Christmas Tag #3

Tim Holtz Tag #3

Tim went back to one of my favorite techniques for tag #3 this year.  He used Cut and Dry Foam by Ranger, Archival ink and Distress re-inkers to make a custom stamp pad. I love doing this and when I saw this particular stamp when on his cruise this fall, I knew I had to have it because it would be perfect for this particular technique.  Who knew he would use it on the 12 tags.  Now as far as running the tag through the Vagabond with the embossing folder--I'll have to work on it.  Mine was a little off kilter. 

So if you missed Tim's tag you can find it here:

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Now here is my tag.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tara



Tim Holtz Tag #2

Tim Holtz Tag #2

Tag #2 may be all I can get done today.  I have to go get some Christmas shopping done. So I thought I would be a posting done early before I leave on this dreary December morning.  Tim Holtz's tag used wonderful kraft resist paper which I absolute LOVE!!! You can see Tim's tag here:

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Now I had to order some kraft resist which is what put me behind on doing the twelve tags.  I have looked for the holiday kraft resist everywhere but come up empty.  Originally I tried to create my own kraft resist with some embossing powder and Tim stamps.  It did not work as well as I wanted it to so  I just waited for my online order to arrive. 

When making tag #2, I made several changes some due to not having the product and some due to creative differences.  The changes are as follows:

1. I did not use the large reindeer --because I didn't have it and when I placed my online order I forgot to add them to it.  (Oops)
2. When I made the small reindeer I used some glittery paper rather than sticky back canvas because it was sitting on my desk (oh who am I kidding) it was on the floor beside the Vagabond. And I thought it would look good.
3. For the bottom trim, I had some pre-cut chipboard by Little Yellow Bicycle that worked out perfect.
4. When looking around my studio, I saw some liquid pearls, I have honestly never really used these. However, I picked up some up a few weeks ago when gearing up for the 12 tags and now that I've used them--I LOVE them. So I took the chance to use them rather than the brads.   

Hope you like my tag!!! See you soon for tag #3.

Tara

Tim Holtz Tag 1

Tim Holtz Tag 1

Well several days after Tim Holtz -- master of all talents has started and I have to say finished his tags. I finally have Tag 1 finished and now I'm finally ready to post it. Now if you have been living under a rock or something and missed Tim's original post for Tag one you can find it here  Tim_Tag_1 Now I wanted to make my tag a little different so I used a rose colored kraft core paper rather than the ice blue.  The other main difference that my tag had was when I made my Noel I used a black foam craft piece and painted it silver and covered it with glitter.  This added a lot of dimension to my tag.  The dimension is hard to see by the picture but its really cool.  See you soon for Tag 2.

Tara

Christmas with the 7 Gyspies

I have been trying to get this 7 Gypsies tray posted for about 2 weeks now and when I saw Simon Says Challenge yesterday I thought what a perfect time to do it.  I love to work on projects like these because they don't take very long and I  feel like I've done something each time I complete one of the squares.  I found the Santa in the Sleigh last year after Christmas and fell in love-- of course I had to wait until this year to put in on the tray.  I wasn 't sure if he was going on the bottom of a project or a scrapbook page. Project wins.  I took several pieces from Graphic 45 Christmas Past Collection and sparkled them up with glossy accents and stickles.  Of course, no project would be complete without a little Tim Holtz in there.  I used the mica flakes paper from the seasonal pack and made a pocket watch.  The pocket watch fits quite nicely with Simon Says portion of the challenge...looking through the looking glass--don't you think???  If you want to see the Simon Says Challenge info make sure you check it out here. 

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Hope you like it as much as I had fun making it. Thanks for stopping by.


Tara

The Great Pumpkin Meets the Night Before Christmas Part 2

Well as you can see I'm a bit new at this blogging thing and clicking back and forth on my computer trying to get Tims piece on here ending up posting before I was ready. Someday I'll figure out what I'm doing on this thing. LOL. Well if you have not seen it here is where you can see the Great Pumpkin itself

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So last week when I saw Lindas Grundy Monday post I thought to myself this is a challenge for me. I love... I mean love alcohol inks.  They are by far my favorite medium.  I think I have every color Ranger makes in at least one bottle if not two.  But to be honest I have never used the Rangers foil.  So this Saturday I went to my local Michaels and picked up all they had because I wasn't sure how much I would need. I have to tell you this stuff is amazing.  It is my new favorite product. It is super easy to use. I found a wooden sleigh while crusing the aisles at Michaels and thought that would be perfect. Below you can see my version of the Great Pumpkins Meets the Night Before Christmas.

Thanks Linda for Hosting such a great challenge so I could find a new a incredible product!!!!

Until next time.

Tara

Great Pumpkin Meets The Night Before Christmas

Hello again--I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and survivied the shopping frenzing with no major injuries.  I personally had to work most of the week and weekend but did manage to squeeze in some special family time as well as some shopping time.  I can never pass up a good and I'm a sucker for Black Friday.

Well Linda Ledbetter over at Studio L3 is hosting a wonderful challenge that I could not pass up on this week with her Grungy Monday.  Its based on Rangers Great Pumpkin Challenge.  If you missed the weeks entires I'm sure you can still see them on Rangers website. It was a weeks worth of plain pumpkins altered with Ranger products and the final day was a extreme stickled pumpkin and of course Tim Holtz's masterpiece.  If you missed this you can see it here

The Only Good Part of Fall...FOOTBALL

     With the cooler temperatures coming around in my area-- I hate to think that summer is already coming to an end. However, I can not help but get excited with the start of college football and  pre-season NFL.  I have a 7 year old that loves the sport and I could not help but put together this collage for his room to help cheer on our families favorite college team. 

    I took a 9 by 12 canvas and glued various football themed papers to it.  I then used some dictionary paper and glued it onto 3 mini canvases of various sizes.  Once the mini canvases were dried I inked them up with Rangers distress stains and inks.  I used a graphite pencil to fill in between to create a patchwork.

     I found some football stickers that I mounted onto some clay tiles that I prepared to add more dimension. I then added some Tim Holtz embellishments along with his stamp that stated "sometimes FATE and your DREAMS can collide."    I added some football stickers, grass paper and glossy accents into a bottle cap top to create another embellishment.  I added a grungeboard  "D" and Tim Holtz picket fence to represent all the defense our time plans to do this season. And of course, the canvas would not have been complete without a OU uniform.

     So when I saw the challenge on the Simon Says Challenge  this week-- I was so excited-- I knew excitely what to do.  My little G-Man can not wait to get this hanging up in his room.

Tag Vecchian Style

Well I have been trying to get this blog up and running for a least a year and from the looks of things it may never happen. This week I saw the Simon Says Challenge and I thought... "Hey I can do a tag in a week." Well... here it is Sunday night--last minute and I'm trying to figure out what to do and if I can actually get this thing posted in time and well here goes.....

I covered my tag in four different distress inks then covered it in marshmallow glimmer mist. But the best part is the flower it is made with Wendy Vecchi's Clearly Art film. I love this stuff. I love how the vine turned out. I covered the film with a white on white fabric that I color washed with Rangers Lettuce Color wash and glued onto the film then zapped with the heat gun.  The flower is the same fabric with with glimmer mist and the clearly art film and I used my Tim Holtz scrapper to distress it a little.  Hopefully I can post something again soon.