Make It A Christmas Tag...On Video?!?

Hello All and welcome Newbies!!! The Funky good time is back this fortnight to bring you the Frilly & Funkie challenge, which happens to be our last challenge for 2012. Terry of  Terry's 2 Dogs is hosting. Terry says, "Since this is the busiest time of the year, and my turn to entertain you all for the next challenge at Frilly and Funkie, I thought it would be nice to keep it simple with "Make It A Tag."  Show us your tags in the Holiday Spirit celebrating Christmas or Winter. Maybe you even make your own gift tags or place setting tags. Whatever it is, just tag it!"

Inspiration comes with a leap and a bound from the other Design Team Members. Check out their goods!

Linda Coughlin - The Funkie Junkie

Marjie Kemper - She Who Stamps and Scraps 

Teresa Kline - Paperie Blooms

Terry Horrall -  Terry's Work In Progress 

Sue Carrington - Stamping Sue Style 

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose

This is hard to write, but this is also my last project with F&F, and I'm singing the Funkie Town Blues about it, but I am venturing on to new creative endeavors. My time with Linda (A definite Mentor for me.) and this team has been the best experience ever, and I cherish their friendship and all that they have taught me with their amazing talents. Thank you Linda for helping me to grow with this thing I call Art! Thank you team for being so supportive, kind, and so full of creative knowledge. I will miss you. Alas, my favorite quote, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." - Seneca.

 

So...sniffle sniffle...I wanted to leave Frilly & Funkie with a teeny tiny bang and it's been long over due, but I thought I would bring you a quick video tutorial showing you the process for using Ranger's Holographic and Tinsel Embossing Powders, as seen on my tag, although I had the most horrible time trying to photograph this to show you the full realm of color on the Wise Men. This do not due this tag justice.
Also, sorry for the video quality and the sound especially. I had the worst time getting it to upload, and had to change file types several times to no avail. So after a computer change, I was able to upload it, but after all the changes the quality flew out of creative window! Live and learn!!!

 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

12 Tags Of 2012 - December

Parting is such sweet sorrow....that is how I feel about the 2012 Tim Tags ending. He posted the December and January tags together, but I am doing them in separate posts. Here is my December tag.

Is it possible to be in love with a background??? I am in love with this tags background...I want it as my wall. Okay, I am planning my wall all out already...just you wait! Anyway, I glued torn pieces of Composer Tissue Wrap onto my tags with Glue N Seal.

I used my three favorite colors of Distress Stain (Aged Mahogany, Barn Door, and Tarnished Brass) to do Tim's technique for Marbled and Blended Stains.

I had enough wet goodness on my craft sheet to stain three extra pink tags. FUN!

I used the most wonderful metallic thread from Tinsel Trading to sew around the tag borders. Let's sing together now...I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love I'm INNN love...sorry, back to my BTO days!

Don't get sentimental on me now, but this is left over lace from my wedding dress make oh so long ago. I still have a couple of yards left. I adhered it to Wendy's Clearly for Art Whiteout. Oh so pretty.

Using the Sizzix Tattered Poinsettia Die, I cut three out.

A little heat, Distress Stain, and Distress Ink and viola! Love Tim's die! Golden Rod and Antique Linen Distress Stickles finished the edges and center.

More die cutting, Staining, and inking. I love the words on this die. I Stained the flourish with Tarnished Brass and applied Antique Linen Distress Stickles to it as well. I traced around the sentiment with Krylon Gold Paint Pen and adhered it to an inked Journal Ticket. I used Alcohol Ink to color a sentiment paperclip to adorn the ticket.

Grunge Paper makes the greatest Star bursts. I covered these with more lace, then Antique Linen Stain, and then Rock Candy Crackle Paint, followed by Krylon Gold Ink Pen, and finally Stickles. Phew! What a star! Everything was adhered and a more Tinsel Trading goodness finished the tag.

 

 

 

I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamp & Show's challenge of "Inspired By Tim's 12 Tags", and Unruly Paper Arts Reader Art Quest 1 for "Use 4 Patterns", and to my old haunt Our Creative Corner for "One Stitch At A Time"...love those ladies!

Supplies:
From My Stash-


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Happy Birthday Wendy Vecchi!!!

As many of you regulars know, I love me some Wendy Vecchi goods, but I also think the lady herself is wonderful! She is kind, generous, gracious, knowledgeable, creative, inventive, and  wonderful to talk to! Today is her birthday, and this is the card I made for her, which is also what the #55 Making Art Challenge is all about at the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group. I hope she likes it! It's a little daunting making something for a Master!

 

 

Supplies:
From My Stash- Thickers Alpha Letters, Metal Polka Dot Tab, Best Wishes Stamp


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

A White Christmas ATC

First things first. The biggest THANK YOU ever to Tim for shouting out my Christmas In The Hood! WOW...what an honor and a thrill, and one I never expected! He is so busy trying to please us all, yet he takes the time to read so many of our blogs...what a testament to his love for crafting. He knows when you are blogging. He knows when you're at the make. He knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for crafting's sake! Sorry...I couldn't help it! And, THANK YOU people...every single one of you inky fingered people!!! The comments, the texts, the calls, the emails, the hits, the new followers, the old followers, and the passers by have made my cup truly runneth over! I've tried to reply to every single one who has left a link, an email, a number, etc. to send love back. Hugs to all of you!

Since I received my November ATC's from the All Things Tim Yahoo Group the other day, I figured it was time to get cracking on the December ones. This month's theme is Anything Christmas or Winter, so I decided to incorporate both, plus design these around ALL (Honest!) the challenges listed below, which are many, so this really was a challenge for me. I think I got it all in.
I cannot wait to see what I get back in return! It really is just like receiving a present, and a Christmasy theme will make them extra special! Thank you to those that participate.

 

Using left over scraps of white cardstock, I cut 2 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch strips. I scored and folded the strips at 3 1/2 and 7 inch intervals to make three equal sections to create an easel type stand.

Using Tim's Snow Flurry and Christmas Snow Flurry Border Texture Fades, I embossed the image on the whole first section and on the bottom portion of the last section. Seen below as well.

These were misted with Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mist in Perfect Pearl to add that blinding snowy glimmer. I inked the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

Using more scraps of white I die cut Tim's Sizzix Tree Line On The Edge Die. After misting with the Perfect Pearls, I cut these in half, inked the edges with Pumice Stone, and adhered them to the bottom portion of the front of the ATC. I also added Dresden Foil Lace to the bottom of this.

More die cutting of white scrap using The Festive Greenery branch portion. I inked the branch stems only with the Pumice Stone, and foam taped this onto the ATC. Icicle Stickles made for some snow covered needles.

I decided to try something new to me using Idea-ology Glassine to see if something would work, as my white cardstock scrap stash was now reduced to the tiniest of scrap. I covered both sides of the sheet with Claudine's Gesso, drying between coating each side. I cut the sheet into inch long strips.

I die cut the strips using the miniest of the Mini Snowflake Rosettes. The strip wasn't quite long enough, but that was good as I needed my rosette smaller. The Gesso made the Glassine so durable that no reinforcing tape was needed, and the accordion  folding was easy.  The plan worked!!!! I joined the end parts together.

Glassine adheres quickly with Glossy Accents, so rather than use my hot glue gun, I just applied a glob of GA onto my craft sheet and formed my strip into the rosette and pushed it into the glob. I glued the smallest snowflake into the center to hold in place. Here is the coolest part. The edges of the Glassine remained their original brownish color, so the snowflake rosette already looked distressed. No extra inking here, but Icicle and Silver Stickles were needed to bling it up, as well as a tiny metal star.

I used Grunge Board to die cut the Mini Cardinal. I colored him in with Distress Markers, and then gave him a coating of UTEE. I always manage to make bubbly  bits in the UTEE. I think I am getting too close with the heat tool. I adhered him to the branch. I painted some Lil Davis alpha letters (Remember that company?) with Adirondack Acrylic Dabber in Silver, and distressed them up a bit.  I stuck them on to the card base for my sentiment. Last, I added a little more Silver Stickles to the lace.

 

 

 

I am also submitting these to the Sunday Stamper challenge of "Noel", Unruly Paper Arts Reader Art Quest 2 for "An Easel Card", The Stamp Man Challenge for "In The Bleak Mid Winter-Use White", The Blogger's Challenge for "Create A Scene", and finally the Compendium of Curiosities II Challenge for "Paper Rosette" from Tim's Book by the same name on page 63.

Supplies:
From My Stash- various white cardstock scraps, mini metal star stickers, Little David Vinyl Letters



I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

November ATC's Received

Happy mail has arrived from the All Things Tim Yahoo Group...my November ATC trades!

Sandy Nolan (Awesome! How clever is Umbrella Man inset like that? Love it!)

Donna Jean Eno (Gorgeous! Love the embossing and those Shrink Wrap leaves are so cool!)

Julie Case (This is beyond gorgeous! All of nature detail is amazing!)

Claudine Criner (You would promise that these are metal. Awesome! So unique and beautiful!)

And, here is mine again.

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!