12 Tags of 2013 - November

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-november/

Hello friends,

I wanted to do a quick post for the 12 tags before I get into my Christmas card making frenzy.

So confession time...I shop a LOT. You can't go anywhere without seeing the chalkboard craze in stores.  I was so excited when Tim Holtz did a chalkboard technique tag in his Creative Chemistry 102 class. I have had that frosted crystal embossing powder for years. I've always found it to be quite tempermental to work with. It's so easy to overheat it and lose the effect it's supposed to give, but practice practice. I still haven't mastered it, but I'm getting there.

I have this great chalk pastel set from Lyra (again I have had it for years) so I pulled it out and added some color to the tag. Here's the end result ...

I love how the dusty blue background turned out.

Just a wee bit darker so you can see the colors better.

And here's a fun card I made while I had all the supplies out on my desk. (Die cuts are from Memory Box)

Hop on over to Tim's blog post for the great tutorial, especially the tip for using Frosted Crystal EP.

Thanks for surfing by today, until next time...

Laurie

12 tags of 2013 - October

Hello again,

What a week, this nasty cold/flu bug I have is brutal. It's really encroaching on my creativity ( or maybe it's the cold medication hahaha) Tim's October tag is sure to inspire though, I was a glittering fool. Let's take a look...

Distress paint marbling background with some Distress ink over top to brighten the colors. The weathered clock was glittered with pumice stone and a bit of antique linen. The halloween die set from Sizzix is fab. I love every single one in the package. That's where the pumpkin and the crows came from.

More marbling on the tag, a great stamp from Stampendous was layed on top with black archival ink. The spider web was glittered and adhered with glossy accents, topped off with a murder of crows.

This one was fun too, I cut the tombstone, stained it with black soot then embossed with the cement embossing powder. I cut out the spooky cat ( before inking) so I could add him back in there as an inlay after I glitzed him up. The vine die cut was added to the top. The word (Graphic 45 steampunk spells set) was stamped on clear plastic and stuck on with glossy accents.

I can't decide on a favorite. Which one do you like the best?

You can check out Tim's complete tutorial and other uploaded links here:

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-october/

12 Tags of 2013 - August (air mail)

Hi again, 

Sometimes old school is the best. Masking, over stamping, coloring on stamps with markers. These are great techniques that go way back 20 some years when I first started stamping. 

I was happy to see a travel theme pop up this week around the web. I love vintage suitcases and travel  posters. Old world maps and travel are a favorite of mine so I made a few tags to reflect that.

I used the new watercolor paper from Ranger on the 3 smaller tags. Oooooh the markers blend so nice. I die-cut the tags using the "tag and tie by" die from Tim Holtz. The larger tag is a manilla tag I had kickin' around.

 Don't be laughin' at my little suitcase! It was my first attempt and I had no pattern or template to base it on. It was one of those projects that I had in my head and I tried to create. It's kinda cute though. I was going to go to Michael's but (a) I didn't have a coupon, and (b) I had just spent over $100 at my LSS, so I improvised with what I had.

The Stamp set I used for the smaller tags is "Travel ways". And the larger is "Air Travel"

The mini suitcase was assembled using the Tim Holtz paper from "Destinations"

Washi tape is from Freckled Fawn and Recollections.

Thanks for popping by, I will be uploading the post to Tim Holtz' 12 tags of 2013 and also to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Air Mail. Check out the links here... 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/challenge-air-mail/

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-august/

Until next time, keep busy and have fun in you artsy space. 

Twelve Tags of 2013 - July

Hi again

I have a quick post to share with you. I love the crackle stained technique that Tim posted for his tag this month. And the brayer technique? So cool, I need to practice a wee bit more with it though, I didn't really get the droplet effect with the stains but it's still a great way to lay down color on the background. Check out the step by step here: http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-july/

I used the specialty stamping paper for my tag because I wanted a true color read of the green. 

Here are the colors I used on the tag: Gathered Twigs stain and ink, Walnut stain ink, Bundled Sage stain and ink, Broken China stain, Archival Jet Black ink, oh and I threw on some metallic stain for the base of the globe too.

I used the Tim Holtz set from Stampers Anonymous "Air Travel"

And the "Simple Sayings" set for the label and words. I found this great washi tape at Michaels with globes on it. Cool.

Here you can see the great crackle effect with the Rock Candy crackle paint on chipboard and the SS paper. The frame around the compass is a gadget gear with the center cut out ( and being cheap, I saved the middle hole and used it on the top of the tag) hahaha.

Thanks for checking out my tag, have a great week. I will chat and share with you soon.

12 Tags of 2013 - June

Hi again,

I wanted to do a quick post for my 12 tags. I'm working the graveyard shift at my "pay the bills" job, so my schedule is a bit jumbled at the moment.  However, it is a great opportunity for entertainment. (Never a dull moment in an inner city emergency department)

Anyway, here is my finished tag for June.  Check out Tim Holtz's blog for a step by step tutorial on the watercolor technique. 

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-june/

                                                                                                         The background is Seedless Preserves,Peeled Paint, and Wild Honey

Thanks for stopping by, now go play with your stash.

12 Tags of 2013 - May

Hi again,

I had a lot of fun with the Tim Holtz tag this month, I made 2 versions...

1) copied Tim's tag almost exactly (I didn't have the same stamp) and used a bit different of a color combo

2) made my own vintage cinema tag with the same techniques.

You can check out the link to the May tag here. http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-may/

Hope you like them, I know I do.

12 Tags of 2013 - April

Hi there,
I wanted to post my April tag from Tim Holtz's blog. Is it just me? I get excited for the start of a new month and a new tag to create. I finished this one quite a while ago, but I haven't taken any photos until today.

We don't have the metallic distress paints up here yet, so I started with a shiny copper cardstock instead and used the paints over top for the patina. I did add some bronze distress stain to enhance the look after it was dry.

Next challenge, I didn't have CFA, so I improvised and used some packaging. I heated it with the heat tool CAUTIOUSLY so I could bend the wings up. Not too shabby. It worked!

I had the rest of the supplies on hand (my art room is like a mini store) to finish up.