Tim Holtz Tag Challenge - May

Still 9 days to go before the end of the month and I've finished my May tag! So uncharacteristic - I usually leave things to the last minute. Here is Tim's tag .

As usual I had very few of the items Tim used but I'm happy with my substitutes and this is the result - 

Tag Recipe
Card/Paper
Cream card
Dress pattern
Inks etc
Stazon - Midnight Blue
Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap & Vintage Photo
Ranger Archival - Jet Black
Versafine Satin Red
Versamark
Walnut Stain Distress Stain
Glossy Accents
Utee
Stamps
Crafty Individuals CI-328 & 322
Paperartsy Buttons Plate 4
Bottle top
Other
Seam Binding
Pen-Touch Calligrapher silver pen
Photocopy of tape measure
Bottle cap
Label from cotton reel
Coat hanger charm
Cotton reel
Rafia
Safety pin coloured with Rust alcohol ink
Stemmed flowers

Lazy, hazy, days of summer

This was the first airing for this stamp. I felt it called for a simple card to give it a relaxed  feel.

Card Recipe
Card
Cream linen card
Colortech+ card
Black card
Inks
Versamark
Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door
Stamp
Stamp Addicts - Sunday morning plate SA-5014

Other  

Black detail embossing powder

I decided after making the first card to cut up the stamp (perhaps that how it was intended to be used). This then gave me room to add the sun.

Card Recipe
Card
Tim Holtz Core'dinations card

Colortech+ card
Black card
Inks
Versamark
Distress Inks - Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door
Stamp
Stamp Addicts - Sunday Morning plate SA-5014

Other  

Black detail embossing powder

Spellbinders Labels 4 Nestabilities

Computer generated sentiment

Heart Flower

This card was inspired by something I spotted on the web. I stamped background paper with a heart stamp and then folded the hearts in half and glued them together to form a flower. As only the straight edges were glued, the tops opened up to give a 3-dimensional effect. Then I glued the flower to a piece of card previously embossed on  a Hougie board to give a diamond pattern.

Card Recipe
Card/Paper
White linen card
Pink pearlescent Bazzill card
Bella Press Co-ordination  papers
White vellum coloured with pink Promarker
Stamps
Butterfly and heart - free with Craft Stamper magazine
Inks
Versamark
Distress Inks -Bundled Sage, Worn Lipstick
Other
Detail white embossing powder
Rhinestones

A dance tag card

It's not often that everything comes together well but on this occasion it did and I was really happy with the result.

Card Recipe 
Card
Xerox Colortech+
Inks
Distress Inks - Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Mustard Seed, Black Soot
Brilliance Graphite Black
Stamps
The Artistic Stamper Dance Plate
Other
Tando mask
Seam binding coloured with Distress Ink

A Room With A View

I started this by making a mask of the window frame before stamping the view through it. The scene was then coloured with watercolour pencils and paints. I then stamped the window onto acetate and stuck it over the view. I had recently unearthed a packet of unopened drawer liners which were just right for curtains and took ink beautifully. The curtains were attached over the window with foam pads.

Card Recipe
Card/Paper
Xerox Colortech+
Anna Marie's Simply Card High White
Past Times Victorian Flowers Drawer Liners
Black Card
Acetate
Inks
Memento Tuxedo Black
Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue
Distress Inks - Stormy Sky, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint
Watercolour paints & pencils
Stamps
Stamp Addicts Window Dressing plate SA-5026
Stamp Addicts Scenes plate

Arch swap

I have just taken part in the Cardmaking Paradise "Arch" swap.

I dissected various textured pieces, laid them onto a greyboard arch shape and covered them with pieces of silver adhesive foil.

I "de-bossed" around the textured pieces and went over some parts with a metal wheel. Then I sanded the piece lightly and applied black acrylic paint letting it almost dry before rubbing over the arch with a paper towel to remove some of the paint.  Using that age-old tool the finger I applied a little Viva Gold here and there and finished off by adding a hanging chain.

The swap I received in return was this lovely sewing-themed arch book with a matching box. Full of texture and interest. Thank you Lainey. 

 All the swapped arches are in the Cardmaking Paradise gallery  if you would like to take a peak.

Contrasts!

As you can no longer take flowers into a hospital I thought this hummock of flowers would be cheering and uplifting for a relative. The background was created with Distress Inks and Dreamweaver stencil brushes which gives a lovely soft appearance.

Card Recipe
Card
Anna Marie's Simply Card High White
Colortech+ card
Crafts Too embossing folder
Stamp 
Stamp Addicts Wildflowers plate SA5029
Ink/pens
Memento Tuxedo Black
Shabby Shutters & Broken China Distress Inks
Copic markers
Pentouch Calligrapher - gold

The background of this next card had been a rejected piece at some time and made its way into my scraps box. So I added more Distress Inks and some lines using an inked credit card edge and it was transformed into a loved background.

Card Recipe
Card/paper
Anna Marie's Simply Card High White
Black card
Music paper (photocopy of a piece of music score printed vellum)
Ink
Distress Inks -  Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo
Archival Coffee
Versafine Vintage sepia
Stamp
Paperartsy Gentlemen Plate 3
Other
Sentiment - Computer generated and printed onto Safmat