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.
Tim’s supplies
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.
Heidi’s Supplies
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.
Shari’s Supplies
Alright, now I guess I have to stop making Christmas cards and start making tags!!! These are stunning and people would probably keep these more often than my cute cards!!
HOW BEAUTIFUL! I need to do more tags! LOL JUST BEAUTIFUL!!! ;)
Your tags are breathtaking! I love them all! The colors and styles are so rich and vibrant! Thanks for the inspiration!
Very cool!!!!
Oh my gosh, these tags are simply amazing!!!
Shari, How cool you got to work in Tim’s studio. I love all three tags. Poinsettia are so perfect for this time of year. Excellent work all. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful tags!
Gorgeous tags! Thanks for sharing all that wonderful creativity!
Tags! Tis the season. Gorgeous inspiration!
Love these beautiful tags, the colors and all the texture and stitching is fabulous!
Fun and beautiful tags! ♥
Love all the Christmasfied tags Tim! Thanks for sharing!
I really have enjoyed the monthly tags. My favorite one is March with the beautiful butterfly.
How great must it be to be able to say ‘we played in Tim’s studio’. The tags are beautiful.
I love each of these! It was a lot of fun watching you on Periscope!
Wow, the texture and colors on these tags are amazing!
how fun! creating with the master . . .
Tim is so creative! His style is amazing ‘ thanks for sharing)
Love the Christmas themes tags!
What a cool idea – Christmasfying the original tags! Love the results!
I loved these tags. I used them as inspiration for a swap on Swap-Bot.com
Beautiful tags so creative
Wow, such amazing tags! I love all three and appreciate you showing your inspiration and then the completed tag.
Me thinks it’s time for me to go and “play” and create some tags myself after seeing these gorgeous examples!!
I like to make tags even big ones!
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Love the pumpkin and the poinsettia – and the coloring is beautiful!
These are so cool! Sometimes I have difficulty figuring out how to change things up so this helped. Plus I didn’t know I could foil w glue stick
I love the TH tags, these are great!
Beautiful tags.
Tags are always so fun to make and see ~ These are fabulous!
Fabulous tags! Loving all the designs, colors, everything!!
Awesome creations!
Fabulous tags! I just love Tim! Hugs, Robin
I love these! Every time I see Tim doing a demo it just amazes me at his creativity and how much he influences my own style and that of these lovely designers.
Tim always has so very cool vintage looking items.
Great tags. Wonderful interpretations of the original. Love it. ♥♥♥
Very nice tags! I like Tim holtz products, very nice, thanks for sharing
Gorgeous tags. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
All these tags are amazing, both original and Christmasfied.
Gorgeous remakes. Love them all!
Love everyone’s Christmas tags! So fun to see how the non-Christmas tags were used for inspiration!
Totally enjoyed this post!
Beautiful tags….love the images!!! Especially the pumpking! Amazing!!!
These are the greatest tags ever.
Tim’s tags are of course great inspiration — fun idea and beautiful festive tags!
It is fun to play along with Tim. These tags are so wonderful.
Wow! Love seeing your holiday takes on the tags. Really fabulous results.
Beautiful creations using Ranger products!:)
Wow what beautiful mix media tags!:)
Oh my, it’s super cool that you got to craft beside Tim Holtz!! Your tags are really pretty!:)