Tim Holtz Tag Challenge - October

As I don't "do" Halloween I gave my October tag a Christmas theme. A far amount of  improvising was called for as I have very few of the ingredients that Tim used. I don't have any printed tissue so I made my own using a script stamp. Nor do I have any large letter dies so I stamped Merry Christmas, put some double sided adhesive sheet over the top before cutting out and applying crystal glitter which I had coloured a lovely pale blue with "Aqua" alcohol ink. Much less messy than using Glossy Accents! The snowflake is attached to the sentiment by a thin thread so it hangs freely.

Tim's October tag is here and this is my offering -

Tag Recipe
Paper/card
White card
PaperArtsy Crackle Tissue Paper
Inks/Paints
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish  Paints - Ice Blue, Mermaid, Inky Pool
Adirondack Metallic Dabber - Pearl
Distress Ink - Broken China, Vintage Photo
Versafine - Majestic Blue
Archival - Jet Black
Distress Stain - Broken China
Alcohol Ink - Aqua, Caramel
Stamps
Crafty Individuals - Snowflake
Stampers Anonymous - Merry Christmas
Die
Spellbinders - Snowflake
Other
Crystal glitter
Double sided adhesive sheet
Metallic thread
Paper clip
Seam binding
Eyelash fibre
Calendar image from the internet

Chick, Chick, Chick, Chicken........

Sara at Cardmaking Paradise designed a  template for a chicken card. Instead of making a card
I pushed the envelope a bit and created a hanging!
This is my first venture into canvas "paper" and as time was against me I was reluctant to take any chances by adding additional decoration to the background. I feel it could have done with some abstract stamping and stencilling but I'm sure, knowing my luck, it would have all gone pear shaped and I wouldn't have had time to put it right. As the blue was too blue I went over it with a light wash of gesso and that's when I should have done some stamping - between those two layers of paint.

 

 

Hanging Recipe
Paper
Crawford & Black Canvas
Grey board
Paper Artsy Crackly Tissue Paper
Copier paper
Recycled envelopes
Overton House scrapbooking paper
Paints/Inks
Paper Artsy Fresco Finish  Acrylics - Snowflake, Ice Blue, Inky Pool
Claudine Hellmuth gesso
Old Paper Distress Ink
Archival ink - Jet Balck
Memento - Tuxedo Black
Copic markers
Stamps
Sun - Craft Stamper freebie
Paper Artsy Top & Tails 3 - SITT3
Other
Jump rings
Chain
Text - computer generated