My take on Tim's tag for May 2016

Well better late than never, I'm late, I'm late for a very important date...well very nearly .... I have had this tag made for a few days and not found the time to blog it ...so as always this tag is inspired by the crafty master that is Tim Holtz and all the details for his gorgeous tag can be found here....

I have really gone off piste for this one , but as always it has been inspired by Tim's tag for this month and all the details for his tag can be found here .... and here is mine :

I have gone very much away from the colour scheme and gone for a more masculine feel ...my favourite brown tones and plenty of embellishments...along with some trusty rusty wire ...

I know I have gone far away from the original but I loved playing and had fun making my tag ....

and phew by the skin of my teeth I am adding this to Tim's tags for 2016 .x

I am adding my Tim inspired tag here ... thanks again to Tim and Mario for continued inspiration ..x

keep those fingers inky xx

trace x

My belated Tim's tag for February 2016

Well , here I am again ...and this time playing catch up...with my take on Tim's tag for February ..which obviously I cannot link up...but nevertheless I wanted to have a play and make this one too...

So here is the link for Tim's tag and below is my take on his .. I have used many of the techniques but changed mine a bit ..but the idea is to be creative and inspired....

I created a more neutral background , which will come as no shock to regular visitors here ... and then added some collaged flowers from the wallflower paper stack , which I fussy cut .

I added seam binding , dyed with soft tones of one of my favourites , tattered rose.

I used the words, with brave wings , she flies ...which felt pretty apt for me ...

and added the heart charm with the word hope in, adding to these gorgeous arrows using rusty wire.

I added a couple of tiny butterflies , also fussy cut and coloured with distress markers.

one final close up of the background....

So better late than never , I guess...but none the less I loved playing along ....

keep those fingers inky 

Trace x

My take on Tim's tag for April 2016 - I'm happiest when I am with you

Well I had most of this tag done fairly early and then Easter holidays and the finishing bits just didn't seem to happen...but there done now..

I have to say , despite loving the mosaic effect, the kit had sat new and unloved , until now...so I am pleased to be spurred on to open it and play... I have followed the techniques from the master himself, but have changed some elements...

So without further ado here is my take and Tim's can be found here :

I chose coordinating papers for the heart in soft neutrals and a hint of blue/grey...

I added some twists of rusty wire ...just love the stuff, some co-ordinating seam binding and some personal touches ....the sentiment reads I'm happiest when I am with you and I added the number 20 for the date I married my wonderful husband... I know how soppy ...but all my pieces seem to be having words , a word or some personal,message at the moment...

I added little staple kisses...and have to say I loved the background technique for this one....I had to adapt slightly as my brayer seems to be in a VERY safe place, you know so safe , even I couldn't find it!

So I will be adding this to Tim's tags link up and hope to be back really soon with something else...you never know!

thanks to everyone , who is popping by despite my sporadic posts and comments....I appreciate it so much x

keep those fingers inky!

trace  x

My take on Tim's tag for March 2016

Well , just , by the skin of my teeth...I am sharing my Tim's tag for March 2016... for those of you that are wondering where mt February one went...well February went...and I have just made the tag , so will share that another day..

So all the details of Tim's remix tags can be found here...and so here is my make for this month...I have pretty much followed his lead, changing the colours to a softer palette...

sorry the light wasn't great when I took these ...but better late than never ...

I used the distress crayons to create softer colours..and some tattered rose dyed seam binding....adding some little punched butterflies , using small Tim Holtz punch .

I also used the same seam binding to add the new word plaque, which I added colour too using paint to match my colour palette.

and one more for luck!

well that's all for today , but I hope to be back soon with my take on Februarys tag...late but at least not never!

i will be adding my tag to all the other gorgeous creations here.

keep those fingers inky ...

and those hearts full x

trace x

My take on Tim's Tag for January 2016

Well there is  just time for me to add my take on Tim's tag for January 2016, where he is revisiting some of his previous tags and techniques.... I never fail to be inspired to get inky ... I have followed his lead but played around with some of the elements to create my own tag inspired by his version... So for all Tim's wonderful details...click here .... and without further ado ..here is my take, inspired by Tim's..

So I decided to play with a layered smaller tag on a larger tag for this one...and created the background for the large tag using the chalkboard inspired technique but using a stencil instead of a stamp...

Then I added my size #8 tag ,, using industrial metal piece of the tag...and layered onto my base tag..

Some chalkboard style stamped embellishments...and well wouldn't be me if some idea-ology didn't find its way in here too.. a girl can never have enough idea-ology!

To complete the top , some seam binding dyed with pumice stone and the gorgeous hickory smoke...some mini staples in little kisses.. and yes more idea-ology ...

To make this wonderful gent stand out I edged with a smidge of black soot distress paint...

and a smidge more idea-ology ...

well hopefully I haven't forgotten too much of this blogging lark and hoping with a fair wind I may be back soon....
I will be linking my tag up to Tim's tags and do hope I will manage to do all 12 this year ... but who knows - I've made a start x