Tim’s Tags Christmasfied!
Happy Friday everyone!! It’s Shari here with something special. Last month Heidi and I had the opportunity to visit Tim Holtz and Mario Rossi in Prescott AZ where we played in Tim’s studio. There was lots of laughter, Christmas music, 3:00pm coffees and amazingly enough… creating!
We decided to do a spin on Tim’s 12 tags for 2015 where each of us used a tag as inspiration and Christmasfied them! We were each working away on our own versions so I didn’t have a chance to see exactly what everyone was using, but will do my best to explain.
Tim chose to use the February tag for his inspiration. He started by using the Festive Ephemera pack as the base by gluing them down randomly. He used a Black Soot marker to outline the ephemera and smudged it with his finger. Picket Fence Distress paint was used to distress areas of the tag. From there he die cut a heart from this really cool vintage felt and sewed it in place using various stitches over an Industrious sticker frame. Then he used some Idea-ology pieces and stained Crinkle ribbon to finish it off.
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Heidi used the March tag for her inspiration where she changed out the butterfly and used a Christmas tree image. She started out covering areas of her tag with music tissue tape and used the marbling technique use bright Distress paints. The next step was to stamp the tree using black Archival ink. She stamped and cut a mask of the tree and set in in place. From there she used the Christmas stencil with Texture paste. Before the paste was dry, she used Platinum embossing powder and heated it with a craft tool. Once she removed the mask, she used stars and word band to finish it up.
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I took inspiration from the November tag and switched out the pumpkin for a poinsettia. I used the Linen stamp with Picket Fence Distress paint for the background. Once the paint dried I used Walnut Stain and Evergreen Bough Distress stains. My favorite technique for this tag was using silver foil on areas where I had applied strokes of a glue stick. I stamped and colored the Poinsettia on Watercolor paper, the used Distress Markers as my paint. I die cut Tidings from cork and used tiny brads to affix it on place.
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This is such a fun idea! I may have to try this myself… At Christmas, I never have enough great tags!!
Love the tags. Such a great idea.
I am digging that background stamp.
All are eye candies!! Beautiful beautiful work!
Like the Christmas versions of the TH Tags. Wonderful to change things up. I’m inspired to give the changes a try.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
These are all amazing, and filled with inspiration! Sounds like such a fun day!!!
Wow!!! Great tags! ;-)
I love tags and especially unique ones with lots of little details. Beautiful! x
What fun! I must try the foil sheets. Very intriguing. Thank you for the inspiration.
How much fun are these!?!?!?!
Oh my yummy goodness. You lucky gals going to play with Tim and Mario. Wowzers! I must say all the tags you created are so neat. I love them…so vintage and grungy. That’s the look I love. I just think that one can’t make a mistake in creating like this. Art is ones interpretation of well…art. Gorgeous work. I wish Tim would open a workshop for us all to attend. Tim???
I love making tags….why didn’t I think of this before! Brilliant!
love the tags and ideas!!
I love this post. I love seeing a follow up of what you guys made on your adventure to Tim’s house. It’s great seeing a project transformed into the Christmas version and seeing how you each came up with your own take on the project too. Thanks for sharing your fun with us.
Stunning creations! The deep, rich colors are GORGEOUS!!! Love the stitching on the heart :)
Fascinating !
Wowza on all the tags! Beautiful work & so creative. LOVE!!!
BEAUTIFUL tags!!!
What eye catching tags! Awesome.
What a fun post! I love your christmafied versions!
Love the tags – so beautiful!
Wow these cards are stunning!!!!
gorgeous tags.
Oh wow – LOVED LOVED LOVED seeing these. Sooooooo gorgeous. All of them. Really fun to see how you changed them all. I did all of the tags this year so this post totally made me smile… thanks so much for sharing. Happy Christmas. j.
Wow!!! These are Fantastic!!
Just super lovely – First time I entered this year in the challenge – your tag is a amazing – a great job! TFS
I have follow Tim’s blog for years and you can always count on him for such wonderful inspiration.
Amazing tags! I just couldn’t pick a FAVE as they are all awesome! Would LOVE to see Tim’s Studio. Bet it was a blast.
Thanks for sharing with us!
I loved Tim’s tags the first go-round, Shari, but yours are simply wonderful!
What a great idea! Love seeing new ideas coming from former projects. Great job everyone!
fabulous tags very creative :)
Love the tags, very subtle changes.
I make all of my tags so I’m always happy when sites feature tag-making.
thanks
these are great.
Looks like great fun! Love all the tags!
What a great idea and I love to see two or more versions of same idea. Looks like you had fun.
Beautiful tags! I have a bit of Tim Holtz stuff I haven’t even played with yet. This inspires me.
Love all of these tags and the different interpretations!!
Great ideas! So much inspiration here, beautiful tags. Michelle t
Fabulous tags! I love the original versions and even more the “Christmasfied” ones! TFS
Ahh, I can smell the creativity from here! Great tags.
Loved seeing all the beautiful tags, so inspiring!
Such fabulous inspiration.
Each of you did an amazing job of transforming the original ideas. Thanks so much for a great creative idea. Take a previous project that is gorgeous and change it’s theme.
These are fabulous! Love the vintage look and all the wonderful details!
So full of details, great!
Amazing tags..love them all!
super fun idea.
FINALLY we get to see the tags you made! I watched on Periscope. What fun! Wish I could have been with you.
LOVE these tags! Definitely Christmasfied!! Looks like you had a lot of fun with these.
Love the “christmasfied” tags–gorgeous!! So jealous that you got to play in Tim’s studio, how awesome would that be!
LOVE these tags! Thanks for the inspiration.