August 12 tags of 2014.. inspired..

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all doing well..

 Today I've got my version of Tim Holtz's - August 12 tags of 2014 to share with you..

 

I absolutely LOVE this months tag!

 

 

As soon as I saw this tag, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.. I've strayed a little this month, and used some stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps!, instead of my Tim Holtz ones. For me as soon as I saw this tag I knew that I had to use these stamps,

 

I've followed most of the background technique, though I've not used texture paste with my stencil, instead I've opted again to go a little different and just used  darker distress inks. ( I've used  walnut stain and pumice stone.) I've also added in some Remnant Rubs as well as my pieces of idea-ology.

 

So without to much more babbling.. Here is my tag.. I absolutely love it!!

 

 

The Stamps I've used - Businessman silhouette and Big Ben are just a match made in heaven.. well in my eyes anyway :)

 

and of course I can't go past sharing a few close ups of all the inky, stamped layered goodness!!

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: Manila Tag

 

Stamps: Viva Las Vegas Stamps:

Businessman Silhouette

Big Ben

Waybill/Invoice background

Not all who wander

 

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz: Remnant Rubs, Filmstrip ribbon,

 mini paper clips, metal corner, tissue tape.

 

Inks and Powders: Distress Ink , Archival - Jet Black.

 Distress Embossing powder - Walnut stain

 

Machine Stitching and cotton.

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by, Happy Creating,

Karen xx

 

Worn Book Cover - Documented.

Happy Friday!!

 

I've got a just because piece of creating to share with you today, this one was made just for me. With saying that you can already guess that it is going to be full of lots of Tim Holtz yumminess!

 

 

I fell in love with the Tim Holtz Worn Covers when they were first released, and have been creating with one of my favourite versions - Composition.

 

 

I picked out a few more of my favourites - Salvage stickers, Alpha Parts, Idea-ology and Ephemera, layered them all together, added in a little bit of distress ink in Black soot and walnut stain - Of course! and not forgetting a little Antique Linen Distress paint.. and I was done..

 

and of course I can't not show you a couple of close ups..

 

 

 

 

The Details:

 

Base: Worn Book Cover - Composition

 

Embellishments:

Idea-ology -

Curio Knobs, Adornments - Nature, Ephemera -Thrift Shop, Alpha Parts - Framed, Salvage Stickers- Lost and Found, Film Strip Ribbon, Mini Corners

 

Paints & Inks:

Distress Ink - Walnut Satin, Black soot

Distress Paint - Antique Linen.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.. I hope you have enjoyed your visit..

I hope to see you again soon

Happy Creating

Karen xx

You had the Power...

Happy Wednesday!!  Hope you've had a wonderful week so far.

 

You had the Power all along My Dear.... that's the message I have to share with you today! I love the Wizard of Oz, So I knew exactly what I wanted to do with some of my new gorgeous pink rubber from VLVS! when it arrived..

 

 I started by choosing my base paper again from the Nature Walk collection by 7Dots Studio, and stamped the tree and spider... I was nearly going to leave the tag like this.. I just  love the look of the two of them together, extra spooky.. these would be perfect just like this for a Halloween project..

 

 

I then stamped and fussy cut my witch silhouette image. I did this by just applying ink to her silhouette on the stamp, then wiping off any ink that may have been in areas that I didn't want inked before I stamped.  I found this worked really well with this particular stamp. I then fussy cut the image and added in a bit of black cotton thread before sticking her down with foam mounting tape. ( the tape helps to secure the cotton thread as well )

 I then stamped the awesome Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz saying   - You had the power all along, My dear and arranged it on the right hand side of the witch silhouette, once again using foam mounting tape, to add some dimension.

 lastly I added in some UmWow Studio star confetti, and off course some Tim Holtz Idea-ology - I just love this Bat from the Halloween Adornments pack..,prima crystals and machine stitching  to finish it off.

 

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base: 7 Dots Studio - Nature Walk - Cotton

 

Stamps:

Viva Las VegaStamps! -

Weathered Tree, Spider on Web Line, Kids in Costumes Silhouettes,

You Had the power All Along

 

Embellishments:

Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Halloween Adornments, Metal Comers, Halloween Muse Tokens

 

UmWow Studio - Star Confetti

Prima Crystals

Ink - Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Black Soot

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Machine stitching

 

Thank so much for stopping by once again.

 I really hope you enjoyed your visit! Until next time

happy Creating! Karen xx

 

 

Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge #6

Howdy!! I  hope you are all doing well, and have had a wonderful week so far.

 

 I have actually beaten the clock and got my entry for the awesome A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol. 3 Challenge 6 - Burlap panels, done.. and way ahead of the deadline for a change!

 

Linda Ledbetter does a wonderful job of hosting this fantastic challenge, if you aren't familiar with it, all you need to play along is of course your Tim Holtz stash.. ( yes it means using it not hoarding it!! lol ) and of course your very own copy of Tim's book -  A Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 3

 

The Curiosity Crew as always have provided some awesome inspiration! 

 ( I don't envy their job of picking a winner to receive some awesome goodies courtesy  of Tim and Mario at all!) You can find a FAQ about playing along here

 

This week the challenge is sponsored by  the wonderful  Linda Coughlin at The Funkie Junkie Botique.

 

Here is my panel.. I Love Burlap panels!

 

 

 and of course some close ups!

 

 

 

 

The Details:

 

Base: Tim Holtz Burlap Panel  6 x 8

 

Paper:  Tim Holtz wallflower paper stash

 

Embellishments: Tim Holtz: Salvage Stickers - lost and found, Wallflower paper stash, Thrift Shop Ephemera, Found Relatives, Mini Cabinet Cards, Film Strip Ribbon, ChitChat Stickers, Adornments - Nature, Baubles, Hinge Clips,

 

 I want to send a big wave hello to my new followers and big thank you to

 all of the blog friends who drop by and visit my blog ( yup that's all of you!) I thank you so very much for taking the time to drop by my little part of the blog universe!

 

Happy Creating xxx

Believe in your Journey.

 

 Happy Friday! Hope everyone has had a great week!.

 Today I have a collaged tag to share with you. It was nice to spend a little time playing with paper and ephemera and doing a little layering and modge podging!

 This tag is yet again  basically me in a nut shell.. Grungy, vintage, collaged yumminess!!
 

 

I started with my #8 tag, a whole bunch of Tim Holtz paper and epherema, and of course my trusty bottle of modge podge! I started  to build layers on my tag,
 

 

Some elements I fussy cut, then more layering and modge poding. Until I was happy with how my layers looked. I then added a thin layer of modge podge over my entire tag.

 

 

After letting it dry I then outlined some of the pieces with my black soot distress marker,

 

 

 the smudged each line to give  the elements a bit more depth and shadow.

 

Then a few random swipes of picket fence distress crackle paint..

 

While I was waiting for my  distress crackle paint to dry I stamped my chosen sentiment for my tag..

 

and then added some remnant rubs randomly around my tag, and smudged the edges of the tag using my black soot distress marker..

 

 

 

I then cut out and inked the edges of each word in my phrase with distress ink. Stuck them to my tag and  used my distress marker to define the edges.

 

And I was done.. or so I thought,

 I then decided to add in another couple of elements and add in some machine stitching around the edges of the tag... This time I was done..

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tag is a little reminder to myself, to believe in where my art journey is taking me.. To do what makes my heart happy, not what I think others might like to see..

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base : #8 Tag

 

Paper :

 Tim Holtz Ephemera – Thrift Shop, Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs - Life Quotes

Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs – Numbers, Tim Holtz Paper Stash - assorted pieces

 

Paint:

 Distress Crackle Paint – Picket Fence

 

Inks and Markers:

Distress Markers - Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Broken China

Distress Ink Minis: Kit #3

Archival Ink – Jet Black

 

Alpha Stamps

Modge Podge

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by again today, and remember  to Believe in YOUR journey..

 Happy creating! xx



Dreaming of a July Challenge??

Wow, I cant believe it's July, this year really has flown by!!  I have my very first tag  that I've created for my new term designing with Viva Las VegaStamps! to share with you today.

 

 

This is my inspiration for the new July Inspiration Board Challenge. You can find all the details here. but this is what the board looks like... 

 

 

 

I absolutely  love this board, it's got all my favourite things,  it's just so me! , neutral colours, a bit of  dreamy, vintage grungy splotchy goodness.. and the colour green! 

 

Here is what this awesome board has inspired me to create..

 

 

It started off like this.. with a little paper from 7Dots Studio. The paper I've used is again from the Nature Walk line, I really am going to be in trouble when I run out of this!!, I couldn't decide which side of the paper to use , so I've used them both!

A couple of  Viva Las VegaStamps! stamps, and of course some Distress, ( loving the colour combo of seedless preserves and forest moss! ) with a little machine stitching added in for good measure...

 

 

I couldn't decide which generation of distress marker stamping I liked better, so I layered them on top of each other.. Nothing better than a little distress marker stamping!

 

 a little bit more stamping, and distressing..this is the fun part.!

 

 

 

I then layered my stamped elements on top of my tag base, using some foam mounting tape to give some of the  elements a little extra height, and finished off by adding the word Dream, using yup you guessed it some of my favourite alphas  and star confetti from UmWow Studio and it was done!

 

 

and as always a couple of close ups...

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base : 7 Dots Studio:   Nature Walk

 

Stamps: Viva Las VegaStamps!:  Sunflowers, Line of Chevrons, Tall Mushroom,

Mushroom, Girl with Wings.

 

Chipboard: UmWow Studio: Alpha One, Star Confetti

 

Inks etc. :Distress Markers: Forest Moss, Seedless Preserves.

Distress Ink : Pumice Stone

Archival Ink : Jet Black

 

Machine stitching.

 

 

I hope I have inspired you to join us and play along this month with the VLVS! Inspiration Board Challenge..

 

Happy creating!

 

Idea-ology Overload?

An idea-ology overload?  No way!!.....Happy Wednesday!!

 

 I wanted  to share with you a tag I did over the weekend. This tag is full of everything that makes me smile.. all my favourites - A little Tim Holtz paper, a little Idea- ology.. ok well a lot of idea-ology.. 

 

 

 

I started off by cutting a tag base slightly smaller than a number 8 tag out of some paper from the Mini Collage paper stash, I then cut two tags out of some Tim Holtz Kraft resist paper. A number 8 tag and also a tag shape that was about a 1/4 larger on all side than the number 8 tag.  I then inked the edges of all three using a combination of Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and Black Soot distress inks. The smaller and larger sized tags I then also machine stitched a border in black cotton around.  The next step was to layer the two smaller tags on top of each other. I then mounted them on top of the larger tag using some foam mounting tape squares.

 

The next part was the fun part.. yup, you guessed it ,pulling all my Tim Holtz idea-ology out, and digging around and playing in it until I found the right combination of bits and pieces to arrange on my tag.. 

 

 

I had a lovely time poking through my stash.. until I was happy with my choices. I then set about layering them onto my tag. yup, I actually am going to stick it down and use it.. giggle, not just hoard it and look at it.. Go on, admit it, I'm not the only one!!

I started off with some remanent rubs - I love these!! , a journaling ticket  and a fussy cut found relative. I just adore the look on her little face.. makes me wonder just what she was thinking? I used these as my base, and then just layered and clustered my other embellishments around , under and on top of these three main elements until I was happy with the final result.

 

 

and seeing as I have actually used some of my beloved stash, I will just have to share a couple of close ups as well :)

 

 

 

 Here is a list of everything I've used to do this tag.. yup it's a little long and scary..

 

The Details:

 

Tag Base:

Tim Holtz Paper Stash mini - Collage

Tim Holtz Kraft Resist

#8 Tag

 

Distress Inks:

Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Black Soot

 

Idea - ology:

 Found Relatives, Monocles, Compass Coins

Accruements - Classic, Adornments - Arrows

Alpha Parts - Framed, Epherema - Thrift Shop

Film Strip Ribbon, Hitch Fasteners, Journaling Tickets

Metal Corner, Philosophy Tags, Remnant Rubs - Words

Remnant Rubs - Life Quotes, Ring Fastener, Pen Nibs, Mini Paper clips,

washers, memo pins

 

Thank you so much for dropping by, Hope you have had a wonderful weekend..

 

Happy Creating xxx