Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tim's October Tag

Tim's October Tag by HikerCynthia
Tim's October Tag, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.
Yes, folks, it's time once again for the monthly installment of Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012!! Sir Tim made us wait a whole extra week, but as always...totally worth it!! So here's my take on October's Tag.

I started out by covering a manilla tag with a piece of 7 Gypsies tissue paper. I added a bit of purple and orange acrylic paint, then immediately blended it around with a baby wipe.

Next I blended Distress Inks (Ripe Persimmon and Seedless Preserve) to highlight the wrinkles in the tissue paper. I hit it with a few sprays of Perfect Pearls Mist in Biscotti for a lovely shine.

I die cut the BOO from Grunge Paper, painted it with black acrylic paint. I followed Tim's recipe for coloring dry glitter. I mixed Studio G glitter with Pitch Black Alcohol Ink. Very cool idea! I covered the BOO with Glossy Accents and then pressed the black glitter onto the die cut.

I stamped the pumpkin (Heartfelt Creations) on Grunge Paper too. I inked that with Ripe Persimmon and added Rusty Hinge for shadow. I went over the stamped image parts with Rusty Hinge Distress Marker, then brushed it with the tiniest bit of Antique Bronze Distress Stain for a bit of sparkle.

I adhered a distressed, torn train ticket (Pretty Little Studio), circled October and 31 with a Barn Door Distress Marker and adhered it to the tag. I added MAGIC from the Chit Chat stickers, distressed with a bit of Ripe Persimmon.

I adhered the BOO and the pumpkin with Glossy Accents.

**Oops!  Forgot to say:  I cut a short piece of green paper twine, misted it and then distressed it with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.  I curled it around a Q-tip while wet so it would dry curly.  Then I adhered it behind the pumpkin stem.**

Finally I stained a piece of seam binding with Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade Distress Stains. (Wow, the Stains make this SO EASY!!)


Gracious! I hope you followed all that!! If not, just head over to Tim's website and check out his step-by-step instructions! =D


Thanks so much for stopping in today! I love it when you visit!!


~Cynthia

6 comments:

Kathy Eddy said...

Great version of Tim's tag. I love the background technique and will be using it again. Yours came out really cool.

Carolyn Dube said...

Worth the wait! This is fabulous with such rich colors and textures!

Bonnie said...

Wow! I love that pumpkin with the curled paper stem! And the BOO sparkles! I love that too! Great tag, Cynthia!

Larissa Heskett said...

I LOVE your tag!! That canvas pumpin is too CUTE!! THANKS for sharing and for the sweet comment you left on my blog!! =) Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

BJ said...

So sparkly and I just love the curly stem. Thanks for visiting my tag. BJ

www.hokiecoyote.com said...

Finally a pumpkin! Great tag.