12 Tags of 2014 - June

Hey hey hey everyone crafty! Didn't you just love the June tag Tim made for the 12 Tags of 2014??? I loved it! The colors and the techniques were so inspiring to me, and I instantly thought of the Stars and Stripes Stencils for a patriotic background. Here is my take, and I was so into making it that I forgot to take step out photos...sorry.

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stripes	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stars	Ranger Inkssentials Mister	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Minis - Kit 2
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Minis - Kit 3	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Festive Berries	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags
Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper	Americana Silhouettes Stamp Set	Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Distress Markers Set	Ranger Water Brush - Detailer Tip
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Blueprints 2	Idea-ology Industrious Stickers in Borders	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mirrored Sheets	Idea-ology Mirrored Stars	Idea-ology Adornments Arrows
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Number Brads	Ranger Stickles in Cranberry	Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Ooh La La!!! A Parisian Leather Tag!

I'm back again today, to quickly show you an awesome shaped piece of chipboard from Leaky Shed Studio. The company was generous to give each of the Design Team Members at The Crafty Scrapper, our choice of pieces, and I chose the Eiffel Tower. I was stumped for a base for this though, and after rummaging through a new bag of stash from The Crafty Scrapper, I found a package of Ten Seconds Studio new Emboss-able Leather! Words cannot express how much I LOVE THIS STUFF!!! Leather might be my new go to base!
Here are a few snippets of the tag, but to see the whole thing, as well as what I used and did,  click on over to The Crafty Scrapper.

 

 

 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Guest Designing at Frilly & Funkie - Case It!

Hey hey hey crafters! I was thrilled to be asked by the Funkie Junkie herself Linda Coughlin, to go back to my old stomping blog grounds and do a guest design spot for Frilly & Funkie! Of course I said yes, and to my delight the fortnightly challenge is "Case It" and is based on Linda's 12 Tags of Christmas, but with a summer twist! How cool is that?!! All you have to do is make something based on any of her tags but use a summer theme. I LOVE it!!! Here is what I came up with, and I based it on Linda's Day 11 Tag.

Instead of Distress Glitter, I opted for Ranger's newer Stickles colors. I stamped Tim's cars in Jet Black Archival, colored them in with Distress Markers, and then went nuts with the Stickles. Pink Taffeta for the lady, and Ice Blue for the gent!

I stamped the couple from Tim's Stamper's Anonymous Purely Random set with Jet Black, and colored them in with Distress Markers, and gave the gent a Stickled tie.

Distress Paint and water made the background for the tag, and I tried to lay the colors out on the craft sheet like I wanted them on the tag...it worked!!! I love the tones in the summer sky.

I stamped the tire marks from the Travel Ways set along the grey area that is now roadway, outlined with a white Stabilo pencil. I wanted it to look like she slammed on the brakes first and he followed to make a little time for romance! ;0)

I loved the trees on Linda's tag, so they went all along the roadway along with some other Christmas foliage, and I stamped them with Distress Markers! I love this technique!

I stamped some words that went with the theme in the summer skyline above the mountain trees using Watermark Ink. It's very subtle but effective!

The sentiment and heart came next and I covered them for Clear Embossing Powder. Then I decided to stitch in the roadway lines! The stitching totally transformed the scene for me! I really love this simple tag!

  

 

I absolutely adore this tag, and really do think you need to pause so that good things can be taken in and enjoyed...especially love! I hope you can take some inspiration from it. Thank you Linda and the team for having me back for a day!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials Surfaces Tags - #10 Tags - Manila	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mustard Seed	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Peeled Paint	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Mowed Lawn	Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Travel Ways	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays 2
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Letter to Santa	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Full Set	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Love Stuck	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Victorian Velvet
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Just Thoughts	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot	Rayon Seam Binding	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper String - Solids

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!