12 Tags of 2013- December!!

I cant believe this is my last 12 tags post of 2013! It feels like this year has went by so fast... but then scrolling on my Facebook post.. I realized that this year has been filled with loving memories that I will cherish forever. this months tag I really had to play around with to figure out how I wanted to make it. I think it turned out pretty good! here it is!

 

to start I just made a simple background using the following products, just like tim did

 

this Is what I got

 



 

then I taped some tissue tape on the background and covered them with ink.. you could have did this before you inked the tag but I just didn't know I was going to use tissue tape until afterwards.  I added this step because felt like this tag needed a little something extra

 

then I stamped a saying and added my flower

 

I made the flower the same way Tim did it so I didn't think I needed to explain it.. but you can visit his blog under Decembers tag, and he explains how to make it.

 

This year has been amazing:) I hope all of your guys have had a great time creating along with Tim Holtz just like I did:) I am excited to see what 2014 has in store:) and thank you guys for sticking along with me I hope your year was great as well! I still have to get a new years resolution that ill probably forget about again! I was supposed to loose weight this year... yea that didn't happen lol

Ill see you guys next time!! I will post a couple more before the end of the year so this isn't the last time ill talk to you amazing people:)

 

 

12 Tags of 2013- October!

hello everyone!! So I'm not going to lie I struggled a little bit with this months tag.. I couldn't get the products I had to "work" with Tim's techniques. After I tried a lot of different ways to make all the cool glittered pieces work.. I couldn't get it to look quite right... so I " improvised" I needed to get a tag up this month and with one day left in October I'm finally getting it up! so here we go... my Halloween tag!

 

So as you can see I used to "funky" items that I don't normally use in my daily use haha

 

for the background I went with the old fashioned distress ink in Dusty concord, iced spruce and black soot

 

I then glued on some letters from idea-ology along the left side of the tag

 

 

 

then I took a tiny glass bottle from idea-ology and I put some clear glue in the bottle. then I added some green alcohol ink. the alcohol ink does not want to blend in with the glue so it made a cool slimy affect. I also put a scoop of the black soot distress glitter in there to make it speckled.. I turned out pretty cool  and disgusting looking at the same time.. but what is better for Halloween

 

 

I just added some more embellishments to the tag and then I was done with a tag I actually liked haha

 

I attempted to make my tag with all the glittered pieces like Tim's, but I just couldn't get it to work.. I was a little bumbed but I think this tag looks great too!

Here's some more pictures

 

 

 

 

ok so I hope you guys enjoyed!! make sure you have a great Halloween filled with lots of family and friends and of course.. crafting!!

thanks for everything and sorry again about putting this up last minute!! I promise to have the November one up sooner!

12 Tags of 2013- September

Hello everyone!! I finally got around to uploading my next tag of the month! mine has been finished for awhile and I'm super excited to finally get around to showing everyone:) My inspiration for this tag was obviously Tim's beautiful tag, but I also got a new stamp set, and I wanted to use them:) as always.. I'm a very happy girl when I get to use a bunch of bright colors:) I love making tags rainbow colored! so here is my tag

 

If you like this tag, and would like to know a little about how I made this.. just read below!!

 

 

I started with some clear embossing powder with a poka dot stamp on a blank manila tag. I stamped the stamp in the top right corner and the bottom left corner. then I heated it up so that it would stick to the tag.

 

after that, I added my distress ink colors

 

 

I used squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, salty ocean and spiced marmalade ( distress stain )

 

 

 

I then added some chit-chat words

 

then I embellished with a metal key and some crinkle ribbon that Inked with the same colors I used on the actual tag, and a stamp. just like that I was done:)!! here's some extra pictures

 

 

thank you guys for reading!! I hope you enjoyed this months tag and I cant wait to check out everyone else's tag! enjoy the rest of your month!! ( I cant believe it is almost fall! this year has flown by!!)

 

 

12 Tags of 2013- July!!

hello everyone!! so this months tag is very patriotic! I loved the idea of putting crackle under the distress stain! I think the final effect looked really cool! and the brayer technique was just pure genius and I have already used it on some of my other projects!

 

so this is my tag and I thought the final effect turned out pretty cool!

 

the first thing I did was to die cut the old glory die and paint it with rock candy crackle paint

 

 

then I used barn door and salty ocean distress stain with a brayer and rolled it on the tag just like Tim did to his tag

 

then I went around the edges with vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink. this is what it looked like at this stage

 

then I used the same distress stain over the flag and stars then its all about embellishments and finishing touches and your done! to glue on the stars and the flag I used foam dots.

 

 

 

 

thanks for reading!! subscribe to this blog to get updates on new posts and be sure to check out my other blog that can be found in my links under my banner. it has a lot of DIY'S  and ect. stuff:)

 

 

 

 

12 Tags of 2013- June!!

Hello everyone! the year is already almost halfway gone! I cant believe how fast 2013 is flying by! and this months tag of the month is up and that means I've been crafting! Here's what I came up with this tag! I know mine doesn't look exactly like Tim's, but it goes more with my personality and the things that I like:)

I did not take a lot of pictures of the making of this but I can show you a few:)

I started with a piece of watercolor paper and a stamped image of the dragonfly blueprint stamp

Then I used Tim's techniques to color the dragonfly in.. except instead of using a water-brush, I used a wet paintbrush because I don't have a water-brush.

 

Then, I created my Tag background using distress stain colors in, broken china, peeled paint, and spiced marmalade. and a distress ink color in picked raspberry. and I went around the edges in Peacock feathers! then I just used a word stamp to add words to the background.

 

 



then I just embellished! here's some extra pictures of the finished result!

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this months tag from me! if you liked it leave a comment because I love to hear from you guys!

I've had this blog for almost a year.. getting closer to a year.. but a long time ago getting one page view per day made me smile and now, seeing the page views I have... it makes me smile even bigger:) my self esteem in everything I do has went up:) so thank you guys sooo much for everything!