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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