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.
Happy February! Here is my take on Tim's queen of hearts tag. Although I love his stamp set, I chose to use a free printable from Martha Stewart as the anchor for my tag. I used Cherry Cobbler ink on the tag base, the ribbon and the hearts. The custom brad, key, rhinestones, woodgrain embossing folder, tag punch, rub on sentiment, other inks and cardstock are all from Stampin' Up! I covered the entire tag base with crystal effects and dried it with a heat gun to give it that textured shiny effect. The black twine and safety pin came off of a clothing tag from christmas.
For this month's tag I once again used all Stampin' Up! products. I started by inking and embossing a chipboard bird with burgundy ink and classy copper emboss powder. I then used a flower garden textured impressions embossing folder on the background paper and embossed the raised portions of the image with clear emboss powder. I sponged over the image with old olive, distressed the edges and finished with crumb cake ink. I completed the tag by adding hodgepodge hardware, a trinket key and seam binding ribbon. The background paper is called well worn.
