12 Tags of Christmas 2011 Day 2

Day 2 of the 12 Tags of Christmas according to

Tim Holtz

Day 2 brought more wonderful techniques using Kraft resist paper, sticky back canvas, trinket pins and more just to name a few. As most playing along its hard to have everything Tim uses but it inspires your so much to come up with your own alternate ideas.

No Sticky back canvas for me but I did have some sticky back fabric from Making Memories that I inked up really good.

Nor did I have any of the stars for the reindeer's necks or the Holiday muse tokens but I like my choices for replacements.

As for the on the edge die Tim used at the bottom of his tag, as fate would have it I have almost everyone of them but the one he used, LOL.

However I did have a border by K&Company that after I inked it up some matched just perfectly.

Something that I am doing to all of my tags this year is using the Tag die to cut tags from corrugated cardboard and using them on the backs.

Since so many of the designs are heavily embellished it really does help stabilize the tag and make it so much more substantial.

He's Back!!!

Not just me.... But Tim Holtz is back with his 12 Tags of Christmas!!

Yeah!

I have been absent for so long I cant believe it. I even missed my 2nd Blogversary :(

However I cant think of a better way to get my creative muse back in high gear than to get going with Tim's Tags.

There was much anticipation that Tim would use his new pine cone die and to the delight of many of us he did!!

No your not seeing double but every year I make 2 sets of tags and give one to my sister for an open me now Christmas gift. I always give them to her the day after the designs end.

The past 2 years she has framed each set of hers in shadowbox frames and displays them during the Holidays.

I didnt have any of the baubles that Tim uses but hey its all about inspiration isn't it. Just use what you do have. In my case I blinged up some filigree shower curtain rings. I think they look great.

I also do not have the strip die with all the holiday greenery but I had some leaves and used more bling instead. I love the way they turned out and cant wait to see tomorrows tag challenge.

WOW it feels so good to be back!

Chck out Nancys Blog for a Cool Giveaway!

http://whatsnextnancy.blogspot.com/2011/11/small-giveaway.html?showComment=1320977412305#c4307489805499399633

Grungy Monday 18 and Simon Says Show a Tag!

Due to some time constraints I have combined two challenge this week into one piece.

First off over at Studio L3 the challenge is

Tim Holtz's

12 Tags of Christmas 2009, Day 8

Over at Simon Say Stamp and Show the Challenge is

Show a Tag

I am very happy with the way the card turned out.

I think the small tag and key just pops on top of the vellum and the

splash of red adds a little bit of romance.

Hope you like it to.

Friends

Grungy Monday #17 Are You Ready to Rock?

Imagine my surprise when Linda over at Studio L3

asked me to be one of the Guest Designers for this weeks Challenge.

And if that wasn't cool enough I was getting to host along with one of my good online friends

Nancy Crissinger of What's Next Nancy.

This weeks Challenge is Tim's

Are you Ready to Rock Technique

You guessed it,

Rock Candy Distress Paint

&

Rock Candy Stickles.

I chose to use Rock Candy Distress Paint for my first piece by first stamping with one of Tim's new stamps from the Christmas Memories Set.

Don't worry if you don't have this stamp, its the technique we are after. Use whatever stamp and stash you have. That's the great part about these challenges is to use what you have.

I covered the whole tag with Pine Needles Distress stain and spritzed it with water. Ran a strip of Tim's Tidings Tissue tape down one side and made a rosette out of the Seasonal Stash paper stack which I topped with a sticker from the Seasonal Salvage Stickers.

Here is a close up of the Rock Candy Distress paint over the Santa image. If you click on the image above it will enlarge and you can really see all the cracks. It gives the whole image an encased in ice look and feel.

Wanting to use both Rock Candy products I made a second piece.

Using Rock Candy Stickles I created a friendship card.

First I inked one of Tim's Reflection stamps and used it on one of his Fancy and Floral embossing folders then inked the all the raised image with Weathered Wood Distress ink. When it dried I then went back and covered it with the Rock Candy stickles too.

I cut and inked a Butterfly from Tim's Mini Butterfly Mover and Shapers die which I stamped with an image from his Ultimate Grunge Stamp Set. When it dried I sprayed it all with

Tattered Angels Black Graphite Glimmer Mist. Then I covered it with the Rock Candy Stickles too!

The label is an embossed sticker from K and Company, Life's Journey Freedom Tags which is mounted on a piece of chipboard sitting on die cut from

Spellbinders Fancy Tag set.

Here is a close up so you can see the detail of the stamping and the Rock Candy. It gives everything you use it on a beautiful shimmer and shine.

I hope you will join us in this weeks challenge.

Let your creativity run wild and Rock On!

Grungy Monday Number #15

Where or where has my muse been? Oh yeah he's been trying to beat the heat in the sweltering weather we have been having in Georgia. Its been brutal and not a very creative climate when all you want to do is lie in front of an A/C unit. :)

Anyway....

We are up to week 15 in the Grungy Monday Challenge being held over at Studio L3.

Linda has been keeping us busy with techniques from the master himself Tim Holtz.

This week the challenge is

12 Tags of Christmas 2007, Day 7

I used this challenge to play with some of Tim's new Glassine paper. I used his movers and shapers butterfly die along with the Tattered Floral die to cut the glassine shapes.

Stamped the butterflies with his checkered stamp from his

Ultimate Grunge Set.

Added a button center to the flower and set it all on a cardboard flourish cut from the

Elegant Flourishes die.

Grungy Monday Number #14

So Monday kept me busy as I'm sure it did a lot of you here in the

USA.

I did however today get some time to create my offering for this weeks

Grungy Monday Challenge on Linda's Blog Studio L3

This week the Challenge is

Tim's March 2008 Technique Challenge

A super cool technique that gives wonderful results.