Graphic 45 tag

The large tag is 4" x 8" with a #8 tag for the pocket...these are the new images from Graphic 45...I've been admiring this style on Pinterest and decided I should try to stretch myself and do something pretty and not grungy...the tags were colored with Distress Stains...after taking my Tim Holtz class at Queen's Ink last month I have become addicted to using the stains for coloring large areas...

All Things Tim Christmas Patchwork Art

This is metallic tape on grungepaper that has been embossed, die cut, alcohol inked, tooled, stamped and embellished 0f bells, ribbon, hanger, confetti, tree and all.....

All 27 4" x 3" Grungepaper cards for the All Things Time Christmas Patchwork Swap...these will be added to others and put together as a 12 x 12 piece of art...great project...

Tim Holtz Elongated Tag

This is the result of liking a part of a tag but not the other parts so I tore the part off that I didn't like and attached it to another tag but decided to elongated the tag so here is the result...I added a die cut sheet metal car and arrow, inked with Archival Ink and stamped into it when wet...it removed the ink and left the images/words...stamped all over the place with verses in various inks and PearlEx, added the string and gears, the embellishment including Tim's ribbon dyed with Distress Stains then fringed, and whatever...

tim Holtz - Hero Art Bird Tag

Playing around with my new Hero Arts Bird stamp...he is the cream colored bird...I painted my stamp with a liquid frisket and stamped on my tag then using Tim's Distressed Stains, one of his embossing folders and a spritz here and a sand there, add a stained ribbon and voila - a decorated tag...

Adirondack Alcohol Ink Bird Painting

This is a 2" x 4" canvas painted with Adirondack Alcohol Inks...the bird is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts I just bought and love...my friend, Lynn wanted a lesson in painting with AAI on canvas yesterday...this is what I did while she was painting a flower on a 4" x 4" canvas...fun day!

AnotherTim Holtz Sept Tag

Tim Holtz Sept Tag 2012

The airplane is Tim's airplane stamped on shrink plastic and shrunk then overlaid with the metal tape...the "t-i-m" are the plastic sticker letters from tim's stash..also overlaid with the tape...this was a fun technique...I learned the safety pin - brad technique when I attended my Tim Holtz class at Queen's Ink...totally cool...