Tim's Tags 2014: February - Saturday 8th February 2014

Good evening Friends,

I hope you've had a good day! We've had  busy one, out this morning shopping and putting new curtains up this afternoon. I spent most of yesterday taking them up, not a job I relished :) No crafting for me today unfortunately.

Last year I started to take part in Tim Holz monthly challenge to make a tag following his tutorial...I was doing well until about July and then everything else got in the way - I resolved to try again this year, but January came and went so quickly! However, I was determined to make this month's tag. I enjoy this challenge because it encourages trying out new techniques and Tim's tutorials are very easy to follow.

This is the tag made by Tim for this month:

This is mine:

As is often the case I used different stamps and other materials to Tim, because I don't have everything he uses, but I did have the heart mask used on the original project. I won't explain how it was made, just click here and have a look at Tim's instructions.

When I was over in the USA last year, I saw the chalkboard technique used a lot and one of my friends showed me how she did it. I have seen it coming in quite a lot here lately, but had never tried it again, so was pleased to see it used in this project.

Tim uses  a different method to how I was shown and whether it was because I didn't have the same embossing materials that he used, I just couldn't get it right - so I went back to the way I was shown and was pleased with the result. I stamped on to black card and heat embossed with white powder. I then drew a line around the edge with white pen before chalking all over. Once the image was entirely covered I rubbed over it with my finger.

I didn't have the stamp Tim used or any Valentine/love stamps that were large enough for the tag, so  I improvised with this one by Indigo Blu.

These are the materials I used:

Tag made from kraft card

Tim Holz alterations layered heart stencil

Distress inks: Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Pumice Stone, Milled Lavender, Brushed Corduroy

Versamark ink

White detail embossing powder

Glossy Accents

Red Glitter

Glossy Accents

Cardboard for hearts

Sizzix heart dies

Chalk

Craft foil - silver

Spellbinders border die

The 'arrow' is a clock had from Chronology by Ideaology

That's it for today folks, I hope you are all managing to stay dry...the winds and rain have just arrived here as I type!

Love

Carole X

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