December Tag of 2013

Hello Everyone,

Thank you so much for the lovely comments on my recent posts and for taking the time to pay a visit this very busy time of year.

I have for you today my December Tag as led by the one and only Mr Tim Holtz as shown HERE

 The background was first given a coat of Frayed Burlap distress ink all over the tag.  The Rays stencil was placed over it and Frayed Burlap inked through it. A distress tool was used on the edges and these were inked with Walnut Stain.

 I followed the technique pretty much as Tim did using the sparkle film over the Clearly for art and die-cutting it with the tattered Poinsettia Bigz die, Colouring them with Red Geranium and Fern Green archival and shaping when warm.  The only additional stage I did was to put the flowers into the Poinsettia Texture Fades folder and embossed them before colouring and shaping, You can just see the pattern on the close up photo below.  The centre was given a rub of treasure gold, and held together with a brad.  The white specks are flicks of Picket Fence DP.

 I did not have the sentiment that Tim used so I went with one from the simple sayings set.  The number 25 was covered in glossy accents and then sprinkled with Rock Candy distress glitter. One of my new additions to my stash is the Linen ribbon which I have used under the sentiment and pulled out slightly under the 25 and on the top of the tag just to throw in a bit more texture.

 

So there we are number 12 all done and dusted.  I am really pleased that I have managed to complete all 12 tags this year and look forward to see what Tim has in store for us in 2014.  I am sure I won't be on my own.

Hugs Mo x