Haunted Troubles

I have been tagging this week... I had a few projects that had to be finished first but I have had two tags on my desktop that I have been working on.  I am going to share my Tim Tag inspired by Tim Holtz October Tag. 

Tim's tag is a celebration of October with a pumpkin and autumn colors.

 I just received my Ranger Distress Sprays and was happy that Tim used them on his tag as it gave me a chance to play with them.

 I followed Tim's process of stamping, masking and applying paste with a stencil while masking the stamped images.

Products: Visual Artistry - Los and Found,  Memory Box Halloween Words, Tim Holtz - Stencil Eye Chart, Ranger Distress Sprays, Ranger archival Ink - Black, Stampers Anonymous - Mini Halloween 3,

Have a wonderful Friday and I will be back tomorrow to share my second tag.

Suzz

Tim's Tag September 2014

Tim's Tag September 2014 is my inspiration today.  He has some fun techniques he is sharing which had me playing around with my alcohol inks.

Here was my first tag which used tim's technique but I came back over with the stencil and a purple alcohol ink over the front.

The image was stamped first and then the rub-ons were applied.  I punched out a series of butterflies.

My second used a stencils with the stripes: 

 I liked the effect of the wood grain and ended up creating a more masculine tag although I had the butterflies ready to go so they ended up on my tag. :)

Have a lovely day!

Suzz

Cherish the Moments

Tim's tag this month is a rainbow of watercolor and I had a great time inking up stencils and playing with the distress inks.

I loved that he used butterflies because any excuse to ink up butterflies is a good excuse! I used a Crafter's workshop stencil with Ranger Distress Inks.  The butterflies are Stampers Anonymous and the sentiment is from DarkRoom Door.

I played around with different colors and stencils:

 I loved the army colors on this stencil

 Two others I started to cut down and sponged the edges. I even started a few more butterflies!

That's all for now!

Suzz

Voyage

It's March 1st which means time to play along with the March tag from Tim Holtz.

 As you can see I was trying out Tim's smudge technique with the fully inked and the shadow stamped version.

Here is my finished tag:

I went a different route. I loved the birds and nature theme from Tim and can't wait for my new stamps to ship so I can play with them but decided to use a Stampers Anonymous Travel Away set.  I haven't inked up this set and was glad to play with them on my tag. 

I added a hint of color on my images using STAEDTLER karat Aquarell watercolor pencils.

I used Ranger Distress Inks - Fired Brick for the red images and Memento - Jet Black for the black images.  I also used the Visual Artistry The Journey and Stampers Anonymous Classics 1.

Have a lovely Saturday!

Suzz

Creative Journey

I like to think of my hobby as a creative journey.  I love seeing what new ideas, products, techniques and trends are happening.  Tim's tag for January reflects on time and creativity.  This inspired my take on his tag which is all about a creative journey. .

 I had such fun creating this tag.  I started with thoughts of a red and silver tag but ended back at the black, gray and silver take on the tag.

 Quick run through of the steps:

1. Spritz craft mat with black glimmer mist.  
2. Drag clock stencil into black ink. 
3. Lay inky stencil on white cardstock. Spritz with water and repeat until entire cardstock is covered. 
4. Let dry. 
5. Sponge black dye ink over stencil onto background. Repeat until covered. 
6. Cut tag out from background. 
7. Die Cut clock from metal foil. 
8. Emboss middle with embossing folder and apply black paint to surface. 
9. Smear black paint on frame and clock hands. 
10. Stamp map over background randomly using black ink. 
11. Apply Journey rub on to top right side of tag. 
12. Sponge edges of tag with black dye ink. 
13. Pop dot frame of clock and attach to left side of the tag. 
14. Attach center inside clock face. 
15. Cut off excess of clock from left side. 
16. Attach hands and use snap as accent. 
17. Cut banner shape into stickers and edge with black ink. Pop dot and attach along left side. 
18. Apply rub-ons to enamel tag. 
19. Attach charms and enamel tag to chain. 
20. Paint key with Ranger Distress Stain - Silver and lace trim. 
21. Let dry and assemble charms and lace trim on top of tag. 

Hope you are enjoying your creative journey today!

Suzz