I'd love to meet you!
Wish me luck as this is my first foray into teaching and I'm getting a little nervous about the whole thing. As long as everyone has fun and learns something I'll consider it a success!!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Frilly and Funkie Friday Focus - Stencils
Hello and Happy Friday! Today I'm showcasing stencils over at Frilly and Funkie! Below is a little sneak peek of one of my projects.
I hope you'll hop on over to the Frilly and Funkie blog and check it out!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Frilly and Funkie Challenge - Upcycle for Earth Day
Hello and welcome to another challenge for Frilly and Funkie! The theme for this challenge is Upcycle for Earth Day. Linda has asked us to use something in our craft project that we would otherwise throw away!
Recently, my niece posted a quote by James Austin to her Facebook page. The quote was very thought provoking and can have many meanings. So when I was thinking about what I wanted to make for this challenge I decided to use that quote on my tag.
Recently, my niece posted a quote by James Austin to her Facebook page. The quote was very thought provoking and can have many meanings. So when I was thinking about what I wanted to make for this challenge I decided to use that quote on my tag.
I used plastic packaging for my upcycled element and cut lots of gears using Tim's large die and the smaller movers and shapers dies. Then I colored the gears on both sides using alcohol inks in bright colors. The tag was stamped with numbers from the Numeric stamp set in Antique Linen. I used the spritz and flick technique and then distressed the edge of the tag with Brushed Corduroy ink. Then it was just a matter of stacking and assembling the die cut gears along with some metal Idea-ology gears and long fasteners. The quote was added using the new Label Letters.
I hope you like my tag! And I hope you'll join the challenge and post your own upcycled project for us to see! Thanks for stopping by!
The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique! The boutique offers it's merchandise at up to a 20% discount from the typical retail price! That's a great deal and you should check it out!!
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