Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag #8

Whew! What a tag Tim has created today! He has truly outdone himself with his Christmas-y steampunk tag for the eighth tag of Christmas. Click here to check it out.

This tag was the most challenging for me to try out, as I don't have Tim's whimsical steampunk dies or specific Idea-ology trinkets (yet).

Here is my version of Mr. Holtz's tag for the day:

At first, I hated the background on my tag, so I flipped it over and started again. I tried my hardest not to use other brands' products merely because I wanted to get as much of a Tim Holtz effect as possible, so I limited myself to a tiny sprocket stamp and a clock stamp from another brand. As for embellishments, I used a TH Word Stick, bingo trinket, ball and chain, and fragment charm. Some metal buttons, a piece of chipboard, wire, and a bottle cap from some Lindeman's Framboise were fun little pieces that I had lying around the house.

I don't have the fun Steampunk gentlemen stamp, so I used my bird stamp (put a bird on it! ;) and cut out my own tiny ivy pieces. I inked them with Forest Moss Distress Stain and used liquid pearls in place of berries.

For the right side of the tag, I cut out my Townscape die using grungepaper and applied some Vintage Photo Distress Stain over it. What's really cool is the effect this color of Distress Stain has on grungepaper - it almost creates a cork-like texture and look! I used Black Soot Distress Ink to give the buildings a smoky, industrial look.

I love Tissue Tape ... so I placed a tiny piece in the upper righthand corner. And because this is a Steampunk tag, I made a funky wire "ribbon" invention to protrude from behind the tag. (Secured by Tissue Tape and Glossy Accents, of course.)

Thank you for looking, have a great day!!

Supplies:

Vintage Photo & Forest Moss Distress Stain
Idea-ology Work Stick, Fragments, Ball & Chain, and Bingo game piece
Ranger Liquid Pearls
Rock Candy
Crackle Accents
Glossy Accents
Black Soot, Gathered Twig, Barn Door, Pine Needle, & Peeled Paint Distress Ink
Townscape die
Urban Grunge stamp
Tissue Tape
Grungepaper
Ranger Black embossing powder

Graphic 45 Holiday Tag Challenge

Good morning!! So there are a quite a few challenges going on right now ... are you doing any, and if so, which ones?

A short while back, I learned that Graphic 45 is hosting a holiday tag challenge! To participate, all you do is create a tag with G45 paper and products and post your finished piece on their Facebook page.

For my tag, I used some Christmas Emporium paper for the sentiment and a piece of Once Upon A Springtime in the background. I used some festive red plaid Communique paper as well as a hint of Curtain Call. (Everything I used to create the tag was found in my stash!)

The brown flower was made using Graphic 45 Flower Staples. My green flower was made using my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, similar to the one I created yesterday. 

I tried several kinds of ribbon as well as tulle and jute, but nothing I ran through my tag seemed to look right. So what better "ribbon" to use for a G45 tag than Graphic 45 paper itself?? Hence, the curled Communique paper that's peeking out from my paper flowers.

Thanks for looking!! Now, onto more holiday projects ... :)

Supplies:

Graphic 45 paper - Christmas Emporium, Communique, Once Upon A Springtime, Curtain Call
Graphic 45 Flower Staples
Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die
Tim Holtz Vintage Lace die
Copper Stickles
Bo Bunny Brads
Tim Holtz Gathered Twig Distress Ink

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag #7

It's another gorgeous day on the Oregon coast ... and Tim has created an equally gorgeous tag! I love it when Tim uses his dies and other embellishments to create beautiful clusters of greenery. Anything involving flowers is amazing in my book!

Here is my version of Tim's tag:

The background was distressed with Gathered Twig and Spun Sugar Distress Ink. Some Crackle Paint in Old Paper was applied here and there ... I stamped the tag but my silly camera washed out the background so you can barely see it. (Hope you're taking notes, Santa.) Since I don't have the holly die, I used my Tattered Florals die instead. I used Forest Moss Distress Stain along with Peeled Paint and Gathered Twig Distress Ink, then applied some Copper Stickles to the ends of the petals.

I used my Urban Grunge stamp for the sentiment as I don't have any of Tim's lovely Christmas stamps (yet). I think it's all right, as there's lots of LOVE in Christmas! I decided to put my lace through the top of the tag so that I could play around with some burlap and ribbon fiber that I picked up yesterday.

I can't wait to check out everyone's tags for the day! Happy crafting ... :)

Supplies:

Gathered Twig, Spun Sugar, and Peeled Paint Distress Ink
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
TH Reinforcers
Tattered Florals die
Crackle Paint in Old Paper
Bo Bunny brads
Ranger Embossing Powder in Black
Urban Grunge stamp
Copper Stickles

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag #6

Good morning!! It is a BEAUTIFUL day here on the Oregon Coast ... the sun is shining, the water is sparkling, and a romantic white mist is hovering over Yaquina Bay. Here's a picture right now from our living room:

All right, enough winter beauty! Speaking of beauty, Tim's tag for the day is all about creating a vintage Christmas tin look. To check out tag #6, click here.

I had to use tin foil for this project since I don't have Tim's specific kind ... I also used some white acrylic paint and some leftover beads from a project a few years ago. Santa's gonna have to bring me some more Tim stuff ... :) With that said, here's my take on Tim's tag for the day:

I made my own wreath since I don't have his lovely wreath charm. Since I'm stuck with my white acrylic paint, I thought I'd make my tag have a slight icy look, so I applied some glitter using Glossy Accents.

For the background, I ran my tag through my Big Shot using the Damask Texture Fade folder. It's a gorgeous embossing folder that also comes with Tim's "Regal Flourish" texture fade folder. I then applied a thin coat of white acrylic paint and used Walnut Stain to accent the texture. Just for fun, I colored in select letters with one of my Marvy LePlume markers.

You can't see it yet, but I decided to put some Rock Candy on my red letters to give my tag one more bit of dimension.

Thanks for looking and have a beautiful, inspired day!

Supplies:

Rock Candy
Glossy Accents
Damask Texture Fades
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Joy Texture Fades
Marvy LePlume marker

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of Christmas - Day #5

Today is the fifth day of Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas. To see Tim's beautiful tag, click here.

For the holly wreath, I used my Tim Holtz Rosette die and punched little holes on the ends:

And some Fragment charms, just like Tim's (although, his tin foil turned out a million times better):

Thanks for looking, have a great day!!

Supplies: 

Fired Brick Distress Stain

Barn Door, Black Soot, Pine Needle, & Peeled Paint Distress Ink

Stickles

Ranger embossing powder

Tim Holtz Urban Grunge stamp

Fragments

Tim Holtz Alterations Rosette die

Blog Candy, yay!!

I am soooo excited because I won Gloria Stengel's awesome December blog candy!! Gloria is a design team member for two of my favorite papercrafting brands, Graphic 45 and Spellbinders! She does absolutely gorgeous work, so it's an honor to win something from her blog!! Thank you, Gloria! Sorry everyone for all the exclamation marks, I'm just feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude and excitement right now!

The blog candy prize comes at the perfect time, as Graphic 45 is hosting a very special Holiday Tag challenge! If you're a fellow G45 lover, head on over to their blog for details on how to participate. I believe the deadline for submissions is Thursday, December 15th, so hop to it!!

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag #4

Good morning! Tim's icy 4th tag is absolutely beautiful -- and my favorite so far! I love the tulle, snowflakes, and blistery pale blues and white ...

For my take on Tim's tag, I wanted to create the same snowy effect, but didn't want my fourth tag to resemble my first tag too much. So I added some red and black tulle versus the white tulle ... and toned down my snowflakes.

Instead of a top hat, my snowman's sporting a silver crown. I did this by stamping Tim's Urban Grunge crown stamp onto some grungepaper, then embossing with silver powder. 

My snow flurry was created using Ranger Sea Foam embossing powder ... and tiny pieces of styrofoam. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Supplies: 

Tim Holtz - Urban Grunge stamps

Grungepaper

Snowflakes embossing folder from "Joy" embossing set

Broken China Distress Ink

Rock Candy

Glossy Accents

Crackle Accents

Aqua Stickles

Sizzix Snowman

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Dragonfly

White flocking powder

Bo Bunny brad