Friday, December 2, 2011

Tim's Tag, Day 2 - No Excuses!

Today, I had to do my Day 2 tag fairly quickly. I had plans to meet friends for lunch and have a little Vagabond party afterwards. What? You've never heard of a Vagabond party? It's where you lug your Vagabond and dies to your friend's house and everyone cuts their little hearts out. Wait...that doesn't sound right....

Anyway, I wanted to get this done because I knew I would end up being there all day, yakking away (we had a great time!), and wouldn't want to do it when I got home. I really loved the look of Tim's tag and didn't want to stray too far from the original. Of course, it wouldn't be fun without a few improvisations!

First up was the deer. Now, I have seen more than a few people rending their garments, wailing that their heart done sunk when they saw that Tim used stuff they didn't have. I say, hush your mouth! For some reason I always forget to buy Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas. So, I didn't have any for today's tag. Did I weep? No! I grabbed some unbleached muslin, Grungeboard, and my trusty Xyron.

I adhered the muslin to the Grungeboard, cut it with my Mini Reindeer die, inked it with Brushed Corduroy Distress ink and, boom. Faked-up canvas.

Now, I do have some of the Idea-ology Kraft Resist paper, but it isn't the Christmas-themed one. Of course, you could use that, or you could use kraft cardstock, but what if you have none of that? Well, I'll bet you have a paper sack! I cut a piece and glued it to a chipboard tag that I cut with my Sizzix Tag and Bookplates die.

To create my own resist, I stamped the music background from Artistic Outpost's Ephemeral Backgrounds collection, then I inked up the word 'Christmas' on the background stamp from Tim Holtz's Seasonal Silhouettes stamp collection with Distress embossing ink and stamped it along the edge. I also stamped snowflakes from Artistic Outpost's Snowy Woods stamp set and embossed both images with Ranger clear embossing powder.

After the stamping, I pretty much did the background as Tim showed. I didn't have the Perfect Pearls mist, so I dabbed a puddle of Picket Fence Distress Stain on my craft mat, spritzed it with some homemade Perfect Pearls mist, and then flicked it all over the card. For my border, I used a strip from the Sizzix Vintage Lace die. What's great it that it already has perfectly lined up holes - no measuring! Oh, and that little black thing around his neck is a rusty jingle bell I found at Hobby Lobby.

Make sure you take a minute and check out Inspiration Journal's 12 Days of Tags challenge - you could win a $25 gift certificate to the store! If you need any of the supplies I used, you can find them at Inspiration Emporium - they even have the Sizzix Mini Reindeer in stock, which I hear is VERY hard to find right now! Make sure you use my coupon code - stamptramp - to save 10% off your purchase. Heck, while you're there, get yourself a Vagabond too. You can have great parties with it! :-)

Have a great weekend....get inky!

18 comments:

  1. I wanna come to the party...I have dies!!! Fantastic provisionals!!! You are too crafty.

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  2. I hope your friends will make some tags, too, now that they have things cut out with your dies. Thanks for sharing this tag.

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  3. oooh! a Vagabond party?! sounds like my kinda party ;) Love your version of the tag!

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  4. I guess great minds DO think alike lol! Love your tag and it's special Shelly touches :-)

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  5. Earlier this fall, I resisted buying the reindeer die...of course! Love your explanation of your latest McGyver activities. ;-) Beautiful tag, Shelly.

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  6. Shelly! your tag is great! And may i say that your trick of using muslin, putting it through your Xyron, that trick is fabulous! You gave me the idea of doing that with other fabrics! Thanks!

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  7. OOOh! Another fabulous tag!
    Love the idea of the muslin/xyron :)
    You are so creative. Thanks for sharing the tips.

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  8. Great impro Shelly! Your tag is gorgeous! I see you used the vintage lace die too! x

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  9. love your work and your sensibility.

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  10. Fabulous tags and great improvisations.

    Marilyn

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  11. Thanks for sharing how you improvise, Shelly. It's really inspiring in itself!

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  12. Thanks for sharing these wonderful techniques. I'll be going to Tim's blog and then heading back here each day. I'm a technique junkie and appreciate your skills and techniques. I'm a new follower. ~ Blessings

    http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

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  13. Gorgeous! I think I am going to use yours as example!! LOL

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  14. Beautiful tag. Have a great party. Enjoy the weekend, Annette x

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  15. Shelly - I'm lovin' what you're doing here with Tim's Tags - No Excuses!

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  16. Such a beautiful tag, your reindeer looks wonderful.

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