Tims tags December

Hello lovelies - thanks for your lovely feedback on my canvas yesterday - you are very kind! I have my first entry for Tims tag december to share with you today - I say first as there is another in progress in my head at least! In this version I have used all the the techniques used by Tim on his tag here. I did, however, forget the splattering bit.

I loved doing the burlap part of this tag using spray stain. 

This shows the tag more closely ...

I wish I had given more volume to the wreath.

I would like to enter this into the timholtz 12-tags-of-2015-december.

Have a good Thursday!

Hugs

Rachel x

Tim's tag November

Hello Lovelies! How are you doing? I hope you are managing in this weather - its been awful here - non-stop rain and we even had a flood in my village.


Its been shocking - I hope it gets better soon! The school playground was even under water! Imagine that!!!

So today I want to share with you my attempt at Tims tag this month - I've had two go's. The first one I made I didn't like the scale of things so I did another - here's Tims tag:



I really loved the techniques Tim used on his tag which you can find here. I had to improvise a bit but basically followed the techniques on both my tags.

Here's the second one I made:

I liked the result of this one - you can't see the background so well on this one - I used a script stamp instead of the hessian one that Tim used.

I do like the snowman blueprint that I decoupaged up.

He's a cutie pie!

Here#s the original tag I made - I love the background but because I used a size 10 tag the scale is all wrong - well it is to me!

I would like to enter my tags into timholtz12-tags-of-2015-november.

Hope you have a good day. We're off on Brownie holiday later today - looking forward to that!!

Big hugs rachel xx

Tims tag oct

Hello lovelies!  Hope you have got that Friday feeling!!!! The good one I mean - not the tired one!!! I'm good and so are my girls - they had another exciting day yesterday kayaking out on Windermere. Sounds like they had lots of fun and i think Lucy will have finished a certificate in kayaking! Brilliant stuff. They do have a great school life! I had a lovely day too - I went for my swim - and I'm going again this morning!!! I was intending to go to the gym afterwards yesterday but it didn't quite work out that way. It was a good day though!

Today I have my take on Tims tag this month - Tims can be found here.



Its a crazy scary tag this month - I've gone for using a different die cut - the beautiful wings. This is what I did. Its a bit of a homage to my Shaun.

I didn't use all the techniques from this months tag - I decided i wanted a painted background. I used distress paints in wilted violet, blueprint sketch, ground expresso - once dry I added a few stencil and stamp parts to the background. The wings were cut from card coloured with weathered wood, iced spruce and hickory smoke using a fabulous new die.

I added them to the stamped image of the chemist (shaun was a physicist).

I chose the words to reflect both Shauns battle at the end of his life - and also his general philosophy on life. He taught me so much about positivity and will always be the leading light in my life. I've been reading the hospital diary from this time last year and by jove he was such a tower of strength. Blimey!

Anyway, I would like to enter this into timholtz12-tags-of-2015-october.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Hugs

Rachel xx

My tims tag september

Hello Lovelies! How are you? I am good and have made progress on the bed building - still more work to be done but i am going to take my time and fit it in around everything else thats going on. I hope that way things will be much calmer - they certainly have today!

I finished my tims tag for september off finally and have it to share with you today-



Tims original is just gorgeous and all details of how he made it can be found here. Mine is very similar - I used the same techniques and stamps but a different layering stencil and different colours - very much autumnal colours!

I love the way the colours turned out on this tag - and the technique is definitely one that I will use again!!

A bit of a closer look.

Here's the butterflies closer and you can see the paste hightlighted by archival ink.

I would like to enter this into timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-september

Hope you have a great Tuesday - I'm going swimming and will do a bit of bed building - have fun whatever you do!

Hugs

Rachel x

Tims tag July

Hello Lovelies - how are you on this fine day? I hope you are well and happy? We are all good and very excited as we go off on our hollibobs later today - well we don't fly out to Turkey until early sat morning but we're off to the airport later. So I will be quiet for a week! Please forgive me!

Today I wanted to show my Tims tag make for July - tim did a very patriotic one:



that you can find here - I used Tims techniques and did a tag based on being an office worker with a 9 to 5 job using some different TH Blueprint stamps.

The colours are fossilised amber, cracked pistachio and ripe persimmon. They were chosen to reflect the different times during the day.

So this colour goes with the alarm clock and for me signifies morning and the start of a bright day.

The green is the middle of the day - the telephone all about working.

The red is the end of the day and the typewriter the vintage equivalent of the PC I use most evenings!

I would like to enter this into the timholtz12-tags-of-2015-july.

I have scheduled a post for one day of the hollibobs but may not get around to you blogs until I get back!

Take care and be good!

Rachel x

Tims tag June and a coffee pot make

Hello Lovelies - have you had a good day? I've had a great one - a run then playing with brushos at coffee pot, a swim and then some housework - not so fond of that bit - lol!!!! But it feels good to be one more first down - yesterday was very emotional - but thankfully its passed - and I can get on with things again.

So Tims tag June - I wasn't sure about this one - but I enjoyed the process - not sure about my outcome either lol!!! You can find Tims original here.



Here's what I did:

I followed the tutorial - making up a custom pad using twisted citron, I used the tyre layering stencil - but didn't turn it through 90 degrees to get the plaid effect - and I used the alarm clock die.

I used a combination of chit chat stickers and the quote stickers to make a saying.

I cut the clock using the corrugated card and cork.

I would like to enter this into the timholtz12-tags-of-2015-june challenge.

I also wanted to show you what we all managed to do at coffee pot today too:

It wasn't quite the same as the original from craft stamper but I love it and the ladies loved it too - they think brushos are fabulous!!! Look out for more makes coming soon!

Hope you're having a good evening and thanks so very much for your kind words about my DT position - you're all really very kind! Thankyou!!!

Hugs rachel xx

Tims Tag May

Hello lovely people - how are you? I know I've been a bit quiet - a whole 36 hours without a blog post. But life's been pretty hectic. All good hectic - a great 8 mile run and a night out at an operatic evening in my village institute - and all the usual paraphanalia!  Plus I've been applying for a few design teams - there's some great calls out there just now - fingers crossed I fall lucky with one of them!!!

Today I have my tims tag for May to share with you - I followed all of the steps that Tim did - I chose the photobooth picture as it reminds me of pictures of my mum when she was young.... what do you think mum? I also used the ephemera that seemed appropriate and chose the colour orange as an overall theme - unfortunately I didn't have tims flowers and used the bitty blossoms instead.

I wasn't so sure about this tag when I first saw it - but I absolutely loved making it - thanks Tim for a a real eye opener!!!

I used a different stencil to Tim - I have the one that Tim used but I wanted something more feminine!

I love these little flowers!

I've ringed a couple of dates - May13th - my sisters birthday and June 16th - my nanas birthday!

I would like to enter this into the timholtz12-tags-of-2015-may.

Hope you all have a good weekend! We're off to brownie camp tomorrow - hope the weather is kind! Then we have a sponsored walk on Sunday - busy busy!!!

Have fun!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

A little therapy - Tim Style

Evening all! I do hope you are well. I want to take this opportunity to thank the many of you who have sent cards and/or letters - I really do appreciate the time you have taken to do this - you are all wonderful.

We are doing okay - the girls are back at school and have been absolutely fine - I have been starting to put together things for the funeral - I only just found out that the coroners office have released Shaun yesterday so things are moving slowly. There has to be an inquest - apparently it is very common since the Dr Shipman cases - the inquest opens next week and will take between 6 and 9 months to conclude. We will be furnished with interim death certificates which should allow us to do most things other than formerly register the death. I really wish things were a bit simpler but we just have to get on with things as they are.

I had an evening in my attic earlier in the week and got to grips with my Tims Tag for January. This was my therapy and my tag is made very much with Shaun in mind.

I followed the techniques detailed here by Tim Holtz. I used musical tissue wrap, spiced marmalade, rusty hinge and frayed burlap and tarnished brass distress paints, distress stain sprains, antique linen distress glitter, chit chat stickers, glue and seal, white acrylic paint. All of the chit chat stickers were very personal to Shaun - I also used the number 8 which is Shauns number. 

I hope you like my tag - it certainly has been great therapy making it. 

I'd like to enter this into timholtz -12-tags-of-2015-january.

Thanks go to Mr Holtz for an enjoyable evening thinking positively about my lovely hubby!

Big hugs to you!

Rachel xx