season's greetings 34

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week so far. Today we are celebrating Scott's birthday and I'm looking forward to taking him out for a nice romantic dinner ;) 

I joined along with Tim's 12 tags of 2014 ~ December challenge / tutorial and made a couple of tags. 

First one up was made using a combination of Tim Holtz Ranger Spun Sugar and Tarnished Brass Distress Stain Sprays:

Following Tim's tutorial, I dry embossed part of the frosted film piece (upper part of tag) but it barely shows.

I was going for a more snowy background, so I randomly splattered the tag with Ranger Gesso:

For the second tag, I combined Tim Holtz Ranger Story Sky and Tarnished Pewter Distress Stain Sprays to create the background 

Both deer were die cut using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Reindeer Flight die and the evergreen was die cut using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Pinecone die:

All sentiments were die cut using Tim Holtz Sizzix Holiday Words: Script Thinlits dies:

Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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Hi there! I hope you are having a great week so far! One of my crafting goals for 2014 is to join along with Tim Holtz's monthly 12 tags of 2014. I sadly missed March but I'm here today with April's entry :) Tim is forever sharing how to videos and tutorials on how to use all the fantastic Ranger products and inspiring us all to create. If you are like me, you have things you purchased but never used, well now is a good time to dust those off and put them to good use!

Here's a closer look:

The roses were made believe it or not using Tim's pine cone die which my dear friend Sue gifted to me a few years ago :). In case you are curious to know how to make them, Tim shares an awesome tutorial on his blog here. To colorize them, I used Spiced Marmelade, Broken China and Fired Brick Distress inks then added a coat of Ranger Rock Candy glitter. The tag looked a little naked so I added a sweet die cut grungeboard board which I coated with Ranger Rock Candy Crackle followed with some rubbed on Tea Dye and Broken China Distress Inks:

Following Tim's tutorial, I distressed and colored the die cut grungeboard and randomly filled in with fun die cut pieces from the Menagerie 8 paper pack and cork from my stash:

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Be Sweet ;)

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i love you 41

Hi there! Hope you are having a great day! One of the many things on my crafty 2014 New Year's resolution to do list is to participate monthly in the Tim Holtz's 12 tags of 2014. I tend to collect / hoard so many of Tim's products so I figured this would be a great way to actually use them! With that being said, here's my take on Tim's January 2014 tag: 

A Valentine's Day tag for Scott:

I dusted off and used the Tim Holtz Angel Wings die as well as the Tim Holtz Mini Clock Key & Pocket Watch die to die cut metal foil covered grungeboard. I embossed the pieces with various Tim Holtz embossing folders then applied alcohol ink (a technique I learned from Tim :). For the background, I combined all of the following of Tim's products: a stencil, Distress Ink, rub ons, stamps, a ticket and metal trinkets:

Just curious, do you have any crafty New Year's resolutions? If so, do share! :) Thanks so much for visiting!
Be Sweet ;)

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