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12 Tags of 2013: April

Here is my contribution for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags challenge for April. I don't have any distress paints yet, so I used distress stains, acrylic paint, and gold mist for the background. I used stamps from a variety of companies, including one of Tim's sets, along with my trusty Jet Black archival ink. 

Yes -- more tags. :)

Happy Thursday! 

(WOYWWers, if any of you visit, I just couldn't get my act together to post and participate yesterday. Will be "back" next week. )

I've been determined to use up items from my stash of supplies, such as the large green flowers. Even now, I still have some left! But I did use up all the rainbow colored Doodlebug stickers that say "for you." :) These tags can be used for any gift-giving occasion and will probably be used for family birthdays. I had fun with stencils on the top three and spray mists on the bottom two (as well as inking up some new stamps.) 

~ Laura

12 Tags of 2013: March

I'm playing along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013 and here are my March tags. Tim's tag featured the negative of a die cut bunny with a textured material behind it. I don't have that die, but I do have a small bunny punch. I decided to make two mini tags in place of the single larger one, since I also didn't have anything to make Easter grass with, either. :)

WOYWW 198 | Definitely not spring here yet!

Let's not talk about how snowy it was yesterday, shall we? We'll concentrate on the bright colors inside the house? Happy What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday! Do visit Stamping Ground, from whence this esteemed tradition blooms. 

Lots of stuff laying about. I decided to make some tags for layouts and gifts, so I got out some ribbon and brads and buttons. I've moved the distress markers to a larger oblong bowl (hiding under the paper trimmer) and the die cuts into a smaller one so I can see what's there.

And here are some things I've made:

Thanks for visiting! I hope to be able to get around to more folks this week (although I know I say that a lot.) 

~ Laura

WOYWW 195 | 3 cards and a tag

Good morning or afternoon or evening! Here is my table as it looked when I left for work this morning. (Why am I showing you this? I'm participating in What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday of course! Check it out and join in. ) Tomorrow I will have an MRI on my elbow and before the next WOYWW comes around, I should know what's up. 

Next on my agenda is a layout about all the places I've lived. I've got the part of New York State here that encompasses the places I've called home, even briefly, and punched out a square from North Carolina and Arizona as well.  I think I've finally found a use for these little chipboard houses. :)

 Over the weekend I decided to ink up this new-to-me Hero Arts floral stamp -- I think it came out last year. I clear embossed it onto two cards. On the first I used Copics to color it (I only have about six Copics -- they're expensive and I'm cheap. ;-) )

On the second one I used distress inks -- I really like the soft look here. 

This next one features a lovely paper napkin that I brought home with me from coffee hour at church -- I used PPA to adhere it and stamped Birthday Wishes with archival ink when it was dry. 

The tag was just playing . . . Hero Arts friendship definition stamp stamped in archival ink, then a swirly pattern clear embossed, colored over it with Spun Sugar distress stain (which is so pale on the manila tag that it didn't really show up) and Worn Lipstick distress ink. I topped it with bits and pieces I had lying around.

 Thanks for visiting! I'll get around to everyone who comments here for sure and as many others as I can manage. [Edited to add: I've attempted to comment back to everyone, but some of them don't seem to want to go through. All of your visits and comments are so appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

~ Laura (a/k/a Bookworm)

12 Tags of 2013: February

Hi! This is my February tag, inspired by Tim Holtz's, found here. I didn't have the stamp, so used a new Hero Arts one instead. I stamped it twice, cut out South America as a separate piece and North America as a separate piece, and mounted the smaller pieces with dimensional adhesive. My watercoloring needs some work . . . also I don't have the whole marker set, so had to work with the colors on hand. But it was fun. :) I like the tissue-tape-as-ribbon technique -- simple, but effective. 

12 Tags of 2013: January

Luckily for those of us who like to play along, Tim Holtz is doing 12 Tags again in 2013. I used what I had to make a couple of tags inspired by his. I don't have any of his dies, nor do I have the metallic stains, so my tags are much more minimally embellished. I used Ranger archival ink (Cobalt and Coffee) and distress inks (Blue Jeans, Dusty Concord, Salty Ocean on the left; Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap on the right) on both, as well as two of Tim's stamps for the sentiments. The snowflake embossing folder is TH, the swiss dot is Cuttlebug. The clock background is Hero Arts and the music background is from Prima. 

Thanks for visiting!

~ Laura

12 Tags of 2012: December

This is my tag inspired by Tim Holtz's first December tag. I used the Broken China distress stain, but didn't have the metallic one, so used Picket Fences instead. I didn't have the snowman stamp, so used a Hero Arts set. I did have the Rock Candy Distress Stickles to add at the end as an accent. I wish I hadn't gotten adhesive on the front of the shiny letters -- oh, well! I had used my Cuttlebug to cut them and didn't feel like getting everything out again. I just ordered an adhesive eraser, so perhaps I can fix it!

Thanks for visiting,

~ Laura 

Two Christmas Tags

I'm jumping to May's Day 3 inspiration because it fit what I wanted to play with this evening. :) I don't have metallic stains yet, so I used Broken China & Picket Fence on the first tag, followed by Perfect Pearls mist. The images -- from Papertrey Ink, Prima, Doodlebug, and Tim Holtz -- are stamped with Cobalt archival ink. 

On the second tag, I used Peeled Paint and Picket Fence distress stains followed by a good spritzing with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls and stamped the images with the green ink from the summer distress set (it's called something like Freshly Cut Lawn -- too lazy to get it out again!) The images on this one are all Tim Holtz/Stamper's Anonymous.


Thanks for visiting!

~ Laura

12 Tags of 2012: November

Tim Holtz's tag and tutorial are here -- check it out!