Tim Holtz - 12 tags of Christmas - the leftovers!

I decided to use up all the 'scrips and scraps'  I had left over after the 12 days of Christmas marathon...though anyone following my blog will know I made most everything very happily 'out of scraps' in the first place. I was happy with this tag because I tried out several of Tim's techniques on this one that I had never tried out before. Who knew there was so much you could do with a stamp! Not me for sure. I was so pleased with my drippy candle, it looks good in real life!

My little altered angel atop the tree

The Angel I made a few weeks ago (my very first post) has made it onto the tree! she looks really cute, I grabbed a hasty shot on the camera and realised I had also captured a mixed media canvas that my talented daughter made when she was 13!! it is so cool that I grabbed a photo - she is very talented and I am always so proud of her.

One of my daughter's canvasses -done when aged 13

Twelve Days of Christmas 9 - Oh Little Tree

Wow - I was so blown away by the techniques in today's installment of Tim Holtz's blog that several hours into playing with the new techniques - and making funky little samples,  I realised that I hadn't actually made a tag at all! So this one was made in a happy rush.

 I have just remembered, I have a set of Basic Grey Stamps with a great tree branch and owls...ooh hurry up tomorrow! So many tags, so little time.

My photo doesn't do this justice at all and I have no editing software. Never mind - it is very sweet in 'Real Life' I don't own many background stamps, but used Fired Brick, Vintage Photo (my favourite of my little collection) and Peeled Paint Distress inks, clear Embossing Powder and Ranger Black Embossing Powder to create the upper part of the tag. The stamp is one of my favourites - it is from Hobby Art Ltd. The photo makes the top of the tree look more orange than the original.Lastly, I added a mix of Diamond and Rock Candy Stickles onto the tree -they/re still wet in the picture, I was too impatient to wait for them to dry!

I hope you are enjoying the 12 Days of Christmas - I'm loving it!

I hope you all have a great weekend. Anna x

Twelve Tags of Christmas Day Eight - The Best of Times

 

I can't believe that I am keeping up with this! I'm juggling the day job with more crafting than I would usually do in a month! The funny thing is, people keep telling me how well I am looking. 'Pooped yet excited' would probably be nearer the mark! When I started making the tags, I didn't dream I would be able to make more than one, let alone keep up with the STUNNINGLY talented folks that are putting stuff into the gallery...but I am, and I'm proud of this.

I said in an earlier post that crafting feeds my soul...well apparently, doing a lot of it 'makes my soul fly' isn't that  the coolest thing to be able to say? Mine wasn't even really meant to be a blog! A couple of weeks  ago, it was started to keep a little record of what I make...so my daughter could be inspired to reach for her own artistic goals.

Today's tag was again so fun to make, A quick swoosh of distress ink, some ornaments made, but not yet used were chopped up mercilessly and applied! I stamped and embossed a couple of old favourites from Paper Artsy and Tin Can Mail (the 'best of days greeting'). I mixed a little Ranger Black Embossing Powder in with Mirror Gold (a new idea for me) and embossed the greeting,  took another bad photo, accidentally tried to link my whole blog instead of just the aforementioned  and then sat down the in debris in a happy afterglow of my crafting frenzy. Happy Days!

LETS CONTINUE TO SHARE THE JOURNEY!!!