12 Tags of 2012 - July X 2

Alternate July Tag

First July Tag

A new month equals a new tag by Tim Holtz! I adore this technique so much, and couldn't wait to get started. So after I chased the dog and cat around with my compressed air can, I got to work. 

For my first tag I pretty much mimicked Tim's, except for my background stamping. I added the silver Alcohol Ink a little too low so it overpowered my Archival Ink. I had to use a Sharpie to color in a few spots to make Lady Liberty a little more dark and stand out more. I didn't like that at all...craft and learn!

I had so much fun blowing 'cold' air, that I kept going and made some ATCs as well.

 

 

BUT...then I started to wonder what would happen if I tried the same technique on a black tag to emulate the night sky. I knew the Alcohol Ink would not glide over the surface of a black tag like it does on Glossy Cardstock and it would not show up very well, but I had to give it a shot.

I decided to use Snow Cap Mixative instead of the silver and then layer my other colors on top of it. It took a few layers but it worked. I wanted to really highlight the fireworks so I drew in some bursts with Glaze Pens. I love how it came out!

I trimmed out the edge with Snow Cap Paint Dabber, as well as added the stars and sentiment with the paint. I have had a craft love affair with denim lately so I had to add some of that too. It's such a simple looking tag and took no time at all, but I am so in love with it! That is strange for me, because I always love my most labor intensive projects and rarely love the simple ones. I think it is because it really has that fire cracker night sky look.

 

I am submitting the first tag to Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper challenge of "Silver", and the alternate tag to the Blogger's Challenge of "4th Of July", and both to Inspiration Journal's challenge of "Red, White, & Blue".

Supplies:
From My Stash- black cardstock, blue embroidary twine, denim, washer

Jumbo Manila Tag 8x4 (FJ)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Picket Fence White	Star Spangled Banner Rubber Stamp	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Black Soot Distress Ink (FJ)
Summer Seasonal Distress Inks (FJ)	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Core-dinations TH Kraft Core Paper Stack	Core′dinations Adirondack Collection Paper Stack	Inkssentials Gloss Paper (FJ)
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Sail Boat Blue	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Watermelon	Silver Mixative Alcohol Ink	Alcohol Blending Solution	Idea-ology Numerals
Americana Silhouettes Stamp Set	Idea-ology Metal WORD BANDS	Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Snow Cap (FJ)	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Wire Pins	Jump Rings - Idea-ology
Idea-ology Muse Tokens	Rayon Seam Binding	Inkssentials Water Mister (FJ)	Distress Stain In Barn Door	Distress Stain In Broken China
Surfaces Black #8 Tag	Adirondack Snow Cap Mixative (FJ)	Red Glaze Pen	Blue Glaze Pen	White Glaze Pen
Idea-ology Washers	Idea-ology Long Fasteners

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A Honey Of A Tag!

This week at Our Creative Corner, Kristin Tierney of Lily Beth Boutique is hosting again. Kristen's challenge is "Baking Beauties". She says, "I'm obsessed with beautiful cookies and fancy cakes!  I always try to make them myself, but generally fall a bit short. Your challenge this week is to make a creation based on these delish looking treats. There is a catch though. You MUST use something you would use when baking in your project.  Get creative...think food coloring, paper liners, sprinkles, etc.  Know any cool techniques with egg whites, flour, or sugar?  You need to explain your ingredient in your description of your creation as well."

Please check out all the other Design Team's creations....talk about yummy!!! Everyone has come up with some delish designs!

Linda Coughlin- The Funkie Junkie

Vicki Burdick- It's a Stamp Thing

Sue Butler- Scrumplescrunch

Ann Marie Hile- Stampin' Anne

Wendy Janson-  It's All About Stamping

Marcy Kaminski - En Papillote Arts

Holly Kean- Kean On Paper

Irena Kowalczyk (aka Rudlis) - Love, Life and Crafts

Meihsia Liu- Simply Paper Crafts

Tui Nathan- Stampin Time

Lori Rider- The Diva Stamper

Kristin Tierney- Lilly Beth Boutique

Sharon Wheet- Designs by Sharon

This was the funnest project I have done for Our Creative Corner! I went through a bunch of my baking items in the kitchen and just started creating. I am totally in love with my recipe pocket and Tim's Honeycomb Texture Fade. I think they both totally transformed this tag that houses Grandma's recipe. This would be a fun gift for a bridal shower, filled with attendees recipes.

I did not use the small heart tart pan, but everything else I used.

I cut the end off the bread pan to use as my pocket. The base of the pan was used for the honeycomb.

I painted Gesso on the front and back of the tag to add stability, because it would be heavy with elements, and also so it would be white instead of manila.

My daughter wanted to learn how to apply Alcohol Ink, so these are her precious hands applying the yellows to the embossed honeycomb metal. I applied Espresso Alcohol Ink to the raised areas after the yellow dried. I am so loving this design.

I embossed the jumbo tag with the checkerboard texture fade, and then inked the raised areas with Black Soot Distress Ink, as well as the edges.

The mini cupcake papers were purple so I used Red Pepper Alcohol Ink to recolor them. I die cut all of the cupcake papers using the Bigz and Mini Tattered Florals Dies. I inked the edges with Distress Ink, stacked them up, and used the Tiny Attacher to hold them together.

I affixed the honeycomb metal to the tag using the Tiny Attacher. I colored a few spots of the aluminum pocket using Pitch Black Alcohol Ink, and then wrapped it around the tag and hammered it in place.

I used the red sugar crystals and sea salt as glitter to embellish my flowers. Snaps were added to the centers of the flowers. Ribbons and bees finished the tag up, along with the teaspoon.

 

I used a picture from Tim's Salvage Stickers, cut it out in a circle, added a hand written title, adhered it to the spoon, and filled it with Glossy Accents.

 

See below if you are interested in Grandma's Honey Bee Cake.

I am submitting this tag to Hels Sheridan's Sunday Stamper challenge for "Pockets", and Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "Depth Of Distress". 

Supplies:
From My Kitchen Stash: cupcake wrappers, sugar crystals, sea salt, aluminum pan, teaspoon

Jumbo Manila Tag 8x4 (FJ)	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Alterations Texture Fades In Checkboard and Cracked Glass	Black Soot Distress Ink (FJ)	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Alterations Texture Fade In Bubbles and Honeycomb	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Espresso	Sunshine Yellow Alcohol Ink	Adirondack Alcohol Ink In Lemondade	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Stamp Handle and Felt
Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher	Adirondack Pitch Black Alcohol Ink (FJ)	Adirondack Alcohol Ink In Red Pepper	Alterations Tattered Florals Bigz Die	Alterations Movers & Shapers Mini Tattered Florals Die
Glossy Accents	Idea-ology Lost & Found Salvage Stickers

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!