Just sliding in before midnight, yet again, with my own version of Tim Holtz's (far superior) 5th installment of The Twelve Tags of Christmas! This was a great project, especially for anyone who's seen the "Reflections" stamps but couldn't quite figure out what to do with them. Boy, oh boy, now we know! What a brilliant product!
It's hard to tell from the photo, but I actually used the Reflections stamp on the little tree, following Tim's instructions to ink a silhouette stamp with a light color, then stamp ONTO that stamp with a darker color using a Reflections stamp. I love this technique-- absolutely love it!-- and will be using this a lot in my crafting.
I had a hard time getting the Alcohol/Archival Ink trick to work on the plastic packing I had on hand (I think it had some kind of oily coating or something) and finally ended up using a piece of clear vinyl for the technique, with simple snowflake stamps instead of the intricate Reflections images. Gotta get me some of that Hambly Studios Clearly Heavy Transparency that Tim recommends! The "Peace" letters are cut from foil tape using Tim's "Upon a Time" die, and the tree is decorated with Xmas Red Stickles.
And, I have to be up for work in about five hours. Isn't it amazing how the time flies by when you're doing something you love?
Have an awesome December 6!
Hugs,
Linda
13 comments:
Love the vivid blue on your tag, and the tree is so cute.... can't wait to try out the stamp to stamp effect, I only did the other stage this time.
Haha you're not the only one! I try and i try'd...but it's so fun to do! Here in Holland we've bin busy yesterday evening with some lady's. We're all addicted now!
You're tag is gorjuss!!!
Another great tag Linda love the blue so vibrant.
Maggie
My ink would not dry last night, had to finish it this morning...
Great tag, not done mine yet. :)
The blue with the snowflakes is beautiful. Love your little tree.
How very un Linda in my officeis a tag with blue alcohol ink, snowflakes with a white background and a grungy pine tree. Mine has snow capped on the leaves and is not fully assembled yet but when I saw your it made me laugh.
Linda, dear, it's been a while. BUT.. I'm trying to catch up. All your Tim tags are lovely, as is your other recent work, and I'll try to be better about visiting! Enjoy the season!
So cute! I love those snowflakes. :)
beautiful shade of blue Linda! I used plastic packaging too and couldn't get that technique to work. I thought it was just me.
Your background is so rich! Love the colors. I need to remember that silhouette/reflections technique. It's fantastic.
Gorgeous!
~Linda C
Lovely!
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