Saturday 16 July 2011

Tim, Tags and Flying Time!

This week has gone past in a flash, so time flies seems a fitting theme for the first tag I want to share.


This was my first attempt at this weeks chosen technique for the Grungy Monday challenge  - Tim Holtz's rusty /faux enamel effect - see the details on his website here.

I used walnut stain distress stain over the tag and stamped a PaperArtsy image in vintage photo distress ink. I then covered the tag with clear embossing ink to do a slight variation on the rusty enamel technique. I used vintage photo over the top of the embossing. The butterflies were stamped from the TH Papillon set in stormy sky distress ink and clear embossed again with vintage photo over the top (same colours were used for the little Time Flies tag and the scrollwork at the bottom).  The butterflies and the sentiment were stitched onto the tag. I love the little metal leaf which actually came from a pair of earrings from Tesco.

I like the finished result, but I didn't think it really came out as a rusty enamel look... So now for number 2, again using a feast of Tim Holtz distress inks, alteration dies, texture fade embossing folder,  stamps and the rusty enamel technique.



This time I used crushed olive and forest moss distress inks to colour the tag, then clear embossed and went over the top with vintage photo. Then I stamped the birds in black archival. I stamped the Tim Holtz sentiment on white card, edged with crushed olive ink and matted onto black card. The little flourishy bits were cut from the on the edge scrollwork die I also used for the first tag. The flowers were cut with the tattered florals die, embossed with a flourish texture fade folder and coloured with the same distress inks as the tag, with a little additional black soot around the edges. I then attached the whole thing to a piece of white card, also edged with crushed olive, and finally onto black card. I love the colour combination of the crushed olive and black - it really zings in real life (is that even a word?)

I decided to enter the first tag into the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge ('show some stitching') and Sundays Stampers ('flying').

The second tag will be entered into Dragons Dream Tag It On ('Project Tim Holtz') and Grungy monday ' Tims faux rusty enamel technique')

Going out for dinner tonight so I better go and scrub the ink off my fingers.
Hope you're all having a good weekend :0)

Sarah 
xx

17 comments:

  1. Both tags are great! The Dragon's Dream TIO one is my favourite with those lovely comments and the birds. Thank you for sharing with us at TIO XOXO Zoe

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  2. Gorgeous tags, love them both! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday STamper hun x

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  3. Hi Sarah. Super tags. Have a great weekend.
    Regards Florence.

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  4. I love them both, but my favourite is the second one, the one you entered for the TIO challenge. Fab technique. Great choice of colours. Thanks for dreaming with us this week on the TIO challenge.
    Wanda xx

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  5. I think these are both just great tags and I always adore blue and brown...Thanks for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge.

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  6. Fantastic work all round here... I love them both, so thanks for double dreaming and sharing with us at TIO!!!
    Frankie
    xx

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  7. Hello. Your tags are lovely. The first one with the stitching up the middle of your butterflies and adding the sentiment makes it perfect for Simon Says Stamp and Show's challenge this week! Love the blues and browns together! Thanks for joining us! <3 Candy

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  8. Two beautiful tags with fab designs and colours.

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  9. I love your tag with the butterflies.

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  10. Two great tags the butterflies are great and I Love the green in tag 2.
    Maggie

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  11. Both of these are lovely. Love the way the second one has turned out though.

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  12. Awesome tag! Love the greens in this technique! Never seen this sentiment before. Really like it! And of course the "Hitchcock Birds" as I like to call them! Love them a lot! Must get me those birdies! Thanks for your kind words too!

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  13. Two amazing tags, what a great Tim time you've had this week! Thanks for dreaming with the TIO team this week.

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  14. Both projects are fabulous Sarah! The rusted enamel on the butterflies looks beautiful!
    Alison x

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  15. Love your birds on the wires. Very atmospheric. Great use of colour. Thank you for dreaming with us at TIO this week.

    Janet xx

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