December tag for the 12 Tag of 2014

The December tag of Tim Holtz is just beautiful. I love the prancing deer die and purchased it before the December tag came out. Here's a glance at Tim's tag:

After much thought about which die to use on my tag, I decided to go with the layered snowflake die and matching texture fade. I think it is fabulous that there are texture fades to match the dies.

My snowflake does have lots of clear rock candy applied but the picture doesn't do it justice. 

Here's my take on Tim's tag:

Love the holiday words on the snowflake and the new film. It's great to use the film with the snowfall texture fade. Tim's distress inks in the blues for beautiful on the snowflake too.

Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

November Tag - 12 tags of 2014

Here is a look at Tim's fabulous tag for November with so much "fallness" to it. 

One great thing about creating the 12 tags is it gives me a chance to use his latest products plus learn new techniques. Thanks Tim!!


For my take on his November tag, I followed his steps closely plus I love using corrugated cardboard for projects so I really enjoyed this one. Oh well, I enjoy them all even without cardboard!!

Here it is:

I couldn't resist playing with the cut out of the leaf and adding a little goodness to it.

Challenges:

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 - November

Trick or Treat - 12 Tags of 2014 - October

Tim Holtz has done it again with his October Tag for the 12 Tags of 2014. Look how cool Tim's tag on the right looks!


Halloween is one of my very favorite holidays. It's such a fun day and night for everyone whether you are passing out the candy or going Trick or Treating with the little ones. I love making projects for this special night and it was so fun to make this tag and get to use the Distress Spray Stains plus so many of Tim's idea-ology elements.


Here's my version of his October tag:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 - October

September Tag 2014 - A New Fall Dress

It's time for the September 2014 Tag over at Tim Holtz.com.  Here's a look at Tim's tag and it is stunning. Such an interesting technique with alcohol inks this month. 

I have my tag ready to share with you. 

Fall is just about here and the Fall colors are always so gorgeous. 

You know, every girl needs a new dress for the Fall. To make the dress, I used a stamp from the Visual Artistry Stampers Anonymous Seamless Experience stamp collection. 

Then,  I got wild with alcohol inks and the Autumn Gatherings decorative strip. Wow, that was fun. I followed Tim's steps carefully since using the Alcohol Ink Cardstock was new for me.








Here's a pic of my background for the tag before the stamping and leaves. I used the Measured THS012 stencil and citrus alcohol ink. I used several pieces of the alcohol ink cardstock trying to find a good color. I remember Tim said to use a light color but I didn't have the lake mist he was featuring. 










Then the image was stamped. The leaves were made and layered from the bottom up so each layer could have a little "fluff" and curling of the edges.










In making the leaves, all I could think about were the vibrant colors of Fall, using the oranges, yellows, reds of alcohol inks worked great. Love, love the colors. The Copper Mixatives gave the palette a big boost.

A few extra leaves were attached to the hanger in case they were needed. 

It could get windy!!

There you have it, the September Tag 2014 - A New Fall Dress.

Linking to:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014: September

Supplies: 
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology: Hanger Clips, Pitch Fasteners
Remnant Rubs - Numbers, Botanicals,
Alcohol Inks
Black Tag

August - Tim's 12 Tags of 2014

I've completed my August tag from Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. Tim always has such unique creations. I only wish I could think like Tim.

Wow, this was loads of fun with stains, inks, paints, stamps and lots of fun pieces. So here's my August tag:

Supplies:
Stamps: TH Merchantile CMS 189
Remnant Rubs: Life Quotes; Pen Nibs; Clip, Film Strip, Word Band; Linen Ribbon; light bulb,
Paints: DP broken china, peeled paint, black soot, antique bronze
Distress Stains: rusty hinge, wild honey, salty ocean
Distress Inks: rusty hinge, evergreen bough
TH Tissue Tape
Tiny Attacher
Glossy Accents
Wendy Vecchi crackled texture paste
TH Collection Stencils: splatters, school house
Archival Ink: Jet Black