Life Moments
Happy Saturday bloggers!! Today we are so excited to have Tammy Tutterow on the blog with a beautiful fall themed tag created with all kinds of fun Tim Holtz products!! The details and colors on this project are amazing! Enjoy!
I love how September brings such change when the heat of summer gives way to the crispness of fall air. I spent the first day of fall this year with the windows open in my studio enjoying the fresh cool air. As I reached for my supplies, I found myself picking up things with fall in mind. I decided to create a tag that celebrated the season and the time when the trees in my yard are full of a mix of the leaves of summer and fall.To create my tag, I first misted Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress Stains (I keep a mister bottle of each color for misting) onto a #8 manila tag. I misted the tag with water to blend the colors. After drying, I used an ink blending tool to apply Scattered Straw and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks to the edges of the tag. I embossed the tag with the Tim Holtz Woodgrain Texture Fade. After embossing, I lightly stamped the raised areas of the tag with my favorite script stamp, Hero Arts Old Letter Writing using Jet Black Archival Ink.
To embellish the tag, I stamped the Tim Holtz BluePrint leaf from the new Framelits stamp and die set onto vellum using Jet Black Archival Ink. I colored the leaves with Distress Ink Markers, blending the colors with a water brush. After drying the vellum, I die cut the leaves using the matching Framelits die. I brushed the die cut leaves with Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Distress Crack Paint. While the paint was still wet, I sprinkled a small pinch of Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Distress Stickles Glitter onto it to add a bit of sparkle.
To embellish the tag, I adhered the leaves along with a few small twigs from my yard to the front of the tag. I dyed a piece of Crinkle Ribbon to match the tag and tied it around the top of the tag. I stamped and die cut a label from a piece of manila from my scrap bin. The piece was a project fail on the front, but was super cool looking on the back. I thought using it for a label would add a touch of fun color. I added the sentiment to the label and adhered it to the front of the tag. I off set the text a little so that I could wrap a bit of the label around to the back of the tag. I added a couple of Tiny Attacher Staples to the ends of the label.I love how the finished tag turned out. I think it captured just what I love about the start of fall. Isn’t it fun how we can capture that type of feeling and memory with simple supplies like paper, stamp, and inks?
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A really stunning tag – love all the texture!
Beautiful autumn tag! x
Great fall tag !!!
Really cool techniques! Gotta try to make those vellum leaves.
I love the texture you achieved on your leaves. I need to give this technique a try!
WOW! Job well done!! Love this & I even have
everything you used right now! I can dig in right away
& play!!
Thank you again for sparking the fire under me!!
What a gorgeous tag! Thanks to Tammy for sharing a great how-to…love the vellum leaves. And twigs from her yard…perfectly personal!
So lovely-think I will take a break from Halloween and make one later today. Want to ry all Tammy’s fascinating techniques!
Wow, the colouring on this project is fabulous!
WOW what an awesome project Tammy, and I actually also have all I need to go and try, so better get on and do so, while I can still remember all you said he he he.
Have a wonderful week-end everyone and lots of great fun with this.
Wow! this is stunning – I love the leaves – so realistic!
Love the woodgrain embossing and the leaves.
As usual Tammy you have produced a really inspiring tag with loads of texture. Love It!
As if I can touch it, looks absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
xx Irene
Love the woodgrain background of this tag!
Oh,so beautiful! Love the technique and the great colors you got!
Tammy, I think this might be the most wonderful use of vellum I have ever seen. Those leaves are stunning.
Great Fall-Tag… TFS your idea.
CU hellerlittle
Love those crispy translucent leaves. Tammy does it again! Hugs, Jenny x
Those leaves are amazing! I follow via email!!!
I love this tag, is fantastic!!!
Love your tag Tammy. It turned out great. The leaves are wonderful.
I love her tag. It’s very beautiful.
wow—-amazing!
Gorgeous tag. Love the leaves.
I have to try this, I love the way the leaves turned out.
Great project! I am loving the Tim Holtz distress inks more and more! Thanks for letting us know you used a “project fail” scrap too ~ I’m sure we all have a ton of them that we could use a little inspiration for :)
This is fabulous – what a great way to create the leaf! I will definitely be trying this! I don’t use my vellum enough. Thanks for the savings coupon too – I may have to go shopping!
Gorgeous tag. The leaves look realistic and crunchy! Thanks for all the great ideas.
The woodgrain is fabulous on the tag!!
This tag has amazing colors, texture and dimension. It’s a real work of art!
The colors all blended. So beautifully
What pretty fall leaves!
I always love Tammy’s projects. She is amazing and this tag is beautiful!
What an awesome tag! I love the way the leaves shimmer and look so life-like.
Yeah love this autumn-style! :D
WOW!!!Awesome tag!!!Thanks for sharing!!!!
GORGEOUS!!Love those leaves!
What a beautiful tag! I love fall and these colors capture it perfectly!
Beautiful fall tag!
Gorgeous–I like the colors and texture.
I love how there are so many textures :) awesome tag :)
Beautiful! I’m an email subscriber
That is REALLY amazing!!!
Gorgeous tag! Amazing colors & texture.
Another beautiful tag by Tammy, I have followed her blog for a long time, she is such an inspiration with all of her wonderful designs.
Vellum leaves look terrific.
A Gorgeous Tag!!! ~God bless~
super duper tag! The colours are perfect for the season-got to try this. Wonderful bonus with the coupon thanks so much sss.
Beautiful! TFS