Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wednesday Stamper/Tim's Tag - Day 10

After a week or so of not working on my tags, I decided I really wanted to finish them. So, today I chose to ignore everything I should be doing and just do what I wanted to do - very selfish, I know!

Ironically, this was not one of my favorite tags but, after working on it, I totally fell in love with it. I didn't have the snowman (plus, I'm just not a snowman girl), but I thought the Grungeboard bird would be a good substitute. Unfortunately, I had used the bird from my sheet, but I still had the sheet with the cutout of the bird. So, I traced it onto a piece of tag board and proceeded as Tim instructed.

I didn't have the washers that Tim used and I struggled to think of a substitute. I tried punching a disc out of metal and then punching another hole in it, but the size wasn't right. I thought and thought.....what did I have that would easily cut a disc that small??? You'll never guess what I used. Seriously. Try. Give up? I used the Gadget Gears die! The center of the top gear makes the perfect sized 'washer' blank. I used more of the metal my friend Ronnie gave me - I scuffed it a little and then lightly sponged it with black Stazon ink. I also sanded shiny silver brads and inked them to match.

When I first looked at Tim's tag, I thought he'd added snow to the bottom. It ended up that it was just for the picture, but I decided I NEEDED that snow on mine! I had some dollar store snow I'd bought ages ago (honestly, I think this is the same material as the fluffy stuff that probably costs 100 times more), so I squirted a bunch of Glossy Accents around the bottom and pressed it on. Loved it!

I made one more addition to my tag - I'd seen that the Wednesday Stamper theme was 'Snowflakes' and I was like, aha! That's exactly what this tag needs. After creating my background (by the way, I ended up cutting a white tag...I don't see how Tim gets the clear blues on a manila tag, mine always gets muddy!) I stamped a snowflake from Oxford Impressions using white acrylic paint. I think it gives it the perfect touch!

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21 comments:

  1. So adorable! I absolutely love the red scarf on this little guy. And the snow was a great choice. (I just mix flock and little glitter to substitute for Tim's fluffy stuff.)

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  2. Shelly,

    So glad to see you back on the boards. Your tag is adorable. Have a very Merry Christmas

    xox Kris

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  3. What a great idea to use the birdie! This is beautiful - glad you took a day to play!

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  4. Your tag is so amazing. Love the bird with red shawl and the whole design.

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  5. So nice that you got to play...Love your THoltz inspired tag Shelley!

    I do some of my best work when I should/could be doing something else ;) I always think it's my inner teenager rearing her head LOL

    Happy December
    oxo

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  6. Love this tag, Shelley, and I'm really lovin' these tags on the wood blocks, that is so cool! Gadget gears die for washers, hmmmm...that is a BRILLIANT idea, note to self.. lol!

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  7. love the tag & how u made the "washer" - great idea that I will have to remember & copy sometime when needed.
    ( ATT member)

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  8. Oh wow this is unbelievable.
    Wonderful Tag. Awesome.

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  9. I liked our scarfed bird here, Shelly! And it looks especially good against that block.

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  10. Great tag, love how you have used the bird and the added scarf is gorgeous and well done on the improvisation for the washers. Tracy Evans x x

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  11. Great tag, Shelly! LOVE how you improvise as not everyone has all the supplies Tim uses!

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  12. Your tag is just wonderful, love it

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  13. it turned out perfect! clever substitutes, as the gear holes!

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  14. very nice! the tag is really beautiful...

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  15. lovely tag, the snowflakes add indeed the perfect finishing (wintery) touch

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  16. Birdy looks so sweet with a scarf, why didn't i think of that lol, another beautiful tag block x

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