Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of 2013: May

Good afternoon friends! I am back today to share my take on Tim's tag for May. I am so proud that I have been playing along all year and I'm starting to collect a nice little batch of tags that I currently display in my craft room! It's been really fun to try and come up with something similar to get the look with all the techniques he's used. I am not very wealthy so I don't have ALL the items he's used, but I have been able to improvise here and there. So here is Tim's tag, and this time he used remnant rubs then distress paint over them for a image-collage resist kind of look:

I started with a #8 manila tag, and used some distress inks and other inks to get the rainbow effect. I then misted with water to blend and heated with my heat gun. Then I started to add my cut out pieces for the 'rub on' parts and I had some washi tape that was film strip so I added that, then heat embossed it and other parts with UTEE. I did have the crinkle ribbon so I inked and sprayed that as well to add to the top. Here are some photos:

And some close ups of my stamping and embellishments that were added:

 The 2 bee embellishments I made with some tim holtz fragments, paper and my favorite mini bee stamp from 7 Gypsies. Then I used glossy accents to glue them to the fragment for a custom embellishment. I tried to miz musical notes, titles of places, bees, stamps and the 2 different washi tapes to try and create that 'image collage' affect. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you would like to see my take on the other tags for 2013, just check out the Archives at the bottoms of the sidebar. I love getting comments! Good luck if you are playing along this month too, I know we would all love to win that TH prize pack!!!! Until next time, Peace Y'all~VV 

Tim Holtz: 12 tags of 2013 March & Tattered floral challenge!

Good evening all my friends in crafty blog land... I hope you all have had a good weekend. I was lucky enough to be off today with my hubby, so I got to enjoy some downtime with him, grocery shopping and even some crafting! ( I looked over the clean laundry pile one more time to have some fun time in the craft room! LOL). I was so excited about Tim's tag for March that I had to get going on it right away!!! So I'll start with that, here is his tag as the inspiration:

So right off the bat I knew I'd have to start this tag by making the bunny. I sadly don't have either one of the dies he used (YET) or a beloved vagabond so I had to make do with what I had. I used my cricut to cut out a journal block similar in shape and a bunny rabbit. Then I started the task of making my 'tinsel' look for the negative space. I use some hot pink sparkly tulle, 2 stickles in Glitz multicolor and 'patina', and part of my kitty's toys- a tinsel looking ball in hot pink that I gave a haircut to! LOL I know it's sad the lengths we will go for crafting....but the honest truth is I didn't want to dig out the Xmas decor to see if I could find a spare scrap of tinsel!! LOL! That is sad I know...but she will hardly miss it, she has a million balls.

After making the bunny, I used my #8 manila tag and started assembling all the elements..the grass I hand cut myself, the background paper was the brightest flowery piece from my TH crowded attic paper stack, the crinkle ribbon I dyed with distress markers- LOVE that stuff!!! And of course the flowers I  messed up a bit cause I didn't have metal ones and topped them with 2 of my favorite vintage buttons. I did use Tim's technique using the long fasteners and memo pins though to make them 'stick' into the grass- which was really cool!!

Here are some pictures of my tag:

Overall I am pretty happy how it turned out...took me about 2.5 hours to make but I think it was a success! These are the supplies that I used for this tag: #8 manila tag, floral paper from Tim's 'crowded attic' paper collection, cream cardstock, vintage buttons from my stash, Tim's crinkle ribbon, Tim's paper distresser, Tim's distress markers in antique linen, spun sugar, and broken china; Tim's memo pens, Tim's distress ink in vintage photo, tea dye, and antique linen. Prima flowers, green cardstock, pop dots, Ranger stickles in multicolor glitz and patina, mini 'FAMILY' stamp from Studio G.

Ok, onto the next project! The tattered floral challenge which I was so glad to finally participate in...been wanting to sit down and try it for days! After alot of trial and error with the grungeboard, mists and inks I used, and the canvas and burlap pieces, these are the 2 that I came up with. I am thinking of adding them to a bluejean purse I have in the closet...hmm. Well here's the photos:

And this is what my desk looked like after the 5 or so hours of crafting this afternoon...

So I guess it's time to clean up and start on the next project, more design work and some decor for a dear friend's party next weekend... off I go! Thanks for stopping by, until next time, PEACE Y'all~ VV

Oh and P.S.....a HUGE HUGE shout out to one of my favorite scrapping inspirations here in blogland...KELLY FOSTER!!! I won her huge giveway that she was having, just found out today! So I may be having a giveaway of my own very, very soon. Need to do some Spring cleaning, anyway!!! :)) Stay tuned!