Tim's Tag February 2013

Tim's Tag February 2013, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

It's the first day of February and you know what that means!! Time for Tim's Tag...or as I like to call it...Going Crazy With Distress Products!!!

And I really, really did.

And as usual, I did nothing like Sir Tim.

But I had a TON of fun and I think that's what counts the most, right?? =D

Head over to Tim's blog for the complete lowdown, but here's my take.

I slapped Distress Stains (Festive Berries and Fired Brick) all over a manilla tag and flicked water on it to create a distressed look. I distressed the edges then inked them up with Black Soot Distress Ink.

I stamped that big heart twice with Black Archival Ink (on the tag itself and on watercolor paper.) Then I stamped it again using Distress Ink (Fired Brick and Festive Berries.) I fussy cut out sections and layered everything up with Pop Dots. (Totally looks cool in real life...in a photo...not so much.)

I embossed a piece of Core'dinations Color Core with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. After I sanded it, the red color of the Color Core didn't match the tag color so I slapped more Distress Stains on it. YES. Totally matches!

I tied some Distressed twine and added the little label I had stamped. I stuck the Chit Chat word "adore" on that.

I used Alcohol Inks (Cranberry, Red Pepper, Watermelon and Silver) on a Fragment charm and adhered a small punched heart which had been covered with Glossy Accents.

For the final two touches, I punched hearts out of a strip of black cardstock and adhered, hanging it out off either side.

Then I stuck a length of Tissue Tape to itself, creating ribbon. Sweet idea there, Mr. Tim Holtz. ;-)


So so SO much fun on this one!! And my fingers got good and inky!! (Frighteningly, it's all RED Distress products on my fingers and I do look like I'm having some sort of medical emergency! Best get that scrubbed off pronto!!)


Thanks SO much for dropping by!


~Cynthia