Secret box - Grungy Monday 30

Hi everyone, A while ago I got from the super kind Heather, her spare scorpal, because I had none. Thanks again so much, Heather! I'm so happy with it! Still can believe you just send it to me :)! hihi. And now I finally have time to play with. I knew immediately what my first...

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Invitation to my birthday party!

Hi everyone, Hope you all had a wonderful time with the festivities, the last few days! I sure did! Lots of food and family! Love this time of year. And the festivities just keep coming because my birthday is just around the corner. For my birthday I'm gonna invite some...

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Merry Christmas - Another Tim tag

Hi everyone,

Jeez, the time went by fast. Tomorrow is already Christmas. And therefor I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry christmas!! Hope you enjoy yourselves during this gerat holiday! And I also wanted to share one more christmas themed project.

I'm entering this tag for Simon Says Stamp and Show and Our Creative Corner challenge. For OCC, my inspiration is a bow, I have bows everywhere.
During the first 10 tags of 12 tags of Christmas from Tim, I didn't have alcohol inks. And this seemed like a good time to practice the techniques that Tim used for tag 5 and 7. I don't have many different colors, so I had to work with all the colors I had. Green-ish, blue-ish and silver. I kept the tag very simple, mainly because I want to show the techniques it did. I didn't get the right result for the technique of tag 5, but I actually like the outcome also.

The result:

The required materials:

• Transparent sheet
• Alcohol Ink: Lettuce, Silver, Pool, Stream
• Alcohol blending solution
• Stamp: Tim Holtz
• Aluminum foil
• Glassine kraft paper
• Uni-ball pen: white
• Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a Merry Christmas!
Sandra

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Mission Impossible birthday card

Hi everyone, Recently I made ​​a birthday card of Sherlock Holmes for Marjolein. There were some changes of plans. So now today we're going to see Mission Impossible 4 and next week  Sherlock Holmes. And therefor I wanted to make another movie card. Unfortunately I didn't...

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Another color challenge christmas card

Hi everyone, OCCC also has a color challenge, and I had to make another christmas card. Perfect! This time I didn't use such bright colors. I didn't want to hurt your eyes again:). I have used perfect pearls as a little sparkle on the button, but it doesn't show well on...

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ColorQ christmas card

Hi everyone, It's time for a color challenge. With this card, I'm playing along with colorQ. I wanted to make a card of the holiday card bootcamp I recently followed. I made a book of all the pdf's, so I have easy access to these wonderfull cards. And this is one of my favorites,...

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Sherlock Holmes birthday card

Hi everyone, I had actually planned a little break for myself, after the 12 tags of christmas. But I still had a to make a birthday card for a friend of mine. And I also wanted to join in again with Simon Says Stamp and Show. This time the theme is depth. My friend wanted...

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12 tags of christmas album - guest designer for Use it tuesday!

Hi everyone, I'm sad but at the same time also excited! I've been very busy with the 12 tags of Christmas of Tim Holtz. And can't believe that it's over! That's why I'm sad. But I'm excited because I'm guest designer for Use it Tuesday! I'm so honored to be a part...

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12 tags of christmas - day 12

Hi everyone, It's time for the final tag, number 12. What did I have a fun experience with these tags, and learned so much! I have said it several times, but I mean it! It was a great experience and hopefully the adventure continues next year. On one hand I'm kind of glad it's...

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12 tags of christmas - day 11

Hi everyone, Just one more to go... :(. Today's tag is very pretty. And besides the melting, it seemed like a simple tag... Yeah  right, everything went wrong! The ink was not dry, so I smeared it al over the place, and I was working with alcohol inks and it dripped on...

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12 tags of christmas - day 10

Hi everyone! It's time for tag 10 and this tag is really amazing. How Tim thinks of adhere tape to paper and then put it into warm water and rubbing the paper off, so the top layer remains on the tape?! I'm totally impressed with all the new techniques I learn every day. Today...

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12 tags of christmas - day 9

Hi everyone!

Today it's time for tag 9! Only 3 more to go after this one. I also love tag 9. And how wonderful that mr & mrs. stampers anonymous were visiting Tim in his studio. Personally I found the tag of Ted the most beautiful. And I decided to combine the two in my tag.
On my way home I found myself in the local craft store... I couldn't help myself, and I bought the holiday lamppost and festive greenery. I told myself that I could use the Lamppost for non Christmas project also and the festive greenery is just so versatile. And I think that is true. Still need a little practice with the making the greenery pretty.

Here the result:

The materials:

• Distress Ink: tumbled glass, shabby shutters, vintage photo
• Paint Dabber: pitch black, snow cap
• Dies: Holiday Lamppost, Greenery Festive
• Embossing powder: Puffs, clear
• Stickles: xmas red, lime green, picket fence
• Glossy accents
• Grunge paper
• Ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you tomorrow!
Sandra

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12 tags of christmas - day 8

Hi everyone, When I saw today's tag, I was completely over the moon with joy. The theme is steampunk christmas! And I have almost every supply for making this tag! This tag is absolutely my favorite of the 12 tags! I'm a real doubter, I over think everything, which is not good...

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12 tags of christmas - day 7

Hi everyone! It's stormy outside, and today is my day off, so this afternoon I sat down for day 7 of the 12 tags of Christmas. The techniques featured today are kraft glassine with alcohol inks. I must confess that I've ordered alcohol inks the other day, but unfortunately...

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12 tags of christmas - day 6

Hi everyone! We already are half way through the 12 tags of Christmas! I can't believe how much I've learned already. Although it takes all of my free time, I'm so happy I'm joining in! And today I've got a nice blinkie button tp put on my blog from the 12 tags! How cool...

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12 tags of christmas - day 5 with SSS&S

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to combine the 12 tags of Christmas with the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge, because the 12 tags are taking up all my time :). This week's challenge is show some elements of time.I was a bit scared for this days tag, because I don't have any...

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12 tags of christmas - day 4

Hi everyone, Wow, what great tags this year, don't you think? I'm blown away by them! This is my first year, but  I looked at the previous years of course. And this year is definitely the best! I'm learning so much and I'm having so much fun! The tag of day 4 is also totally...

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12 tags of christmas - day 3

Hi everyone!

It's time for the third tag already! Time goes really fast! But luckily we have a lot more tags to go:). And todays tag is amazing! I like the technique with the custom inkpad very much. It´s so clever. It´s limitless! I didn't have the embossing folder, so I used the VersaMarker to trace some of the words and used clear embossing powder to emboss it. I like how it turned out, hope you do too:).

Here is my tag for day 3:



The materials:

• Manila tag
• Stamp: Tim Holtz
• Vintage tinsel garland (from the etsy shop of Tim Holtz: D)
• Versa Marker
• Embossing Powder: Clear
• Bell
• Pearls: Kaiser Craft
• Perfect pearls mists: Heirloom Gold
• Kraft Core and Coredinations
• Twine

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope to see you tomorrow for day 4!
Sandra

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12 tags of christmas - day 2

Hi everyone,

What a creativity unleashes the 12 tags of Christmas from Tim Holtz, don't you agree? I looked at the amazing creations that are on his blog, but also on the ATT group and blogs that I follow. Totally stunning! I'm so glad that I'm being a part of this. It really brings people closer together, and that's what Christmas is all about!

It's day 2 and Tim has made another tag for ​​us as inspiration. I really like that I'm  learning new techniques!

 

Here is my version of day 2:

The materials:

• Manila tag # 8
• Distress Ink: festive berries, frayed burlap, tumbled glass, shabby shutters, peeled paint, gathered twigs
• stamp: Bo Bunny
• Die: scallops
• Perfect pearls mists: perfect pearls
• Embossing powder: clear
• Paint dabbers: gold, pitch black
• Canvas and jute
• Distress Stickles: Picket Fence
• Grunge paper
• Split pens 

So glad you stopped by!
Sandra

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12 tags of christmas - day 1

Hi everyone, It's finally time for the 12 tags of Christmas by Tim Holtz! Can you believe it? I've been looking forward to this event for months. This is my first time and I'm very excited! I love the first day tag! It's gorgeous!The pine cones I made with a svg file van lettering...

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