Sharing a link

Just in case any of you bloggers are wanting the vintage tickets (and tags are available as well) I used yesterday on my tag here is the link. There are many freebies here so make sure you check them out. All free.
I would recommend you print them off on a cardstock so they have a bit of stability to them.
Run the scissors along the edge for a tattered look then ink the edges.
Enjoy, I will be posting another tag today but probably after the hockey game.
Stay tuned everyone.
Lesley
Love reading your comments, thanks so much. I am not even close to Tim's level but I like doing my own thing and I am glad you like it as well.

12 Tags of Christmas-#4

Well another tag to show you. This one is not too difficult to make and a little different than distressing. On this tag I used some nice scrap paper and just cut the same size like the shipping tags. The ornament is a grungeboard cut out from a Tim Holtz collection and I covered it with this nice vintage lady. If you click on the image you will notice the colouring of her, I didn't touch it up at all. I painted the stem on the ornie with a touch of gold acryllic paint and added a ribbon from my stash. I then printed off a Miss Cutie Pie free holiday ticket sheet I downloaded last year and ran my scissors along the edge of the ticket to distress the paper a bit, ran my Java inkpad over it. Before I added the lace to the bottom I just quickly hand stitched the little red beads on. Thanks to my Mum I am using up all kinds of lace these days. I added a bit of fiber at the top  but it is too white here so must find some off white which will only improve the vintage feel. Funny how you see things a bit differently on the screen after they are complete.

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope you enjoy my own version of Christmas tags.

I know a lot of us don't have the fancy dies and things Tim Holtz uses so why not do your own bit of creativity.

Oh and a bit of good news for me.......I have found out I won some blog candy again over at InkStains with Roni. A while back she posted some bamboo tiles and if you left a comment you had the chance to win something and I found out yesterday I won.

Wow for someone who doesn't win much I have won a couple things online now. So never say never and keep posting comments, you never know you may win something, even here!!!!

Stay tuned for Tag #5.

12 tags of Christmas-Day 3

Sorry I missed posting yesterday but it's been kind of busy with me doing a mostly Handmade Christmas this time of year. I got lost in doing some things then it go too late to post. I do require sleep for some reason.

Here is my 3rd tag to share with you. As I see I only have a few comments from Tag #2, don't forget if you comment each time I post a new tag you have a  better chance to win a tag of your choice but you must post as often as you can.
Perhaps you may not be interested either and that is ok too. Just thought it would be a nice little giveaway as I am feeling like giving back and " tis the season to be jolly" I say.

This tag was distressed using Peeled Paint. After it was dry I inked the edges again with the same ink. I tore some music page and inked it as well. I then used this wonderful green cardstock in my stash and cut it out on the CB using Tim Holtz Alterations die. I added some textured snow that had glitter in it and just put snow on the one side of the tree and then added some green and red gems. The numbers are Grunge board numbers from a Tim Holtz grungeboard pack, inked in Fired Brick  then  I added some Diamond Stickles.

I can't remember the company name of the Christmas Tree stamp but again from my stash of many stamp collections that seems to be growing.

And that is it, a simple yet fun tag.

Thanks for dropping by.

If you would like to show me any of your Christmas tags I would love to see them.

Just put a link in your comment or email me with Christmas tag in the subject line.

Night night.

L



Oh and for a great little nifty gift idea to tuck away a few little candies go to my friend's blog, Jenxo in Australia and check these out. I just had to make some they are a lot of fun and a great way to use up scraps and you can make them to hang on a tree.

Lesley's 12 tags of Christmas-Day 2

Hello again, this is the continuation of my 12 tags of Christmas and today I am showing one of my favourite techniques. If you recall I did a tutorial on Inkjet Transfer then you will really like this tag and I encourage you to try this, even on a small tag.

I must stress in this tutorial the key is to be patient and allow your image to dry completely before trying to remove the backing paper. Also reverse your image before printing so that when it goes onto the tag it will be correct, or if you like don't reverse the image and you will get a flip result. No rules to art just reminders in case you get frustrated.

Ok here it is, I did the distress technique on my shipping tag using Broken China DI. Then I hit it with the heat gun to dry the tag. Then I found a nice vintage image from FlickR, resized it to fit on the tag. I used a good amount of Gel Medium and applied it to the tag and then put my image face down onto the gel area, be sure to use plenty of gel. It will dry so not worries about having too much. I do NOT recomment putting it directly onto the image itself as it may cause the inks to start to bleed so just press your image onto the gel, brayer it or smooth it out with your fingers and make sure all edges are secured.

LET IT DRY. Do several at one time or do some more tags or have a cup of tea.

I do NOT recommend a heat gun either , I tried that but it does not ensure that the image in all areas are completely dry and when you have to add water to the back of the image, it may roll right off the paper in spots and then you become frustrated. These are just things I learned along the way so just be patient.

I have also used Modge Podge for paper and it works as well. LET IT COMPLETELY DRY!!!!!

Ok your image is dry, now the fun part. Get a little dish and dampen our fingers and the back of the paper, you will start to see the image appear. Roll your fingers around starting in the center. DO NOT start on the edges but in the center. Keep rolling and brushing away the bits of backing from the paper. Keep doing this and follow the tutorial with pics in the link I provided at the top of this post.

Ok now let the image dry and you can work around it. I printed off a verse for my tag, inked the edges with my same DI Broken China . I found some fun foam snowflakes and added some Diamond Stickles. Then I used some Starform translucent border, this stuff is great, it is repositionable so if it doesn't go quite where you want it you just carefully lift it off the paper and no tearing. Just smooth it down with your fingers after you get it where you want it. I bordered all around the image.

Ok now for one final little detail I did on this. The inkjet tranfers are sometimes a little faded so I took some pencil crayons and just lightly coloured back in the coats on the children and the leggings or pants. I even added a bit of pink to their cheeks. Make sure again your image is completely dry before coloring.

Then I added my snowflakes, ripped a bit of music paper and inked the edges added some blue fiber, oh and I added some snowflakes with my stylus dipped in white acrylic paint and that was it. I really like how this one turned out. Just may have to do another one of these or similar.

Ok everyone, remember leave a comment each tag post and I will be keeping track.

Thanks for dropping by and stay tuned for Day 3 of Lesley's 12 tags of Christmas



Lesley's 12 tags of Christmas-Day 1

Hello blogger friends. I am happy to say we got snow today and well as sloppy as it was it came down in big fat flakes and covered everything in sight even after a day of rain yesterday and thru the night.

I have been inspired by the infamous Tim Holtz to do my own version of the 12 tags of Christmas and I hope you will stop by each day to see what I have come up with.

Now what I will be doing is not necessarily giving you photo tutorials but an explanation of some of the things I did to achieve the tag in hopes that they may spark some of your own tags or card making ideas for the upcoming Christmas Season.

And......if you stop by every day and post after each tag, the one with the most posts (you can only post once each day) you could be the winner of a tag of your choice and if you tell a friend to stop by and she mentions your name that will be an added spot and your friend or friends have a chance to win as well. So drop by and see what I am coming up with for the 12 tags of Christmas.

Here we go..Tag #1

This one I call Fa la la, I have taken a tan coloured piece of cardstock and embossed it with this new folder called Musical Notes by Crafts-too in my CB. I then inked the raised area of the music notes with Versa Magic Jumbo Java inkpad and around the edges of the tag. I then tore a piece of small scrap music and inked the edges in the same ink and applied it with Aleene's glue to the mid point of the tag. The bird is from K&C company, Tim Coffey Blossom Wood Collection and glued it on. The scroll is from a grungeboard lantern but I cut the lantern off and wanted the scroll and painted it in Delta 14K gold Gleams. I then quilled my mini roses (boy was I out of practise on those) in burgundy and ivory 1/8" precut strips, and punched out my ferns. I applied a bit of Diamond Stickles to the roses only for a bit of sparkle and attached to tag on opposite corners. The Fa la la was a Studio G stamp stamped in a nice burgundy colour and the round circle was from a rinchie punch I had, inked the edges in Jumbo Java and attached the little tag with gold metallic jewellry trim.  I added a bit of fabric at the top for hanging in a mocha colour to match the colours. That is it. Sounds like a lot of work but I used some bits I had and did some quilling and I really like how it overall turned out.

Hope you like Tag #1 and don't forget to post your comment.

Thanks for dropping by.

L