Tagalicious Tuesday

Fly, you little bird! I saw this technique presented this past Saturday at Stamp Antonio by B & J. I wasn't actually in the class, but I saw what people had done, and I wanted to try it. So this is what I came up with. I used a Judikins iridescent embossing powder and a crackle stamp from who knows where, but the brush background oval is B & J. All else is of course, Tim Holtz!

Pretty flowers! These Hero Arts flowers (and the card really is better in real life--remember, I am extremely camera-challenged!) are embellished with Tim Holtz inks and black Flower Soft. And it really does not come off! The little bird (birds again!) is painted with Crackle Paint and then anointed with a coating of Distress Stickles. Makes me want to do the hula! (I know--a scary thought!)

I hope you can join us at Tagalicious Tuesday--lots of fun and good people! And I promise a handout with better pictures!

Card Factory

Card Factory today at Stamp Antonio! I wanted to do some "masculine" cards for this session, seeing how Father's Day is right around the corner. Also some kid stuff--however, I see you could use the jet layout with another stamp and you could have a different theme. And the western card has a feminine side to it! So I guess I didn't pull off masculine quite so well after all! The dog card is my favorite. That's how my Gracie looks when she knows we are going somewhere without her! I did use too much "takes too long to dry stuff", like Stickles and Diamond Glaze, on these cards, but the bling really adds to the cards. This is really a "put together" class, since we have to be packed up and out by 1 p.m. so the next class can start, so the only thing really difficult will be how to get the Crackle paint into everyone's hands! Yes, that's the new, I should say, "old" jalopy from Tim Holtz resting on that Graphic 45 paper. I also die-cut some from cream paper and people can ink them and stamp them. Very fun! This summer I will have to think of all the places that "old jalopy" can go: to the beach, to the park, to Aunt Hattie's 50th wedding anniversary.....time to go!

Tagalicious Tuesday

This tag I guess qualifies for "steampunk" as a theme--I liked the quote (from Tim Holtz stamp set) and I think the images illustrate. I like to think of the Tennyson poem "Flower in a Crannied Wall" as I am adding images of all the metal and "confining" materials that structure our world. In this tag neither the bird nor the flowers can be confined, as our spirits and dreams cannot be confined. However, our physical world is dependent on technology and therefore, gears and metal and enclosures must exist as a substrate for building toward our dreams and hopes, which always remain spiritual and heaven-reaching.

Tagalicious Tuesday

I kind of like this little tag, after all the trouble it caused me (sigh!). You can see the little squares still trying to lift up, even after I've adhered them twice with two different adhesives. That's the Distress Crackle paint, rock candy. It does give a really nice shimmery look, though. I made the inchies with Hero Arts set Antique Engravings, some Marvy ink and a text stamp from Hero. I then carried out the "square" idea by using the Japanese newspaper print paper, which I embellished further with tiny punched squares of inchies I didn't use on the tag--who would have thought that inchies could be used as a "parent" sheet!
The other tag for Tagalicious Tuesday will have to wait to be posted when I get a better picture--too many shiny objects (it's crowns, and I used every shiny thing I could find in my craft room!)

Tagalicious Tuesday

Hello, friend! I thought I'd share some pretty flowers on a tag with you today! Now where did you see something like this, I wonder? Yes, check the back cover of the Hero Arts 2011 Spring catalog and you will see my inspiration for this project. Simple stamping with Clearsnap chalk inks (except for the lime--my chalk lime "died" so I used pigment lime instead.) I love this shabby chic look! The paper is from the "Sweet Threads" paper pad from Basic Grey. Participants in the tag class will choose a paper from the collection to use for the background and the "applique" flower. So many to choose from! And they all look like antique fabric!

This tag features fairies, the second fairy card in our tag card series. This tag was achieved with multiple steps, beginning with inking and misting, then adding a laminate transfer of a Graphic 45 postcard, and it goes from there! The glass slide uses the "ghosting" technique with Ranger archival ink. The side stamping on the card uses Psychedelic embossing powder from Judikins, which really shines on the black pigment ink. And thank you, Ruth, for the lovely ribbon embellishment! It is perfect for this tag.

I love inchies! Well, these are actually 1 1/4" square, because they fit the card better. But still, they are fun! I got the idea for this card after making the little bird tag card, in the post below. I am presenting this card at Card Factory this Saturday at Stamp Antonio, along with some others. I really like the look of colored pencil on kraft paper, and I hope each participant will embellish her "inchies" in her own personal manner.
It is of course better always to use a punch for repeated shapes, so they are all perfect, but I knew I would wear out my punch for this many squares (24 signed up for class!) So instead, I wore out my arm using my Cutterpede! Actually, I did break a punch trying to punch the square out of heavy corrugated paper. Look closely and you can see some of the squares are made from the new Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper. I am really liking this paper! I am looking forward to class--I hope everyone has a good time. I know I will!

Tagalicious Tuesday

I call this tag "Memory Garden". The background is the stamp "kissing" method using a solid flower stamp. I wanted this to be a Mother's Day tag so I incorporated a picture of me and my mom (many years ago of course!) into a fragment charm. (Do they still make these?) I also used a bit of tissue tape, a flower punch, and some old, old buttons. I kind of like, how about you?