Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Voyage and Dream

Time for July's tag with Tim.  Tim's Tag is a patriotic celebration which is very appropriate as we are celebrating our country tomorrow.  Unfortunately I didn't have the dies that Tim used so I created my own versions using a new die I just purchased.



I actually created my second tag first. This was my second version following Tim's techniques.  I brayered my background on this one. 




 I used the Silver Distress Paint for the left side and the Peacock Feathers Distress Stain for the right side of my tag.  I just purchased the Eiffel Tower Die about a month ago and hadn't had a chance to use it. I die cut a chipboard tower and a piece of an old book.  I then Stamped the harlequin pattern in versamark and heat embossed to form a resist. I sponged with the silver stain and then added a layer of the peacock feathers distress stain over that.  I repeated several times to get a darker shade of blue.  I stamped over the background of my tag the map to tie into my dream / voyage theme.

My second tag started with an alcohol ink background:

I used crackle paint on my stars and my bird die.  I then layered in the stamping in the background with black ink and then embossed the flowers along the side.

Products: Stampers Anonymous - Simple Sayings, Stampers Anonymous - Air Travel, Stampers Anonymous - Artful Artifacts, Stampers Anonymous - Tiny Things, Hero Arts - Flower, Impression Obsession - Harlequin, Versamark, Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Ranger Distress Stains - Peacock Feathers, Ranger Distress Paints - Silver, Alcohol INks - Citrus, Stream, Spellbinders - Star, Sizzix Paris Die Cut, Tissue Tape, Sizzix - Birdcage

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz 









23 comments:

  1. Suzanne I love both your tags and it is fascinating to see the effect of the two different inks. The alcohol ink tag is so rich, but I love the cool Peacock feathers and Silver colour palette too. Gorgeous! MMx

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  2. Gorgeous tags Suzanne! Love the pretty colorful backgrounds!

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  3. beautiful tags, love the colors!

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  4. Great tags Suzanne ! Love what happens when the masters ingredients are not available/the same ;-)

    Sally

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  5. scrumptious tags Sue. love your treatment of the Eiffel tower and the way the white flower pops on the second tag. (amongst other things)

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  6. Hey! I really like both these tags. Great job!!!!

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  7. Wunderschöne Tags, ich bin total begeistert.
    Alle sind sie wunderschön.
    Die Hintergründe sind farbig perfekt gestaltet.

    Sophie xx

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  8. both tags are lovely. Love the blues/teals of the first one and the brightness of the 2nd.

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  9. Great tags, Suzz. You always create the most interesting things; so many details to examine!

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  10. Both of your tags are really grand!!!!!
    sandy

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  11. I love the colors you used on your tag. Wonderful job!

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  12. Stunning tag! love all details, colors, design! really fantastic! barbarayayaa

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  13. This is absolutely fantastic.

    Have a wonderful weekend

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  14. Wow, both of your tags are fabulous. Great colors and details. I've taken the bird cage, too.

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  15. Oh my these are both awesome Sue. I think the second one just tips it for me though as I love the contrast of white against the gorgeous background colours.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  16. I'm in love! Love the colors! Love the subject! Wonderful!!

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  17. Simply gorgeous,

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  18. I especially love your Eiffel Tower tag. Beautiful colors!

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  19. Gorgeous interpretations again Suzz - The first one is my favourite lovely colour combination.

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  20. They're both incredible. Beautiful color choices and great tweakage of his original tag.

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  21. Love, love, love your tags! You used my favorite color hues on the 'Voyage' tag.

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