April 2014 - Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014 - Spring Journey

Last month (March) was the only month where I didn't have time to do my monthly Tim Holtz Tag! I have been doing them for years but life got in the way.  Today I am sharing my April Tag with you that I got to work on yesterday.  For this tag, I got to use my pine cone die to make roses and I love that I can get more than one use for that die.

This was a lot of fun to make.  I used my Distress Inks, Distress Paints, stencils, and lots of Tim's tissue tapes. One of the best things about taking part in this monthly challenge is sitting down and using your supplies and stretching your imagination to make something along the lines of Tim's creation.  I went with a Journey theme.  Since spring is here, people are riding bicycles again, and when I noticed the bike image on the tape, I thought "Journey" and even included a wooden bicycle from my stash.

Later in the week, I will be sharing my overdue March 2014 tag.  It is almost done and drying!

If you haven't tried making one of these tags, I would highly recommend you visit Tim and give it a shot! It is a lot of fun and you learn so much.

Until next time!

Aim High and Soar!

Hi, guys! Hope all is well!  Today I am sharing a birthday card I made for my niece Rory's birthday.  I thought I would use one of my new Prima Mixed Media dolls, and plenty of various fun supplies that I don't get to use often.

Supplies:
Stamps: Prima, Maya Road, Papertrey Ink
Paper: Gina K Designs, Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap
Ink: Hero Arts Neon, Memento Black, Archival, Distress Inks
Misc.: Crafters Workshop Stencils, Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Tim Holtz Picket Fence Distress Paint

This card is not in my usual "style" as it has a lot of things going on, but it was fun to be able to use my paints, and other media on this card.  I love the tissue wrap and how transparent it is and how fun it was to ink and stamp on. One thing I really enjoy with these mixed media dolls is that I have a blast dressing them.  I used different patterned papers to paper piece her dress and headband.

I hope my young niece Rory knows how much she is loved, and always remembers to aim high and soar!

Enjoy the day!  Until next time!