Tag Friday

Hi All

It's a five Friday month which means there is a bonus post for you and we are sharing Tag Friday inspirational tags from the team. For this there is no theme, no particular focus - other than Tim of course and just sheer motivation to create from the Creative Guides taking part.

Julia

I used Tim's new colors of Cracked Pistachio and Mermaid Lagoon to stencil the Burlap background of my tag, then used black embossing paste on the Blossom Stencil.  To see more on how I created my tag - please stop by at  my blog.

Jennie

I had great fun putting this tag together using Tim's products in my own mixed media style. I used Wallflower Stash papers, Tissue Tape, Texture Paste, Distress Spray Stain and some of the fabulous little stamps in the Correspondence Set … and my favourite flower from the Flower Garden Set.  Do join me on my blog if you want to see more.

Astrid

I used an extra long tag as the base for my project and one of Tim's older stamps/I had great fun playing with various mixed media techniques. If you want to see more, just hop over to my blog.

Alison

I've created an Alcoholic Butterfly for my tag today - dribbling alcohol inks over some Clearly For Art Whiteout film for a really funky look.  I inked up the tiny watercolour hearts for the first time, and you'll see I've been at the Harlequin Mixed Media Thinlits again too, with a touch of Glossy Accents to catch the light.  Do come and check out all the details over at Words and Pictures.

Terry

My tag for AVJ's Tag Friday is also my tag for Tim's May Tag for 2015. I had to change things up just a little and with a little improvising. For all the details you can visit me HERE.


Shari

I never let an opportunity pass to experiment using Tim's monthly tag techniques.  For today's tag, I'm practicing the water coloring techniques that Tim featured in his tag for April, to make a couple of tags for upcoming birthdays.  I have a few detail photos at my blog, if you'd like to come over for a closer look.


CHRIS
My tag continues our challenge theme for the month and is creatively inspired by Tim's remnant rub resist technique although you'll recognise more than that, lol...

You'll find the step x step and products over on my blog. Chris xxx

Jenny

Having been intrigued by the new 'Worn Wallpaper' used by Tim and his team for the Eclectic Elements booth at the recent Spring quilt market - see post HERE - it connected in my mind with Tim's 'Eroded Metallics' technique. Could I reproduce a similar look to that gorgeous layered wallpaper using Distress Paints? Well I'll let you be the judge of that but here's the resultant tag (and don't worry, there's a step by step over on my blog so you can see how my mind was working!)...


S@ndy

Joining in on the shaker craze I've made my tag - a shaker tag. I used Tim's Distress Paint Marbling technique for the background and one of his great Mover & Shaker Dies. For more details and photos please stop by my blog here.

Nikki

For my 'anything Tim goes' tag I created a tag card with a Father's Day theme. Distress paint marbling, lots of die cutting and glossy accents on this one. More details today over at my blog - Addicted to Art.

Brenda

My tag is inspired by my love of photo booth photos plus the Correspondence papers and ephemera. I also got to use some of new products I bought back from holiday recently and as I didn't use the memo pin and token embellishment on my Tim tag this month I've tried it out here.

Julie

My Tag is using Tim's Design for his May 2015 tag, making a few improvisations and personal touches of my own. Would love for you to pop over HERE to Juliz Design Post to see more.

We hope you have enjoyed out line up today and feel inspired to create some tag art of your own.

If you haven't yet had time to join in our current challenge 'Spring Colours' or if you want to submit another entry, you still have a week left in which to do so. Thank you to everyone who has linked one of the amazing projects that are currently on show.

Have a great weekend.

hugs Brenda and the Team xxx

Destination Inspiration - May Recipe #4 - Memories of Paris

Hi everyone, Annie here, and welcome to the fourth of this month’s Destination Inspiration posts using our May recipe: 

Product: Any of Tim's dies with the word ‘Vintage’ in the title 

Colour: Stormy Sky 

Technique: Tissue Wrap Collage from Compendium of Curiosities (Vol. II page 38 ) 

Substrate: Cardstock 

Below is my finished make, using all of the items above, although I did have to improvise on the tissue wrap.

As I did not have Tim Holtz tissue wrap in my stash I took some tissue paper and stamped on it using Tim's Paris Memoirs Stamp Set and Jet Black Archival Ink, which I heat dried. Then I was able to continue with Tim's Tissue Wrap Technique from CC2 as detailed above. Once the tissue paper was dry I chose Vintage Photo Distress Paint and Stormy Sky Distress Ink, which you can view in the background of the finished card.

I then took Tim's Vintage Cabinet die and made a card. These TH Sizzix Bigz dies can cut two layers of card with ease. The folded edge of my card was placed slightly away from the left hand side of the die, enabling me to make my card shape. ( see below) I also took another die, which fits inside and cut 2 frames.

I love Tim's Sizzix dies French Flight, which comprise of both stamps and dies and you can see the result above. 

One of the frames was inked with Stormy Sky and then layered flat on to the card. The Tissue wrap background was then placed within the arch. Both were adhered with Cosmic Shimmer Glue.

Tissue tape was adhered to the second frame as you can see below. 

Distress Markers in Barn Door and Cracked Pistachio were applied to the butterflies. Tumbled Glass Distress Marker was used to colour in the word 'Paris'. 

Vintage Photo Distress Ink was then applied to all of the die cut stamped images, not forgetting to ink the edges :-)

So that's the fourth May Recipe......wonder who will creating for next week!!

Can you Guess ???

Until then.............................Crafty Hugs and keep inky

Annie xx

Our invited guest today is.....

Hello everyone,

We're delighted that the very creative and talented Sue Carrington is joining us today as our very special guest.  Many of you will know Sue, irl or simply by her blog and service on various DTs.  When Sue agreed to guest with us today we knew we would be in for a treat and she hasn't disappointed...

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Hello ! It's Sue here and very excited to be invited to join A Vntage Journey for the day ! I live in the UK have been crafting is some form or other for as long as I can remember. My life was totally transformed when I was introduced to embossing powder and things just went from there. Mixed Media has become a true passion of mine and I love getting really messy with paint, ink and sprays !

When I saw the theme of Spring Colours this sent my mind in to a whirl as there are so many gorgeous colours associated with this season. That coupled with the beautiful Distress colours that have been released so far this year gave me a wide field to play in ! I knew I wanted to use the gorgeous Perspective stamp set so the project was centred around the beauatiful butterfly that's part of this set.

I started with 2 pieces of grey board that's already covered with white card. I then glued dictionary paper to each piece and I always coat paper with glue to protect it from the moisture from sprays or whatever I decide to throw at it ! While the glue was still wet I spritzed both pieces with Shabby Shutters and Wild Honey spray Distress Stains.

 I used the Eye Chart stencil and spread texture paste through and again, while it was still wet spritzed with Peeled Paint spray Distress Stains. I then dried it off and added some stamping using the numbers stamp from the Perspective set with Watering Can Archival ink. I decided I want to add some drippage so stood the panels up and sprayed them with the wonder Abandoned Coral spray Distress Stain, spritzed it with water and watched it run !

 The numbers stamp is fantastic for creating a master board that can be cut up and used for different projects. I've used Fern Archival ink on the below and then die cut a lattice using hte Lattice die.

I've used Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink over the lattice. I stamped the butterfly directly on to the board then stamped a second one on to some card that I'd blended more Distress Ink over. The second butterfly was cut out and positioned over the first so the antenna was ni the right position. I found the large flower in my stash and spritzed it with Abandoned Coral spray Distress Stains. The colour is so bright !

 I kept the negative from the die cut and used a piece of dictionary paper behind it that I blended Distress Inks around. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and is stamped onto white card that I've blended Distress Inks over. I've added a couple of the Tim arrows and a flower from the adronments Nature set.

 I covered the revers ofthe panels with the beautiful Wall Flower paper, it's so hard to cut this up ! The panels are held together with a hinge that's glued in to place.