Tims Tag #10 ( Now my fav!!!!)

Oh my I loved loved loved !!!!!!!  this technique. It was so simple and ended with beautiful results. I will be doing this again. I didn't have his facets but I did have his Fragments. Mine are plastic the facets may be glass. Either way the results look the same. I got my picture of Santa from a book my Dover that I have had for 10 years. It is filled Victorian scenes. I cut out the Santa's then applied the packing tape. Then soaked them in water and rubbed the backing off. I added foil from my kitchen. Applying it with Glossy accents. Then I added glossy accent to the Fragment piece and added my picture. I loved the results. I used a music stamp I have for the background. I also choose to use small bells instead of small ornaments at the bottom.

I have learned so much this past week. I cant wait for the next two tags.
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Terri

Tim's tag # 9

I loved this tag as well as all the others. I didnt have the stamp he used. I used an emboss folder instead. I started out with a red tag. Ran that through the embossing folder. Then I inked lightly over the raised image. I didn't use any embossing power on this tag.
 The candle was cut from the cart Christmas. This cart came with my Gyspy, so I don't have a book to give you a page number. I cut it at 2.12. The black base for the candle was cut by hand. The letters are from Storybook cut at 1 inch. The leaves were cut the same as the first tag. All from Stretch Your Imagination cart, as was the swirl.
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Terri

Tims Tag #8 and Flashlight Collection

Oh my where to even start with this mornings tag. When I opened Tim's web page and saw this tag (I will be honest), I thought I need to skip this one. I didn't have any of the stamps or gears that could even come close to his tag. But I loved this tag, so I wanted to try.
He is so talented. With the help of my Cricut and a few carts and the net. I was able to make a tag I loved. Here is the list of the things I used and where I got the prints or cut from.

Tag base Picturesque cart cut at 3 inches. I inked red and green then went over it with brown ink. The white lines were made with white paint and the edge of folded paper. I drug the paper through the paint then tapped it to the tag.
Joy   letters I had on hand. I went over them with glossy accent ( wasn't dry in pic)
Tags   Smile stamp is from a stamp set I have
Hand   I used the same stamp set as above but printed a small hand from the net cut and pasted it to the stamp.
Men  I looked for prints on the net. Printed them out cut and pasted them ( loved it) Fast and easy. I hand cut the holly for the hat ( I loved the punch of color, Tim is so creative) add the red berries with the end of a paint brush and red paint.
Clock   face printed from the net. I went over it with silver ink. Cut and pasted it to tag. I hand cut a clock hand painted it sliver.
Silver tag at bottom was from my stash.
Gears cut from textured Kraft paper. Then painted with metallic paint. All 4 were cut from Accent Essentials cart
page 66 cut at 2 and 1 1/2 shadow
page 39 1 inch
Page 33 ( top gear) 2 inches left unpainted
On the med and small gear I cut off every other stroke.

Also I didn't have a pen to add to my tag so I added a paint brush instead. I cut it off an old brush I had and dipped the tip of the brush in silver metallic paint.


Wow this was a wild  ride. I must admit  I loved the results.

Oh I forgot to mention. The light bulb hanging at the top came from my Flashlight collection. Here is a pic of a very small selection of my 100's of flashlights. I collect flashlights from the early 1900s to the 70's.

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Terri

Tim's Tag # 7

Once again I was introduced to a product that I didn't even know existed.. Glassine Paper? I have never heard of this paper but I think I would love a pad of it. It has so many possibilities. Thank you Tim for giving us such wonderful toys to play with.
So without Glassine paper I had a dilemma with this tag. That paper was such a important part of the look of this tag. I dug through my stash of stuff and discovered I had a very close cousin to Glassine. It had the same weight, the same crackle effect and the same look ( once it was inked up) I used Colored Vellum paper. I'm sure clear or white velum would be the same once it was inked up. I did have 3 Ranger reinkers ( red, blue and green ) I joined a Ranger page swap not long ago and bought them for my pages. So I got out the green reinker. I cut my holly leafs first from the vellum from Joys of the Season at 6 inches. I cut out 2, then I cut away everything except the leaves. Then I crinkled them and then inked them. The branches were cut at 1 1/2 inches from Picturesque. The tag was also cut from Picturesque at 3 inches. The sentiment tag was cut from Elegant edges at 3 inches. I did ink my pearls red. For the tag all I did was distress with brown ink.

I do love this tag. Now I have a new use for my velum  paper that I love so much.
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Terri

Tims Tag #6 (maybe my favorite)

Wow !!!! tag # 6 and I am still impressed with Tim's skills. I have never used foil with an embossing folder. I have to say I LOVE it. When you sand off the color the silver comes out. Its looks amazing. Perfect for anything Christmas.


Once again however I did not have any of his supplies on the list. So I used 4 embossing folders I had, foil from my kitchen and acrylic paint and a sanding block. I got a great result.

I embossed the folders that looked "christmasy" (anything that has a swirl or tree), cutting out sections I wanted to use. They need to be glued  raised side down on a tag (cut at 6 inches from Joys of the season). I then picked 4 colors of paint and painted lightly on a heavy coat of paint. Once that was dried I sanded off the top layer. The silver from the foil popped out. I love that look. I think I will invest in some foil papers. I know they will do an even better job than the foil from my kitchen.
The wreath was cut at 2 inches from Joys of the Seasons. I painted it several shades of gray and then green. I added dots of red paint for the berries. I tied it with some red and white yarn. I went around the edges of the tag with black paint. I did use clear embossing power over the finsihed tag. It gave the tag an even better shine.

This is a technique I will do again. I really like the look of the foil.

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Terri

Tim's Tag #5

Once again Tim has fabulously amazed me. I loved his new stamps. Problem.. I don't own any. So I used pattern Christmas paper, ink and acetate. Here is how I did it..

Tag was cut from Joy of the Season as was the acetate tag ( I used packaging) at 6 inches. I inked the pattern paper tag with red ink. The wreath was found on Martha Stewart's seasonal cake cart page 59. I cut it 4 times at 3 inches. I cut it apart and layered it with foam tape. Then I added ribbon and pearls.
I layered the tag with a plain white tag, then the pattern paper ,then the acetate. Added the wreath. Then I used black stazOn ink on the acetate.

I really like the tag but Id really like to have his cool stamps too. I think they made my want list. Are you listening Santa????? hint hint :0
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Terri

Tim's Tag #4

Tim's Tag #4.                      I love love love this tag

 It is so simple and adorable. I just wish I had his snowman die. He has such attitude.So adorable

 My tag was cut at 6 inches from Joys of the Season. I did find a snowman  ( Joys of the Seasons cut at 51/2) on my carts that worked well. I also didn't crackle. I have crackle paint ( not Tim's) but choose to dry emboss inside. I then worked snow-tex into the raised areas. I then took a baby wipe and wiped it back off. It gave a heavier look than the white chalk ink I had. Then I took some blue ink and spotted the tag with that. It gave it a layered look.
Since I dry embossed the tag and the snowman. I did not mask and I didn't used stains.
I also added some Snow-Tex and glitter glue to one side of the snowman.

I cut the snowflake from Joys also at 2 inches. I cut it 3 times and layered it to give it some weight. Since I didn't use grudge board.

The numbers were not cut "in" the snowman the way Tim's was. I cut them out of craft paper at 2 inches from Storybook.Then stamped the numbers with a music note stamp. I covered them with Glossy accents and glued them to his body. I used a LOVE charm I had. I tied it with the tinsel and tulle on top of the tag.

 Over all an easy tag to duplicate. I'm happy with the results. Makes me want so many of his wonderful product's!!
I have worked on tag #3 and I think I have given up. Without a stamp that has a dry embossed folder with it. I don't think you can get the results close to his beautiful tag, If I come up with something I will update the post!

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Terri

Easy Fast Economical Christmas Present

Download the patten here   http://www.thediydish.com/promo/theDIYdish_Season4_Episode1_dressformpincushion.pdf

I was watching the new My Craft Channel. http://www.mycraftchannel.com/
   Kris and Kim have a great show on that channel. The first episode for this season showed them making a cutest pin cushion. It was a dress form to hold your decorative pins. I just loved it. I have not sewn anything also two years. I was excited to have my new sewing area in my craft room. So I threaded up the sewing machine and got started. Even as rusty as I am this project didn't take a hour. I think the next one I will make in about 30 minutes.
 Here is the link to get their tutorial and the pattern. I hope you enjoy it as much I did.
http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/The-DIY-Dish/?omedia_id=185


  I used a .29 candle stick from the thrift store. The candle stick is ceramic and  4 inch tall. The finished Pin Cushion is about 14 inches tall. I think the next one I make I will use more stuffing. I painted the christmas ornament pink. I then painted it with gloss accent. With  the 1.49 fat quarter I bought at Joanns. The entire project cost less than $3. Now that's an economical  Christmas present.
 Mine will sit on my table and hold not only my pins but pins that were gifted to me. What a great way to display the beautiful decorative pins awaiting for your next project.

Happy Crafting
Terri

Tim's Tag # 3

 Tim's tag    http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/

Here it is tag # 3. I like the idea of this tag however, I didnt like my results.... I tried Tim's new stamping pad (well it was new to me) it turned out to be harder than it looks. This looks like a simple tag to put together was wasn't. His technique worked but I think I could have gotten  just the same if not better results with my Stampajig. Main problem I encountered was all my clear stamps were not the same thickness. So some of my stamps didn't stamp the first time I stamped them all together.

I used my Fiskars large stamp pad ( see the pic) I arranged all my stamps and stamped on a sheet of felt. Then I used the 3 reinkers I have just as he had done in his video. I then inked up my stamp collection and stamped. But due to the fact all my stamps weren't the same thickness.... it didn't do so well. So I made some adjustments. I think next time I would just stamp them one at a time using the stamp jig.

  I didn't have time to redo the tag but I plan to. Here is how it turned out. I used some of the left over greenery I had from the first stamp. I added some red bling for the berries. Some twine,a bell and I was done. I didn't have a dry embossing folder to make the letters stand out. So the tag looks a bit flat. To do this tag well you would need some of his supplies. You could use large patterned paper with Christmas sentiments printed on it. His way all the stamps have to be the same thickness( from the same set) and you need the embossing folder. So to piece this together out of mismatched products would be difficult. I am going to try this tag again and see what results I get. I'll update this post when I get the new tag made.

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Happy Crafting

Terri

On to tag #4

Tims Tag #2

Tim's Tag #2


I finished Tim's tag yesterday. When I was finishing up writing  my post my electricity went out and I lost the tutorial I had written. I didn't have time to rewrite last night, so today here is tag number #2
   I  loved the second tag as much as the first. If I manage to get all 12 tags done. I want to put them on a tray I bought many months ago. I will hang it proudly in my new craft room.
 Once again I didn't have the supplies he used. Here is how I made my Tim tag my way.

I cut the tag at 6 inched from Joy of the Season cart. That is where I also got my sweet reindeer, cut at 4 inches( i used the flip button). I used embossed paper and inked around the deer before I took it off the mat (see pic).

I used a music note stamp for the back ground. I just bought this stamp at Micheal's last week. You could also use music paper for the back ground. I found a few old piano books at thrift store's. I tear pages out of them for this type of project. They distress very well. I used a smaller Merry Christmas stamp along the side. I stamped it twice in brown ink. The leaves on the top left I just used a generic leaf stamp. If you look at his tag the leaf  outline is very light. Then I colored it in with colored pencils and chalk to give it the distressed look.

I used some twine ribbon I had instead of burlap. I used a silver charm saying love for the charm to hang from the ribbon. I used stazOn Ink around the charm to give it some age. I placed a sticky back metal dot to the top of my pin. It covered the head of the pin. I didn't have a star for my deer. I used a heart instead. The tinsel I have around his neck I got at Walmart in thier  Christmas area. I got 7 different colors. They had then for 1.29 each. I have plans to use them to make Christmas cards. It was a bit to wide for this project but all I did was trim it down on one side.

I used a Friskers edge punch for the bottom and added some sticky back metal dots I distressed.

Now on the tag #3!!

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Terri