14th May, 2014
I started thinking about this month’s 12 Tags of 2014 tag the day Tim posted the challenge, but it’s taken me some time to come to terms with using my stashed accoutrements! I tell you, Tim has pushed us all way out of our hoarding comfort zones this month! That said, I had a lot of fun digging through my found objects… …and fanciful buttons.…
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12th May, 2014
Over at Studio L3 Linda Ledbetter is hosting challenge 2 of the new Compendium of Curiosities Challenges for Tim Holtz 3rd book. If you haven’t already, you can order a signed copy directly from Tim. As if the book, the challenge and getting inky wasn’t fun enough, Inspiration Emporium, The Funkie Junkie Boutique and Tim and Mario have very generously donated prizes! Linda has also…
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7th May, 2014
I made this for a friend a while ago using a mini book technique video by Tim Holtz. It’s cool that you only need a sheet of 12×12 paper, a little bit of tissue tape, glue and whatever you want to embellish it. I made the book strap out of grungeboard using the hardware findings die. I cut a larger hole at the end so…
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2nd May, 2014
Great news! Over at Studio L3 Linda Ledbetter is hosting the new Compendium of Curiosities Challenge for Tim Holtz 3rd book. If you haven’t already, you can order a signed copy directly from Tim. As if the book, the challenge and getting inky wasn’t fun enough, Inspiration Emporium, The Funkie Junkie Boutique and Tim and Mario have very generously donated prizes! Linda has also put…
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30th April, 2014
I had such good intentions to get this month’s 12 Tags of 2014 tag in early. I console myself in the knowledge that it’s only 238 days till Christmas and 1 day until Tim’s May Tag! I know I use the word “love” at least once per post… but I LOVE the new frameworks dies! I am completely obsessed with the honeycomb die and it…
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31st March, 2014
This month’s tag got me back to my inks after a couple of uncreative weeks. It always surprises me how getting inky, even for a couple of hours, can put me in a really great mood. It took me a few attempts to get back into my creative stride and I had several epic fails. Admittedly, some of my distress inks were in desperate need…
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14th February, 2014
Happy Valentines! I’ve been keeping my February tag under wraps as I didn’t want my DH to see it before today. I LOVE the chalkboard technique that Tim Holtz demonstrates in this months tag. As I wanted a splash of colour on the front of my card, I decided to use the technique for the background instead. The film strip has photographs of my DH…
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31st January, 2014
Tim Holtz 12 Tags is back for 2014. I hesitate to state my intention to complete all 12 tags this year, but I have to at least put it out there! 😉 I absolutely adore this month’s tag and it’s reminded me how much I love metal foil embossing. Here is my take on January’s tag, using the techniques Tim demonstrates. Probably the less said…
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21st January, 2014
I had no idea where I was going with this when I started. I knew I wanted to create some texture and had seen a fabulous art journal video posted by Vicky Papaioannou. I used her background technique, cutting scrap paper into random sized squares and then sticking down with Studio Medium. I was particularly keen to try this background technique as it goes against…
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10th January, 2014
Shortly before Christmas I was given several sets of gorgeous Wendy Vecchi stamps and asked to do a mini album tutorial for the Scrapdeco blog. I had been desperate to try out the new Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric, but am not a sewer! However, with Phoomph, even stitch-a-phobes can play with this fabric. I used it to cover the front and back of the…
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I was there in the afternoon.