Laughter, Inspiration and Dreams

Lots of fun stenciling and embossing going on here with a wonderful chalkboard sentiment from the Chalkboard Wisdom plate.  Chalkboard style is so popular right now and this plate has so many great chalkboard style sentiments to choose from.

This is also my take on Tim Holtz's February tag.  I never copy what he does, but rather use the techniques and most of the products to create my own design.   I have to confess though, I did not use the Frosted Crystal EP to create my chalkboard as Tim did.  I tried.  I waited to get it back in stock at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  And I tried several times but I thought it looked too chalky so I went back to the way I've always done my chalkboard style - I used white craft ink.  But when the ink was dry, I did rub some chalk dust over it with my finger.

I made this pretty tag with several left overs from a previous project this week.  I started with pink and green distress stains blotting up left overs with a tag that I had set aside for later use.  Then I stenciled on Worn Lipstick distress ink with the Tim Holtz Dot Fade stencil and clear embossed it.  Next I stenciled the leaves with a Dyan Reaveley stencil with Mowed Lawn distress ink and clear embossed it.

I love the way the pink embossing which was put on first, came up through the green embossing - very cool look!

The flower was left over from my handmade flower project earlier this year.  It was made with the Jumbo Tattered Florals XL die.  It was a little too big for the card I made for that project, but it worked perfectly on this tag.  The sentiment was stamped with white craft ink and when dry I smeared a little chalk dust over it to make it look more realistic.  It was finished off with glittered On the Edge butterflies.

QUICK UPDATE:  Marci asked about the leaves - they were cut with the Tattered Flowers die and stenciled with Mowed Lawn DI with the Dot Fade stencil and then clear embossed. 

Thanks for taking time out of your weekend to stop by!


All of these products used on this tag are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Tim Holtz/Ranger and most other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Worn Lipstick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Worn Lipstick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Spun Sugar
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Pine Needles	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn	Dyan Reaveley′s Dylusions Stencil - Leaf Flourish (5x8)	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Dot Fade
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterflight Die	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Melissa Frances Cream Pearl Embellishments
Artistic Outpost Chalkboard Wisdom Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Jumbo Tattered Florals Bigz XL	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Linen Ribbon