Saturday 17 May 2014

12 Tags of 2014 - May (It always starts with an idea)

Hello again,
I had so much fun with this month's tag.  I had an idea. Science, Medicine and Research. This tag actually coincided with National Nurses week as well. 

It started with the Laboratory paper stash, and a large #12 manilla tag and it just grew from there. Tim's tutorial this month was to encourage us to dip into our coveted stash of trinkets.  I had a cadeceus laying on my desk that I had cut out on my Silhouette. I did the faux tarnished silver technique on it.



Below you can see the tarnished silver caduceus better. The bottle is clearly for art plastic


And on to the front of the project... The Compendium of Curiosities 3challenge this time is distress glitter. Glitter, like sand, gets everywhere. I don't use it very often (with good clutzy reason). The great thing about the distress glitter is it doesn't "fly" around everywhere and is easy to clean up a whole entire jar that dumped out. Not that I would know anything about that...umm yeah, anyway.

I took the rock candy clear glitter and tinted it with Juniper alcohol ink, then I tinted the left overs with pitch black. That's such a fun technique. Tim Holtz had a tutorial on it last year. Instant any color glitter you want. Sweet.


I really didn't mean to post so many pictures, but I really like how this project turned out. I am linking it to the following challenges...
http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2014-may/
http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/05/cc3challenge02.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=1446 ( m is for May, medical and monochromatic)


11 comments:

  1. Fabulous version of Tim's May tag!! Great idea to make a folded tag to have space for more details. Fun theme too! Thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!

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  2. This is gorgeous! What a great take on Tim's tag!!

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  3. Laurie...WOW oh WOW! I love your version of Tim's May tag. It is AWESOME!! All of your little details are so well thought out and beautifully placed on both sides of your tag. I love all of it! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment. Trust me, the Mercury Glass Stickles are awesome!!! <3 Candy

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  4. Fantastic!!! I love the cute little bottle too. Karen.x

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  5. Amazing! Your creation based on Tim's tag is superb! I loved looking at each little detail. Thanks for playing along with us in the Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge.

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  6. Ummm. WOW! This is fabulous! Every little detail! Oh...just wow! Thank you for sharing your creation with us for the CC3C!

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  7. Wow, love it! Can't stop looking at all your details. Your art really takes you to an era gone by. Nice, nice work!

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  8. Cor bllimey! This is a complete work of art, I have clicked the pics to see it better... all those elements come together perfectly... Thanks for playing along with the CC3 Challenge x

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  9. Wonderful!! I really love your tag ♡
    You really have inspired me!!
    Xoxo Cissy

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  10. Hi Laurie...this piece is so cool. I think your art is amazing...especially your most recent CC3C challenge piece of the sweet little gazebo for the faux tea roses challenge. Thanks so much for the nice comment you left on my blog as well. <3 Candy

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