Sunday, 6 September 2015

Tim Holtz tag

As a late joiner to the tag craze I was yet  to make one of Tim Holtz's 12 tags... This had to be addressed and today's the day...

As soon as I saw the alcohol inks I had the urge to pull mine out and have a play too. I don't use them often enough and Tim's background looked lovely and bright...
Mine look a bit dull (strangely enough it's the metallic mixatives that dulls down the glossy cardstock) and a bit muddy.


I won't bore you with the details as Tim has a comprehensive step by step but I should mention that:
- I die-cut my stencil with the TH/Sizzix Mixed media thinlit.
- the butterflies are from the Crafty Individuals set CI-437
- I made my metal element by triple embossing a label and stamping into it.
- I used vellum in lieu of frosted film
- I flickered a small paintbrush with black paint as I don't have the Distress marker spritzer.

Thanks for coming by,

Also entering  the Craft Barn, The Artistic Stamper, Polka Doodle and Craft Stamper TIMI challenges.
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19 comments:

  1. brenda7 September 2015 at 07:15

    A super tag Christine, looks like lots of lovely texture as well.

    B x

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  2. chrissie7 September 2015 at 07:57

    Wonderful textures to show off the inks. A great tag

    Love Chrissie x

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  3. Karon7 September 2015 at 14:25

    Wonderful tag - thanks for joining us for our Things with Wings Polkadoodles Challenge

    Karon DT, Polkadoodles

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  4. Flo Langley7 September 2015 at 14:25

    Super tag.
    Flo :)

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  5. Sylvia7 September 2015 at 15:13

    Wonderful tag, great colours and textures and the vellum works well for the butterflies. Yet to do a tag this year, where does the time go!

    Sylv xx

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  6. SASAYAKI GLITTER STAMPS BY NAZ8 September 2015 at 01:40

    Lovely Tag, Thank you so much for joining us at Polkadoodles challenge.
    http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com.au/
    Naz xxx

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  7. Notations of a Crafter8 September 2015 at 08:55

    Lovely tag, thanks for joining us in this month challenge at the Artistic Stamper x

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  8. Gemma Hynes8 September 2015 at 10:20

    Wonderful tag, Thank you for joining in this months challenge at The Artistic Stamper.

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  9. buterfliecrafter9 September 2015 at 08:47

    I love the texture in the background, went to see what it was and believe it is transparent texture paste, will try this maybe with matte medium. And great of you of being inventive when a supply is not on hand.

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  10. Julia9 September 2015 at 22:52

    The vellum works well for the butterflies and I love the transparent texture paste effect. Lovely tag, well done.
    Julia

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  11. Bev11 September 2015 at 08:49

    such a pretty tag Thank you for taking time to join in the fun over at Polkadoodles for our Things with wings challenge http://polkadoodle.blogspot.ca/2015/08/week-35-crafting-challenge-at.html

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  12. Scrapmate12 September 2015 at 20:21

    A very effective tag. I haven't done any Timmy tags for a while but I'm tempted now.

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  13. Unknown13 September 2015 at 14:09

    Alcohol inks are fun to play with! Love your butterfly tag. Thanks for entering the Things With Wings Challenge at Polkadoodles, Jackie DT x

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  14. Jane14 September 2015 at 19:40

    A beautiful tag! Thank you for joining in The Craft Barn Challenge.
    Jane x

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  15. maggie17 September 2015 at 07:37

    A great tag. The alcohol background looks good to me.

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  16. Penny20 September 2015 at 06:21

    Thanks for visiting our Things With Wings Challenge
    Great use of technique!
    We would love to see you over at the new challenge of Shabby Chic too
     Penny (Polkadoodles DT)

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  17. Anita Houston The Artful Maven2 October 2015 at 01:16

    Congrats on the win!!! Love the soft tones!

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  18. Kharen Spence2 October 2015 at 03:12

    Great color on your tag! Congrats on your win!

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  19. ionabunny7 October 2015 at 12:29

    So pretty. I am not very comfortable with alcohol inks either. I can never seem to get the effect I expect. I love the colours here and the butterflies really pop. Congrats on your win. Hugz

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