Chirp Bird Tag

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I got a little extra time gifted to me today so I thought I would make a tag for the Studio L3 challenge.  The challenge is for page 62 in Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities Volume II (which is so awesome!).

I can't tell you how I did it-you have to buy the book but take a look....

I used Distress Inks for the tag-mustard yellow, brick red, and broken china.  I just bought yellow and red at the Scrapbook Expo and love them!

Here is a close up.  The Chirp is from Stickopotamus stickers.  And the notes are from Recollections Washi Tape.

Thank you for stopping by!  I will be posting another challenge real soon to help celebrate my 1 year Blogiversary so stay tuned!  Until next time my friends...be free like a bird ;)

Fly Tag

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Tonight I finished a cool tag for the challenge at Studio L3.  It's from A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2 by Tim Holtz.  This technique is on page 38.

This week's sponsor is Frilly and Funkie.  They are giving a $25 gift certificate to their store.  If you haven't checked them out--go!  They have challenges, tutorials, and great inspiration on their blog!  And their store is packed full of goodies-including Tim Holtz stuff! :)

So here is my tag.  At first I wasn't really excited about this technique.  I kept looking at Tim's directions and his finished tag and didn't know how I was going to get anything close to a good turnout.  But I went ahead, and I love how it turned out!  Yay for Studio L3 for encouraging the techniques!

Until next time my friends...don't be shy to try a new technique!

Journey Tag

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This is my second post of the evening.  This tag is for the challenge at Studio L3.  It is the 3rd challenge from Tim Holtz's book A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2.  There's still a day to play, so come on over!

The sponsor this week is Electic Paperie.  They are giving away a $25 gift certificate to their store. And they have some awesome stuff, so you know I hope I get it! ;)

Here is my tag using the Marbled Stains technique on Page 46.  Scroll down, and I'll show you some highlights!

Here is my newly acquired Distress Stain collection that I bought for this a future challenges.  I love this product!  I used more Stormy Blue than the other two in this particular tag.

Here's a close up of my tag.  The sentiment is Tim Holtz along with the memo pin and distress ink I used for the purple music notes on the bottom (dusty concorde).

The flowers are from Websters.  I have had them for a year and this is the first project I have used them.

The stamp is Tim Hotlz, the embossing powder is Sparkle N Sprinkle-Sienna.  The pointing finger is a rub-on from Prima and the ribbon is a scrap I had.

So here's my tag again.  The music notes tape is from Recollections.  Love it!  Until next time my friends...truly enjoy the journey :)

Tag of Joy

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This week has just flown for me.  I realized just an hour or so ago that the challenge for Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities ends in less than a day.  And tomorrow is so busy so I had to burn some 11 o'clock oil and get my tag made!  The challenge is at L3 Studio and the mission: Faux Patina on page 58.  At L3 Studio the sponsor is Simon Says Stamp Blog and they are offering $25 to their store.  I really really want me to be the chosen one!  I love their store! :)

I am combining challenges with L3 and Simon Says Stamp and Show.  Their mission: Word-put your favorite word on a project.  So here's my tag:

Here are the stars I used the faux patina on.  This is before.

The star on the right has the finish, but it isn't easy to see it.  It's possible I didn't do it right.  This was my first time with the technique.  I had tried on the little heart from the previous post but it didn't look like Tim's picture so I decided to do something else.  You can tell the star on the right isn't has shiny and the gem looks different.

I used distress inks for the tag (which I cut from my Cricut).  I also used distress ink on the ribbon which is seam binding (I think that's what it is called).  I went crazy with TH tape and Recollections tape.  I love that stuff now!  I guess I used to be afraid...but not anymore! :) 

The metal Joy is from Studio18.  It's metal and I used alcohol ink on it.  But I did not use the faux patina technique.   Joy is my word because to me that is what Life is.  Being able to create and share projects brings me joy and makes my life happy.  :)  Also, God, my family and friends, and good health bring me joy.  Until next time my friends...I hope you have joy, also. :)

Mon Ami Tag

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I am soooo excited-my copy of A Compendium of Curiosities Volume II came in the mail today!  Oh my goodness-the first one rocks but the 2nd one rocks too!  So many ideas and techniques-where does one even start?  Tim Holtz has done it again!

Thankfully Linda at Studio L3 has the exact place to start!  The first challenge is on Page 66.  As if it could get any cooler than that-the awesome folks at Simon Says Stamp is giving a $25 gift certificate to the lucky ducky that will be randomly drawn.  I am also going to submit this to Simon Says Stamp and Show because Anything Goes!

Remember those Time Life book commercials about aliens, wars, and the Egyptians?  They would talk about a story in the books and you would be hooked right there in your own living room.  Except before they told you what you wanted to hear--"You have to buy the book!"  Every. Time.  And so friends...that is now true here.

Technique page 66 and page 36 because really-could I help myself?

This is the center of my flower.  I had to show ya'll because I don't really know where I got it from.  I distressed it with shabby shutters and walnut stain.

Here is a close up of the center.  I used white embossing powder for my bird.  I did it twice to get a richer white look.  Mon Ami is a Hero Arts stamp.  The background birds at Tim Holtz's.  I distressed the tag itself with water (love that technique!)  Oh and the green swirl is also apart of page 66.  The heart charm is a Blue Moon charm (from the garage sale) and the 2 "crystal" ones are from Plaid.

Here's my tag "hanging" so you can see the charms dangle.  Oh and I distressed the lace on the side.

Until next time my friends...stay inspired!

A Bright Hi!

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I learned the COOLEST trick to do with my alcohol inks.  And I am so psyched about it.  It is on Tim Holtz's site, and you can go here to see the instructions.  I need to check out more of these tags.  He does an awesome job of creating and teaching them.

So the card I made is for the challenge at Studio L3 who supplied the challenge of using this plaid technique.  The sponsor for this week is Simon Says Stamp.  They are offering a $25 shopping spree.  They have AWESOME stuff!  Some of my Christmas came from there-yay!

 Also, I am submitting this card to Simon Says Stamp and Show because Anything Goes!  There is still time to play both challenges so check 'em out!

So here is my card....

This is a 2nd picture of my card because I thought it might need a 2nd shot.  The background is alcohol inks.  I think it really is soooo cool.  The bar code tape is Prima, and the hi is from American Crafts.  I made the background but I didn't want to cover it up.  The tape helps to ground the sentiment (or to me anyways!) :)

Here are the colors I used.  I know Tim says to use Ranger's glossy paper, but I don't have any.  So I used photo paper.  But it worked fine.  (Yay!)

Here are my dots lined up (so easy!!)

Here were my colors the first direction.  I could have left the background like this.  There will be some stripey things to come about!

But I did the 2nd set of stripes and got this.  In person it looks like it could even be 3-D.  So cool.  Try it and upload your creation!  Until next time my friends...have a bright and cheery tomorrow!