Since the months go by so quickly, right after Halloween I decided to get a jump on November’s Tim Holtz Tag of 2012. Of course, days and weeks being what they are, it’s now November 15th already, the middle of the month,…
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…
Well, there hasn’t been much new happening on my workdesk in the past several weeks. It seems to be a common phenomenon that many of us creative folk have the occasional slump. I think my end-of-summer slump was exacerbated by, well… certain changes, …
The August 2012 Tim Holtz tag is a fun one, with some great techniques. It has a nice, classy look and a very vintage feel. The first step is to stamp a Tag with a frame using Clear Embossing Ink and then heat emboss with Super…
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…
Tim’s May tag of 2012 with its sewing room theme was right up my alley. In fact, the only supplies I didn’t already own were the little Hanger Clips. Aren’t they the cutest things? I happened to make this tag on my 46th…
This is a fun, if rather tedious, technique Tim Holtz showed in his March tag of 2012. (Click on any pic to see a larger version.) The first step is to cut up all those little bits of paper. Think they’re small…
Today’s mess is brought to you via inspiration from Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas – Day 10. (You can click on the photo to see it larger… if you dare.) Those of you who have been following my blog know I am…
I am determined to get through the rest of Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas by the end of this month. Last night I sat down with all the supplies to make the day 6 tag. I wasn’t really loving the way…
Now that my quilting group has exchanged gifts, I can finally show you these: Aren’t they adorable? They’re simply battery operated votive candles wrapped with the little houses from the Townscape Die. If it looks familiar to you, that’s because I just…