12 Tags of 2014 - Year In Review

Last year was my third year participating in Tim Holtz's monthly tag challenge. As many of you know I try to use Stampin' Up! products when possible so I have to do a lot of improvising when using Tim's techniques. Needless to say I am always thrilled with the results and love the extra challenge. Below are my tags starting with January. Enjoy!

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Dec)

Here is the final tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. The deer was a free printable that I inked in gold and then embossed in clear embossing powder with touches of classy copper on the edges. The red ribbon was off of a gift and the green yarn is leftover from one of my mother's knitting projects. The gold button is from SU and the words are from Tim Holtz. All inks and papers are from SU.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Nov)

Here is this month's tag for Tim's November challenge. The leaf stamp is from Stampin' Up's "Autumn Splendor" set. Since I did not have a coordinating leaf die, I cut the leaf out with an exacto knife.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Oct)

Happy Fall! Here is my tag for October's challenge from Tim. The witch is from SU's "A Howling Good Time" set and was colored using SU's Write Markers. I cut the spider out using my silhouette and covered both the witch and the spider with Crystal Effects. The embellishments, paper and inks are also from SU.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Sep)

Happy September and thank you for visiting my blog. For this month's tag, Tim featured a new technique using alcohol blending solution applied through a stencil to glossy paper. Unfortunately I could not get this technique to work and believe me I tried and tried with different inks, applicators and stencils. In the end I applied versamark through the stencil and embossed with clear embossing powder. The appearance is somewhat similar but the stenciled text ends up being slightly raised.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Aug)

This month's tag from Tim is a collection of all his favorite things and techniques. For my tag I used a vintage sewing pattern image placed over embossed letters and tissue tape (i.e., in lieu of texture paste).

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Jul)

Better late than never. Here is my tag for this month's 12 Tags of 2014. All the products used are from Stampin' Up! except for the sentiment. The lobster and the seahorse are from the set "By the Tide" and were stamped on watercolor paper.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (June)

Better late than never. Here is my take on Tim's tag for June. I used one of the butterflies from Stampin' Up's "Papillon Potpourri" and a coordinating punch. The sentiment is from the "Elegant Beginnings" set.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (May)

Here is this month's tag for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014 challenge. To me this was quite a departure from Tim's previous tags and even more of a challenge for me since I did not have the shadowpress folder or a wide selection of embellishments. So with that I had to do some improvising. I started by cutting the word "beautiful" with my silhouette in two colors of cardstock with the idea that one would be placed in the background to create the shadow effect and it actually worked.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Apr)

Here is this month's tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014. I used my Silhouette to cut the hexagon lattice as well as the mums. All the of the cardstock, ribbon and ink are from Stampin' Up!

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Mar)

Here in California we are getting our first major storm of 2014. So Tim's tag for March was perfect timing (i.e., we can't wait for Spring). I used Stampin Up's "Botanical Gazette" paper with the bird as the base for my tag and added feathers from the "Fine Feathers" set (both retired). I applied several colors of SU markers to the bird image and used the SU air spritzer with Tim's burlap stencil for the pattern at the top of the tag. The yarn and the ribbon are SU as well.

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Feb)

Here is my take on Tim's tag for February. To achieve the chalkboard look I stamped on black cardstock using white craft ink and then rubbed chalk over the stamped image. I finished the edges with faux stitching using Stampin' Up's new chalk marker. I used the same chalk marker and SU's air spritzer tool (retired) to add little white speckles to simulate chalk dust. The silver accents were cut from HVAC tape using the adorning accents edgelits die and matching embossing folder.

Ghosting Technique

For those of you that are following my blog, you know that I participate in a monthly technique card swap. This month's technique is called Ghosting and involves embossing with clear embossing powder followed by inking the cardstock and removing the excess ink to create an effect called Ghosting. Pretty cool effect!

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2014 (Jan)

Happy 2014 and welcome to my blog. This is my third year participating in Tim's monthly tag challenge. For those of you that have been here before, you know that I'm a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and I try to mimic Tim's techniques using  all SU products.

For January's tag I cut a layered clock using my silhouette and placed it over a piece of aluminum HVAC tape that I ran through my woodgrain embossing folder. The base for the tag is black card stock and distressed vellum stamped with a world map. The numbers are white rub ons. If you'd like to see last year's tags click here.