Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Distressed Tag

It's day 8 (oh my gosh!) of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog:

• distressed tag
• use a minimum of 3 colors of ink
• use at least 1 image stamp and 1 sentiment stamp
• color your sentiment stamp using two different ink colors and stamp with one press
• unique piece of ribbon or other embellishment should be used for the hole in the tag

I really hope I met all the requirements for this challenge, but this tag just came together so well that I can't bear to change it! Thanks for the inspiration -- I've learned a lot this week and am finding myself feeling a little bolder with some of these fancier stamping techniques.

Ironically, this is perhaps the first tag I've made for this challenge that doesn't use Tim Holtz Distress Inks! For the "distressed" background, I used Lemon, Lavender & Light Blue dye inks I bought by mistake (they aren't very good for stamping; I didn't know the difference between dye and pigment inks at the time), and I really like the effect! The peacock/flowers are one rubber stamp (another $1 bin special) that I colored with seven colors of Marvy brush markers (2 blues, 2 pinks, 3 purples). I did the same with the "Bliss" sentiment.

I cannot believe both stamps came out so well on the first try. I never expected that! I scalloped the piece, distressed the edges a bit with an emery board, and mounted it to a lavender cardstock edged with the light blue ink.

For the ribbon, I striped a white ribbon with the seven colors of markers I used for the stamping. It was easy, but I did have to color both sides. I used the markers to decorate the bead as well.

I added a few gemstones on the peacock's fan just because.

Supplies: sentiment from Bliss set by Stampin' Up!, Peacock/flower stamp from stash, Michaels wooden bead, I ink, Recollections cardstock, ZIG glue, Scotch foam tape, Offray ribbon, Fiskars scallop scissors & papercutter, Marvy brush markers, Martha Stewart gem stickers, Inkadinkado dye ink

Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Acetate Tag

It's day 7 of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog:

• An acetate tag (recycling plastic from packaging)
• The acetate must be dry embossed & inked
• Your tag must be two-layered
• Include an image & use some type of "dimensional" product to embellish your image -- fun flock, flower soft, heat embossing, etc.
• Depict a cold scene

I'm having such a great time with these challenges! I'm especially enjoying seeing everyone's work and making new crafting friends. Thank you everyone for all your comments! Please know that I love every one of them.

Well, I totally felt out of my element when I saw today's challenge: I've never dry-embossed on acetate, and I've never had luck inking it (other than just stamping images with StazOn). Sigh, I've never wanted an embossing machine so much! But, as these things often work, I ended up having just what I needed.

I used a piece of acetate from some stamp packaging, and dry-embossed it with a snowflake-themed embossing plate I got free with some magazine and my small ball-point embossing tool. Wow, it's like I knew what I was doing! I couldn't believe how clean the embossing came out; I've done this with vellum, with less successful results. I sponged the back of the embossed acetate with blue StazOn ink, and sprayed the outside with "Frost" glimmer mist.

I adhered the acetate to a blue cardstock with ZipDry and Diamond Stickles (from Stampin' Dymonz blog candy!), then adhered that to the shiny side of the same cardstock, which I edged with a scallop blade.

For the image, I used a Cardinal stamp that I have; I've been treated to a family of Cardinals in the yard this Spring, so I was happy to get a chance to use it. I colored it with Copics and added some "snow" with Polar White flower soft. I added some of the "snow" to the bottom and edges of the tag.

I made the sentiment myself, and printed it on vellum so that I could heat-emboss it. I added some "snow" to it and to the brad as well.
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Supplies: Cardinal with Holly rubber stamp from Prickley Pear Stamps, Elmer's & Sakura gel pens, Memento ink, Core'dinations cardstock, StazOn ink, Tattered Angels glimmer mist, ZipDry & ZIG glues, Offray ribbon, flower brad from Oriental Trading Co., MS detailing scissors, HP printer & ink, InDesign, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Marvy heat tool, Polar White FlowerSoft
Copics: YR09, R27, R29, R59, E35, G99, YG63, YG67, YG03, B00

Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Gift Card Tag

It's day 6 of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog:

• Gift Card Holder Tag created with one sheet of cardstock
• The gift card pocket must have at least 2 of its corners punched with a corner punch
• At least 3 handmade flowers
• The background of the tag must be made using an inking technique

Hmm, the gift card holder is something I love to do (and need practice with!), but the inking and flower-making are a little new to me. I was going to use my beloved spray-inks, but I don't have the colors I wanted, so I ended up using the Sponging technique on white paper with Marigold and Mustard distress inks. I stamped the tree image in Peeled Paint (green); I stamped it twice to create the layering.

I just happened to have some scrap from a project I'm working on that was perfect for the flowers: shades of orange printed on vellum. In the spirit of the challenge, I didn't use a template and hand-cut them. They're affixed with ZipDry and hope, both of which seem to be working.

I added an embossed sentiment at the bottom, in clear yellow.

Although I'm 33, I've somehow gotten on the AARP mailing list (the American Association of Retired Persons, a lobbying/informational group for persons over 50), & in between the constant mailings advertising HoverRound and Not Being A Burden To My GrandChildren, I've amassed a small collection of plastic AARP membership cards. Honestly, they come in so handy for projects like this, as they're perfect dummy gift cards. And because the Universe works this way, I just received a brand-new one in the mail today, which is featured in the photo!

Supplies: Foreground Forest clear stamp set from Raisin Boat, Recollections and Hammermill cardstocks, ZipDry glue, Offray ribbon, MS detailing scissors & border punch, Versamark watermark ink, Stampendous clear Lemon embossing powder, Marvy heat tool, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Fiskars corner punch & papercutter

Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Card Tag

It's day 5 of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog, and I just can't get enough! So happy to see coloring on today's recipe:

• Card Tag created with one sheet of cardstock
• an image colored by hand, using at least 2 different colors & shading
• mat your image with a mat that has been distressed by sanding

Because I like the idea of having a sort of set at the end of these 10 days of tag-making, I'm sticking to my original tag width of 2.5 inches, but for this one I extended the height to 5-ish inches.

One of my favorite parts of this project was using Copics to color the sliding bead. Wow, that worked great!

I'm really loving everyone's projects, and I'm learning a lot!

Supplies: Hydrangea Bouquet clear stamp set from Raisin Boat, K&Co. patterned paper, Core'dinations cardstocks, X-Press Copic paper, Tuxedo Black Memento ink, sand paper, emery board, ZipDry glue, Offray ribbon, flower brads from Oriental Trading Co., MS detailing scissors, SCAL & Cricut (for fold-out & message cards and templates) only), Versamark watermark ink, Stampendous black embossing powder, Marvy heat tool
Copics: V06, BV00, BV000, B32, B00, B0000, BG10, FBG2, YG03, G02


Making this tag was a breeze, especially now that I'm so well-organized: I got some plastic drawers at WalMart for all my stamps & inks & what-not, and everything's so easy to find now! Plus, yesterday my husband actually asked me if I had something he could organize. Are you kidding‽ Heck yeah! So the wonderful man sat there and organized all my paper by color. I feel like a freakin' princess!

Stampin' Dymonz Grand Give-A-Way: Accordion/Spring Break Tag

It's day 4 of the Tim Times Ten Grand Give-A-Way Challenge at the Stampin' Dymonz blog, and I love love love the recipe:

• Theme: Spring/Spring Break fun, sun, and activities
• use one piece of cardstock to create a 4-paneled accordion tag
• one cut-out word which has had its edges inked

The mini brag-tag made by Dymonz is so cute that I pretty much scraplifted her idea! Seemed like a perfect opportunity to use some of the photos I snapped recently.

I did cut the accordion tag with SCAL/Cricut, but I didn't want to try to cut out letters...my machine's been a little touchy recently. It was also a great opportunity to use the flourish-alphabet stamp set Mom just sent (with no label). I white-embossed the letters, cut them out by hand, and edged them with my Yellow-Green Copic.

I used my favorite striped glitter paper from Heidi Grace Designs for the inside, and a piece from my good ol' DCWV Butterfly Stack. The green is a distressed, textured piece of Core'dinations. Plus, it has a color core! I did edge everything with the same Yellow-Green, and as you can see I love my deckle scissors!
In the photo on the far-right, they're actually waiting for my husband to come home. This starts about 4:30 everyday...lots of love in our house!
I picked a couple of buttercups (or what I call buttercups) from the yard...I love how they have a permanent gloss to them, and I tried to recreate that with these little stamped flowers (with a stamp from my stash): I stamped it in Dandelion, oddly enough, and filled in the details with my watermark pen & heat-embossed it in clear yellow.

Okay, bring on tomorrow's tag!