I love Shabby Chic, Vintage and Grunge and this tag has all three – But, most of all, I love all things Tim Holtz! I took out some of my goodies to play today and made a huge mess! It was so epic that I actually took a photo of it to show you! LOL (See Below) Are you on my Mailing List? CLICK HERE for exclusive projects, tutorials and discounts.
- Put Distress Stains onto a Craft Mat – Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain.
- Swipe a Manila Tag through the colors and Heat Set.
- Drip water onto the Tag and Dry.
- Use Tim Holtz's Clockworks and Measured Layering Stencils with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.
- Use Walnut Stain Distress Ink through the Splatters Layering Stencil.
- Apply various Remnant Rubs, Tissue Tape and sponge over them with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.
- Stamp the sentiment from the Phrases 2 Stamp Set using Black Archival Ink.
- Sponge several words from Chit Chat Words using Black Soot Distress Ink. Adhere with the Tiny Attacher.
- Using a Blending Tool, bring Black Soot Distress Ink onto the tag to draw your eye to the center of the tag.
- Attach Film Strip using the Tiny Attacher.
- Attach gears with brads.
- Dye Crinkle Ribbon with Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap and Walnut Distress Stains.
- Attach a Bronze Corner to the tag.
- Attach a black tag to finish the back of the manila tag.
- Pull the ribbon through the hole in the tag.
- All supplies are Tim Holtz (love him!)
The back of the tag often gets "dirty." If you don't mind that, just leave it. If you'd like a more finished look, adhere a Black Manila Tag to the back before tying the ribbon. This will hide the inks, brads, etc.
I wish I could tell you I "staged" this photo but, sadly, it is a perfect representation of my work space while I'm creating. Check back tomorrow for a new Project using Craft Metal Sheets.
Challenges:
Delicious Doodles/Anything but a card
Simon Says Stamp Mon Challenge/Distress
Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge/Tag It
Crafting by Design/March Anything Goes
A Vintage Journey/Anything Tim
Left of Center/Anything Goes
Love love love this tag. You are so inspiring Cathy…thank you.
Awwww…thanks Ang! You’re such a doll! Thanks so much for the blog love! It makes me smile! 🙂
Super fabulous tag!! Looks like Tim made it himself!! Love it! Great work! 🙂
Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!
hugs…
Melissa
MELISSA!!! That is the HUGEST compliment!!!! Thank you so much!
You made my day! 🙂
Fabulous tag, the sort that you get right messy making, love all the detail here hun, many things for joining us at Delicious Doodles this week, best of luck xxx
Thanks, Avril! Yes! Both my desk AND my hands were dirty after this! haha
A stunning tag, love all the elements and techniques. Thank you for sharing at Delicious Doodles this week
This tag is so beautiful, Cathy. I love all the beautiful colors, stamping and embellishments. Wonderful design! 🙂
Thanks, Croms 🙂
I appreciate your kind words!
Thank you, Meihsia Liu! Happy that you enjoyed the bright colors! 🙂
Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Love your Tim tag Cathy, it is beautiful. The very vintage colours, the great design and rusty embellishments look fabulous and perfect for our Anything Tim challenge. Thanks for bringing it on A Vintage Journey.
hugs {brenda} xx
Thanks, Brenda! I loved the theme! I’m a stage 5 stalker! LOL
Cathy…your vintage tag is gorgeous! I so love everything about it. Your stenciled/masked background is brilliant! I also love the bits of tissue tape that you’ve added and the metal elements for even greater depth and dimension. It’s truly lovely! Thanks so much for sharing your tag with us at A Vintage Journey! <3 Candy
Thank you, Candy! It’s fun to have a place to share my love for “my boyfriend, Tim!” 😉
Thank you for your kind words.
Great techniques here and you really nailed our “Distress theme”! I adore the way this tag turned out and I love how it’s a mix of shabby/vintage with elegance. The drippy background is stunning and the clean-line font for the quote is perfect. I also love the dimension you added with the Tim Holtz photo strip and the gears. Thank you so much for inspiring us and for sharing your talents here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Andrea! I read it twice ’cause it really made me smile. Thank you for noticing all the little additions to the tag! I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. Distress is my fave!
I appreciate the blog love too!
love the stencilling in your tag and the soft tones are great.thanks so much for playing along at A Vintage Journey and hope to see you again soon x hugs xtrace x
Thank you, Trace! You definitely will!
I appreciate the blog love. 🙂