12 Tags of 2014 June Tag

12 Tags of 2014 June Tag... Yay it's not the end of the month and my June tag is completed!
This month Tim did a watercolor mono print using the distress minis and stencils ... you gotta see this... it is so cool http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2014-june/.
Okay confession time ... I was highly upset that I could not get a hold of the French Flight Framelit... it was sold out and/or had not come in yet in a few of the places I tried. Anyway I improvised ... I had to cut those butterflies out free hand ... OMG ...  talk about embracing imperfection. Okay I'm over it ( I WANT the framelit... I shall get that framelit) !!!

At first I was disappointed with my tag ( not over the framelit issue I guess) ... but as I watched the process unfold, I was very excited about it. Those stencils are fun. Check out Tim's blog for the links to some other designers these projects are amazing  http://timholtz.com/more-distress-minis-to-love/; what these ladies did with these minis ... so cool !!

Okay I only own set #3 and set #1 of the distress minis :( ... if you check Tim's blog this week they were doing a giveaway... you know I commented on every blog trying for a chance to win those babies. Fortunately I have stencils eight of them I think ...  hehehe... you know how I am about my Tim toys. I chose to use my stars ... wow this looks so amazing when it dries ( it looked disappointing at first ); the little minis just work so well for this technique. I love the colors I used  spiced marmalade, peacock feathers, picked raspberry and mustard seed. And using them to colorize the ribbon just put the icing on the cake for me... the colors are so yummy. Tim showed us how to do the
Paula bow... it's gorgeous... well mine doesn't look like Paula's yet but close ... always wondered how she did those. I so love that every month I'm learning new skills;  practicing some previously learned ones and experimenting. More importantly my "investment" in Tim product is paying off in a fabulous way !
Well that's it for now ... maybe tomorrow I'll complete some other challenges !

CC3 Challenge #4

CC3 Challenge #4 already ! Hi everybody it's that time  ...  Did you go over to Linda Ledbetter's Blog? What you waiting for?
http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/06/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-4.html she's made it so easy ... all the details are right there. What a treat the CC3 Crew has some more amazing projects for you to see too ( I'm glad we don't have to pick winners! Let's see this is challenge #4 so our sponsors are  http://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/ The Funkie Junkie Boutique.
Seriously ... I do hope you've gotten your book  Tim's  A Compendium of Curiosities Volume III, I can't stress enough how valuable this book is. You do need it to follow along with the challenges; but it is also a great resource... especially if you are like me and get excited about a technique and then forget how to do it :)
So you know I'm not going to give you techniques right ??!  ... this challenge technique is Layering Stencil: Texture Paste found on page 49 ... let's go !!

It's so much fun to pull out my Tim toys. I chose to do a tag ... it was supposed to be a card but I changed my mind as I pulled out my supplies. So I'm using  three of my stencils harlequin, stars and dot fade ( if you look close you'll be able to see all of them on my tag. And since I used my distress mini for my June Tim tag I decided to use them for this tag as well  I used set #1 ( I only own two sets right now but hope to own more in the near future)... they are so cool to use with the stencils. And let's see I used two of my stampers  anonymous sets ; stuff to say ( for the sentiment) and classic favorites #4 ( for one of the heads), and I used the botanical remnant rubs. For my embellishments I pulled some flowers from my Queendom stash and some mini brads that I colorized to make them look vintage with some broken china distress paint. I struggled with a design as I wasn't feeling creative this week ( that's the reason I went for the tag instead of a card ... I can use it for a bookmark)
it is fun to experiment! That's it for now... see you next time ! Oh my June Tag for 12 Tags of 2014 will be up soon too !

CC3 Challenge #3

Hi Everybody! Are you ready? It's that time CC3 Challenge #3 is up!  Linda Ledbetter over at http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/05/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-3.html and her fabulous Curiosity Crew has "jump started " us once again. Have you been over there yet? Seriously it would be well worth your visit.
Challenge #3 Faux Tea Roses ;  comes from p. 65 of Tim Holtz's A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. III. You know the drill ... so get your book out !
I'm excited that Challenge #3 is sponsored by my friends ( yep ...  they are my friends too) at Inspiration Emporium  ( having trouble getting their link to come up right now). If you participate you have a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to their online store. I love having an opportunity to increase my Tim stash! Speaking of Tim stash ... the Curiosity Crew has a "choice" award too ... another great opportunity to score Tim stash 'cause Tim and Mario have equipped them with some cool Tim product ! So are you motivated to join us yet? Not yet! Alright ...  go check out the Curiosity Crews work; it WILL inspire you.

I chose to do a tag. My weapons of choice were my spun sugar, squeezed lemonade and festive berries distress stains; tattered rose, festive berries and frayed burlap distress inks; latticework stencil, life quotes and botanical remnant rubs and that fabulous ( fabulous was also the word I chose)  authentic shadow press set.  One of the things I love about these challenges is that I get to play with so many of my Tim toys :) ! I used my Tim heart die and some other ideology findings!
Oh yes and the crinkle ribbon... I so love colorizing this ribbon. I also used my spritzer... fun fun !
I even pulled out some stickles.

I had some special help with my tag we had company the weekend so I taught them how to do the rose ( you know they wanted to do one).
I can't give you instructions but I can tell you I'm getting better at this ... yay me :) !

Well that's it for now. Go check out the work of my fellow Tim-ites ( is that a word? I don't know... but you know what I mean ... right?) . These are some creative people as well. I've seen some very cool projects... this is only #3... this journey is going to be amazing!
Oh let's see if Inspiration Emporium link will come up now ... http://www.inspirationemporium.com/... yay it worked this time ... so go visit them too ... okay?!

Inspiration Journal May Challenge

As Spring time is coming to a close, Memorial Day weekend gone by, graduations are upon us and summer is peeking around the corner. Over at Inspiration Emporium ... Inspiration Journal http://blog.inspirationemporium.com/?cat=18 this months theme is Celebrate !
With my anniversary coming up and my husbands birthday I decided to do cards. Card Maker Summer 2014 was out and this issue was featuring Stair Step Cards ( I like using them to jump start my creativity for cards). So I decided to try one... two... three... was so much fun I got carried away!

My initial card was an anniversary card. I'm in that mode of using what I've got ; so I decided to use some of my leftover Valentine Papers from Recollections.

What better papers to use for anniversary right ? My inspiration came from Noelle McAdam's
card on p. 70 . These cards are so magical to me . For my background I used a gray cardstock, and then I picked complimenting patterns of the valentine paper for each stair step. I added a scalloped heart with sentiment added (sentiment from Momenta ); added a stamped anniversary greeting  on a parchment looking cardstock from Recollections, cropped on red cardstock from Bazzil. I furthered embellished my card by adding  brads by Recollections, my famous signature bling; I used a red heart ... so cool huh and on the bottom step I added some gray wassi tape also from Recollections.
Not bad for my first stair  step card ! How fun.

I had so much fun I did another one. Just gonna share the photos with you for this one ...

Okay ... so I got hooked I did another one using the  Authentique Anchored paper ... swoon ... love the colors in these papers. This will probably be my hubby's birthday card . I just had so much fun  I had to share.

Love those stair steps! They've got other styles... I'm gonna learn those too . I hope you enjoyed my peak. See you next time !

CC3 Challenge #2

CC3 Challenge #2 can you believe it ? Linda and the crew are keeping us busy and inspired! Have you been over to check them out?  http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/05/cc3challenge02.html
What you waiting for ? Come on you've still got time to join us. Linda Ledbetter is an awesome host; she and the crew "jump start " us. Challenge #2 is being sponsored by her friends over at
http://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/ The Funkie Junkie Boutique ...  prize is 25$ Gift Certificate... woo hoo... that would be nice ( can buy more goodies ) !!

Challenge #2 is  Distress Glitter  taken from page 56 of Tim Holtz A Compendium of Curiosities Volume III  ( you NEED to get your book and follow along ) ... I will NOT being giving you instructions. :)

I will tell you it's a fun technique and the results are so amazing. I'm STILL playing with the marble painting backgrounds ... so fun  ! I used my tattered floral and tattered pine cone dies for my flowers and leaves. I chose to use antique linen and shabby shutters distress glitters. OMG yummy colors... just so perfect for my background. I also used  a stamp from Words For Thought Stamp set. I used my Tim hammer to add texture to the brads for the flower centers ( so fun to use ... gives me a sense of power ... LOL ) ! While stamping my stamp misprinted the word "finding" so I re stamped it on another piece of paper , cut it out and popped it up with pop dots over the misprinted word ... pretty cool save !!
I just love the distress glitter... I'm wearing it today and so are the cats ... hahaha ... they are so nosey they need to get close. I could not decide in the beginning what I was going to do so I have a few other flowers ... I'm sharing hoping to  encourage you to try the technique ... I'll be using them in the near future ... check out those colors ... so awesome!!

Well... that's it for now ! I do hope you decide to come join us. It is such a rewarding experience... next best thing to being in class with Tim Holtz himself ! Do go check out the projects of the CC3 Crew ... amazing work ! See you next time :) !

12 Tags of 2014 May Tag

Hi everybody ! Guess what... I've got my May tag done  and it's only May 9th... What ??!
I can't believe it ... I'm on a roll here! :)  I did the CC3 Challenge earlier in the week.
Oh my goodness... Tim referred to this tag as a "creative composition" assignment . Well named... we used a collection of trinkets and embellishments ; some of which I had used others I just had in my stash "to cherish and admire" ... hahaha ... Tim was looking at my stash when he said this ( I'm sure of it :) ).

For my background I had done an extra marble painting background and was so happy with it I decided to use it for this tag. I used evergreen bough, wild honey and peeled paint distressing paints.
I so love this combination ( that's why I had an extra one ... I got carried away playing).
We created tiles using the new wallflower paper stash... love these papers.
He used his new shadow press debossing folders... oh my ... this was so cool to do ... I felt intimidated  reading the instructions but I was amazed at how easy it was to do...absolutely love the look !

I used beautiful... it was beautiful !!! I did not have the same vial labels Tim had (bummer... I dug in my stash... I could not believe I did not have that set); mine were too big so I used a red bling to highlight my Wish rub on.  You must see his tag  http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2014-may/ ; it's so awesome. Love how he creates these. I think this was a brilliant idea. This tag showcases so many of his cool embellishments. It was a little tedious ( I have nails ... not real long but enough to get in the way) to work with these tiny tiles and embellishments ; but so fun watching each tile take shape.  I love that linen ribbon too  ... OMG it is so cool; distressing it  and stretching it out made it even cooler !

 

I really enjoyed  doing this tag ... it took me to my happy place. It's so amazing how  an eclectic mix of elements can be such an artful piece. Thank you Tim for another amazing tag !

I do hope all of you go and check out the other tags too! Maybe you'll be inspired to join our journey!

See you next week ... gotta keep up with CC3 Challenge next challenge comes tomorrow night... can't

wait to see what it will be !

 

 

 

 

 

CC3 Challenge #1

Compendium of Curiosities Challenges are here... woo hoo ! I am so excited to be able to participate. Linda Ledbetter over at http://lindaledbetter.com/2014/04/cc3c01.html is once again hosting the challenges. If you have never checked it out be sure to go check out ALL the details and instructions. We will be working through Tim Holtz's new book A Compendium of Curiosities Volume III http://timholtz.com/a-compendium-of-curiosities-volume-iii/ ( okay I'm making it real easy for you) if you go to the link you can order an autographed copy... you know you want /need it... cause we WILL NOT be posting instructions. It's gonna be so fun and exciting  ; my friends at Inspiration Emporium http://www.inspirationemporium.com/  are the sponsors for Challenge #1 , prize is a $50 Gift Certificate to the store... yeah !!!
How cool is that... great way to "hook-up" more Tim Holtz goodness.
Linda has done something new this time; there is a  CC3 Crew. This Crew is amazing, you have got to check out their work and their blogs... OMG some great inspiration!
I'm excited about the challenges 1) Because I'm a Tim-A-Holic 2) They give me the opportunity to use my Tim stash and learn new techniques and 3) It's CRAZY fun you choose your own project !! So come join us !! :)

Challenge #1 Is Paint Marbling p. 43 ( that's all I'm gonna tell you )... No it's not I lied...Gotta tell you GET THE BOOK !!!

Okay , I chose to do a tag using one of my favorite Tim Stamps from Stampers Anonymous . I used  wild honey, peeled paint, spun sugar and evergreen bough distress paints. I love these colors and wanted to see how they looked together... so fun. I used my hearts stencil on the background, and used that fabulous jute string: I further embellished with tissue tape and a grunge heart  attached with my tiny attacher. So much fun !!  Did I tell you I love to use my Tim stash ??

I also used my crinkle ribbon that I colorized with distress ink and then stamped with one of my 7 Gypsies music stamps.
So umm ...  if you are stuck and don't know how to get started  don't forget to check out the CC3 Crew
http://lindaledbetter.com/meet-the-curiosity-crew they have great projects to help jump start your creativity. Hope you decide to join us! And I'll see you next week.
Oh yeah time for the May Tim (12 Tags of 2014)  Tag too... I'll post it soon... so do come back :)