Today’s workdesk shows my happy wonderful mess of working on yet another Tim Holtz tag. June’s inspiration tag uses lots of supplies that I just happened to have. The only thing I bought was the Filmstrip Ribbon, but I’ve wanted to get that for awhile anyhow.
With my 25th wedding anniversary coming up next month, I thought this would be a great time to pull out a wedding photo, convert it to black & white and try colorizing it.
Here’s the photo before I colored it:
We were kinda cute, eh? That was nearly 25 years, and, ahem… a few pounds ago (for me anyhow, HE weighs the same, how unfair is that?)
********Update 6/27/12 1 p.m.***********
The tag is now complete, so below are better photos and a few close ups.
Tim actually showed photo tinting with Distress Inks way back in his DVD The Journey Continues. It’s a technique I’ve never tried, but it was a lot of fun and worked great. I didn’t have the pen nibs, but found a Dove Blender Pen did a fine job. Just make sure to clean it off well between colors.
Some supplies I used:
- Craft Scratcher to fray the edges of the ribbon (DO NOT do this on your craft sheet!)
- Word Bands – I love Tim’s idea of distressing these with white paint.
- Mini Numerals – These were a little too “chrome” for me, so I dabbed them with Silver Metallic Mixative
- Trinket Pins
- Trimmings – I love that these are white and can be colored to match whatever you want.
- Muse Tokens (I was so happy to find a “G” and an “S”!)
- Foliage – What a great idea to combine the leaves with a rose from the Trimmings. 🙂
- The photo was colorized with a Dove Blender Pen
with Mustard Seed
, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Inks
- The tag and trimmings were colored with Picket Fence Distress Stain, Wild Honey Distress Stain and Peeled Paint Distress Stain
- The heart is from the Adornments Charms set. I painted that one with white paint, too, then wiped off the excess leaving paint only in the crevices.
- The Page Corner was also distressed with white paint.
- The stamp on the lower right of the photo is from the Urban Grunge stamp set. The date was stamped with one of my favorite sets, Clear Stamp – Messy Dates.
- There’s also a little itty bitty bit of Sketchbook Tissue Tape
in the upper right corner, just cuz I had it.
- Oh, and the button paper behind the photo is from the Crowded Attic Paper Stash. Love these papers and have used them a TON.
- Btw, if you like to do tags, you can buy them in a bundle of 20: Ranger Manila Tags
. (Although it seems like it would easy enough to just grab some paper and make your own, it really is nice to just pull one out of the package and start playing.)
Are you wondering why I posted a photo of my messy desk? If so, they you need to get acquainted with What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday. It’s this fun blog hop that happens every Wednesday (hence, the name.) You just might find yourself inspired!
Happy creating. 🙂
Awwww, happy anniversary!! Look at those crazy happy kids! Yes, you are cute. (And I can see a lot of Josh in your hubby there.) Gorgeous golds and yellows in the tag. Looks like you had a lot of fun with that. Again, I like yours better than Tim’s example.
I usually like my tags better than Tim’s, too. I guess that’s as it should be, lol.
It’s hard to believe Josh is the same age now that Gary was in the photo.
First off, congrats on your 25 years of marriage! The tag you created is beautiful! I love the colored photo. dani31
Beautiful tag what did you color with?
Hi Lisa, I used a Dove Blender Pen with Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Inks to colorize the photo.
The tag and trimmings were colored with Picket Fence Distress Stain, Wild Honey Distress Stain and Peeled Paint Distress Stain.
congrats,love the photo of you too and its a super tag
happy blogging
kay #69
Congrats on your approaching anniversary! Love the tag and the colourised photo. Helen, 26
Ooh what a beautiful picture! You both look so happy. Love the tag, you’ve reminded me that I need to finish mine!
Happy WOYWW
Zoe #54
Hi Sandy took me a few scrolls up and down to find the comments bit! Love you Tim tag. Very pretty. I enjoyed this one as it was a fab technique great for using a personal photo with memories attached. You do make a cute couple! WOYWW Hugs from Helen 89
Hi Helen,
Sorry about the scrolling; that’s one thing that I need to change on this theme, the location and label of the comments link. Thanks for persevering! And thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Congrats on your forthcoming silver anniversary – beautiful photo and love the tag you’ve made using it. Love all the inkyness on your desk. Thanks for letting us have a peep into your workspace today. Hope you have a good week. Hazel, WOYWW #27 x
Hi there. Gorgeous tag there Sandee and happy anniversary. You are two years ahead of me and mine!!
LOVE that picture of you 2 from your wedding, ya’ll look so happy AND young, lol And no it’s not fair that men don’t gain weight like we do!! Your tag though is absolutely adorable!! waving the #49 from the hills of North Carolina 🙂
happy anniversary and congratulations! that is such a lovely photo of the two of you. so happy! the same weight? are you serious!? wow! and the tag you made is gorgeous, i just loved all the details. thanks for telling us how you made it. what a beauty! happy WOYWW!
thanks for sharing!
hugs,#23
peggy aplSEEDS
Hi Peggy,
Yup, HE is the same weight. Not me though, ah well. Thanks for stopping by!
Happy anniversary! Lovely picture and I love what you did with it! Amazing! Glenda 103