This is the last tag for 2015 from Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags series… and naturally, I don’t have most of the items he used. So I improvised, again!
First of all, I don’t have those punches, and I wasn’t really inclined to use festive greenly dies to improvise because those dies don’t always work for me. So I made my wreath using stamps (Two greenery stamps and one berry stamp, as well as a bird),four colors of green inks and one of red. on white card and then fussy cut it...
First of all, I don’t have those punches, and I wasn’t really inclined to use festive greenly dies to improvise because those dies don’t always work for me. So I made my wreath using stamps (Two greenery stamps and one berry stamp, as well as a bird),four colors of green inks and one of red. on white card and then fussy cut it...
I added some Glossy Accents to the bird to make him (it is a cardinal and male cardinals are red, after all) stand out a little.
More Glossy Accents and some red seed beads on the wreath.
Next, I prepared a textured surface (burlap) as described in Tim’s step-by-step,
and used “Festive Berries” spray stain and the layering stencil “Flourish” (THS032).
After adhering the burlap to my tag, I tried stitching and it worked, sort of— but you can’t see it easily on the final tag because the red thread I had in the machine blended in with the burlap. It was so invisible that I switched to a dark green thread but my needle ended up totally stuck in the tag, due to tension issues and issues with the adhesive on the back of the burlap. I had to take the machine apart (foot, needle, bobbin, etc.) and clean the bobbin case before I could free the needle from the tag! Oh well, I tried!
Next came assembly. I made a bow for the top of the tag using two kinds of red ribbon. I then popped the wreath up on foam squares just below the bow. Next, I cut some chat stickers into flags and attached them below the wreath. Finally, I used Glossy Accents to attach a holly button to the tag (and coated the button with the Glossy Accents to create more shine).
Next came assembly. I made a bow for the top of the tag using two kinds of red ribbon. I then popped the wreath up on foam squares just below the bow. Next, I cut some chat stickers into flags and attached them below the wreath. Finally, I used Glossy Accents to attach a holly button to the tag (and coated the button with the Glossy Accents to create more shine).
Products used in making this tag were:
- Stamps: Rubber Stamp Tapestry “Cardinal Resting in Holly” (SLF18007) and “Summer’s Gold” (STL 34064) sets
- Inks: Archival “Fern Green”, “Leaf Green”, “Vermilion”; Distress Ink “”Forest Moss”, “Cracked Pistachio”, “Peeled Paint”; Distress Spray Stain “Festive Berries”
- Papers: Paper reflections medium white tag, Textured Surfaces, scrap white card stock
- Embelllishments: Bead treasures #15 seed beads “Red”; Ribbons Affray “Spool O’ Ribbon” (CA07795) and “Dancer” (C250); Just Another Button Company #5022; Idea-ology “Big Chat” Stickers (TH93192)
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