Phew, got Tim Holtz’s tag for April 2013 done just in time! Here’s how my desk looked whilst in progress. I probably should have put away all the polymer clay stuff, but we all know how to work in that remaining 12…
I love it when Joann’s (or any other craft store) sends out coupons that are good on regular AND sale priced items. That’s when I pick up lots of the little things that it seems silly to bother with a 40 or…
When I saw Tim’s tag for March 2013, I immediately knew what I wanted to do and which products from my stash I could use. How lovely to have enough stash that the only thing I had to buy was the 5″x7″…
Happy New Year to all my wonderful readers, commenters (and purchasers from my Etsy shops.) Your continued encouragement keeps me going! Thank you all so much. One wonderful thing about having a blog is being able to look back and do a year in review….
Tim’s decision to set aside the 12 Tags of Christmas in favor of doing a tag every month was a good one. I’ve really appreciated having a whole month to get to each project. Some months that was almost not enough time!…
Tim’s tag for September shows a great technique for making the look of riveted old metal. It seemed just the right look for a masculine birthday card. When Tim first started doing videos, he used Nashua Foil Tape. Since I still have the better…
Tim’s tag for July uses a fun technique involving alcohol ink and canned air. (Check out the link for a video with the details.) His tag was patriotic, but I decided to make a few birthday cards for guys instead. After making…
Yesterday being my 25th anniversary, here’s a pic of a tag I made a few weeks ago using a photo from our wedding. Such kids we were! Times and finances being what they are, we aren’t doing much anything by way of celebration,…
This weeks’ mess desk finds me in the middle of making some birthday cards. The free Pink Paislee papers and chipboard accents in the May issue of Cardmaking & Papercraft were why I bought the magazine. The papers are all very pretty…
Just yesterday I realized I hadn’t done Tim’s April tag of 2012. I usually don’t make tags, but use the techniques as a jumping off place for my own card or scrapbook page. Being limited on time and focusing my crafty energy…
