Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014- A Technique That's So Much Fun for the Month Of June!!!

This is the technique that Tim Holtz posted for his 12 Tags of 2014 for June.

 

Normally because of the inclement weather I usually have to edit the dull look of the pictures.  Not This Time!!!  Yesterday the sun shone (I know it seems weird for Ireland), so all I needed to do was crop the photos. That means what you see here, is how vibrant and summery it truly looks!! I kid you not LOL :) 

I loved his tutorial so much that I've made 4 no 5 more tags of yummie-ness now!!!

To do this technique click on the 12 Tags link I've made above and it will go to Tim's blog where you can emulate him and post your own fab creations because it will give you fantastic results!!

It's essentially a watercolor letterpress technique and so simple that it's GENIUS!! 

Supplies

Wood-mounted Tim Holtz Change stamp
Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Papillon
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Mini Kit One (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers & Spiced Marmalade)
Tim Holtz - Layering Stencils - Rays
My Stash Buttons, Metal flower
Junkyard Findings
Prima Resin Butterfly
Smooth Watercolour Cardstock
Kitchen Towels (to soak up excess liquid)
Scraps of Elegance Scrapbook Kit Club Clear drops & Hat Pins
Prima Large Clear Pebble
Foam Pads
American Seam Binding Ribbon White
Watermister
Beacon Quickgrip Clear Glue
We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper Green Deco/Stub 
Tim Holtz Watercolor Fine Detail Waterbrush
Ranger Heat Tool
Ranger Black Archival Ink Pad
3/16 WRMK Big Bite Punch and lilac eyelet

When I did this technique, it didn't take long at all.  The most important step, is to thoroughly dry, the watercolor card, with a heat tool.

As the distress ink pads have to be applied to the reverse side of the stencil directly, it works best with the mini ink pads as more color can be applied to it and then spritzed with water and applied to the cardstock.  I have used the larger ink pads to bigger stencils with good effect.

I love vibrant colors like those in 'Mini Kit One', which naturally, was the first set I bought and the results were wonderful I think.







I used the Papillion Stampers Anonymous Butterfly Stamp, but because I didn't have the one that can be used with the Framelit Dies, I had to fussy cut them individually after I'd watercoloured them as per Tim's instructions.

The butterflies had been stamped onto the smooth watercolour card itself and the cut out ones mounted on double-sided foam pads to give it plenty of dimension.









I stamped the Change sentiment as well as all the other stamping with Black Archival Ink and heat set it so the watercolouring wouldn't bleed the stamped images

I thought that because have to go through a metamorphosis and emerge anew. 













I had lots of fun searching through my terrifying stash (some say trash.  I say whatever!!) to add the finishing touches to my tag after the corners had been chomped off by my WRMK Green CC on the Deco side.

I am not sure what the metal pieces came from (at least 1 is a Junkyard Finding or Finnabair cog maybe) and then I used the Large Clear Pebble from Prima.

The smaller pebbles are part of the Scraps of Elegance Kit for this month (more to follow with that kit Woo Hoo!!

Then the hat pins actually came from the Scraps of Elegance Flutter April Kit from which I snipped the off the sharp needle-points 

To finish I pressed all the mini distress ink pads that I used and spritzed generously with water and then dragged a long ribbon through it and then dried with my heat tool (Ranger of course LOL!)

Be sure to check out Mr Holtz blog (follow the link at the top of this post) and try out this technique for yourself with all the stencils and inkpads and glorious funness you have to play with and see how something so simple is so wonderful and creates amazing results.

Tell me what you think as I love reading comments.  It means I'm getting better at what I'm doing.

Hugs for Everyone,

Celina

SOD Stationers Desk Large Tag May 2014 Facebook Challenge

I saw a post on Facebook about making something using a dressform (Tim Holtz die I believe) and if you didn't have the right die anything would be really ok as an alternative.

I'd made this tag which actually started off as a bookmark, magetized and everything, then it morphed into something else as these things always end up doing (everyone can relate right? :) )

Kit Supplies

• 5 double sided papers from Prima's Stationer's Desk Collection
• 5 double sided papers from Prima's Cartographer Collection
• Prima: Stationer's Desk Collection - Pencil Flowers
• Prims :Everyday Vintage Paintables 
• Prima: Cartographer - Type Keys Clips
• Prima: Ingvild Bolme - Mannequins
• Ranger: Liquid Pearls - Copper
• 1 Floral Bronze Metal Embellishment
• Martha Stewart Circle Edge Punch Cartridge - Flower Arches (my stash)
• DIY 3 x 4 Chalkboard Sheet (my stash)
• Prima Stationers Desk - Tag Me - Ticket and Tag Set
• Small Office Hinge Clip (my stash)
• Tim Holtz Distress inks  Weathered Wood, Red Brick, Frayed Burlap, Old Paper (my stash)
• Creative Impressions - Antique Ruler Twill Ribbon   

As you can all see, Melinda really delivered on a kit (I've said this a few times already I know!! LOL) that is so versatile.

I already had this made so I knew I would be able to post it in by the deadline.  I not sure if I like how it turned out.  I used everything except the chalkboard which, can be swapped for something else as the brass flower is actually adhered to an office hinge clip that I had in my stash.

I started off using a size #10 tag I believe and used the Stationer's Desk Red Romance and cut the paper down to size and distressed it by wetting it slightly and crumpling it up over and over and then ripped into the edges and opened it out and glued it to the tag.  Then I inked the edges with the Tim Holtz Distress ink (LOVE LOVE LOVE his genius!!!!) and put the twill ribbon under the cardstock and then inked that with some frayed burlap ink to age it too.

I put the wonderful big flowers bottom left and upper right that came in the kit and only stuck the bottom half and upper right of the flowers to the paper so the Paintables which I coloured with my distress markers Red Brick and Pine Needles a little.  Then I put the coloured image between the flowers and then used the Type Keys Clips and Stationers Desk Tags and Tickets and placed them around the paintables. Then I used the Martha Stewart French Scroll Punch with some of the Red Ink cardstock and applied it between the tag and red cardstock.  Used some Weathered Wood Ink to the edges of the punched out cardstock.  I put the mannequin piece from the kit on the top left and then thought it only looked ok.  Certainly not the best thing I've ever done and left it alone to wait for inspiration.

Later I realised that I needed to make another layer and see what would happen (I'm not a tag making sort of person.  It's a real crap-shoot how it turns out! (& no I've never played craps but I have seen Guys and Dolls loads of times and like the song 'Luck be a Lady Tonight') I love that movie!! :)

I used the Cartographer Faire un Voyage and used the Martha Stewart Flower Arches Cartridge and cut an 8" circle and then inked the edges with Frayed Burlap and Folded half to the front and glued the back.  I put tiny little dots of the Perfect Pearls Copper strategically as accents and then using the packaging from the Tickets and Tags and Used the WRMK Deco corner chomper punch side and then inked the edges and stuck on to the front of the circle.

Then I got the the Brass Flower and glued it to a small Hinge clip and Glued it to the top of the Deco cut piece and finally I got to finish it up using another piece of the resin corset and put that on the lower left and used some more of the tags and type keys to complete it.  After it was all done I used white chalk and scribbled it over the 3x4 chalkboard and then wrote Dress up time!!!  Fun Fun Fun

Hugs for Everyone

Celina