Tim's tag September

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my second post of today. This one is another tag but now for Sir Tim's Challenge 'the 12 tags of 2015'. Here it is:

I wasn't sure about this one... Not sure I like it. Anyway, as usual I didn't have all the stuff Tim used. But I did have the alcohol inks (that I never use, lol), so I dusted them off and off I went... 

The little panel was then stitched onto the tag which I dragged through some Frayed Burlap Distress inks on my craft sheet. 

For the stencilled pattern that Tim used translucent model paste for I used Extra Heavy Gel medium because I only have white model paste. I accentuated it with some Archival ink and then realised I should have stamped those hearts first before adding the stencilling. Duh....

So I just stamped the hearts on vellum, cut them out and stapled them to the tag. Next I created the sentiments on black card stock and stapled them down as well. A ribbon finished the tag off..

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Memoir..

Hello everyone,

It has been raining all day today so that was a good excuse to lock myself into my craft room. I thought it was time to do Sir Tim's tag for August so that is what I did.

As usual I didn't have all the stuff Tim used but I did my best. 

I hope you like my take on his fab tag.  

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Sir Tim's Tags 2015 - July

Hello everyone,

Time for another tag. Tim's tag this month was very patriotic and as I am not American I found this a little difficult. Luckily the colours of the Dutch flag are also red, white and blue so I gave it a go and made it up as I went along ... :o)

This is a #8 Manilla tag which I painted red, white and blue with Dylusions paints. I then did some stamping and heat embossing. I doodled around the edge and coloured some bits in with alcohol markers. Next I added the Vintage Photo distress Ink around the edges and on the tag itself to age it a little. I dripped som white ink on it and lastly added the metal charms, the chitchat stickers and the ribbon. 

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Sir Tim's Tag for June...

Hello everyone,

A bit late but here is my tag for June for "12 Tags of 2015". Of course I don't even have half of the stuff Sir Tim uses so I decided to go a different way whilst still trying to keep the original idea..

I used the same technique as Tim by using a stencil to create the background pattern; I used Broken China, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks. The edges of the tag were distressed and inked with Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Next I stamped the fan and stamped it again on old book pages. I coloured the one on the book pages, cut it out and adhered it over the top on the tag. A bit of corrugated cardboard, some fabric, a chit chat sticker and a label created the banner underneath the fan. I added a glitter heart (home made) for more interest. 

Lastly I added some pieces of ribbon and a metal flip flop.

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Tim's tags 2015 - May

Hello everyone,

Time for another Sir Tim tag. May this time. And here it is:

As usual I had to improvise as I didn't have most of the stuff that Tim used. But that is the Challenge, right ? So I started with a #8 tag on which I glued some fabric. Next I inked the edges; I used Vintage photo Distress Ink for this. I used book pages, ephemera, a photo from my stash, some paper roses, some metal and a ribbon which wash tied in a bow. I also used a bit of ribbon for the top. 

After inking all the edges I glued everything in place. 

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Life is good !

Hello everyone,

This is the first of two posts from me today. I have made a tag for Sir Tim's 12 tags of 2015. Of course I didn't have many of the supplies Tim used but I improvised.

I cut a tag from Kraft card stock and inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Next I cut a piece of watercolour paper and stamped the flower onto it. This stamp is by Stampotique as I don't have any flower stamps from Tim. I also don't have any of the dies Tim used so I improvised and used a different one. The flower was coloured with watercolour pencils and a water brush. The tag was stitched together and I finished it off with some rub ons, some metal flowers and a bit of lace ribbon. 

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Love - Tim's tags of 2015 - February

Hello fellow Crafters,

For the February tag of 'the 12 tags of 2015' I have made this :

I started with a #8 Manilla tag and collaged over the top. I glued everything down with gel medium and also added a layer over the top. I then took some Big Brush Markers and shaded the edges of the collage pieces. I also took a grey Archival Ink pad and rubbed it around the edges of the tag. 

Next I stapled some ribbon across the tag. The hearts were die cut out of some felt and stitched together on the sewing machine. I adhered it to the tag with glue. The little rest bit of the ribbon was adhered under the heart as I quite liked that and I do not like to throw things away. The metal bits that I used were copper coloured so I used some silver embossing powder to give them a different look.  They were also adhered with gel medium as this is nice and strong. The last thing was the 14, which was glued to the round metal flower with gel medium. I put a layer of Glossy Accents over the top to make it shiny. 

A piece of ribbon finished it off. 

Here's a close up of the glossy accents over the '14'.

And another close up...

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

I hope you like it and I have given you some inspiration too !