New Holiday Collection Stamps - January

It's almost that time...are you ready? I hope your tree is at least up! Before we know it, we will be ringing in the new year! Speaking of that, here are some samples for my new Holiday Collection Stamp Series for January from WeCraft. If you comment here or on my Facebook Page, on this post, you will be in the running to win my last three sets. Good luck!!! I'll let you know who the winners are on Saturday on my FB page!

January Set - 18 Images

 

Thank you again for all the support and encouragement everyone!!!

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

12 Tags of 2016 Remix - January

I've waited until the last minute...again...to get my January tag done for Tim's new 12 Tags of 2016 "Remix". Isn't it such a cool idea to do a revamp of the old tags so we can get into the techniques again and refresh?!! He's a brilliant mind that one!!! So, I've dug through my old tags to refresh my memory as well, and here is my November tag from 2013, and my January tag from 2014.  At first, I thought I would just combine my two tags, but since the November tag had leaves and acorns, I didn't think I would use that theme for a New Year's tag...right?!! So, I started playing with the techniques, as he intended, and came up with this. 

It's not my favorite...can you believe that? I LOVE the background, and that is one of my favorite techniques, BUT I don't think the numbers were a good choice for the chalk technique. Oh well...live and learn.

Once I did the Industrious Metal background, I wanted a bit more color, so I dropped Ranger's Alcohol Ink on some of the sanded places. Then I inked over the raised bits with some Wendy Tree Branch Archival. On the chalk portions, I wanted a clean look around the border of each one so I used a Hickory Smoke and Festive Berries Distress Marker to define the edges of all the designs, hoping I would like it better. Yeah...not really. Then I mounted it onto Metallic Kraft Core.

 

 

Can you believe it's the end of the month?!! There is so much to do and so little time! Off to work now!!!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Metal Surfaces Foil Tape Sheets	Alterations Pocket Watch & Steampunk Texture Fade Set	Ranger Paint Dabber in Black Tie	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sanding Grip
Ranger Alcohol Ink In Latte	Red Pepper Alcohol Ink	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink in Tree Branch	Inkssentials Surfaces Tags In Black #10	Distress Embossing Ink
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Number Block Stamp Set	Stamper′s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set in Merchantile	Ranger Embossing Powder in Frosted Crystal	Core′dinations - Tim Holtz Ranger- Metallic Kraft Core - 12 x 12 Textured Kraft Core Cardstock Pack	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Hickory Smoke
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Timepieces	Idea-ology Long Fasteners	Idea-ology Word Bands	Idea-ology Mini Gears	Sprocket Gears
Idea-ology Mini Fasteners

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

12 Tags of 2015 - January

Hello Crafty Peeps!!! I am so glad Tim Holtz is continuing on with the 12 Tags for the year. It must be so much work, but the inspiration he gives is abounding to us all! Here is my take for the 12 Tags for January. 

I basically followed Tim, but I did a couple of things different shown below. I am in LOVE with this tag, and all the techniques learned from Tim on this! By the way, my Chit Chat Stickers, that I choose carefully to guide my new year,  were supposed to stay white, but my fingers were so dirty, they mucked up the stickers, but I just went with it, and love the dirty grungy result. This tag will inspire me all year!

I am in LOVE with the Postale Tissue Wrap. All the numbers and script are wonderful, so I wanted to see as much of it as I could on this tag, so I decided to paint (Aged Mahogany) the tag itself instead of the wrap...strange I know, but I like the result.

I used two colors of Distress Spray Stain...Barn Door and Vintage Photo. The combination is WONDERFUL!!!

I also colored a few metal pieces with Ranger's Gold Metallic Mixative Alcohol Ink to bring out the golds elsewhere on the tag.

 

I can't wait for the next tag! Thanks Tim, and Happy New Year...again...everyone!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials #10 Jumbo Manila Tags	Ranger Inkssentials Mister	Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Aged Mahogany	Inkssentials Glue N′Seal	Idea-ology Tissue Wrap in Postale
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Barn Door	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Vintage Photo	Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Picket Fence	Idea-ology Alpha Parts in Numeric
Ranger Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Tarnished Brass	Tim Holtz Tarnished Brass Distress Paint	Gold Mixative Alcohol Ink	Idea-ology Pen Nibs
Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink	Idea-ology Vial Labels	Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool	Gathered Twigs Distress Ink	Idea-ology Type Charms
Idea-ology Long Fasteners	Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Black Soot	Idea-ology Adornments Arrows	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain in Tarnished Brass	Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon
Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer	Krylon 18 kt. Gold Leafing Pen

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!