Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015- August

For this months tag I chose to pay tribute to my all time favorite artist Salvador Dali. His work inspires and amazes me.

Using Tim's Adventure words Sizzix thinlits dies, I chose the words and cut them out of #8 Tag. I saved the punched out letters to use for other projects. I adhered this to the background using Multi Medium Matte and removed the excess with a paper towel.

Dali's works show many recurrences that reference things one of these is the moth and so I chose to use this paper as my background. It is from TH Wallflower paper.

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 August

After applying white gesso to the tag and quickly wiping off the excess with a paper towel, I used the above Distress inks directly on tag and then applied multi medium matte blending the colors to create this cool background!

I took letters from those punched out above to spell his name and applied Black Soot Distress Paint, and applied with multi medium matte on front and back. I did not have the stamp Tim used so I chose a french lettering background stamp from Wendy Vecchi. I adhered various ephemera that played to Dali such as Paris and New York being places he lived and worked. Using Black Soot Distress marker I drew a heavy line over the dried multi medium matte and rubbed around with my fingers to create the shadowing effect.

 I added a cut out signature Dali melted clock that was first adhered to heavy card stock the same way the photo was treated. I then used used distress ink in Tarnished Brass to splatter here and there.

I added the quote using small talk stickers. I thought these words were very Dali. I used Distress paint in black soot with my fingers rubbing around all outside edges to create that grungy look.

I then finished my tag with a rose embellishment painted with Barn Door Distress Paint to symbolize another of my fave paintings of his "Meditative Rose". I really enjoyed doing this one and am happy with the results.

Mixed Media Mask

I am very excited to share this as my first piece as part of the Design Team for The Mirror Crack'd challenge blog. It is such an honor to be asked to join a team full of wonderfully inspiring, and talented individuals! I look forward to being a part of this team and sharing my creations.
The August challenge is "Masks" which can be either a  mask such as mine here or a traditional masking technique. However you would like to interpret it please head over to the blog and share your creations!

For this project I started with a cardboard mask found at my local craft store.I painted the entire thing with a coat of white gesso and let it dry. I cut the mask in two pieces in the shape I liked. I then began building up this side using stencils and texture paste. I used my hot glue gun to add real seashells and sand as well as some beads. Once I achieved the look I wanted I then started layering the "corroded" side with different acrylic paints in greens, blues and browns. I also used distress spray walnut stain and water, as well as Dylusions sprays in Dirty Martini,Poisoned Jade and Melted Chocolate colors. I allowed everything to dry completely (overnight). I apologize but I got carried away with this creation and forgot to take pics along the way!

I placed the two pieces back together slightly overlapping the "corroded" side on top of the blank to narrow and distort the face a bit. I painted the blank side in a copper acrylic and let it dry.

I applied an embossing medium through stencil and silver puff embossing powder to create the design on copper side. Using a detail paint brush I went back over the embossed areas that were misplaced with the same copper acrylic paint. Once this was dry I adhered my jewels and pearls with glue, added a silver dragonfly and voila!

I really enjoyed creating this piece. I was inspired by undersea treasure hunters and all the beautiful things they find under years of sediment from the sea.

I hope you enjoyed this creation and that it has inspired you to head over to the Mirror Crack'd and check out what the amazing Design Team has created and encourages you to submit your own creation!

For the August "Masks" challenge We are thrilled to be sponsored by

WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTION

With a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line.

 

Woodware are a Yorkshire based family owned business, as well as distributing Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous Stamps we have a wonderful range of stamps designed for us by Francoise Read and Jane Gill. We also scour the world for new and innovative products for the crafty card maker, and have a great range of punches and tools of the trade, to find stockists in your area or to see the range visit the websitewww.woodware.co.uk.http://www.woodware.co.uk/



I am also entering this project in the Anything But Cute challenge this month.

I would also like to enter my project in the following:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit : Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics: Anything Goes

Fanciful Fairy Tag

I have been busy lately experimenting with my newest passion of mixed media! I am having a blast seeing these projects come together and want to share!

For this  tag I used several techniques and several mediums.

The Background: Tim Holtz tissue tape I used for a resist technique and then applied several colors of his distress stains to my craft sheet. I then swiped my tag through the colors slowly and dried with heat tool. The Fairy was stamped with black Staz-on ink and then heat embossed with glossy black embossing powder. I then applied embossing paste through a stencil and sprinkled with silver embossing powder to get that puffed up look. added some embellishments from stash and a triple bow and voila!

I would like to enter this tag in the frillie and Funky blog challenge "Things with Wings"

Wings of Love Pop up card

For Frillie and Funky challenge: "Things With Wings"

 I just love making these!!

Summer...........

Summer Beach Escapes Tag

I had a lot of fun making this tag with all the layers of inks and embossing. I also used real netting over my shells for that added beachy feel.

I would like to enter this tag into the anything but cute challenge-Summer Romance

Also entered 

Altered Surfaces CC3 challenge #33

So sad that we have come near the end of the CC3 challenges! #33 is Altered Surfaces as seen on page 45 of your copy of Compendium of Curiosities 3. Although I cannot disclose the technique used, I can tell you that my altered surfaces are dominoes! I also used the technique on my alpha parts word "ART".

I used a variety of distress paints, Tim's Tissue, canvas, Mod Podge and some other great stash items to create this piece!

I adhered Tim's Idea-ology Postale tissue wrap to my canvas in torn segments using a brush and matte finish Mod-Podge.
I adhered my altered dominoes with glue and then made my own hangars out of copper wire and hung my cute  embellishments!

I absolutely loved this technique and know I will find myself using it again! I also have a new love for altering dominoes!!
Challenge Details:
As always, they will select a “Curiosity Crew’s Choice” winner who will receive an awesome assortment of Tim’s products, courtesy of Tim himself and Mario Rossi, his Logistic Director and everyone’s favorite “Behind the Scenes” social media rockstar To be eligible to win this special prize, you must visit each of our team members’ blogs and leave a comment there. You can easily access their blogs by clicking on their project photos (your comment on this post counts as your comment on my blog).
This months sponsor is:

Sponsored by Inspiration Emporium! The wonderful Joy and her family at Inspiration Emporiumsponsor all our odd-numbered challenges, and they’re back with another fantastic FIFTY DOLLAR SHOPPING SPREE for one lucky CC3C entrant! To be eligible to win, simply link your project here and include a link to INSPIRATION EMPORIUM in your blog post. And, if you’re ready to shop right now, you’re welcome to use the coupon code STUDIOL3 for a 10% discount on your order.http://lindaledbetter.com/2015/07/compendium-of-curiosities-3-challenge-33.html

Christmas in July!

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2015 --- July
Although I do love the fourth of July My favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas. I chose to take a Christmas in July approach to this month's tag and here is my result!