Tag Tuesday Challenge #55: Favorites

This week the challenge was to use a few of our favorites - and I somehow carved out time to do it this morning - and I love the tag - then I realized my camera was in the glove compartment of my friend Mary´s car and she is out of state until Tuesday. So here is a scan, although it does not show the color to the best effect. I just worked for so long on it - and had so much fun - that I couldn´t not post it! Sorry about the poor image...maybe when my camera returns I will take a photo and repost. In the meantime...here are a few of my favorites!


Favorites:

Paris
Purple (Glimmer Mist in this case)
Pearl Embossing Powder (Silver)
Punches (the three little fleur de lis)
Prima Flowers
Pearls and Bling
(Purple) Chunky Glass Glitter
Pretty Fibers - Fringe and Wide Ribbon in this case
Pewter (or copper or gold or any!) Brads
and the Practical - Pop Dots

(and faves that did not make this tag - distress inks, pears, cars, blues, greens and pinks, perfect pearls and paints....maybe next week they will make it on to a tag!)

and you know, I am looking at the scan and it looks like the top ribbon is crepe paper streamers or something but it is really beautiful 2¨ wide purple/silver/pink ribbon. Oh well, I made some art just for me - not for a class or a gift or anything - just for me!! Thanks Louise - if it weren´t for the challenges I might not take the time to play!!

Tag Tuesday Challenge #49: Glitter

LOL - I must have read this on Tuesday and subconsciously had it in my brain when I started working on an entirely different project yesterday making tags for a class. Then this morning I stopped by Louise´ s blog to see who had posted and realized that I had made a glitter tag yesterday. So here it is...color is a little off, but you get the idea. The background is 3 blue and 3 distress inks, the glitter is art insitute (blue on the top and green in the background), the wings are actually silver embossing powder then stamped with the scroll and embossed again with blue glass embossing powder, the purple crown is UTE and for some reason it called out for ball fringe on the bottom. And oh yes, it is a Sizzix die. It reminded me of my daughter so the ¨Drama Queen¨ got added on the bottom.

Finally, Distress 303

As promised, tinting photos, playing with paint dabbers and distress ink and a few final techniques. You might recognize the little girl crying with Santa from Tim Holtz´s the 12 Tags of Christmas this year. It was so cute I had to use it again. Feel free to bring a detailed stamp with you to class because we´ll create our own ink pads and while Iĺl have plenty of detail stamps there, you get to take the ink pad home and it helps if you have the matching stamp!! In the samples above it is the bird cage ATC stamp on the tag and the little cards.

The March Class dates are posted on the right; you don't need to have taken Distress 202 to take this class, and although taking Distress 101 would help, you can get by without it - these are pretty different uses of the inks. Would love to see you there - we´ll have fun!

Tim Holtz Cards for Card Class

These are the cards and tag for the first Tim Holtz card class at Scrapbooks Too on Thursday, April 8th. We will be using the Spring Spring set and the At The Movies set.

I went with a bright spring tag to chase away those winter blues and a White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland for the Spring Spring set. The tag has an Ideology token, a grungepaper butterfly and a fun paint technique for the background. I snuck the clock stamp from the Going Somewhere onto the White Rabbit card along with a spinner and fastener. It needed a little movement!









The first card from the At the Movies set features Graphic45 paper, Ideology film strip and some Sizzix dies. I´ll show you how to attach the filmstrip to paper if it has been a challenge for you. It would be a beautiful Father´s Day card for an old movie buff, a great birthday card or a just because card for any film fan. The second card is bright and cheery in primary colors - would be a fun card for a kid who loves movies, a party invite or a cute gift holder for a pair of movie tickets! Itś not the typical distress look, but the stamps are so versatile and I wanted to show you another fun look!










I will have one set of stamps and inks there, but if you own them, please bring them so fewer people are sharing one set. A blending tool with foam pads and a basic class kit would also be a good idea! This is the Distress Ink list: Old Paper, Vintage Photo, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Stormy Sky, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalade. I used Jet Black, Olive, Cobalt and Crimson Archival Ink. Even if you only have a few of the distress inks if you bring your own, it will save you and everyone else time!!