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Fall Tag for November 12 Tags of 2014

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· November 1, 2014

As you know, I love all things Tim! At the beginning of a new month, his Tag is the first thing I look at when I open my computer. The 12 Tags Series has challenged everything I know about Paper Crafting and has helped me to grow both in my skills and in my confidence. Actually Winning for one of them was a highlight of this year! (January-You can see it HERE.) There are months I love my creation and months that I find recreating Tim’s Tag more challenging. This month was definitely one of those months! I love Vintage, Distress and Grunge! This month’s Tag takes those things to a whole new level!

Nov 12 Tags of 2014

You are actually looking through a corrugated cut out showing the leaf on the Tag underneath – cool, right?

Distress Paint Colors for Nov Tag

I didn’t have the same colors of Distress Paints that Tim used. (I know! I thought I had everything too! LOL) I used the colors above and smushed them onto the Craft Sheet, spritzed with Water and ran the Tag through. The one on the left was the first tag – the colors blended together too much so I did a second tag (on the right) which was the one that I used for this project. The Tag on the right was Heat Set and then tapped into the remaining paint on the Craft Sheet and then Heat Set again.

Marbled Tags

I used my mini Walnut Stain Ink Pad to smash color into the Layered Leaf Embossing Stencil and ran my Tag through the Big Shot in the folder. Okay…so at this point, I got so carried away and dirty that I totally forgot to take pictures! You can see Tim’s Tutorial for the tag HERE. I used a Mini Blending Tool to spread some of the color onto the embossed leaf on the tag.

Leaf Embossing for Nov Tag

After applying Distress Embossing Ink through the Speckled Stencil, I sprinkled Heat & Stick Powder and heated it. I didn’t have Foil Sheets so I used little foil scraps that I had in my drawer and poured them over the top so that they would stick to the speckles on the leaf.

Nov Tag Leaf

Next, I tore pieces of the backing paper of a corrugated piece of paper and cut the Layered Leaf from it. Then I applied Walnut Stain Ink with a Blending Tool and spritzed Walnut Stain Distress Stain Spray over it and Tarnished Brass Distress Stain Spray as well. (Yes! You definitely need the sprays too!) I used Glue & Seal – YES!!!! The Glue & Seal that hasn’t been available for a year! The Glue & Seal that Wendy Vecchi talks about all the time! Yes! That Glue & Seal is now available! Yay! – I attached the corrugated piece over the tag, lining up the cut out leaf over the embossed leaf so it would show through.

Nov Tag Here and Now

I used Here & Now from the Framed Alpha Parts and threaded a Black and Cream Ribbon from the Trimmings Set and tied it, fraying the edges. I attached an Arrow and a tiny label with a Remnant Rub.

Nov Tag Crinkle Ribbon

I used the matching Distress Stains to dye a Crinkle Ribbon and tied it through the Tag.

November Tag

All in all, it was a delicious distressed dirty mess but I’m sort-of happy with the way it turned out. I will definitely be taking another shot at it later in the month, though! LOL!

Categories : Die Cuts, Distress, Embossing, Masculine, Mixed Media, Stencils, Tags, Vintage

Tags : 12 Tags of 2014, Distress Paints, Paint Marbling, Tim holtz

July Tag of 2014 with Seahorse and Starfish

Posted by Cathy Parlitsis

· July 3, 2014

I am absolutely in LOVE with Tim’s July Tag for the 12 Tags of 2014! Holy Cow! I had a PARTY – all by myself! LOL ! Do you see the SAND!!!! It’s so easy! (“My Boyfriend”) Tim, has the recipe with photos on his BLOG. I had so much fun doing this!

So…to begin, I put Broken China Distress Paint onto my Craft Sheet and spritzed it with water. I dragged the tag through it and heat set it. Next, I put Weathered Wood Distress Stain onto the Craft Sheet, spritzed it with water and dragged the tag through that. After it was heat set, I sponged over it with Salty Ocean Distress Ink and Evergreen Bough Distress Ink. I did the “Spritz and Flick” Technique with water and heat set again. Finally, I used the Spritzing Tool and a Black Soot Distress Marker to create tiny black dots. The edge of the tag was sanded with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

The Seahorse is from the Sand and Sea Die. I cut it from Chipboard and used Broken China, Peeled Paint and Gathered Twigs Distress Paints to color it. Once it was heat set, I sanded over the paint and then sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

To create the “water” I had to improvise because the Bubble Embossing Folder hasn’t arrived yet so I used the Regal Flourishes Embossing Folder and some packaging to create “waves.” It covered up the background too much so I cut the top off to allow the background to show a little and then stapled it to the tag with the Tiny Attacher.

The Sand Dollar was cut from the Sand and Sea Die and painted with Antique Linen Distress Paint. While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled Antique Linen Distress Embossing Powder and allowed it to dry. The edges were sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and outlined with a Black Soot Distress Marker.

The Starfish was created in the same way but it was inked with Rusty Hinge Distress Paint. The Fishing Net was created with the Honeycomb Die and card stock that was sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Paint.

The greenery was created using the Tattered Pinecone Die and card stock. It was then colored with Distress Paints and sponged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

The “Sand” was created using Ultra Thick Embossing Powder, Distress Embossing Powder, Distress Glitter and Crystal Effects. It was adhered on top of a layer of Crystal Effects.

An Idea-ology Word Band was colored with Antique Linen Paint and attached with Jute String. Linen Ribbon was used through the hole in the tag.

I hope you enjoyed my July Tag as much as I enjoyed creating it! Happy 4th of July! 😀

Categories : Cards, Distress, Tags

Tags : 12 Tags of 2014, distress inks, Tim holtz