Springpunk in Plaid!

Linda is taking us all the way back to Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas 2009, Day 3 and we are making plaid backgrounds!  This was super easy and fun!  The kind people of Simon Says Stamp are sponsoring GM39 and offering a $25.00 shopping spree and as luck would have it, the challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show is "Anything Goes."  Artistic Outpost also has a fun and unusual challenge for  "Springpunk."  Now that is a first!

All stamps are from Artistic Outpost and I used Bird's of  A Feather and Whimsical Melange for the clock face which was stamped and clear embossed.  The gear is Tim's as are most of the embellishments.  The feathers were gifted to me by my bird, Fred!  The bird background panel and clock gear were embossed with one of Tim's embossing folders and then embossed with a garnet powder.

I was the lucky recipient of a surprise blog candy anniversary over at Yvonne's Journey into Artistry and as if the candy was not sweet enough, look at this beautiful card she sent along.  If you have not been to Yvonne's blog, take the time to stop by for a visit.  Thank you so much, Yvonne! 

Well I would like to thank and welcome my 35 new followers and if you have not signed up for my blog candy, now would be the time.  Your visits are always appreciated and I thank you!

BINGO at FSC!

At Fashionable Stamping Challenges, we are playing "Bingo" and you can pick any row, vertical, horizontal or diagonally.  For my row, I went diagonally from left to right using "metal, distressing and vintage."  We would love to see you take on the "Bingo" challenge, so come play along!  For more ideas and wonderful inspiration, stop by FSC and check out the fabulous creations of my DT Sisters!  Don't forget there is always a prize!

Before hitting the bottles!

Well as you can see, I decided to hit the bottles with this one and had quite a sobering experience in the process.  I have had these lovely vintage perfume bottle stamps from Lost Coast Designs for a couple of years and thought how perfect for the "Vintage" part of my Bingo Card.  I stamped these with Timber Brown Stazon Ink and then clear embossed.  Yes, Stazon gives a nice embossing touch!  I then did that fussy cut thing that we all enjoy so much!  For my background, I played along with Grungy Monday's #38 which is a Dauber Paint resist using a technique from Tim Holtz and you can see that HERE.  Now I have to be honest and say that I followed the technique, but made a couple of changes and did not stamp over the print from one of Tim's new background stamps (Wallpaper).  After the paint dried and I just fell in love with the Copper sheen, so new I would not be stamping on that.  I swiped a bit of Dried Marigold and Frayed Burlap DI and sprayed a Perfect Pearls mix over that(antique linen reinker, pearl perfect pearls) on the craft sheet.  Pressed my tag into the mixture and then quickly dabbed off the excess ink/spray.  I then gave a couple of quick sprays of Hot Chocolate Chalkboard from Tattered Angels.  All edges are distressed and shaded.  For my metal, I added a key and some chain to the top and bottom of the tag.  Simon Says Stamp and Show is looking for "Bottles," so we will be linking up over there as well!

Thank you so very much for taking the time to visit and comment.  I know how time consuming that can be, so trust me when I say that you are all appreciated.  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  I am so excited and hopefully will have something to share really soon and then tomorrow is the stamping convention in Carson and I will get to see what Mr. Holtz is up to! 

Grungy Monday's Wearable Art Lesson!

Was I excited that Linda was actually extending this another week, so hear I am with GM#37.  I could not for the life of me decide what I wanted to do with "Tim" and wearable art.  I looked at shirts and the pocket watchy thing and then looked around some more to the point where I just thought, "forget it."  Then when you are ready to throw in the towel and before even beginning, Linda extends the challenge and if I did not see the most amazing piece of wearable art from Sarah of La-De-Dah and if you have not seen her altered shoe, go have a look - REALLY.  I then remembered an old leather purse that I had planned on doing something with along the line as it was one of my favorites, but too shabby to use any longer.  Well here goes and this was as my blog states, "A Work In Progress."

Used a couple of Distress Inks and applied inks with a makeup applicator and then randomly ran the ink pads over the purse.  After all this old bad (the purse) is distressed.  After that was done, I rubbed in some old fashioned Vaseline and then kind of buffed.  Right there I really liked the look, but thought I needed to do more.  Pulled out some Perfect Pearls and applied several colors working them into the leather and then buffed a little more.  The purse now has such a lovely iridescent look, but subtle!  Picked out a few of Tim's stamps and then added a little I Rock bling.  Well now the old bag can carry her old bag in style! 

THIS MONDAY, I WILL BE CELEBRATING MY TWO YEAR BLOGAVERSARY WITH A REALLY NICE GIVEAWAY TO ONE OF MY FOLLOWERS.  IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE MY 29TH YEAR WITH THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, SO IT IS A CELEBRATION ALL THE WAY AROUND.   STOP BY ON MARCH 5TH!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me and taking the time to comment.  You are truly appreciated.

More Hearts and Cupids Oh My!

Honestly I was so done with Valentine's Day and all that XOXO stuff and then "BAM," again I was struck by Cupid's little arrow.  Now the path it struck was via Linda's Grungy Monday "Who Loves Ya, Baby"and Tim's new "12 Tags of 2012"  I was so excited that Tim is taking us in a "new direction" and this is now a monthly adventure!  How brilliant is that guy???   Anyway, I pulled out all my stuff again this AM and here is what I came up with.  Not one tag, but two tags.  Inspiration Emporium has a challenge and wants us to "Put A Heart On It," so that is a given that we are linking up to their challenge along with Simon Says Stamp and Show, "Anything Goes."

Pretty much followed Tim's direction and just changed up a few things for what I had on hand!  Can you believe I still don't have the little Cupid Die??  However, this time one was a grungy little Cupid and the other was stamped from Tim's new V-Day set.  He was embossed with the black mix, then another cover of my own mix which has clear mica flakes in it.  I tried to get an up close and personal picture, but it did not look very good with the glare, etc.  It does show through IRL with red, blue sparkles and of course bits of the clear mica flakes. 

Some of my supplies!

TO ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS - On March 5th, I will be offering up some really sweet blog candy for my two year blogaversary as a "Thank You."  You really don't want to miss this one, so don't forget to check back.   Thank you for stopping by today and I hope the rest of the week is amazing for you!

ATC - My First!

Honestly, I don't believe I have ever made an ATC and so Linda has taken me to a new adventure with this week's Grungy Monday!  Now of course it is all about Tim and his techniques and products, which is more than 50% of my craft everything.  Still in Valentine's Day mode and thinking about a little tiny space to work with, my thoughts went to my new love of shrink plastic!  Will be linking this up to Cindy Adkin's "Woman Thing Link Party" Make My Monday, "Romance,"  The Artistic Stamper, "Hearts" and Hel's Sunday Stamper, "Hearts."

Could Not Help Myself!

Cut my ATC from recycled cardboard (from sheets), painted it with Fired Brick Crackle and then inked with Fired Brick, shaded with black.  Also embossed with Tim's Damask folder.  Used Tim's new Valentine's Day release stamps, which were stamped on shrink plastic with Black Stazon.  On the reverse side, I colored in some red areas and this was then backed.  The tiny hearts in the jar were colored with red alcohol inks and shrunk.  The bingo 14 was clear embossed for a little more dimension.  Not sure if this will go on a tag, card or be hung.  Have to think about this one!  Well I did think and it became an ATC on a card! 

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

On The Road Again!

Simon Says Stamp and Show want us to Show A Song Title, Linda's Grungy Monday #34 is wanting us to use Tim's, Crackle Resist and you can see that HERE and Gingersnap Creations GC134 is all
about Ribbons!  So here we go with Willie Nelson.

The tag background was done per the video instructions.  I Distressed Crackled, Distress Inked, and stamped using Tim's Air Travel Map and Compass.  The words I computer generated along with a picture of Willie!  The Old Jalopy was cut from black chipboard and then covered in Brushed Pewter Crackle and I did ink over that.  Added some of Tim's embellishments and of course the pen nib is "thoughts" as I am sure that Willie had plenty of thoughts before taking pen to paper!  The ribbons were distressed with both ink and the crimper as I wanted them to be a little less perky!

This was quite fun and I enjoyed making the background!  Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment.  Have a fabulous day!

Crackle Paint:  Broken China, Brushed Pewter
Distress Inks:  Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Weathered Wood

Cupid Strikes Again!

I always look forward to Monday and what new adventure Linda will take us on!  For Grungy Monday #33, we are revisiting Tim's August 2008 Technique Challenge.  For all the details, click the link and come play along!  This will also be linked up to Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything But a Card and Gingersnap Creations GC135 Use Your Favorite Paper.

For my large fragment, Red Pepper, Cranberry, Latte and Pitch Black alcohol inks were used.  The stamped image is from the new Valentine's Silhouettes.  Tim's movers and shaper hearts were cut with shrinky dinks, colored with red alcohol inks, backed with white paper and edged with black marker.  The word stick was edged with red marker and I rubbed in red Stickles to highlight the "Love."  The metal heart charm was colored with red alcohol ink and then I marked the outer edge with black marker.  The frame was cut using my Grand Nesties, embossed with Tim's Chakerboard and then clear embossed for added interest.  Cut some photo corners for the fragment.  The background paper is from Tim's Seasonal Stash. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous rest of the week!

Love Is Just Around the Corner!

OK, love is not just around the corner, but with us at all times.  The people in my life that I love is a 24 hour a day event, but we all enjoy that extra touch of sweetness and love!!  For GM 32, Linda has us reviewing the 12 Tags of Christmas and picking one of our favorites, but using the techniques for a non-Christmas-y work of art.  If you have not been to Linda's house (blog), go check out that girl's flowers!  Now the lovely folks at Simon Say Stamp and Show is all about a "Red Letter Day," so between the two challenges, I knew I would be doing a Valentine's Day theme!  So here is my non-Christmas-y work of art using a Red Letter (Number)!!

I decided to go with Tag #11, which involved making your own embellishments using shrink plastic, UTEE and alcohol inks.  I also did the background as in the instructions, well so to speak!  The background and cupid stamps are from Tim's newest release that I won from Stamper's Anonymous, which I was so excited to play with!  I clear embossed the large word background stamp and then inked it up!  Covered the 14 with Stickles and shaded the edges.  The red shrink hearts were cut from Tim's Movers and Shapers, colored with alcohol inks and then baked and coated with UTEE.  The ticket, also a Tim stamp, was colored with markers and then stamped.  I stamped the cupid with black craft ink and then clear embossed and cut him out!!!!!!!!!!!.  I really like how this card turned out.  I can't wait to buy the cupid die, because it sure beats cutting out by hand!

Thank you for stopping by and a big hello to my newest followers!  Off to have a little lunch and then do some much needed blog visits.  Have a great week and stop by on Saturday to see my newest DT post for FSC.  I think you will really like this one!

Distress Inks:  Frayed Burlap, Black Soot, Fired Brick
Stickles:  Xmas Red
Stampin Up Markers:  Read Red, Black

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TIM HOLTZ!

When I went to see what our amazing Linda had in store for this week's Grungy Monday #31, I was excited and nervous!  Making a card/tag for "TIM," was not what I expected!  Well "Happy Birthday, Tim" and I sure wish you many, many more!  I will say this and I know you all agree with me, Tim goes beyond inspiration and encourages us in so many ways!  What I like the most is that it is all about the techniques and learning.  No matter what your style is, you have so much to learn from this incredible artist!  Oh and I just can't wait for book number #2!  Linda is going to give me a swat for this, but I think I see a CCC2 just around the corner????  Love you, Linda!  You know I do!!  We are also taking Tim's Birthday card to Simon Says Stamp and Show Something Old ... Something New!  Here it is!!

I knew I was going to use this Kraft Resist paper and the map is one of my very favorites and the grid for the card base!  I love making frames out of Tim's Sizzix line of dies, which I cut from grunge paper and mounted on chipboard.  The gp frame was inked with one of my prizes (NEW) from Stampers Anonymous, the "Old Paper" stain, which I totally love and will so be ordering more!  I then stamped it with the (NEW) crackle stamp from Tim's "Joyful Song."  "The World" and card background were Distress Inked and I added a little of my own bling mix.  I had thought about hanging a word token or stick from the frame top, but then decided to make a shrink plastic old jalopy and arrow from my (NEW) movers and shapers die set.  This were inked with alcohol inks and clear embossing powder.  The "Happy Birthday" was cut from foil using Tim's Typeset and again inked with alcohol inks!  The words were generated from my computer and I used a print that best reflected "The World."  All other items and products used in this post are "OLD."

Now I want to give a shoot out to "Stampers Anonymous" for their most generous giveaway during the "12 Tags of Christmas" and a huge thank you!  I was one of the lucky winners and the package included a Trinket Box, 3 Distress Stains, 2 stamps sets and a package word sticks!  Love how all my embellishments fit so nicely in the case. 

Well I sure hope that Tim has an amazing birthday!  Thank you so kindly for stopping by and have a great day!

Distress Inks:  Dried Marigold, Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo, Old Paper
Distress Stains:  Old Paper
Alcohol Inks:  Black, Copper, Pearl, Gold and Blending Medium

"New Stash" at FSC and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We are using NEW STASH for the current theme for Fashionable Stamping Challenges! How fun to pull out some of those never used treasures or perhaps some gifts Santa left for you! Won't you join us for some Stamping Fun using your New Stash! Stop by FSC to have a look at the clever and gorgeous creations of all the Fashionettes! I want to thank FSC for inviting me to be a part of such a great group! This is not only a group of collective talent, but such a fun and caring group! We actually have a blast together and that is what this is all about, having a good time and encouraging others to just have fun!

So here is what I came up with for the Fashionable Stamping Challenges "New Stash" challenge and I will also be linking this to Grungy Monday's "Get Out The Tissues," Simon Says Stamp and Show a "Tim Holtz Themed Tag," Lisa's Bloggers Challenge "Celebrate Good Times." Using some New Stash, I wanted to ring in the "New Year."

I used Tim's tissue tape to cover a tag and inked a little Festive Berries (new) and Vintage Photo on some areas. Ran it through the crimper several times and then gave a spray with my new "Shimmer Spritz." The spray settled nicely in the groves and added a little extra color! All stamps are my "new" Tim Holtz "Little Labels." The countdown numbers were stamped with Stazon Red on my "new" clear shrink plastic and the "2012" were stamped on red card stock using black craft ink, clear embossed and hand punched. The hand and admit one were stamped, inked with Vintage Photo and cut. I added a thin line of red Stickles to the "Admit" one! The little "party favor" was cut from foil with my new Martha Stewart "Fringe Scissors." Wrapped it around a cocktail straw, added some double sided tape and then sprinkled the glitter/bead mix. I cut a second tag from black card stock a quarter inch larger than the original tag, so I could add a little extra festive fun! I made a little batch of mixed fun using some new chunky glitter, along with some glass glitter, fine red glitter and black beads. Added some fibers and the clear tinsel is new! So I used several new items from my stash. Hope to see your amazing creations using some of that "New Stash" that I know we all have!

I want to wish all of you a very happy and amazing "2012." A big "thank you" to all of my newest followers and to those of you who take the time to visit and comment! Your comments and friendship mean so very much to me! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Grungy Monday #28 and SSSS Some Tickets

Well I squeezed in a little play time today and just in the nick of time for Linda's Grungy Monday #28 and Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Tickets!  For GM we are following Tim's Piece for the Ranger Ink Great Pumpkin Challenge and just like many of my GM Challenge Buddies, there is not a pumpkin to be found!!  Now here is what I came up with! 

I cut my "Foil Tape Sheets" using Tim's carved ornaments and new movers and shapers mini deer and number, then followed the steps in the above link.  I did adhere my carved ornament foil piece to a piece of chipboard for depth.  After the pieces where inked, I also shaded with black and gave my little deer an eye and of course the red nose!  I used Tim's designer paper for the ticket and added foiled numbers a little Spica glitter here and there.  The Core'dinations background was embossed and sanded.  I did the background with embossed and debossed snowflakes and really liked the debossed look for this!  BTW, the red tinsel trim on the bottom is from WalMart and it was very inexpensive!    The silver tinsel stem was inked with red alcohol ink.

Wishing all of you a great week and I can't believe we have less than a month until Christmas!  How did that happen?  Thank you a bunch for stopping by today!

Ink:  Archival Black, Distress Fired Brick
Alcohol Inks:  Red Pepper, Cranberry, Meadow,  Espresso, Caramel, 
Spica, Red, Gold, Clear
Xmas Red Stickles
Dies:  Tag, Movers Shapers
Folders:  Dot Matrix, Snowflake, Cracked 

Grungy Monday #27

We just love Grungy Monday and for some of us, it can fall on any day of the week!  This was actually finished yesterday, but by the time my stickles dried, it was kind of dark!  So here is the scoop!  Linda has brought us to Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas, 2007, Day 6 and of course we can do whatever our little hearts desire, as long as we use the same techniques!  This really is prettier in person as you can't see the shimmer or sparkle very well.

I cut my snowflake masks from Tim's Winder Wonder die, along with the Snowman.  Stormy Sky reinker and Perfect Pearls Pewter were used for my misting mix.  The On The Edge Snowflake border and Snowman were cut from white chipboard and then painted with Delta's Pearl Gleams, a quick spray of the PP mix.  The snowflake stamps (Faded Jeans and Stormy Sky) are from Mr. Tim.  Added a coat of Rock Candy Crackle to the Snowflake border and then another coat of paint.  We finished off with some Ice Stickles for the Snowman Hat and tops of the Snowflake border.  Distressed paper edges with Faded Jeans.  The "Joy" word once cut out of the Snowman was given an extra painting of the PP mix and Delta's Pearl Gleams paint. 

Have a wonderful rest of the week and thanks a bunch for stopping by!

Grungy Monday on Sunday!

My husband took this week off and so did I for the most part!  We did some things around the house and just goofed off together.  As much as I love this thing with ink, I love my time with my husband more!  However, today had to be GM day, because I don't believe I have missed one CCC or GM and can't start now!  Our most delightful and sweet Linda brought us to Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas, day 7, 2009.  You can view this here and we used masks and paint daubers.  I really stink at the paint dauber thing, really I do.  My Snow Cap always ends up kind of washed out and never white.  I have tried keeping it thicker, letting it dry natural, heat set and it always ends up looking like part of a vintage designer paper.  Maybe the paint is too thin in the bottle, but most likely, I am just dauber incompetent!  All stamps are Mr. Tim's.  For the Santa, I really wanted him to stand out, so did not add any ink other than a little face and hat color.   I am also entering this at Hel's, Sunday Stamper, who is looking for "Pine." 

As always, Linda makes our Monday's a fun place to be and for those of us doing this on Sunday, Grungy Monday is tomorrow!  WooHoo!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and that the upcoming week will be amazing!  Thank you for dropping by!

Distress Inks:  Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar, Fired Brick, Forest Moss
VersaMark, Stazon:  Blazing Red, Black, Timber Brown
Stampin Up:  Gold Embossing Powder

Memories!

For Grungy Monday, Linda asked us to create a loving tribute to someone who has passed away, using of course products or techniques of  Mr. Holtz!  Well this was a difficult challenge in many ways!  When I saw the sketch challenge Lisa had given us for Bloggers Challenge, it all fell into place!  The tribute is to the two people in my life that gave me everything!  I no longer have parents and sometimes I am in overwhelming pain.  This was the last picture taken of my parents together.  I lost my Mom in 2004 and my Dad in 2008 and not a day goes by that I don't think of them.  The scanned picture did not turn out very well, so I will make a copy of the photo and use that.

The background patterned papers are Tim's as are most of the inks!  Butterflies and Doily are from Cheery Lynn!  I cut out the doily on white card stock and then inked with Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet and Tumbled Glass.  Shaded with Walnut Stain!  The butterflies were previously cut and just waiting to be used.   Used the Papillon background stamp for the doily!  The heart trim is from my Mom's belongings and seemed quite appropriate.

Lynn of Trash To Treasure is having a Three Year Blogaversary Giveaway, so you might want to go check it out!  Sure looks like some awesome candy!   

Wishing you all a wonderfuly weekend!  Thank you for stopping by!

Grungy Monday!

Linda has us dabbling with Perfect Distress and you can watch Tim's video here.  Not only will you have fun playing with this amazing medium, but there is a little treat thing happening, thanks to the ever so sweet GM Mom!  Well you have to go see! 

I inked a tag background using shades of orange Distress Inks!  I then inked the Owl with Vintage Photo and proceeded with the green/brown Perfect Pearls, brown for the owl and green for the flourish/leaf part.  Not sure if you can see the two colors, but the owl is darker and more brown.  Gave a quick spray, the first time I was too heavy with the water and lost too much details.  Maybe it is suppose to be that way, but I did not care for it.  You can always add more water!  I had a piece of cocoa card stock, so decided to add the dripping trim (MS-punch), inked over that and added more Perfect Pearls.  I cut a second tag, and trimmed the first to fit.  Did a little embossing at the top and a little ticket, which I used Perfect Medium and then added the Perfect Pearls.  The feather was gifted to me, by my Fred! 

 Well hope you all are off to a Grungy start for this week!  Thank you for stopping by!

Grungy Monday and Anything Goes!

Our "Grungy Monday" fearless leader, Linda, gave us one heck of a challenge!  Tim in 10!  Not Tim is a 10, but to actually do a project from start to finish in 10 minutes!  Now we did get to pull out supplies and think, which can be a challenge for us "fly by the seat" kind of crafters!  Now I will admit, that I had more things out and just ran out of time, so here it is!  I am also playing for the first time with the lovely people over at Anything Goes with a challenge of "To the Letter."



The 10 Minute Supplies

 We quickly die cut the bird and fence, took these and the tag to the craft sheet!  Inked the tag, ran this through the embossing folder and then inked the tree!  Next we quickly added Rock Candy Crackle to all three and did cheat and used the heat gun, remembering that we are looking for 10 minutes!  Ran black and orange ink over the cracks and quickly wiped this off!  Glued down the fence and crow and added some of Tim's fabulous stickers, using the word "Boo."  Added and eye and backed the tag with another black tag and then distressed.  Oh I did kind of glob on my ink and crackle as time was of the essence!  Thank you Linda, but could you give us Tim in 20 next time?  He!He!

Here is a lovely surprise that I received from Lululizinlalaland for her "Back from France" giveaway!  She even included a lovely tag!  Thank you so much, Liz! 

Bloggers Challenge if Falling for Grungy Monday!

Grungy Monday is back, baby!  Linda gave us a Holtz-ian Halloween theme, using one or more Tim Holtz products and Lisa's Bloggers Challenge is Falling for You!  Now to me the "pumpkin" is also all about Halloween.  So here is how this goes!

I made a wreath with "Falling Leaves" that were cut from a free digi background image that June of Dezinaworld so nicely offered!  When I first saw this background, I knew I would use it for leaves!  After I cut the leaves using Tim's Autumn Gatherings, ran them through the crimper, highlighted and shaded using various Distress Inks!  I also cut branches and acorns from the same die!  I wanted a more realistic look to the acorns, so I cut these using Creamy Caramel and then shaded the nut portion with Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade, shaded the stem part with Vintage Photo and just around the very edge of the nut!  Dried and then added Rock Candy Crackle to the stem portion!  Filled in the cracks with Golden Mist Opalite and a quick cover over the nut!  The Pumpkin was cut from chipboard and Pumpkin Pie, colored the stem, covered with Rock Candy Crackle and then added Spiced Marmalade.  The back panel sides were embossed with one of the new Texture Fades borders.  The center pumpkin is a new Movers and Shapers from the man!


June's Digi Background

Wishing you all a great week and your visits and comments are so appreciated!

Distress Inks:  Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Condord, Fired Brick, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain,
Opalite: Golden Mist Ink, Adironadack Lettuce Marker, Rock Candy Crackle
Stampin Up Paper, Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

GC114 Baby Wipes and Grungy Monday 21!

We have "Baby Wipes" at Gingersnap Creations and Transparent Illusions at Linda's Grungy Monday.  Now as we all know, Mr. Holtz, has some of the coolest techniques.  We love that man!  Finally, I have figured out the correct amount of Glossy Accents to spread on fragments!   I did two fragments, but only used one on my tag.  The one I am not using involved packaging tape and let me tell you, that was so cool.  It worked on some anniversary tissue paper from a few years back.  Now the baby wipes for GC114 was most interesting.  I let a wipe dry out and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist, using a red and brown.  I then added it to cardstock using two way adhesive and die cut the tag.  Then we embossed it to give it a fabric appearance and highlighted it.  The umbrella man was clear embossed, distressed and then the embossing removed (via an iron).  I decided the fragment I created would take place of the umbrella, so I guess he is now Fragment Man!  We made some mini tags and cut out the words from Mr. Holtz tickets! 

Packaging Tape Tech!

I need to do some serious blog visits tomorrow and sorry I am a little behind.  Hope you all are having a wonderful week and as always, thank you for visiting! 

Grungy Monday #20, Ginger's Babes and Tots, SSSS Bling!

Our incredible and fun leader of Grungy Monday, Linda, has invited us to a "Distress Stickles" party.  The first thing I did was to fold a piece of brown card stock and cut it out using my new cabinet die!  I just moved the folded edge in ever so slightly!  I then used the movers and shapers mini cabinet and cut a frame, which was embossed with one of Tim's folders.  The stamp is Tim's and this I embossed using craft brown ink and then colored with Distress Inks.  The numbers and letters were also cut using Tim's Typeset.  I added the Distress Stickles after all was inked and was careful not to smear the color.  I cut out the ribbon edge to fit over the frame.  Simon Says Stamp and Show is looking for some bling and I think this might just have enough bling.  Gingersnap Creations GC113 is Babes and Tots and well my son is my baby!

This is a birthday card for my son!  I think I might cut out some letters for his name and put on the banner, but not sure.  Kind of did not care for the HB and covering the heart, so those might get picked off!

Thank you for the visit which I do love!

Distress Stickles: Rock Candy, Fired Brick
Distress Inks:  Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy
Craft Chocolate Chip, Clear Embossing Powder   

Plastic Umbrella Guy!

The wonderful Linda for week 19 of Grungy Monday has us doing grungepaper piecing and plastic recycling using Tim's technique right here!!  I thought this was perfect for using the Umbrella Guy, which I have not used for a while.

His coat, hat and shoes are colored with Distress Black Soot, Umbrella Barn Door, Pants and gloves Brushed Corduroy.  Face was colored with Blush Blossom (separate cut out) the Umbrella handle colored in gold and then highlight with Rock Candy, which of course you don't see due to the plastic.  I decided to cover only the UG in recycled plastic.  For the tag background, I used Tim's Kraft Paper and sadly, did not realize that the stamped sentiment would be lost in translation!  So I just did a little redo and stamped the sentiment on a piece of recycled plasted and added brads to hold it down.  I went a little dark with distressing the tag, but we are already planning a new one!  Simon Says Stamp and Show a Tim Holtz Technique, so we are going there also!

Hope your start to the week is a great one!