Howdy folks,
It's time for the September challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu. The pink team's theme is anything to do with a "Gift" and the purple team's theme is "New Beginnings"...celebrate a new chapter in your life-new spouse, new baby, adoption, new job, etc. Of course no gift is complete without a stunning tag! Since I'm back on Tim Holtz again what better way to jazz up a tag than to use some Tim Holtz products. Tim and Ranger have some amazing products out currently. I got a few dies, stamps, inks, and tools to add to my collection. I've been playing with some Layering Stencils, as well as some of the new and vibrant distress ink colours like "Picked Raspberry". When I first saw this ink pad, I thought...ok that one I will not be purchasing-ever! Ooh-wee that is a bold bright colour! Well, I truly had to eat crow on this one. I absolutely love this colour!!! This is just a must have ink pad and re-inker. I also got to work with some of the Distress Paints. The Distress Sprayer- I'd been looking at it for awhile but refused to buy it because, I felt like I had enough spray bottles in my craftroom. I really do like the Distress Sprayer and highly recommend it. I love the way the mist-dopplets come out. The water droplets on my tags really look distressed, vintage, and aged instead of blobs of water. The Splatter brush-one word...AWESOME!!! I did a little tag using the Splatter Brush, I call it my Solar Tag; you'll see why in a few. I also did a quick tag using the Distress Sprayer that I will show. I was on such a roll, I decided to see what kind of tutorials Tim had on his site and let me just say...I found the coolest tag!!! I am always trying to do masculine projects but they always end up looking more girly than manly. The tag I did even though it has butterflies, still rings dudely!! I am sooooo pleased at how it turned out...Thanks Tim! Well, I hope you will pop over to Eclectic Ellapu and join in the challenge, good luck!
To make the faux metal tag I used: Ten Second Studios Metal Tape Sheets (8 1/2 x 11 in), #8 Manilla Tag, Spellbinders Butterflies Two die templates, Spellbinders Damask Motifs die template, a bamboo stick from Sally's hair supplies), the bottom of a pen (to make the rivets), a few pieces of an old dictionary page, Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks-Stonewash, Ginger, and Pitch Black, a sanding block (the white rectangular block from Sally's hair supplies), a whole punch, some seam binding (black and brown), Walnut stain distress ink, and Glossy Accents...whew! (I think that's it,,,lol). I hope you enjoy the tags and feel inspired to break out some of those Tim Holtz and Ranger products you have in your stash.
It's time for the September challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu. The pink team's theme is anything to do with a "Gift" and the purple team's theme is "New Beginnings"...celebrate a new chapter in your life-new spouse, new baby, adoption, new job, etc. Of course no gift is complete without a stunning tag! Since I'm back on Tim Holtz again what better way to jazz up a tag than to use some Tim Holtz products. Tim and Ranger have some amazing products out currently. I got a few dies, stamps, inks, and tools to add to my collection. I've been playing with some Layering Stencils, as well as some of the new and vibrant distress ink colours like "Picked Raspberry". When I first saw this ink pad, I thought...ok that one I will not be purchasing-ever! Ooh-wee that is a bold bright colour! Well, I truly had to eat crow on this one. I absolutely love this colour!!! This is just a must have ink pad and re-inker. I also got to work with some of the Distress Paints. The Distress Sprayer- I'd been looking at it for awhile but refused to buy it because, I felt like I had enough spray bottles in my craftroom. I really do like the Distress Sprayer and highly recommend it. I love the way the mist-dopplets come out. The water droplets on my tags really look distressed, vintage, and aged instead of blobs of water. The Splatter brush-one word...AWESOME!!! I did a little tag using the Splatter Brush, I call it my Solar Tag; you'll see why in a few. I also did a quick tag using the Distress Sprayer that I will show. I was on such a roll, I decided to see what kind of tutorials Tim had on his site and let me just say...I found the coolest tag!!! I am always trying to do masculine projects but they always end up looking more girly than manly. The tag I did even though it has butterflies, still rings dudely!! I am sooooo pleased at how it turned out...Thanks Tim! Well, I hope you will pop over to Eclectic Ellapu and join in the challenge, good luck!
To make the faux metal tag I used: Ten Second Studios Metal Tape Sheets (8 1/2 x 11 in), #8 Manilla Tag, Spellbinders Butterflies Two die templates, Spellbinders Damask Motifs die template, a bamboo stick from Sally's hair supplies), the bottom of a pen (to make the rivets), a few pieces of an old dictionary page, Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks-Stonewash, Ginger, and Pitch Black, a sanding block (the white rectangular block from Sally's hair supplies), a whole punch, some seam binding (black and brown), Walnut stain distress ink, and Glossy Accents...whew! (I think that's it,,,lol). I hope you enjoy the tags and feel inspired to break out some of those Tim Holtz and Ranger products you have in your stash.
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| Water Mark (with Picked Raspberry love this colour) |
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| Layering Stencils, stamps, Distress Paint, and Distress Inks |
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My waaaaay-cool Solar Tag using Distress Inks, Distress Paint and the ever-wonderful Splatter Brush   |
Above you can see how the faux metal shines in the light and a frontal picture so you can see the elements on the tags better.
