Linda Ledbetter of Studio L3 and her design team have posed Challenge 16 is all about using Layerings Stencils and heat embossing as shown on Page 50 of Compendium of Curiosities 3 (If you buy this book, you can see Tim Holtz's approach yourself.). This challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique, who, along with TIm Holtz and Mario Rossi, are offering prizes to winders of this challenge. But even if one doesn't win a prize, one wins anyway just by entering: using Tim Holtz's prompts and ideas is a way to unleash one's curiosity and creativity! I'm loving this series of challenges!
I started with a large tag and used the challenge technique on the right side with the holly bough stencil (THS 015), and sponged the tag with Fired Brick, Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks. On the left side, I used the Festive stencil (THS 029) and iced spruce to create an overall pattern. I then touched up the holy berries on the iced spruce with dots of Picket Fence Distress Marker (I really like how it gave those holly bunches some dimension). I then overstamped with a holly stamp from Tim's Mini Christmas Collection collection, using Indian Ink Black. Finally, I spritzed it with Tarnished Bronze Distress Spray. Darn it, I really really like this background and don't ant to cover it up even a little but... needs must!
I started with a large tag and used the challenge technique on the right side with the holly bough stencil (THS 015), and sponged the tag with Fired Brick, Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks. On the left side, I used the Festive stencil (THS 029) and iced spruce to create an overall pattern. I then touched up the holy berries on the iced spruce with dots of Picket Fence Distress Marker (I really like how it gave those holly bunches some dimension). I then overstamped with a holly stamp from Tim's Mini Christmas Collection collection, using Indian Ink Black. Finally, I spritzed it with Tarnished Bronze Distress Spray. Darn it, I really really like this background and don't ant to cover it up even a little but... needs must!
Next I played with creating some embellishments, all holly related. First I used a chipboard frame, covered it with white cardstock and embossed three times with Versamark and clear embossing powder to give it some "presence". After sponging on some Fired Brick distress ink to tone down the white, I added a star sticker from K & Co. I then drop-shadow matted it with red cardstock. Behind the frame is a piece of patterned paper from a Christmas "stack"to which I added added another sticker from K & Co's Grand Illusions Stickers...
I downloaded a thumbnail of sheet music for the carol "The Holly and the Ivy", mounted it to cardstock and antiqued it with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress inks. After curling the top left corner around a pencil, I mounted it to my background tag and began layering various cardstock colors (four shades of green) of dies cut form the "Festive Greenery" die which were then spritzed with Peeled Paint and Tarnished Brass distress sprays. The frame was glued over that.
Because the greenery and the frame all appeared to be heavy in the bottom left corner of the tag, I used some Crystal Glaze to create a "spill" to lead the eye up and to the right. Red, green, white and gold Czech glass #11 seed beads were pressed into the sticky glaze to add some visual interest.
Two colors of green grosgrain ribbon were stung through the hole at the top of the tag and from the knot I hung an Idea-ology word disc. Then the entire tag was sprayed with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz (which doesn't really show up well in the photo but does add quite a sparkle overall)! So here is the final product - "The Holly and the Ivy":
Because the greenery and the frame all appeared to be heavy in the bottom left corner of the tag, I used some Crystal Glaze to create a "spill" to lead the eye up and to the right. Red, green, white and gold Czech glass #11 seed beads were pressed into the sticky glaze to add some visual interest.
Two colors of green grosgrain ribbon were stung through the hole at the top of the tag and from the knot I hung an Idea-ology word disc. Then the entire tag was sprayed with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz (which doesn't really show up well in the photo but does add quite a sparkle overall)! So here is the final product - "The Holly and the Ivy":
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