12 Tags Of 2012 - June

This week at Our Creative Corner, Linda Coughlin of the Funkie Junkie is hosting again, and man o man was I loving her challenge!!!  Linda wants you to show us your favorite Tim Holtz technique! She say, "Whether you are a fan of Tim Holtz or not", (bahahahahaha) "you have to admit he's had an amazing impact on the paper crafting industry for the past 10 years.  He's originated hundreds of new craft products and dozens of new techniques."  For inspiration, check out his many blog posts and tutorials, videos, or the Ranger Inc.blog. We can't wait to see what you create. 

Further inspiration and can be found on the other Design Team's blogs. Please check them out and see how Tim inspires them as well. 

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

You know I can go on for hours about Tim, but I won't....this time! And, you know there is no way I can pick a favorite technique...no way, no how....so I decided to go ahead and do the June tag and show two of the techniques, and use it for my DT piece as well. Here's the thing though....when I first saw Tim's tag, and eyed that he used the tinted photo technique, I was even more thrilled. I've been working on the same technique for a little present for my Mother's 75th birthday. I've printed so many versions of this picture, in various papers, different sizes, and hues, and just couldn't decide on which to use. Finally, I went with plain ol' black and white and on Specialty Stamping Paper. It takes the Distress Ink better and it's a little more vibrant. I couldn't be more pleased with this tag, and find myself staring at it often. I think it's my new favorite tag, or it could just be that gorgeous picture of my very beautiful mother at such a young age. She looks like a star....oh wait, she is! She is my Star!!!
Distress Stains Marbled Background Technique:

Apply Picket Fence Distress Stain in the middle of a craft sheet, and in circle it with other various colors of stains. Drag a dry manila tag straight through the stains, and repeat until all of the tag is covered. While drying with a heat tool spritz the tag with water to make a marbled effect. Continue drying with a heat tool until completely dry.

Here is my completed background, after I stamped the flourish flowers image in Jet Black Archival.

 Distress Ink Photo Tinting:

Print a photo out in black and white or sepia using an Ink Jet or Laser Printer. Glossy photo paper usually works best, but Specialty Stamping Paper was better in my opinion. Using a Craft Nib, color in the parts of the image you feel need color with Distress Ink. I used Victorian Velvet on her dress. Using an Ink Blending Tool, apply a light tone of ink to the background. Antique Linen or Tea Dye look very realistic. Ink the edges of the photo with a darker brown. I used Vintage Photo. Dry completely or use a quick blast of a heat tool. You can use Distress Markers for this, BUT the image will not be as soft and natural looking. They are much more vibrant straight from the marker.

The smaller picture is Specialty Stamping Paper, and the larger is Glossy Photo Paper from HP. You can see that the smaller is more vibrant but still soft, and that is the look I wanted.

 

I am also submitting this tag to Unruly Paper Art's Reader Art Quest 2 challenge for "Best Bouquet". I love how the Stains transformed these little rosettes.
Supplies:
From My Stash- heart charm, rhinestones


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

7-4-1776

It's getting close to the time the United States celebrates Her independence, and there have been a few challenges asking for red, white, and blue, so I thought I would make this plaque to commemorate the occasion. I also wanted to combine this with the Everything Wendy Vecchi Yahoo Group challenge of "circles & hearts" from Wendy's Book 3. I will link it up to the Sunday Stamper and The Artistic Stamper's challenges of "red, white, and blue".

I made a boo boo and reversed my 4 and 7, but I guess it can represent a European style date.

First, I adhered a quarter sheet of Tim's 4th of July collage paper to an Art Part, and then adhered the top part completing the frame.

I cut strips from old blue jeans and adhered them to the frame, allowing the ends to fray.

On the sides of the frame, I stamped Wendy's ticking image in Manganese Archival Ink. I stamped the star border using Snow Cap Acrylic Paint Dabber.

I painted stripes of red and white on the ticking image using Paint Dabbers. 

I inked the flowers with Barn Door and then stamped the coordinating flower image on them in Jet Black Archival.

I inked the stems in Bundled Sage and stamped them with the dots image in Jet Black Archival as well. I arranged all my pieces and adhered them. I stamped the hearts and sentiment in Jet Black and then colored them in with Distress Markers. Glossy Accents was added to the white areas to highlight the images. Wooden bits, letters, and star Blossom Buckets were adhered to further embellish the plaque. A mini bungee cord was used to hang the plaque.

Supplies:
From My Stash- denim scraps, vintage wooden and paper letter tiles, bungi cord


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!