12 Tags of 2013 - June Edition

Hey Bloggers and Tim  Fans!  I'm back with my version of Tim's latest edition of the 12 Tags of 2013.

June's tag features some amazing distress products - Markers, Paints, Stains and of course Ink :)  Check out Tim's post to see how he created his tag (click Tim's Tag below)

I don't have the large dragonfly from Tim and I just used my dragonfly stamp on a tag a couple of months ago so I wanted to go another direction for this one while still being able to use Tim's techniques.  The stamp I used is a reverse silhouette from Hero Arts.  I love this stamp because it is so versatile.  I can stamp it in any color on plain or patterned paper and get a different and look each time and now thanks to Tim, I can watercolor it too! His step by step instructions were so easy to follow and I was amazed at how much I liked the result when I did it on my own! (I'm not a painter by any means, but Tim's technique makes it easy!)

Here's my tag:

The background was created following Tim's techniques from this post.  I used a bunch of different Wendy Vecchi stamps that I had on hand to create the background tag.  It looked so cool on its own I almost hated to cover it up with the watercolor image!

For more inspiration check out the many links on Tim's post from people just like you who created their own version of this tag!

Supplies for this project

Cardstock:  #8 Manila Tag, Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Stamps:  Hero Arts Lily; Stamper’s Anonymous – Studio 490 Sentimental Art, Be Inspired…Make Art

Inks, Stains, Paints & Colored Pencils:  Versafine – Onyx Black Archival Ink; Ranger Distress Ink – Gathered Twigs; Ranger Distress Stain – Antiqued Bronze, Scattered Straw; Ranger Distress Paint – Broken China; Ranger Distress Markers – Broken China, Picket Fence, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw; Chipped Sapphire

Accessories & Other Stuff:   Baker’s Twine

Blessings,

12 Tags of 2013 - May Edition

Hey Bloggers!  Welcome back :)  Thanks for stopping by to check out my rendition of the latest of Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013!  I wait and wait each month for the next tag design/tutorial to come out and each month Tim blows me away with his awesomeness :)   This month's tag uses rub on transfers for resist with a Distress Stain background (and of course plenty of Tim's yummy stamps & embellishments!)

This months tag:  Be Inspired...Be Original!

For details on how to make this month's tag and to see Tim's inspirational work check out Tim's blog!

Blessings,

12 Tags of 2013 - April Edition

Hey bloggers!  I'm back with my rendition of Tim Holtz's April tag!  When I saw this month's tag I just couldn't wait to get started on it.  I have only had my distress paints for a few weeks but I am sooo in love with everything they can do!

As usual, though I have a lot of Tim's products, I don't have them all so I made due with what I had and substituted where I needed to.  The biggest thing I was missing was the metallic distress paints - my lcs doesn't have them yet.  So I substituted metallic distress stain.  I used it just like it was a paint and it seems to   have mixed with the paint enough so that it became permanent when dried as well.  Pretty cool huh?

As you can see, I used a different stamp - I love this stylized dragonfly from Stampendous, but I wanted to get the look of the sketch like the Stampers Anonymous one Tim used so I stamped the plan drawing from the SA Steampunk set in black soot behind my dragonfly (which I embossed with black embossing powder).

I also did my wings a little differently.  Rather than leave the plastic clear I wanted to get that pretty shimmery color that dragonfly wings have in life so I inked the back side of the plastic with alcohol ink and spritzed on some perfect pearls for extra shimmer - I love the way they turned out!

Supplies for this project

Cardstock:  #8 Avery Manila Tag

Stamps:  Stampendous – Dragonfly Vine; Stampers Anonymous - Steampunk

Inks, Stains, Paints & Colored Pencils:  Ranger Distress Paints – Broken China, Marigold, Peeled Paint; Ranger Distress Stain – Tarnished Brass, Antiqued Bronze; Ranger Distress Ink – Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge, Broken China, Evergreen Bough, Tumbled Glass, Black Soot; Adirondack Alcohol Ink – Stream, Cloudy Blue, Citrus, Copper; Perfect Pearls Mist – Pearl; StazOn Ink – Jet Black; American Crafts Embossing Powder - Black

Accessories & Other Stuff:  Idea-ology – Pen Nib, Mini Gears, Tissue Tape, Alpha Parts Numeric, Crinkle Ribbon, Metal Word Bands

Have a great weekend!

12 Tags of 2013 - March Edition

Wow this month's tag from Tim Holtz has some super fun techniques!  My fave?  covering the background with tinsel twine & coloring it with alcohol ink!  And how cool does it become when you heat the tinsel to melt it a bit?  Very vintage - I LOVE IT!!

Here's my version of Tim's March tag...

Happy Crafting!

12 Tags of 2013 February Issue

I am sooo in love with the new stamp series from Tim Holtz & Stampers Anonymous this year - and the Valentines one is no exception!  I was thrilled to see Tim use this set on February's tag!  To see Tim's tag and his tutorial check out his page here!

In the meantime...here's my tag :)

Hugs,

12 Tags of 2013

Ok, we can blame Cheryl for this. She talked me in to doing the 12 tags of 2013. No problem! However, I don't have any of the Tim Holtz line except for inks. I had to get creative.....

So, here's to unlocking your inspiration and creativity!

I did a reverse emboss and inked the folder, then distressed the edges. There was a little bit of tearing involved, and I almost decided to go out and run it over with the Jeep a few times to distress it just a bit more, but remembered, there's snow on the ground. It would just get all soggy and mushy.

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12 Tags of 2013 - January

Happy New Year!  I can't believe last year flew by so quickly...

I'm excited for this post because it means that Tim Holtz is continuing the new tradition he started last January of creating a new tag each month.  This tag is inspired by his January issue of 12 Tags of 2013!

Supplies for this project

Cardstock:  Avery - #8 Manila Tag

Stamps:  Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection

Inks, Stains, Paints & Colored Pencils:  Ranger Distress Ink, Versafine Ink

Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders:  Sizzix Alterations Texture Fade

Accessories & Other Stuff:  Tim Holtz Idea-Ology

Happy New Year!