Tim's August Tag 2015

Hello to all of you and thank you so much for stopping by! Last month I just got in on the last day, so I decided this time, it would be the first week! Here is my take on Tim's Tag for August.

I really had fun with this one and boy did I stain up my fingers pretty darn good. That would normally be OK, but we are meeting friends for dinner in just a few minutes! Even using alcohol wipes, some finger residue remains! My color choices below.

For shading as I wanted a softer touch, I used the Pumice Stone marker and used some Chit Chat stickers instead of the Small Talk. The stamp I used is from Tim's Artful Artifacts and that was stamped randomly across the tag and I did mask areas I did not want print.

Pretty much I followed the guidelines and really do like how it turned out! Enjoy the rest of the week and again I thank you for visiting.

Tim's July Tag of 2015

Happy Friday to all of you! I just made it in time to join in Tim's July tag of 2015 and this may be the first time I have slid in on the last day! Honestly, I have just not had time and it takes so much to motivate me lately, but I did it!!!

I will not bore you with all the details as he does a really good job of that! Here are the Distress Markers I used and blue print stamps. Pumice Stone was used for the shading on the image. I cut my paper from the Destinations stash and the Distress Inks I used for the final watercolor shading are Peeled Paint and Brushed Corduroy.

Now years ago I purchased a product from Judikins called Micro Glaze and I have it somewhere, but have no idea where and figured my local stores would not have Tim's version, so I improvised. Yup, I used regular Vaseline and pounced in on with my finger and then placed a paper towel over to lift off the excess. After I was done watercoloring, I rubbed off any excess. Hey you got to do what you got to do at times to play along!

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Tim's Tag May 2015

It is Tag Friday at A Vintage Journey and I am just getting this in on time to enter Tim's May Tag challenge for 2015. Oh be sure to check out all the lovely tags my talented DT Sisters have for you!

Already having sheets of Burlap paper, I did adhere a sheet of double sided adhesive to the burlap and card stock and then cut it using the Tag die. My stencil of choice was the stars and then I colored with Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn. Not having Tim's Photo Booth pictures, I colored one of the photos from Vellum Thrift Shop Ephemera Pack using Shabby Shutters and Spun Sugar markers. I then mounted the photo on to white card stock that I distressed and snipped off the corners just so slightly. The collaged ephemera is from a couple of different packs and I really do like the vellum!

The flowers were cut from the Tattered Flowers Garland and the greenery from the Tattered Pine Cone dies. All were lightly distress and inked over in Vintage Photo. Tim's Bird replaced the arrow and was alcohol inked with Caramel and Mushroom as was the tag. The ribbon was stained with Bundled Sage and Peeled Paint. Not having the "Small Talk" stickers, I used Chit Chat stickers and outlined with a DecoArt Paint Pen to finish. Inspiration Journal's challenge for May is "Get Pasted" and so we are off to visit those nice people!

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely weekend!

Tim's March Tag of 2015

OK some one needs to slow down the passing of time! Seriously, I just can't seem to catch up on anything and with Spring in the air, that means lots to do! I hope you all are doing well and enjoying the warmer weather. Tim's tag for March was simply gorgeous, but I did not have any of the more pastel paints, so my colors of choice were Peeled Paint, a touch of Chipped Sapphire, and Brushed Pewter.

Now I wanted to stick with a theme of Spring and all that brings and I could not help but think of my yard birds and in particular the Blue Scrub Jays. These birds and I assume they are the same due to personality, have been coming around for a few years now. There is one that is very friendly as far as wild birds go and will sit right outside my kitchen window and wait for breakfast. Blue Scrub Jays love peanuts and I am not sure how I realized that, but believe when I used to toss out my Fred's leftover seeds in the morning, I must have watched them carry them away. These birds will hang out in the yard when we are working and now even have accepting Steve.

The other day, I watch the friendlier of the two gather up nesting material while I was just a foot away. So my yard Blues as I call them are the inspiration of my March tag! I am also linking this up at Frilly and Funkie's Challenge Blog for the "Bring on the Bling" with my sparkly Silver EP and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, "Lions and Lambs, oh my" and my animal inspiration is obviously my yard birds!


After I stamped Tim's bird, I cut slits around the feet to be able to pull through some dyed cheesecloth as to represent my Blue's carrying off their soon to be babies new house material. You know we have never seen the little ones, so maybe this year. These birds hang around all year and a few times a year they don't show up for a couple of weeks and I worried at first, but now I just wonder what they are up to!

Finished it off with adding a painted grunge number 3 for March and adding a little birdhouse charm that Brenda gifted me some time back. Tied it off with dyed ribbon and cheesecloth.

I have to tell you something kind of funny! We have been really busy working around the yard as pretty soon it will become extremely hot and much better to take advantage of the cooler weather. The last two weekend we have (mostly the man) have been putting together the new storage shed. Actually the last three weekends as first we had to tear down the old rusting away metal shed. No wonder I have no time! Well we are kind of small people and of course older. First we buy this very heavy (two big boxes) "Lifetime" shed and there was help to load, but not to unload once we were home. We literally had to take the pieces out of each box to move them from the truck. So now the man starts to read the directions and of course a "platform" is required! Next day off to buy the wood to make the platform and that took a weekend. Further reading states it is a 3 Man job!!!!!!! We did it and yes I did help and now we have a lovely little looking cottage shed. We did realize that we are getting a little on the old side to be carrying on in such a manner!! This weekend we will be getting stuff packed and ready for a little mini trip next week, so I am sure happy that shed is done!

I sure do thank you for stopping by today and listening to me ramble on.

Tim's February Tag of 2015

Had almost forgot that I had not done Tim's February Tag, but here it is! As always I stuck pretty much with Tim's guidelines and just changed it up a bit to be a little less for Valentine's Day. Wanting to play along with Inspiration Journal's "Love Is In The Air," I added some travel ephemera elements as well as a red heart!

Using various bits for the background, my paint choice was Antique Linen for the shabby look. I did also flick on some paint using a toothbrush.

I did have some felt, but remembered I had this piece of red crackled grunge paper and decided to use something I had been saving! You know I wanted to use a flash card for the background and could not find the pack! It is so sad I tell you!

When all was finished I decided to use a crackle stamp (or I think) from Tim's Joyful Song to add a little extra interest. That was the extent of any stamping! This was another fun tag!

I sure hope you are having a wonderful weekend or ending of the weekend. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and comment!

Tim's January Tag of 2015!

Hello to all of you and I hope you are enjoying the New Year! Tim's first tag of 2015 worked out so well for me as I have a grandson with a birthday, so pretty much following the instructions given by Tim, here is my take on January's Tag. I will also be going the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie with their "Anything Goes."

The paints I used on the tissue wrap were Fried Brick, Chipped Sapphire and Peeled Paint as directed. Now I did not use the Alpha chips, but used some Chipboard pieces of Tim's that I have had for ages and they contained the elements I wanted. I did flick on my gold and white flecks using a paint brush. When all was finished, I sealed the entire tag.

Hopefully the birthday boy will enjoy his tag! Thank you for stopping by today and have a wonderful week.

For those of you who have asked and thank you for your thoughts, there has been no improvement with our Molly. We just keep her as happy as we can with the fact she has no use of her back legs. It is not easy, but we have lifted her into the car and still take her to lunch and let her have a little time at the park. We will keep doing as much as we can in hopes, but we are happy we have had so many years with her and that she did have another Christmas with us and celebrated the New Year!