12 tags of 2012 - December

Hi everyone,

Have you seen the two gorgeous tags that Tim has made for the last 12 tags of 2012? There are two because he started in February and he owed us one:). So happy with them, because they're so pretty. I'm late with creating them, and I had a lot of fun making them both! What a great techniques yet again! I'm so glad I had waited a while with making them, because my early Christmas present that I got from my BFF Lein, was the Christmas blueprint stampset and that is perfect for one of the tags. I've given them my own twist. And I'm very pleased with the results :).

Photos alert, lots of pictures below! Well... not a whole lot...











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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - November

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First of all I wanna wish everyone who celebrate it a very happy Thanksgiving! I'm so thankful for all the good things in my life, and you're a big part of that! So thank you too!
It's all been so busy lately, but I'm very happy that I'm just in time with my november tag for the 12 tags of 2012. I really wanted to have it done before Thanksgiving, and thankfully I succeeded. I also wanted to play along with the Compendium of Curiosities Challenge. This week's technique is the Texture Fade. I chose the Double Distress one. There is another techniqe with Texture Fades on page 64 of the book, go check it out! I did this technique on the leaves.
Then I also wanna enter the Frilly and Funkie challenge, where we had to use metal and chipboard.

I've done almost all the techniques that Tim has used making his tag. Only I didn't do the background with distress stains but ​​with distress ink. The reason why, is because I don't have all the color stains, and I also was on a tight schedule for experimenting with the distress stains. My background technique with the stains needs some more practice...







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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - October

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Tim was a little late with the October tag from the 12 tags of 2012. But it was definitely worth the wait! I was hoping for a halloween tag and luckily he did make​​ one! I totally wanted to make this tag ASAP. The background was finished very quickly. The decorating and embellishing part too a little bit longer.

I walked around a bit in my craftroom and found a package with black feathers and that needed to be on the tag. Of course my favorite skull must find a place on it as well. And this time he has got red eyes. Very creepy! The Tattered Florals I made from black cardstock that I treated with the faux leather technique. I haven't done it before and I really was amazed by it. So odd that the paper starts to feel like leather after spritzing it with ink refresher. On some of the flowers I put some rock candy dry glitter which I've made black using  pitch black alcohol ink​​. The wings have a thin coat of rock candy crackle paint on them.









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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - September

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Just can not help it, but I'm totally in awe with Halloween. The September tag of the 12 tags of 2012 by Tim Holtz also got a Halloween make-over. Tim Holtz has made a beautiful September tag ​​and it was super fun to use the techniques.



I chose to not use a steel sponge to scrub the alcohol ink off. I wanted to keep the background dark and mysterious. The effect of the metal is now a lot less then on Tim's tag, but I do not mind. Of course my favorite skull had to make an appearance! I made them so they'll exactly fit behind the filmstrip. In the vails, I put a drop of Dusty Concord reinker and diluted with water. To ensure that the cork wouldn't come off, I have adhered it with Multi Medium.









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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 August

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What an amazing tag Tim Holtz made ​​for the 12 tags or 2012! This is one of my favorites! I've combined this tag with the Compendium of Curiosities challenge. Can't believe how time flies! Last week I was in Paris, this week and I'm back home! Have had an awesome time and saw much that I had never seen before. Such as the Catacombs! That was so bizarre but so cool at the same time! Very impressive!

Anyway, now back to the tag. I had so much fun making this tag. Everything went smoothly. I must confess that I've taken the cameo pendant from my Configuration box, because I just had to have it on this tag! The Configuration box will be filled with something I've brought from Paris. So everything is allright ;). The Perfect Pearls Mist technique goes perfectly with this tag! I have used an oval difuser, but I can not manage to get nice impression with them. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, so just cut out some ovals as the frame. I don't have the Tattered Pinecone Die, therefor I used a SVG file from Lettering Delights and cut it with my Silhouette.





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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - July

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Today I found some time to make the July tag for the 12 tags of 2012. Unfortunately I don't have compressed air at my disposal and I seriously don't know where I could get some. But luckily I saw that others used a straw instead to create a kind of simular effect. And a straw I do have!


I'm also joining in the fun at Frilly and Funkie and when I saw that the challenge was altered metal, I knew that I wanted to use some foil tape. This time I've used a ATC instead of a tag.


First I stuck the foil tape on a piece of cardstock and then embossed it. Then it was time for some fun with the alcohol ink and straw. I think for this kind of surface it is better to use a straw instead of the compressed air. Especially on such a small area. I colored the ribbon with the alcohol inks to make it very bright. It really blends well together. Hope it isn't a fire hazard or anything...



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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - June

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Finally I had the time and material to make the June tag of the 12 tags of 2012. This is the first time I saw what you can do with the nibs. And the coloring of black and white vintage photos technique is so cool! So I had to get them. The paper I used does not really work well with the coloring technique, I have to find other photo paper that works better. The picture that I printed out is a bit too big, because now you can't see the marbled stains background very well....

With this tag I'm also joining:

• Our Creative Corner: Tim Holtz favorite technique: marbled stains and ink blending
• Dutch Card Lovers: use a vintage photo

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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - April

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This time I'm a bit earlier than last time with the 12 tags or 2012. I'm so glad I I made it just in time, because Tim had chosen my tag! Super cool! I am so honored that he liked mine! Still can't believe it.
 Today Lein, Ellen and I had a crafty afternoon. Ellen has decorated eggs for easter, and Lein made​​ a super cute card. I made ​​the tag for april. Ellen was so nice to lend me her embossing folder with the dragonflies. Super nice of her, because I was doing the reflection technique with it! Lein had given me a fringe scissors (and a very nice stamp set of Eline's House!). So very sweet of her! Actually it's one for cutting herbs, but paper works fine too. I have made ​​the grass with it!

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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - March

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Today is the last day to join in with the 12 tags or 2012 for the month of March. I finished it just in time. I thought that I had plenty of time, but time goes by really fast! I had so much fun making this tag, I only didn't had the wondertape, so I had to think of something else. I embossed it first and then I stuck the mosaic on it, but they wouldn't stick. I don't understand why multimedium didn't worked so well. Maybe that's because it doesn't stick immediately, that it has to dry first. I heard something like that... In this case I had no time for that. So I worked with double sided tape instead after I embossed...



With this tag I'm also playing along with Simon Says Stamp and Show and Dutch Lovers Card.
At Simon Says Stamp Show and the challenge is to make a tag and for Dutch Card Lovers, we have to use a sentiment.


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Sandra

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12 tags of 2012 - February

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Earlier this week, Tim came with a brand new idea for the 12 tags. His new idea is to make a tag each month of the year instead of all 12 tags in december. I think it's a great idea, because I found it very stressful last time, although I'm glad I joined in the fun! The 12 tags of christmas was really a happening and really something to look forward to, but now we can enjoy it throughout the year! And this time the theme is Valentine!

Tim's tag

I do not have many of the supplies Tim used, so I give it a go with what I have. But I'm trying to make them as close as I can to the original. That's my method of getting the hang of the techniques. 

And with this tag I'm joing in the fun of Grungy Monday, which challenge was to make a Tim Valentine themed creation. And this challenge is sponsered by Simon Says Stamp! And also with the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, which theme is Tag it.

My tag

The cupid I have found on the Internet and I cut it out with the eCraft The little fellow is very similar to that of Tim! Unfortunately I have no honeycomb paper. And I did a different technique with aluminum foil and alcohol ink, in this case a copic marker, from the last 12 tags.

The materials used:

• Cupid
• Ribbon
• Beads
• Brads

Barn Door - Distress ink	Frayed Burlap - Distress ink	Worn Lipstick Distress Ink	Antique Linnen - Distress ink	Ink blending tool	Spun Sugar Distress Stain
Bingo & Patchwork - Embossing folder	Seasonal Paper Stack	Scallops - On the edge die	Sanding Grip - Idea-ology	Idea-ology Tissue Tape - Sketchbook	Philosophy Tags - Idea-ology
Jump Rings - Idea-ology	Trinket Pins - Idea-ology	Paper distresser	Perfect Pearls Mist - Heirloom Gold	Stickles - X-mas red	Paint Dabber - Gold
Paint Dabber - Snow Cap	Color Copy A4 paper 200 grams White	R37 - Copic Ciao	eCraft - Craftwell	Make the Cut Software

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Sandra

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