12 tags day 8

It was 'catch-up day' today with 3 tags to do!
The first was day 8, 'Steampunk' - love Tim's tag!  Here's my take on it...

Christmassy colours,and holly & berries 'indicated' by 'gems'.  I used a keyhole for the centre of the gears, hence the key attached to the ribbon.  I didn't really have enough room for the 25! The gentlemen are from a PaperArtsy stamp.
Back in a mo' with some more tags!  Kay

12 tags - day 7

Kraft glassine - I've wanted to get some for quite a while now, but had always put off getting it, so I thought today, why not treat myself!  I was in London for the day, & made my way to my favourite craft shop there, only to find they hadn't any in stock! (so once again my wishlist has got longer!).  But I really really liked the effect of the glassine holly leaves on Tim's beautiful tag, & I didn't want to just cut some more holly leaves out of cardstock! so...
I experimented with greaseproof paper, crumpled & coloured with alcohol and distress inks -  the paper is quite thin, I think I might have done better with craft vellum?  But anyway, it sort of gives a somewhat similar-ish effect, I think?
And I loved his 'ghost stamping' technique, I can see me using that a lot!
Here it is ...

Back tomorrow!
Kay

12 tags - day 6 - half-way there!

Another day, another technique, another challenge!
Embossed on metal, then painted with acrylic, then heat embossed - vintage gorgeousness from Tim, so bright & colourful!
I think I need some brighter acrylic paints (wishlist again!) or distress with a lighter brown, mine turned out very muted grungy-vintage rather than bright grungy-vintage!  I've got several texture fades, but not the one Tim used (!) so I drew planned out squares & rectangles to fit the tag, cut out the shapes & embossed them all individually, then glued them to the tag.
Here's mine ...

So, 6 tags done, 6 more to go, can't wait to see what Tim comes up with for the second half!
Back soon!


Kay

12 tags - Day 5

I love this technique, which works like magic!!!  I knew I would need my grungeboard packaging sometime (!), & I did!!  To stamp on the alcohol inks in black archival & then immediately wipe it off which takes alcohol ink away in just the right places - brilliant!!


Tim's is here, (his "reverse stamps" are now on my wishlist, which is getting longer daily!) &
Here's mine...

I'll be posting the next tag in a mo'!, so...
Back soon!


Kay

12 tags - day 4

Tim's day 4 tag - frosty and wintery and lovely!

Me - snowman die? no!  Mover & Shaper (they cut out inside a die shape), yes, but not one suitable!
So, I die cut a Christmas tree, & punched out (with great difficulty!!!) holes as baubles, which I ended up filling up with sparkly distress stickles!  I loved the techniques on this tag & the wintery effect they gave!
Here's mine...

Again, a little brighter in reality (I think I must start taking the photos in the day, rather than at night!)


Next tag is due tomorrow morning - can't wait to see what it will be!

More soon!  Kay

12 tags - Day 3

Tim's tag 3
This was quite a challenge, & I made lots of substitutions!  I've got three re-inkers (blue, mauve, turquoise) & I haven't got any sets of stamps/embossing folders!
So, I stamped the trees a couple of times with a "custom" ink pad using the re-inkers, (kind of obliterated by the perfect pearls mist!) & attempted to emboss by using a die-cut as a stamp and then embossed it into the tag!  Finally, I die cut the letters, inked & added them.It's actually a bit more colourful that it appears in the photo!
So here it is, anyway ...

I've not quite finished day 4's tag (another challenge!), so that'll be in the next post...

Back soon!  Kay

12 tags - day 2

OK, so how come I haven't got a reindeer die?!!! (actually, I've got a small one, but it didn't seem quite right).  And no kraft resist paper!  So, how about using what I already have and substitute or improvise!!!
Robin's are Christmassy, right?!  And how about trying to make my own kraft resist paper?  So, brown paper, words & tree branches stamped in black, then trees stamped and embossed clear, which resisted the inks!
Mind you, I have a 2nd item on my wishlist now - kraft resist paper (and larger reindeer die before next Christmas)!

So here's my 2nd tag:

And here's Tim's beautiful tag for day 2

I'm loving doing these tags but I probably won't get one done tomorrow as its the guest market at Watford Market - I shall have to do two on Sunday!

More soon!  Kay