12 tags of christmas...day 5

supplies: (ranger) craft sheet, distress inks/aged mahogany/fired brick/barn door/vintage photo, archival ink/jet black, distress crackle paint/peeled paint, paint dabber/snow cap white/pitch black, distress stickles/peeled paint/fired brick, glossy accent, ink blending tool, heat tool, white UTEE/ultra thick embossing enamel, white opaque pen, distress embossing powder/fired brick/peeled paint/mustard seed, distress embossing ink, mini mister, #8 tag; (idea-ology) grungepaper, numerals, foliage, trimmings, seasonal paper stash, jump rings, sanding grip; (tonic) scissors, craft pick; (sizzix alterations) styled labels; (stampers anonymous) winter sketchbook stamp set, holiday wishes stamp set; (misc) sparkly fluff/sugar, bells, zig glue pen

(step 1): working on your craft sheet - apply snow cap paint dabber to edge of tag creating a dry brush effect around all edges.  let dry.

(step 2): apply lightest shade of red distress ink to the tags using an ink blending tool leaving an area in the upper left for our image later.  *i started with barn door.

(step 3): apply additional shades of reds for shadow.  *i used fired brick and aged mahogany.

(step 4): mist towel with water from mini mister.

(step 5): swipe the edges of the tag with a damp cloth to remove the distress ink and reveal the white dabber (the paint works as a resist).

(step 6): stamp santa with archival ink in the center of the tag.

(step 7): stamp holly on the edges of the tag with archival ink.

(step 8): apply peeled paint distress stickles to the holly leaves and fired brick to the berries.

(step 9): dry with a heat tool. *one of the great things about distress stickles is that you can dry with a heat tool.

(step 10): apply snow cap paint dabber to the craft sheet.

(step 11): rub finger in the paint.

(step 12): rub paint over the stamped image to highlight the beard and the top of the hat.

(step 13): dry with a heat tool.

(step 14): stamp merry christmas to bottom of tag with archival ink.

(step 15): highlight stamped image with a white opaque pen.

(step 16): die cut a piece of grungepaper using styled labels die.

(step 17): apply a thin layer of distress crackle paint to grunge.

(step 18): dry with a heat tool - this will only crackle a little since we've applied a thin layer.

(step 19): sand the edges with a sanding grip to expose the grungepaper.

*just be sure to sand the edges and not the entire surface.

(step 20): ink over the grunge with forest moss and vintage photo distress ink using ink blending tool.

(step 21): tear a strip of music paper from paper stash.

(step 22): ink edges of the paper with vintage photo distress ink using ink blending tool.

(step 23): adhere paper to the grunge with glossy accents.

(step 24): apply glossy accents to the back of the grunge.

(step 25): adhere the grunge to the center of the tag.

(step 26): cut the excess ends with your scissors.

(step 27): ink the edges with distress ink with ink blending tool.

(step 28): open the pack of numerals and take out the 2 and 5.

(step 29): to create a faux enameled numeral, paint the numeral with snow cap white paint dabber.

(step 30): IMMEDIATELY apply white UTEE over the wet paint. *it's important the paint is still wet for the powder to stick.

(step 31): press the UTEE down into the paint.

(step 32): heat emboss the numeral with a heat tool by holding it up high to begin with.

(step 33): as powder begins to melt on the numeral it will become bubbly, move heat tool closer.

(step 34): continue heating until the powder is completely smooth. *do not touch - the metal is very hot.

(step 35): once the numeral is completely cool, gently scrape excess powder from the edge with your finger.

(step 36): apply a small amount of black paint dabber around the edges and immediately rub the paint off of the numeral.

(step 37): once desired look is achieved, set aside to dry.  *how cool is this?  looks like vintage porcelain numbers!!!

(step 38): place numerals on center of grunge and pierce through holes with craft pick and secure with long fasteners.

(step 39): to create textured enamel metal flowers, begin by pressing the foliage piece on to a distress embossing ink pad.

(step 40): shake distress powder and apply powder over metal.  remove excess powder and replace into jar.

(step 41): heat emboss with a heat tool until the powder melts and darkens.  *do not touch - the metal is very hot.

(step 42): allow to cool and rub excess powder off metal foliage with your fingers.

(step 43): stack foliage pieces on to the tag and pierce in the center with a craft pick.

(step 44): secure to tag with a long fastener.

(step 45): ink trimmings with distress ink (*follow steps in the previous tags to do this).  attach bells to trimmings with a jump ring.

(step 46): apply zig glue pen to top of santa hat.

(step 47): while glue is wet, apply sparkly fluff and press to adhere.

(step 48): replace excess fluff and place back into the jar - now santa's hat is perfect!

*in the details: the texture on this tag provide such a nostalgic look with the crackle paint, sparkly fluff, UTEE and distress powders.  i like the vintage enamel numerals, and vintage colored metal foliage simply by using embossing powders.

Comments

[muriel]

Bright! Makes me feel Christmas is really in the air. Very inspirational.

[Anne C]

I am loving doing these Tim,Love the traditional colours, crisp and bright, Just time for a quick look before work time to play later.

[Rachel Miller]

Wow is about all I can say. This tag is simply just beautiful! I love the stamp you used of Santa Clause. Thank you so much for yet another wonderful piece of art and for sharing your techniques with all of us. You rock Tim!!!

[Juut]

So much inspiration. I now have to go to work and after that I'm going to celebrate Sinterklaas (First there was Sinterklaas in The Netherlands, then there was Santa Claus). But I can't wait to play around and getting inky fingers!

[Debbie Buckland]

beautiful work.
Great techniques
thank you

The last tag I translated to a window decoration - see your facebook page. ;)

[KimC]

This one is my favorite! I knew you could paint metal findings, but hadn't thought to emboss them. Love the colors! I'm blown away again!! Thank you Tim!

[gina o.]

B E A U T I F U L!! I love the techniques you used on the numbers and the metal accents....who would of thunk it except you? Thanks so much and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the weekend...already seems like you got off to a good start!

*gina*

[Beth]

I absolutely adore the technique on the letters! And how cool to put the paint around the edge of the tag and then ink over - love the cool border it creates! I am running to my scrap area now to try these new ideas! Thank you.

[Denise C]

This is so darn cute. I love the Santa tag. So very holiday!!!
Thanks for another great tag.
Denise C.

[Damiane Lucas]

Love, love, love this tag, Tim! Thanks for making our Christmas season merry and bright!