Sunday, November 29, 2015

November Tim Tag + Giveaway!


Grace & Mercedes came over for another night of play, and we decided to work on Tim's tag for November.  You can see his original tag here, along with all the instructions and step out photos.  The pumpkin stamp worked very well for this technique, so we all decided to go with it.


I didn't own the background stamp Tim used on his, so Grace & I substituted with Stampin' Up!'s Linen background stamp, and it worked very well with the Distress Paint resist technique.  While working on it, I accidentally ripped my pumpkin.  The arrow from the blueprint stamp is actually pointing to it!  haha!


Another new technique we learned was adhering foil with just a glue stick along the edges of the tag.  Definitely going to do this technique alot more in the future!  Here, you can see I added some rub ons by Tim.


We all loved cutting through the cork and using the negative as an embellishment on our tags.  The cork was very similar in color to my background colors, so I added some Gathered Twigs Distress Ink on the top of my cork, especially around the letters.  I also used Tim's texture hammer to smash the tops of my brads. 


I was out of Idea-ology arrows, so we all got a little creative with embellishing the top half of our tags.  I decided to use a hanger clip with a canvas tag (Close to My Heart).  I just folded it over the hanger.  It was adhesive backed, so it just stuck to itself.  I found a metal embellishment in my stash and added it with another brad.  I used a larger brad to adhere the hanger to my tag.


The girls & I took a selfie after taking pics of our tags.  That's me on the left, Grace in the middle, and Mercedes on the right.


We took this group tag pic before I was done because the girls were leaving.  Graces' tag is on the left.  She wrapped some string around a pen nib.  She also put the Gathered Twigs Distress Ink on her cork, and when she saw what Mercedes did, she also added black Wink of Stella on her tag between her letters.  My *unfinished* tag is in the middle, and Mercedes' tag is on the right.  I showed her how to layer some of Tim's Idea-ology gears with a spinner.  She took it a step further and wrapped some gold cord around the spinner.  She only put the Distress Ink around the edges of her cork and tag, and added the black Wink of Stella to her letter openings.  She also used one of Tim's ledger stamps for her background.  Stunning!

I gotta tell you, Mercedes is very, very new to stamping, and this is only her 3rd Tim tag, and each one, she has knocked out of the park!  She's a natural!

GIVEAWAY!


I promised a giveaway when I got my new blog up & running, so here it is.  I attended both of Tim's classes at the Papercraft Clubhouse in CT, and received an apron for each one.  I asked Tim & Mario to sign one for me to use in a giveaway on my blog, and they were both happy to oblige.  I'm also adding in the Simon Says Stamp exclusive Tim Holtz Stamptember 2015 custom stamp set.

I need to build up my following again, so all you have to do to enter is sign up for my blog, and leave a comment.  You've got until Friday, December 4, 2015 to enter.  Good Luck!



23 comments:

  1. I'm so glad I found your blog! Not only for the give away but for your creativity as well!
    I love it!

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  2. Nice tags! It's interesting to see how differently everyone's tags turn out.

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  3. I love Tim Holtz products!!! Love the blog and the tags! Thanks

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    1. Sorry my real name Is Dori L... I don't know how my daughters name got on here..... Lol

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  4. LOVE The Tim Man! Fabulous tags! I am a lover of the blueprint stamps! :D Love your creativity!

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    1. Hey Debbie ... You're the lucky winner! Thanks so much for visiting and playing along with me. Hope you come back again!

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  5. Tend to lurk and follow, so inspired. Keep at it please and thank you for the chance to win a wonderful gift.

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  6. Thoroughly enjoyed reading about your creative session with your friends; the tags all looked fabulous! Nice to have a giveaway...good idea!

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  7. Love your blog & the projects you've done!

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  8. Thanks for the chance! Love your tag! So fun to read how you created these tags with your friends!I love to see different results ! BArbarayaya

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  9. Great blog lots of fab tags and projects and thank you for the chance to win to some Tim goodies! :)

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  10. Live the tags! Congrats on your new blog and live the giveaway!

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  11. Looks like you had fun creating your tags and I know you would have had an awesome time with Tim and Mario.

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  12. Great tags and blog. What a generous giveaway. Happy holidays to you and yours !

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  13. Gorgeous tags Stephanie! I love the way you've coloured the pumpkin and all the lovely details.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Mandy xx

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  14. Love your tags. It's nice you can "play" with your friends! Thanks so much for the give-away!

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  15. Looks like you ladies had a fun tag time! Very cool to see all three tags and how different each design is. Wonderful tags by all three! You are so luck to have been to a TH class! Wowzers! It is on my art bucket list. Fantabulous and awesome sauce tags! TFS!

    Just became your newest follower. Hugz.

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    1. Well, I tried to become your newest follower and it didn't work. Some error with G+. I followed my email.

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  16. I just went through a bit of your blog, thanks to the Facebook Group, "Tim Holtz Addicts". I like what I see and I'm going to try to subscribe. (I don't always have the best of luck, with technical things, online, but I'll give it a shot! 😊)

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  17. Fabulous interpretations of Tim's November tag and I agree that Mercedes is a natural as she is so new to stamping, well done! And the tear on your tag Stephanie is just adding some more 'distress' to your design, you meant to do it right? :O) Thanks for sharing all of these great tags and what a wonderful and generous giveaway! Following you now on G+, thanks so much for stopping by my blog as well! Deb xo

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