A couple weeks ago I went to a scrapbooking retreat in the mountains. I still wasn't feeling well, so my mojo was also MIA! My friend got me started on a tag using some of her Tim Holtz stamps (blueprints) and her Distress inks. AND I went CRAZY! They were so fun...messy, but FUN!!!!
I used manila tags that I bought AGES ago thinking I could keep up with the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas, but I couldn't! Vintage is SO out of my comfort zone, it freaks me out...literally freaks me out!!!! LOL I stamped the image on the tag, then used distress inks (2 or 3 colours) to smudge around the image. Then I stamped on the background image (either snowflakes or leaves), distressed the edges with my TH distresser tool, and then inked them. I coloured the images and the ribbon with my TH distress inks. THEN I spritzed them with some pearly spray that my friend had (I told you - I used EVERYTHING of hers except the tags! LOL) These look sooooo much nicer in person, they are shimmery! VERY cool!!!!
I have them up for sale in my Etsy shop IF you are interested!!!!
Here are the tags I made:
I am entering this into the following challenges:
ADDICTED TO STAMPS challenge which is Tags (& you have to use a stamp, which I did!),
CRAFTY EMBELLIES which is Vintage Shabby Chic with altered art (I THINK this fits there),
Robyn's Fetish which is Vintage,
STAMPING SENSATIONS which is Traditional Christmas,
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CRAFTY PAD which is Christmas,
CRAZY4CHALLENGES which is Tags,
Di's Digi Downloads which is Autumn colours (entering the orange and red tags here!).
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you love my tags!!!! I know I do!!!!