June Tim Tag

I can't even remember the last time I took time to play in Tim Holtz's monthly tag challenge.  I have to thank Alison over at Words and Pictures for lighting a fire under me.  I stopped by her blog earlier and saw what she had done for the June tag and loved it so much I was totally inspired to head into the craft room and start to play.  

I had to chuckle a little when I read about Tim's technique this month because I always do that when there is a lot of ink left on the stencil.  When I spritz it with water to clean it, I usually blot it onto a blank tag of piece of card stock so as not to waste the ink.  I just didn't name it as a technique - LOL! I totally laughed out loud too when he shared how to tie a three loop bow.  Most of us have been doing that for years - in fact, I did a little tutorial on my blog four years ago on how I tie them.  

One thing I will say is that I used Tim's distress watercolor card stock to do the technique and the results are much better than I get when I use a tag or a piece of regular CS to blot the ink off the stencil.  And the techique does make an excellent background for your tag or card.  

Before affixing the prepared watercolor CS, I also did the same technique on the top and bottom of the tag.  However, there I also sponged over with my distress inks to fill in the colors.  Because I used a jumbo tag, my distress watercolor CS didn't fit so nicely so after gluing it down, I did a little stamping along the top and bottom edge.  Because the layers weren't level, the stamping didn't turn out so good so I took a black marker and filled it in along the edge.  The right and left edges of the watercolor CS were cut with the Torn Notebook On the Edge die.  

The pear stamp was also stamped onto Distress Watercolor card stock with Jet Black archival ink and watercolored using distress inks and a water brush.  It was finished off with a rayon seam binding bow dyed according to Tim's blog and a couple of metal embellishments.  I really enjoyed this excuse to play this evening!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

The following products were used to create this tag and are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Tim Holtz/Ranger products are always 20% below MSRP.

50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Schoolhouse	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Bubble	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Pad - Ripe Persimmon
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Broken China	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Minis - Kit #8	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Minis - Kit #6	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Minis - Kit #5
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Minis - Bundle Kits 4, 5 & 6	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Minis - Bundle Kits 7, 8 & 9	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Classics 6
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Classics 1	Rayon Seam Binding	2 Piece Antiqued Bronze Dragonfly Charm	5 Piece Antiqued Bronze Tone Flower Pattern Bead Barrel	Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Reinker	Tim Holtz Idea-ology File Tabs