Tag Friday inspiration

Welcome to the fifth Friday in the month when we have a very special extra post for you. As always the mega talented Guides have been creating and making tags for your perusal - there's no theme, no expectations for these to fit with our current challenge, just pure, sheer unadulterated go where the muse takes you inspiration pieces. Let's take a look.

Nikki

For this month's tag I had some wrinkle free fun with a range of brown distress inks, including Ground Expresso. Do pay a visit to Addicted to Art for more details today.

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Julia

I made a simple autumn tag for the AVJ October Tag Friday - with a glorious fall rose I made using my fellow Creative Guide, Jennie's, marvelous tutorial! I inked my tag with 3 different Distress Inks spritzed with water. I stamped the Ledger Script on the side along with a stem from Flower Garden and sentiment from Handwritten Sentiments. I finished my tag with two Small Talk stickers and two colored trimmings at the top! You'll find many more photos and details on my blog Create with Me if you'd like to take a peek!

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Alison

I do love a Tag Friday and the chance just to play! I'm still working through my love of Wilted Violet as an autumnal shade and the sharper-eyed amongst you will notice that this tag reworks ideas from some of my recent projects - combining a tag I really enjoyed making and my art journalling pages for this month's Art Journalling With Tim theme. Come over to Words and Pictures if you'd like to see more.

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Brenda

Knowing it's the weekend of goblins and ghouls and a night of fright I made a rather regal coloured tag using mauves, blues, gold and black to wish you all a Happy Halloween.

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, 

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, 

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, 

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - 

Only this, and nothing more.'

From The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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Jennie

I love being able to have the chance to play with something new and for Tag Friday had an idea in my head of working with a single colour and black and vintage brown. I am not sure the end result was what I intended but it was an interesting journey! I am loving the new Tattered Florals Punch! Please join me on my blog if you want more details of the tag and flower.

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S@ndy

What a perfect excuse to make a fun Halloween Project. Such great colors and spooky embellishments. You can spot Tim's influence and products all over this 3D tag. This is a simple way to use up those left over Configuration Boxes from other projects. Hope you have a spooky Halloween and I'd love to see you over at my blog "My Crafty Life On The Internet".

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Annie 

I have made a tag for Halloween using Tim Holtz stamps, dies, inks, paints, papers etc

I also used crackle paint, the rusting technique and heat embossing

For more details on the step by step please visit my blog HERE

Happy Halloween xx

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Julie

My tag today uses many different Tim techniques. I would love to have you stop by my Blog - Juliz Design Post to see how I achieved the illusion of layers.

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Thank you to all the Creative Guides who have shared their latest tag make, as always it is an incredible line up of talent.

I hope that each you enjoyed looking at the wonderful range of designs and ideas.

We wish you all a happy Halloween weekend full of ghoulish fun with lots of treats but without the tricks.

Take care.

hugs Brenda and the Creative Guides xxx

Pinworthy Inspiration

I always feel so lucky and honoured to write up the guest posts and today we have another selection of fabulous pinworthy winners who have gone to town on their projects for us. Please read on to see who they are and what they have created.

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Hi everyone,

Jan Hill as Guest Designer, soooo excited to be here!

A little bit about me, I live in Coventry, heart of England, with my lovely husband, we were both teachers. Officially empty nesters now our son, Boomerang Boy, has moved out. I am very lucky to be retired and enjoy travelling and having fun, especially crafting! I spend a lot of time with my daughter, son in law and beautiful granddaughter and enjoy scrapping family pages. Art was always my favourite subject at school, college and my hobby. From making dolls houses I moved into scrap booking and mixed media which is currently my passion. I love all products Tim and was lucky enough to attend a workshop taught by him and totally inspired!

Initially, I was so excited to get this invite but when I found out it was Art Journal Tim style I panicked!

White page syndrome?

Art Journal is about experimenting and trying out new things?

So ..... I decided to explore layers but rather than building up, delve down and reveal layers. I was inspired by book sculptures I have seen recently.

Once I got out my Tim stamps, DI and die cuts I really enjoyed the challenge, this is what I created.

I used watercolour paper to build up 4 layers on the right hand page. I wanted to experiment with the Framelet/stamp and Thinlet sets.

Layer 1 The butterfly and Creativity (600189) were stamped and die cut to reveal the Journal Page. An area top left was DI* ready for layer 2. Hickory Smoke was inked around the edges.

The butterfly and creativity were stamped ( through layer 1) with black Archival, clear heat embossed then inked with DI blend* ( Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Fossilised Amber) on the Journal Page.

Photo showing layers 1 and 2 in progress.

Layer 2 Creativity and Beautiful (Adventure Thinlet set) were die cut. Ground Expresso was inked around the edges. An area was inked * for Life in the next layer.

Layer 3 Aperture windows were painted with a waterbrush then gently ripped out (love the textured edge) for the butterfly, creativity and beautiful then Life die cut. Hickory Smoke inked round the edges.

Photo shows layer 3 and masterboard in progress.

Layer 4 I created a masterboard using DI, (Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon ) then used Papillon, Perspective and 660189 Framelets with Stamps, inked with Ground Expresso. More apertures were ripped out and the edge ripped and inked with Vintage Photo.

Left Page I used the masterboard then built some layers as contrast. Creativity and beautiful cut outs were inked * and used. I dry embossed ( French Script Texture Fade) on watercolour paper to create 2 pockets. I dry brushed on Vintage Photo to enhance the lettering. The tags, kraft paper and masterboard were stamped with Papillon small butterflies then heat embossed but too pretty to be hidden! I dyed silk ribbon using Distress Markers to match the tags.

I finished by sewing the pockets on the left page and the pages together on the right.

If you would like more details check out scrapintheattic.com

Phew, complicated but fun to create, hope you enjoy looking at my journal which now has covers and 4 pages!

I hope it inspires you to have a go with your journal, Tim style.

Hugs

Jan x

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Welcome everyone!