Wish!

My "Wish" is for all of you to have a fabulous finish to 2014 and a most wonderful 2015! Wow, how time flies and next year, I am going to be ready early for Christmas! Since it is still Christmas here in the US, MERRY CHRISTMAS. Now on to the current challenge at A Vintage Journey is "Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New" as chosen my the talented and most lovely Brenda! Be sure to visit AVJ and treat your eyes to some real gorgeous work from the team! There is always a prize from Country View Crafts, so come on and join in the last challenge of 2014!

I decided I would combine this challenge to "Ring Out" the old craft year by finishing Tim's December Tag with a few improvisations! The tag background was done as directed and for the embossing I used his snowflakes and ice edge little folders. I sanded these slightly and then applied white paint with my finger. After all I am wanting a little snow effect.

Next I stamped the the MidWinter sentiment from Artistic Outpost in blue and clear embossed and then cut apart and shaded the edges. Again I was keeping in step with the Snow!

Not having the thinlits, I used the "Wish" movers and shapers and cut this from using ODBD Vintage Label Dies and sanded and then edged in white paint. Cut an oval in white and then did the glue n seal thing and added Rock Candy Glitter. Can't have enough snow and sparkle when you live in the desert!

Now I do not have that gorgeous Prancing Deer (but it is on the list) and I do have Tim's other deer, but I decided I really want to use the little movers and shapers and having them looking up at the "Wish". These were done using the guidelines and I just added a little more white paint and of course they have to have a nose to breathe! Finished off with the wintery greenery that also got a little snow treatment and added a few jingle bells and what a nice sounding tag. That is that!

Thank you so much for stopping by and will see you all in 2015! Well maybe before, but I am thinking I might take a week off and seriously organize my craft room. It is hard to venture out and try new things with such chaos!

Tim's November Tag

Hope you all are doing well. I have not been blogging as often or in my craft room with my hubby having time off, but did get in a little time for Tim's November tag.

For the most part, I followed the technique guidelines with a few changes. Not having the new die or embossing folder, I cut three mover and shaper leaves in the corrugated cardboard and shaded a little around the leaves in black for definition.

I did use one of Tim's stamps for veining and thought that worked pretty well. The key was inked over slightly with Black Stazon, stained my tie and mounted all on black.

Thank you for visiting my blog and I will be catching up really soon. My hubby is doing much better and will be back to work next week for a few days and then Thanksgiving here, so a long weekend will be so great! WooHoo!

Tim's October Tag of 2014

Tim's October tag for 2014 was great fun as most usually are. Like so many of us, there is something about Halloween that just adds that little extra magic and childlike feeling. I am also linking this up to Linda's Frilly and Funkie for the "A Haunting Halloween Challenge."

Following the guidelines, I stamped and cut my masks using that cute owl and spider and my stencil of choice was "Speckles." I do not have the new Distress Stain Sprays, so did mix my own using reinkers Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Barn Door (orange combo), Dusty Concord and Peeled Paint. Flicked on a Metallic stain with a toothbrush.

The funky witch was calling my name, so she became the focal point and was stamped on manila card stock (because I forgot to using watercolor paper) and using the waterbrush was colored with Barn Door, Shabby Shutters and Dusty Concord. I did have a difficult time getting the shine to show through.

I stamped over the Alpha Chips using Tim's web and flicked on some Barn Door and then shaded around the edges with black.

Finished off with what I had or should say because I could not find where I placed the monocles, recently purchased!!! What can I say!

Hope you are having a wonderful and inky start to the week. Thank you for visiting today and taking the time to comment.

The Travels of Skully and Friends

Hope you all are doing well and enjoying the cooler season upon us! I am combining Tim's 12 Tags of 2014, September and Linda's Compendium of Curiosities III, #11 Challenge! Linda and the CC have instructed us to open our books to page 52 to learn all about "Effect Powders." What great projects the CC shared with so much inspiration! Now to play along you must have your own copy of Tim's awesome book! This challenge is being sponsored by Inspiration Emporium and there is a $50 prize and always a chance to win a lovely package from Tim and Mario, so that is pretty darn cool!

And so it began with the background for September's tag and I used the "Gothic" stencil (I picked from a previous CC#3C win at the Funkie Junkie Boutique) and I followed Tim's instructions mostly!! I made a few attempts with poor results, so instead of the blending solution, I decided to try it with clear embossing ink that I lightly heat set. The alcohol inks I used were Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange, Lettuce.

The leaves treat with the same colors, but mostly Lettuce and a touch of black. I used a script stamp from one of Tim's Halloween sets and touched the edges with Red Geranium.

Now for the "Effect Powders" CC#3C challenge, I can't tell you how I did that, but I did use Black Soot, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. My creepy crew will be traveling over to Inspiration Journal to join in the "Fall is in the Air" challenge and Lisa's Bloggers Challenge "Fall Colors"

Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit!

Tim's August Tag of 2014

It is TAG FRIDAY (Thursday here) at A Vintage Journey and the announcement of our winner and Pinworthies! There is still time to join in the latest challenge, "Time Flies," so stop on by.

My tag is based on Tim's August Tag for 2014, but I decided to go a more feminine path and used butterflies and of course keeping with my love all grunge! Hey, a girl has to do what makes her happy, right?

I followed Tim's instructions and used a variety of stamps. Inspiration Journal's August challenge is "Anything Goes" and so this tag is going to those nice people for a visit.

After I tissue wrapped and stamped, I used the Harlequin and Speckles stencils for the texture. Once dried, I applied Distress Stains, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge and Weathered Wood. The leftovers were also used to dye my ribbon tie.



For my filmstrip contribution to the tag, some butterflies were cut from the Butterfly Frenzy (love the variation in size) and glued down on tissue wrap and then I applied my filmstrip using two way tape. I also cut some butterflies from tissue wrap that was applied to lightweight card stock. Some of those did not make the cut! Ha!Ha!

And I changed up the label a little with one of my butterflies.

As the label states so perfectly, ENJOY TODAY and thank you for stopping by.

Tim's July Tag of 2014

Fun, fun and lots of messy fun creating Tim's July 2014 tag and not one stamp was ever used in the entire process. Well I got to use plenty of new toys with this one, from the Bubbles and Waves embossing folder to using both Sand & Sea dies. I may have gotten a little "Seahorse" carried away!

For the most part did follow Tim's guidelines throughout the entire process, but used a few different colors.

For the tags background, I used Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint and Antique Linen Distress Paints. I did skip the staining part as I had a good amount of paint on my tag and for the first time, did actually get a marbled effect I was happy with. The Distress Inks I used before the Spritz and Flicking activity were Evergreen Bough, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass.

The Seahorses were colored pretty much with the same as above. I used Vintage Photo stain after the RC crackle dries. I also added a little piece for the Tattered Pinecone die near the larger Seahorse.

Used the same recipe that Tim gave, but also a couple of pinches of Vintage Photo EP in the mix.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you are having a great week!

Tim's June Tag of 2014

Hope you all are having a wonderful day! Before I start with my June Tag, I would like to thank you all for the comforting words concerning the passing of my brother and my needing a little time away from blogging. While the painters were here and finishing up on Saturday, I did actually start my Tim tag and with all the activity going on, my mind was kept quite busy. The house looks pretty nice and that was a great distraction, although three days with plastic on the windows was so weird! Anyway, I do thank you and am getting back slowly and have missed visiting all your lovely blogs.

Now onto Tim's tag for June and what great fun I had working with background. I actually worked with a few different stencils, because once I started, I wanted to keep going! For this tag, I started with watercolor paper and followed Tim's instructions for the background.

My collection of supplies and various backgrounds! The Eye Chart stencil was also inked with Black Soot. It really was such a relief to get inky!

I do not have the framelits, so after coloring and stamping were fussy cut and placed on top of the second set I stamped on the watercolor paper. My butterflies were colored with the same background colors.

The wings were left unglued for extra dimension!  And speaking of wings, the newest challenge at A VINTAGE JOURNEY is "Wings & Things." so stop on over and join in with your Tim inspiration! "Anything Goes" is the challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday, so off we flutter to there.

I decided my pretty little butterflies needed to be placed on one of those jumbo tags, so out came another stencil and I inked through it again using the same color palette. After all the inking was done, I lightly stamped the background using Watering Can.

The bow was next and as I always say, "I am bow incompetent," but carried on! The second piece was cut at 18 inches, so not quite as fluffy. Black paint was added to the word band.

I wanted a rusted look on the pen nib, and experimented with first pressing in to Black Archival Ink, then sprinkling Vintage Photo glitter over it with another layer of clear embossing powder. I like the look!

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to visit my blog and leave a comment. Wishing you a wonderful week!

CC#3C - Distress Glitter - May Tag!

Oh my so much going on the last few weeks, I am just getting in on time to join in with the Curiosity Crew at Studio L3! This CC#3 challenge is all about Distress Glitter and can be found on page 56 in Tim's  Compendium of Curiosities III. There is a prize offering from Tim and Mario and The Funkie Junkie Boutique is the sponsor of a generous $25 Gift Certificate! Everyone is a winner, because we all get to play along! OK!

As far as anything involving "Distress Glitter" it is in the book, so if you don't have a copy, you will want to just to join in the challenges. I did decided to combine the current CC#3 challenge with Tim's May Tag of 2014 challenge, so this is a combo tag and all the details can be found there!

Sorry I again did not take a picture of the tag background. I get so carried away that I just forget! Anywho, this was inked with Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn and a little Peeled paint, flicked and dripped water and did some script stamping on the background, shaded with Vintage Photo and then distressed. The background tag has a layer of Distress Glitter around the edges and I used double sided tape for that.

All my tiles were done per Tim's instructions and I used that wonderful Wallflower paper. The first panel with the butterfly also as a slight lattice stenciling on the background. The butterfly was cut from grunge, colored with Salty Ocean, crackled and then stain with Vintage Photo. I like to let my stain stay on a little while as it does some pretty cool soaking into the grunge. After all was done, a little DG was added.

I did not have the die Tim used, so instead decided to carry on with "Distressed Glitter" and the honeycomb die. The same inking and crackle was done. The letters were cut from Tim's Typeset. The background paper leaves were lightly colored with Peeled Paint.

A little script stamping behind the stars! I just recently purchased the arrow set, so I was quite happy to be able to add it.

Well this tag was great fun to play with and arrange all those tiles and add a little glitter here and there! Really not a fan of glitter, but at least the Distress Glitter does not stick to everything and living in the desert with dry air, oh does it float around! Thank you for visiting me today and I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Tim's April Tag 2014!

Hello and Happy Easter, well in just a few hours! Here is my take on Tim's April fabulous tag and for all the details, you know where to go. I will also link this up to Inspiration Journal's "A Few of My Favorite Things" and of course that is pretty much anything Tim!

First off I apologize for forgetting to add the little Framework inserts! I took all the photos and it became too dark when I was on Facebook and noticed a few blogger friends tag and I could not believe it! Well they will be going in, but not until after Easter.

Pretty much I followed all the guidelines, but not being a real flower girl, I only made one and added a flower girl stamped on Acetate and on the reverse side colored her eyes and lips with Sharpie markers.

The rose was cut from Tim's Kraft-Core and the leaves from a leftover piece and added to grunge for strength, inked and shaded.

And all finished off with some twine. I always back my tags so I can write on them at a later time. The ribbon at the top was inked with remaining inks from the applicator.

This was the beginning and what a blast I had. The first day I saw April's tag, I knew exactly what I was going to use, but was not sure how! Don't you love Classics 11?

Thank you so much for stopping by. I am sorry I have not been visiting blogs as much, but life has been requiring some extra time and it is all good!