Tilda Tag

made this tag for

Just Magnolia - make a tag challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Tag it!!!

Thanks for looking!

Jolanda x

Week 4 of Project 52

'The best things in life aren't things'

This the next instalment of Project 52 on Soul Scrappers.
For the background I tore strips of book, music and stamped paper and glued them to a card base. When it was dry I painted a thin coat of white to soften the printing.

Thanks to my followers and visitors :)

Jolanda x

Christmas tag

This is my entry in Panpastel's tag challenge

I white embossed some snowflakes on the tag then inked with blue and green distress inks.

the trees are a cuttlebug cut and the mini tag a free stamp from craftstamper magazine.

The father Christmas I stamped first and then brushed over with perfect pearls powder.

bye for now

Jolanda x

Simon Says Stamp and show some Tickets

Hi everyone, hope you're having a great Sunday.

This is my entry into the simon Says Stamp and Show challenge - show some tickets

The wordin on the tag says enjoy the memoirs - unfortunately memoirs doesn't show too well on the photo. My ideas for this piece were to make a time machine tag - and the tickets would allow you to be taken back in time.

The clock is a squashed bottle cap in which I put a stamped clock face and filled this with crackle glaze. The wings are from a metal butterfly which I snapped in half and covered with alcohol inks.

thanks for looking

Jolanda x

I love masking!!

Good evening, everyone

I love to stamp and using masks is one of my favourite techniques - you never really know what the end result will look like!!

First I stamps the loving couple then the Eiffel Tower and behind this is the Arch and some trees. I made a moon shaped mask and inked over the top of all the masks with weathered wood distress ink. A white gel pen was used for the stars.

I am entering this into the Stampman Challenge - Night Time

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Distress Inks on tag

Hi everyone,

this is a tag I made using Tim Holtz Distress Inks - tattered rose, weathered wood and tumbled glass.

The bird is one of Tim Holtz's beautiful stamps. I mucked up the stamping of the bird, so I stamped on a paper bag that just happened to be on my desk. I cut it out and stuck it on - I really like it!! some of my best discoveries are by making mistakes!

I inked up the tag with the inks and then 'water stamped' over it to give the watery swirly effect.

I am entering this into two challenges

Studio L3 - distress ink challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show - show us a tag

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Vintage Easter Tag

I made this vintage style tag to fit in with several challenges running at the moment. The challenge on Our Vintage Affair is to use the vintage image on the tag. I cut the leaves using my cuttlebug and the flowers are the 'unwanted' side of borders which I twisted into a kind of spiral and glued down.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Stampin for the Weekend

Bows n Berries

Pollycraft

fun with shapes and morhttp://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/e

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Grungy Mondays - tete a tete

Linda's challenge on Studio L3 this week is to use distress ink with multi medium.

It is a resist technique which can be found here

This is my version

I stamped fleur de lys on the right hand side and used them as a resist.

The couple are another from my set of Oxford Impressions stamps

Thanks for looking

Tim inspired tag

There is a new challenge on Studio L3's wonderful blog - Grungy Mondays

Its all about inspiration from the creations of Lord Tim Holtz!!

this first challenge is to take inspiration from one of his Christmas tags.

Tim Holtz's blog is here

I embossed the owl with copper embossing powder and painted in blue and green perfect pearls.

The leaf image around the edge was also stamped and brushed over with the green.

I shimmers beautifully in the light.

The owl is standing on some seaweed? that I picked up off the beach. I never go there without bringing something back!

TFL

Dimensional Collage Fragment technique

This week at Studio L3 the challenge is to use the Dimensional Collage Fragment technique as featured in Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities book. As I don't have any of these fragments I improvised with some very thick clear dimensional square stickers. I punched out some hearts from dictionary paper and back this with some pink oriental paper.

The tag is made from chipboard which I painted with white acrylic. then a layer of PVA and while it was wet another layer of white paint. This produced a nice crackle efffect when it dried. I inked this with Dusty concord distress ink.

I stamped the flowers and leaves and painted over them with acrylic paint. I can't paint leaves so I stamped over them with a Tim Holtz swirl and copper embossed it. I embossed the edges and finished off by attaching my three 'fragments'.

thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such nice comments :)

Distressed and masked tag

Hope you're havin a good day!
This tag is being entered into two challenges Studio L3's CCC #33 - Inking and Stamping Masks and for Simon Says Stamp and Show - a tag.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

love you more...

Happy Thursday everyone, hope you're having a good day!

I cut out a red heart and embossed it with a TH folder and then swiped ink over the top and clear embossed it.

The hanger for the tag is a humble coke can ring pull that I embossed with verdigris embossing powder.

The flower was cut out using the cricut - George cartridge. On the petals I used the rusted Enamel technique from Tim Holtz's wonderful Compendium of Curiosities book. In the centre is a star shaped eyelet.

The love you more tag is a free stamp from Craftstamper magazine, which I also clear embossed.
I am entering this into the following challenges:

Studio L3 - CCC #31

Simon Says - anything but a card challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show - embossing

Fantabulous Cricut - share the love

Crafty Creations - three little words

Thanks for visiting my blog

Jolanda x

CCofC challenge #29

This week the challenge is to make something using the weathered wood grunge technique.

A few days ago I bought the wood effect embossing folder and just had to use it. The method for the technique is in Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities book.

I cut the swirly heart and 'rusted' it with Vintage Photo Distress embossing powder. The bird is inked with rusty hinge and tumbled glass distress ink. For a bit of glam, I painted the blue bits with Turquoise perfect pearls powder.

The bead is attached with gold wire and is curled underneath.

I'm entering this into CCC challenge #29 and delightful challenges - have a heart

Hope you like it!

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Simon Says Stamp and Show

Simon Says Stamp and Show's current challenge is to show something made with a Tim Holtz technique. Its a bit difficult to choose, because they are all a lot of fun to do. I decided to choose water stamping as I was amazed by the effect you can get with it!!

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Christmas tag

I made this tag for the Studio L3 challenge CCC #24 - Rock Candy Distress Stickles technique. Look in Tim's book for exact instructions.
First I embossed with the music folder in the cuttlebug and then heat embossed with vanilla powder (oh!!! it smelled so good :D) then I covered it up with green distress ink (which I didn't let dry :( and promptly wiped it off when I applied the stickles stuff. But the green did stay around the embossing and I quite like this effect. (mistakes are good!!!)
The flower is cut using a Marianne Design die and the robin and branch using a storybook cricut cartridge.
I am also entering this in the delightful Challenges - embossing challenge

Hi, Earlier this week I received some lovely christmas stamps by Rubber Stampede I bought on Ebay. This is first thing I made with them.
I stamped the Father Christmas with Walnut stain distress ink and the holly is stamped and painted with peeled paint DI. I put some perfect pearl powder over the sentiment and it shimmers beautifully.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - whatever makes you happy (using new stash of course! and getting messy doing it)

The Stamp Man - anything by Tim challenge - I used Distress Inks

Challenge up your life - St Nicholas Challenge 32

Frosted designs - distressing

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

Studio L3 CC Challenge 21

This tag was made following the perfect distress technique from the Compendium of Curiosities book by Tim Holtz. Turn to page 38 for the instructions.

For the background I used tumbled glass and peeled paint distress inks.

The houses are from one of my favourite stamp set - Craft houses by AVEC. The lamp post is one I carved from an eraser.

This technique has made the tag look a bit watery so I accentuated it with weathered wood brushed on to look like water at the bottom.

I enjoyed using this technique - it seemed a bit scary and out of control at first, but turned out ok. I decided to leave this tag embellishmentless - nothing I added looked right! But I think this tag looks very nice as it is.

This tag is being entered into the Studio L3 CCC #21 perfect distress technique

Thanks for looking at my blog and to all the lovely comments you leave :)

Jolanda x

Nature's Factory tag

Hi everyone, here is my latest entry for Studio L3's CCC #20 - the challenge this time is to do Tim Holtz's industrial grunge technique. Loook in the book for exact instructions.

First I painted the tag yellow with acrylic paint. Then I made a mask in a cog shape (this was made in the same way as you cut snowflakes as a child - if you know what I mean).

Next I sponged over the mask with red and then black paint.

I used the urban grunge technique on the the flowers (photo doesn't show it very well :( ). I painted them silver to look like metal and arranged them like cogs. To finish them off I glued some washers and nuts in the centres.

As this tag looks a bit mechanical, I thought it needed some worker bees -I die cut them with a cuttlebug die and coloured them with permanent marker pens.

Thanks for looking at my blog and thanks to my growing number of followers :))
Jolanda x

Extreme Masking - Challenge #19

Happy Wednesday to you all!

Studio L3 have another exciting challenge from the Compendium of Curiosities challenge; this time extreme masking. I won't tell you what this is exactly cos its in Tim Holtz's book!

I bought the book and I think it has changed my style of crafting! (for the better I hope! :)). The book is so full of wonderful ideas.

I used Distress inks to colour the background - barn door, peeled paint and walnut stain on a yellow tag.

For the extreme masking I cuttlebugged a 'ornament' shape and used this as a mask. Inside the shape I stamped wording from a Tim Holtz stamp. The stamp stamp is a See D's one.

The lady is from a free image on the Internet somewhere - I think it may have been Art-e-zine.

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x

dabber resist

Hi everyone, here is my latest entry for the Studio L3 Compendium of Curiosities Competition. This time you need to turn to page 37 and use the dabber resist technique.

I used a Tim Holtz stamped and used yellow to do this technique (read the book for the exact technique) The blob on the heart is melted wax!

Thanks for looking

Jolanda x