12 Tags of Christmas 2008 - The Final Three ...

And here they are .....I love how the grungeboard reindeer turned out. I didn't have any Perfect Pearls so used Twinkling H20s instead. I also didn't have a chipboard clock and mask, so I made my own with a BLine Designs stamp, Tick Tock. I stamped it on plain grungeboard and went to town with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Inks, Tim's Scratches stamp and a knife. (and I still have all my fingers - lol). I then stamped the clock again onto acetate and did the thing with the game spinners and sprocket gears.
Off to my daughter's now for roast pork and will be back later to start the 2007 Twelve, so see you later ...
Hope you like them ....

12 Tags of Christmas 2008 - Part 3 ....

My obsession with Tim Holtz' 12 Tags of Christmas is still going strong but not as fast as I would like - why does life have to get in the way - lol. Here are Tags 8 and 9 ....
No. 9 is not as bright as I wanted it to be and No. 10 is missing the key (I don't have the Idea-ology word keys - yet - lol) but I just love them .....

12 Tags of Christmas 2008 - second instalment

Here are the next three Tags in the series .....I am totally obsessed with making these at the moment and when they are all done, I am going to put them into a 'Book About Christmas' for the Gorgeous One (aka Finley William) and his brothers and sisters - when they come ....
I'm not that happy about the canvas one (number 4). Rather than printing a photo onto the Sticky Back Canvas, I stamped onto it and the result is rather pale (either that or I need to buy a new ink pad - lol). The flower is on SBC flower backed with metal, which I saw demonstrated by Linda of LB Crafts last year and which is very 'en trende' at the moment. The numbers were cut from the Quickutz Tangerine alphabet and triple embossed.
The alochol ink painted one (no. 6) is definitely 'making do' - the robins are from a Creative Expressions plate (sorry everyone). I'm not sure about painting with the alcohol inks and I found it quite difficult to get it 'smooth'. I will have to do it again though because I now have a water brush full of blending solution and my dried up alcohol ink on a diddy palete in the corner - lol. I like the effect of the white acrylic paint on the underside of the acrylic but I think this needs some more practice - lol - but I did master splodging the paint around on the right side of the tag - lol.
The Snowman one is lovely. I have a pack of plain Grungeboard sheets and have made templates of him for the Christmas cards. I'm not sure that I got the consistency of the 'snow' right, because I was missing some of the ingredients - but it stuck and hasn't fallen off - yet!
I hope you like them. More to follow soon ....

Not Just Any Old Tags .....

Ever since I heard about Tim Holtz' 12 Tags of Christmas 2008, I was hooked. Then I found that there were 12 Tags of Christmas for 2007 - fatal. So with part Christmas presents from No. 1 son, part Christmas presents to myself and part what the heck spending, I now have all of the Christmas stamps, plus one or two (OK - maybe three of four) packets of goodies from the Idea-Ology range, all from Wendy at The Stamp Attic .....

The stamps are so lovely I just keep stroking them - as you do (a bit like we are with Anna Griffin papers). In fact, I love them so much that they and the Paper Artsy Egg and Nog plates have been given a Really Useful Box all of their own and not put in the bottom of the wardrobe in the spare room, along with the other Christmas craft stuff.
I decided that it didn't matter that it wasn't Christmas anymore - I would make them anyway - all 24 of them. There are some 'improvisations' but here are the first four ....(Thanks to my pal Ed for the bells on the first one ....)

More to follow soon ....