stole a few moments to finish this one. not one of my favorites of mine but it's done. :P one more to go! may have to wait until after Xmas!
Mine
December 21, 2009
Tag 11
Tim's Tag
stole a few moments to finish this one. not one of my favorites of mine but it's done. :P one more to go! may have to wait until after Xmas!
Mine
stole a few moments to finish this one. not one of my favorites of mine but it's done. :P one more to go! may have to wait until after Xmas!
Mine
December 10, 2009
Tag 10
Tim's tag
Mine
Instead of putting the ink directly on the foil with the pens I used a pen ONLY as a you would an H2O brush. a light wash of black to the background just to give it a slight pewter look and then dabbed black lightly over the surface like you'd see on a vintage mercury glass ornament. do this with the alcohol inks so that if you use too much you can erase it with blending solution.
tops of letters got a snow effect of Frosted Lace stickles and iridescent "buffalo" type snow.
I like mine *much* better than Tim's LOL! actually I almost skipped this tag but promised myself to do all 12 this year. there were a few nights I wanted to throw in the towel too! Now, I'm sad there are only two left!
Mine
Instead of putting the ink directly on the foil with the pens I used a pen ONLY as a you would an H2O brush. a light wash of black to the background just to give it a slight pewter look and then dabbed black lightly over the surface like you'd see on a vintage mercury glass ornament. do this with the alcohol inks so that if you use too much you can erase it with blending solution.
tops of letters got a snow effect of Frosted Lace stickles and iridescent "buffalo" type snow.
I like mine *much* better than Tim's LOL! actually I almost skipped this tag but promised myself to do all 12 this year. there were a few nights I wanted to throw in the towel too! Now, I'm sad there are only two left!
Tag 9 - My favorite!
Tim's tag
Mine
This is a picture of me screaming on Santa's lap. It is the only picture I have of me on Santa's lap so I am going to guess it either traumatized me or my Mother! LOL Maybe Both! My Mom tells me my grandma made my Mom go through with it even though I was pitching a fit. I (obviously) don't remember all this but I am glad she got this picture.
OH! and I didn't have the filmstrip stuff actually. I just made my own with a free digital frame thingy I had. printed it on transparency and then inked a bit using alcohol inks on a Q-Tip! so easy!
Now you may all covet my vintage woodgrain DYMO tape hehehe! No 1970's holiday is complete without a little woodgrain right??!
Mine
This is a picture of me screaming on Santa's lap. It is the only picture I have of me on Santa's lap so I am going to guess it either traumatized me or my Mother! LOL Maybe Both! My Mom tells me my grandma made my Mom go through with it even though I was pitching a fit. I (obviously) don't remember all this but I am glad she got this picture.
OH! and I didn't have the filmstrip stuff actually. I just made my own with a free digital frame thingy I had. printed it on transparency and then inked a bit using alcohol inks on a Q-Tip! so easy!
Now you may all covet my vintage woodgrain DYMO tape hehehe! No 1970's holiday is complete without a little woodgrain right??!
Tag 8
Tim's tag
Mine
the day before he posted this I was at the craft store with those keys in my hand...and put them down! don't you HATE THAT? ugh! two trips to the craft store so far. And I would just like to say more stores need to remember to carry the black alcohol ink! they all carry the collections and I don't think pitch black even COMES in a collection. does it??
I had to improv on the key a bit with a cute charm and some alcohol inks. the hitching post thingy I didn't have either so mine is a pony bead and a full sized brad painted with a Krylon Leafing pen (have I mentioned how much I LOVE these pens??!!!) Every year I say I am going to remember to buy some of the "right" bells and forget :P I am not going back to the craft store!!
Mine
the day before he posted this I was at the craft store with those keys in my hand...and put them down! don't you HATE THAT? ugh! two trips to the craft store so far. And I would just like to say more stores need to remember to carry the black alcohol ink! they all carry the collections and I don't think pitch black even COMES in a collection. does it??
I had to improv on the key a bit with a cute charm and some alcohol inks. the hitching post thingy I didn't have either so mine is a pony bead and a full sized brad painted with a Krylon Leafing pen (have I mentioned how much I LOVE these pens??!!!) Every year I say I am going to remember to buy some of the "right" bells and forget :P I am not going back to the craft store!!
Tag 7
Tim's tag
Mine
I will probably be redoing this one. Leave it to a man (Sorry Tim!) to make things harder than they need to be LOL! Save yourself the aggravation and just stamp the white flourishes near the end, right before you do the embossing powder (with the mask still on the Santa's face). you'll thank me for it! ;)
I added a pom-pom to Santa's hat too ;)
Mine
I will probably be redoing this one. Leave it to a man (Sorry Tim!) to make things harder than they need to be LOL! Save yourself the aggravation and just stamp the white flourishes near the end, right before you do the embossing powder (with the mask still on the Santa's face). you'll thank me for it! ;)
I added a pom-pom to Santa's hat too ;)
December 6, 2009
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December 3, 2009
Day 3- tag 1
Tim's tags
the thing I am learning that the hardest part about this is really figuring out what to use if you don't have the right supplies! :P I found that Epson Premium gloss photo paper was the best of the 3 I had on hand. you have to use more ink and blending solution but it worked out. the downside was that I couldn't blend out the alcohol inks.
the santa sorta have a vintage mercury glass look to it which I LOVE. I added Silver alcohol ink to my felt pad and stippled it (since I could fad out the inks with the solution on my photo paper). I actually like this better than the sample. HOWEVER, the silver then wiped right off the surface so out came the Krylon Matte finish preserve it spray which not only took care of the silver wiping off it also gave some softness and texture to the flannel! I think it is exactly what it needed actually. I didn't think this would be even a contender for favorite but the flannel is actually growing on me a bit. I also realized that the black alcohol ink looked too harsh and went with a combo of stonewashed and stream for contrast.
No stipple stamp so I used a stipple brush and white paint for the edges. also figured out that the pink cropodile set to the cone setter is a good subsitute for that distressing hammer!
Mine
the thing I am learning that the hardest part about this is really figuring out what to use if you don't have the right supplies! :P I found that Epson Premium gloss photo paper was the best of the 3 I had on hand. you have to use more ink and blending solution but it worked out. the downside was that I couldn't blend out the alcohol inks.
the santa sorta have a vintage mercury glass look to it which I LOVE. I added Silver alcohol ink to my felt pad and stippled it (since I could fad out the inks with the solution on my photo paper). I actually like this better than the sample. HOWEVER, the silver then wiped right off the surface so out came the Krylon Matte finish preserve it spray which not only took care of the silver wiping off it also gave some softness and texture to the flannel! I think it is exactly what it needed actually. I didn't think this would be even a contender for favorite but the flannel is actually growing on me a bit. I also realized that the black alcohol ink looked too harsh and went with a combo of stonewashed and stream for contrast.
No stipple stamp so I used a stipple brush and white paint for the edges. also figured out that the pink cropodile set to the cone setter is a good subsitute for that distressing hammer!
Mine
Tim's Tags #2
Again had to switch things out a bit. the frame was "assembled" using 3 different stamps. also tried using Lumiere paints for the splatters and wasn't happy so I switched half way to my Kylon 14kt gold pen (Santa might need to replenish my Krylon pens this year ;) )
My Tag
Tim's Tag
now off to figure out what I'll be using instead of glossy cardstock! So far I have managed to only purchase two new wheels for my ATB labelmaker. Somehow I never bought the cursive & elegant wheels!
My Tag
Tim's Tag
now off to figure out what I'll be using instead of glossy cardstock! So far I have managed to only purchase two new wheels for my ATB labelmaker. Somehow I never bought the cursive & elegant wheels!
Tim's Christmas Tags!
So for the last three years I have been following the Tim Holtz's 12 Days of Tags and am really determined to do ALL 12 this year! usually 5 is doing good. LOL
I love his products though and wish I had all of it but NOPE, I don't! So these will be my interpretation on his ideas when his products are not available.
I have none of the distress ink pads. so all of my inking is done with a handful of Adirondack pads. It IS possible to blend those puppies. it just takes a bit more work, a mini mister and my Colorbox stylus. ;)
Tim's Tag 1
My Tag
I love his products though and wish I had all of it but NOPE, I don't! So these will be my interpretation on his ideas when his products are not available.
I have none of the distress ink pads. so all of my inking is done with a handful of Adirondack pads. It IS possible to blend those puppies. it just takes a bit more work, a mini mister and my Colorbox stylus. ;)
Tim's Tag 1
My Tag
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