Halloween Tag Two

Here is another Halloween tag I made.

Halloween Tag

The seam binding was inked with distress stains.
TH Alterations tree folder with distress ink pad in a circular pattern before running it through die cutting machine. Love the details from it.
The spiders were stamped with black ink, rock candy stickles on the body of spider.
Tag and pumpkins were ink and a foam applicator with distress ink was used to color.  

Published in Just Cards!!

I got a package in the mail today it's a copy of Just Cards! Volume 23 Fall 2011. It's a card I sent October 2009 and it's on page 30.

 

Inspiration Showcase

Jennifer McGuire has wonderful online classes for those that paid a reasonable price of $19.00 for classes from September 12th through the 23rd.
I was making the heart pieces like Jennifer shares in the classes.
In mid-stream I changed from hearts to flowers.
I used my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter to cut the flowers. The flower pattern was a free digital download for the class.

Day 7 Flower #16

Day 7 Flower #17

Day 7 Flower #18

Day 7 Flower #19

Day 7 Flower #20

Tutorial for Tag Booklet

I love to make handmade books.

The cover, spine and pages can be adapted

to make any size book. 

Making up these instructions are my own.

My daughter owns and operated an antique shop in Southern Kansas. 
When she has too much of one item she brings them
to me to use in my artwork.
This is how I came about using game boards for the base of
my books and Kraft paper for the covers. 

Supplies:

Distress ink (vintage photo)

Kraft paper

Rubber stamps

Archival ink (black)

Glossy Card stock

Zutter Bind-it-All

5/8” Owires

3M Spray Mount Artist’s Adhesive

White card stock or 14pt file folders
White 2" masking tape
Paper Trimmer

12” Tim Holtz ruler

Studio Multi-Medium 

 (adhesive)

Martha Stewart score board

Cutting Rotary Mat

Craft mat knife

Game board or heavy duty cardboard

This booklet was made for my #8 finished tags; 3 1/8” x 6 ¼.” 

Instructions:

1. Cut scrabble game board into two pieces down the center fold with a craft knife. Set one aside for another booklet. Each piece is now seven inches by fourteen inches long. Place one piece down on rotary mat. Use mat cutter with metal edge of ruler to cut front and back book pieces. I cut one piece from left finished seam and one piece from the right finished seam, and then the seam binding and spacers from remainer of game board. 

These measurements are:

2 pieces 4” x 7”

1 piece 1 & 1/4” x 7”

2 pieces of game board as spacer

Set aside for now

Note: For safety, please use a new blade when cutting the game board or thick book board.  

2. Cut a 10” x 14” piece of Kraft paper; crumble the paper with your hands (try not to tear the paper as you crumble,) smooth out, crumble several times and then smooth out. Spray one side of Kraft paper with adhesive outdoors or in well ventilated area. Leave outside for a little while, bring in and place down on craft table adhesive side up.

3. Place the pieces of game board down over the adhesive. Allow an even space between the front, back and spine using the spacer pieces. (As seen in photo)

4. Use scissors to cut all four outside corners on a diagonal.

5. Crease and fold all edges inward.

6. Measure and cut one piece of masking tape 2 inches by 7 inches, cover the inside of spine. Cut another piece of white masking tape 2 inches by 9 inches long, add to outside of spine and continue to inside of spine. Press down until smooth.

7. Cut two pieces of Kraft paper and glue on inside to cover up scrabble game board.

8. Use Vintage Photo distress ink direct to color the book cover and on the inside. Or finish as desired.

9. Use paper trimmer to cut two pieces of card stock 4 3/8” x 6 3/4.” This will be the inside front and back face cover.

10. Use Bind-it-All tool to punch 12 holes in these two pieces as directed on instructions.  

11. Next, use score board to crease a valley folds ¾” on front and back pieces. 

12. Cut 12-15 pages of card stock 3½” x 6 ¾”

13. Use the instructions from the Bind-it-All to punch hole into each page

14. Make a stack with one page (mountain fold) 4 3/8” x 6 ¾”, 15 cardstock pages 3 ½” x 6 ¾” and then one page (mountain fold) 4 3/8” x 6 ¾” together.

15. Use tool to cut 5/8” Owires 6 inches long. (12 wires)

16. With the stacked pieces of cardstock place them in the Bind-It-All and then bind together.  When you have the owires and paper together they will look like the photo below with valley fold of front and back pieces and pages in the middle.

Note: The ends of wires will not be seen they will be under the card stock next to spine.

17. Insert the pages in center of center spine.  Close the booklet and check that the Owires are at the center of booklet. Open carefully and glue one side at a time, and center the booklet with even spaces on both sides with valley folds at folds of spine. 

Note: Glue the inside front and back pieces with the valley folds in center of booklet, I used a credit card with Studio Multi- Medium as an adhesive. Smooth with Speelball 4" Baren until it is smooth and applied to book. (Rubbing with your hand will do as well to get a smooth finish)

18. Final step: Embellish your booklet! 

Have fun making your booklet!!

Comments Aprreciated!!

Embossed Frame

I would like to invite you to my Technique Tuesday over on http://craftingwithowse.blogspot.com/ 

to see how I made this card.

Comments Appreciated!!

Halloween Tag

This is a tag I completed with a Wrinkle Free Distress technique from Tim Holtz.

I used black vintage ribbon on the base of tag, pumpkins cut from scrapbook paper, idea-ology pieces on top and TH raven die cut from black card stock. 

I love how this turned out. 

Crafting over on OWSE

Some good news to share on my blog; I've been ask to join Crafting with OWSE for my Technique Tuesday. Come join us: http://craftingwithowse.blogspot.com/

GM-20 Enjoy the Journey

I made this Grungy Monday #20 tag using Linda's challenge product; "Distress Stickles" on and under the die cut gears and around the stamped image "Enjoy the Journey."
This tag was made with Tim Holtz products: Lost & Found Paper Stash, Tim's cling mount stamps, Distress Stickles, Distress Inks, Grunge paper, Grungeboard, idea-ology, Tag die, Magnetic Gears die set and Plaque & Postage on the edge die.
Archival inks from Ranger.
Clear embossing powder from Stampendous.
Diamond stamp from Stamps Happen.
Linda from Studio L3 is having a party using Tim Holtz.Distress Stickles.
Please join and celebrate with us!

Grungy Monday 19

The piece on front of tag is from an idea-ology package. Supplies from Tim's distress inks, idea-olgy, and stamps.

It you would like to see the tag I made when he put up Christmas 2010 it's here on my blog:

http://wwwstampedimpressions.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-10-merry-christmas.html

B for Butterfly

I've been using a variety of supplies from my stash.
This week I used Tim Holtz stamps, Dabber paints, Distress re-inkers and idea-ology. If you don't recognize the grungy b it's from Tim's alphabet foam stamp set sold several years ago.

Distress Stain Tag

I made this tag for a challenge over on OWSE. For this challenge you had to use Tim Holtz Distress Stain from Ranger.
I made the background using a technique I saw Tim use at the winter cha. It's the technique where you place several colors of distress stain down on craft sheet and drag the tag through the inks. I did this and then sprayed it with a fine mist to make the colors bleed together.
I inked Tim's papillon stamp with archival black over the distress stain. On a seperate piece of paper I stamped an image from Above the Mark using archival black. I used Tim's magnetic butterfly die with Tim's Kraft Resist from paper stash and then inked it with Distress Stain. Before applying the butterfly to the stamped and cut out image I added Ranger's Liquid Pearls dimensional pearlescent paint to the body of the stamped butterfly on the stamped image. Three  rhinestones were added to tag along with two idea-olgy pieces at the top with the seam binding.

Grungy Monday #17 Wish

Linda chose for our creations from Tim Holtz blog: Tim Holtz 2009/08/get-ready-to-rock.

My project was made for a challenge over on OWSE and for the Grungy Monday #17; Stickles was used on the word Wish.

Supplies used on this project:

Ranger Alcohol Inks on ornament

Perfect Pearls

Die cut (ornament)

Stickles

Designer Paper

Seam Binding

Quick Landscape

I finally decided today was the day I was going to use my Distress Stains. I made this piece in a few minutes. It still needed something so I got out gold dabber paint and spread it over the foreground. Then stamped the bare tree. This little landscape is 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"
Do you see a small tree on the left? I didn't notice it until it was finished.

All supplies from Ranger.

Grungy Monday#16 Millinery

Linda chose Grungeboard or Grungepaper products from Tim Holtz for our Grungy Monday #16.

I used grungeboard along with many of Tim's products, dies, stamps, inks, as well as Claudine Hellmuth Studio multi-medium matte on the background. This technique was used in his Christmas 2010 Day 11.

Steampunk Christmas

Over on Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium we had Christmas in July. I added this tag as my challenge piece.

Tim Holtz tree and tattered banner, MS punch and Designer paper was used on this tag. Seam binding dyed with distress reinkers and mini washers applied to tree.

Grungy Monday Everlasting

We are celebrating another week with Tim Holtz products and techniques.

This is my Grungy Monday #15. I used supplies Tim suggest for my background. I finished my tag with a stamped image inked with StazOn on clear transparency. The advertisement on the bottom was cut from a vintage piece. Faux pearls added to wire and adhered to tag using Studio Matte as an adhesive.  Word at top stamped with Archival black ink. Seam binding was scrunched and inked with distress ink.
Distress ink
Archival ink
Mini-Attacher
Studio multi-medium Matte (adhesive)
Clear embossing powder
Staz-On
Clear transparency
Stamps: Stampsmith
Seam binding
Distress Re-inker
Simulated Pearls
Wire; 24 gauge
Vintage advertisement

GM-14 Explore

This is the 4th of July. It's been awhile since I got my GM made on Monday. Linda chose Tim's Paint Dabber Resist Technique from 2008/02/march-technique.

I was happy to see I had all the supplies for this technique in my stash.

I used Tim's cling mounted stamps as well as MM magnetic word.[explore]

Enjoy!

Note: Linda from Studio L3 no longer has a blog.

Grungy Monday #13 The Journey

Linda selected this week's video; http://www.rangerink.com/videos/videos_tim_alcoholinks.htm  for Grungy Monday #13.
For my GM-13 card I used two of Tim's stamps, his clock die, his distress ink, Ranger's archival black ink and Ranger's Alcohol inks.
The inside of the clock was alcohol inked and stamped with bird image.
The clock die was cut with a piece of heavy duty file folder. The file folder was so dense that I had to run the clock die through the Vagabond machine four times. Isn't the color on the clock gorgeous. You might not can tell but the die cut has a marble finish. All I did was add a little bit of distress ink to the edges using brushed corduroy. The clock hands were distress with the brushed corduroy as well.
I used 3-D Zots to apply the clock to the base of card. Finished card: 4 5/8" x 6"
My daughter has an antique shop in Arkansas City, KS; she deals in antiques and vintage. From a recent auction she gave me a bundle of heavy duty file folders to use with my die cuts.
 I'm a happy camper with all these new things to play with.

GM-12 Live the Life

 Linda chose one of Tim Holtz's April 2008 challenge for this week's Grungy Monday #12.
For this challenge I used Tim's clear stamp, a cling mount stamp, tissue tape, grungeboard arrow from package, distress stain, archival ink, aqua dabber paint, flower die, magnetic ticket die, tiny tag die and #8 Tim's tag.
Tiny brads from Paper Studio
VersaMark stamp pad
Fibers, embossing powder and black safety pins from my stash
Paper from K & Co.

GM-12 Judy Cantrell

GM-11 Enjoy the Journey

Enjoy the journey! GM-11 by Judy Cantrell

I love this texture fades embossing folder by Tim Holtz.

I used two stamps from Tim Holtz, embossing powder, distress inks and archival inks. 

 Studio L 3 had details and other bloggers artwork each week. Linda had all the details for Grungy Monday.

Button Tag

A border of ribbon was applied around the dusty concord distress stain tag. To further distress; I used Tim's mini sander.
Stamped image was inked on glossy cardstock with archival sepia ink and watercolor with watercolor crayons, adhere to black matte and then applied to tag.
The word perfection was inked to my new die cut and distress edges using (wild honey) distress ink.
The cuttlebug butterfly was cut with grungeboard and stained with distress wild honey distress stain. Bling was added to the body of the butterfly. Buttons were added to the base of the tag and on mini-rosette flower die cut. Fibers added to finish.
Little girl: hearts in touch
word stamp: unavailable
Die cuts: Sizzix/Tim Holtz
Distress Stain: Ranger/Tim Holtz
Distress ink: Ranger/Tim Holtz
Archival Sepia: Ranger
Buttons and ribbon from my flea market stash 

Grungy Monday 10

Here is my Grungy Monday 10 using Tim Holtz distress ink; this was a fun tag to make using many of his new dies along with stamp from my stash. A while back I shared a tag using a time card, here is another tag using a time card; although this one is solid with no holes. I love using these cards with my tag die and stamping supplies. I used a total of 7 dies with this tag.
The distress inks used on tag were Forest Moss, Wild Honey and Blue Sapphire. Archival Black on stamped images.
The bird was inked with black archival using a fun foam stamp made from Tim's die.
The mini rosette was made with gold envelope and then added a B from the new typeset die.
The little word tag on top is from a new die tiny tabs and tag
The twigs from his new on the edge
 The tag die from Tim's tag and bookplates die.
And to make it stand I added the easel. I love my easel die; it's perfect for displaying tags.
Linda from Studio L3 has all the details to join in each week.
Have aa nice day!!

Grungy Monday 09

I missed out on Grungy Monday 08; I'll try to get it made in a few days.
On this tag I followed Tim Holtz technique but changed the dabber colors.

This was my first time to use this technique and these stamps from Tim's Wild West CMS-109.
Ink and dabber paint from Ranger.

Follow Your Dreams

This booklet was made using supplies I had in my stash. It has 12 pages to display my altered tags.

Measures 4 1/8" x 7"

Have a nice day!!

Update September 13, 2011; I made a tutorial sharing how I made this booklet.

http://craftingwithowse.blogspot.com/2011/09/technique-tuesday-tag-booklet.html