Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas rhyme (Day 4)

On the first day of Christmas tags

there were snowmen everywhere...

On the second day of Christmas tags

Seasons Greetings was the fare...

On the third day of Christmas tags

play with your alcohol inks if you dare...

On the fourth day of Christmas tags,

with us Tim did share

a tag with a pin for us to wear...

O.k. fellow bloggers, paper crafters, and T!m Holtz fanatics...I'm off to work on today's project:)

Did anyone else fall asleep a their computer as they tried to get through to T!m's blog last night? I'm SO HAPPY for him that this is SUCH a popular event...but BOY, I finally gave up after an hour and posted this morning....hmmmm....maybe this will be the day that the random draw for prizes picks me....come on, LADY LUCK:)

BTW, for those of you who haven't visited T!m's blog (is there anyone left out there who hasn't???), here is a link.

Also, I've made a "similar" project with the memory capsules before, so for more inspiration, check here.

Hope you're havin' a GREAT start to a HaPpY HoLiDaY!

Lori M., FSE:)

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas (Day 3)...Part 2

On the third day of Christmas cards...played with my alcohol inks 'cause I dared...lol...

I just love this technique and was so glad to see that T!m used alcohol inks since I have SO MANY of them! Tryin' to stay on track with my "frugal scrappin'" take on this is REALLY hard, though...

T!m, you're killin' me, dude! I TOTALLY want to shop for stamps, metal parts, and all of the goodies I don't already have, but a girl's gotta BEHAVE sometimes, right?

So, I have used "similar" techniques with alcohol inks and shared one of my older posts with you this morning...well, I then realized I had used the alcohol inks for a class in October and wanted to share my work with you again.

I hope these techniques inspire you the way they inspire me!

Check here for the October class samples:) The "A Perfect Ending..." card is the one using glossy cardstock and alcohol inks. It's an aweome technique that can be used for SO many occasions!

EnJoy!

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas (Day 2 FS Style:)

Good morning bloggers!!! Frugal Scrapper here...whoo hoo...on to day 2 of the T!m 12 days of Christmas tags...frugal scrapper style:)

So, I don't have the awesomely cool border stamp OR the awesome Season's Greetings stamp....hmph....what's a frugal scrapper to do?

I'm LOOKIN' through my stamp STASH, and low and behold, I find my tattered angels stamp of a clock and clock post...I turn it around and around and think...hey, if I just use part of THIS stamp, it KINda looks like a SLEIGH...sooooooooo...I use old paper distress ink (adlib-ing again), to cover my tag (btw, I got thes tags a MILLION years ago from a bank I was working at...long, long ago in another life...they were throwing them out...remember these Teresa?...:)

Then I use some embossing ink with my "sleigh" stamp and some clear embossing powder...no, I don't have any of that cool distress embossing powder either...(add that to my Christmass wish list, I guess)...

I do have the aged mahogany, fired brick and pine needles distress inks and do use them...then I pull out an old mnt I had not completed and find there are two of the TH metal flowers in it...I add the grungeboard strap (also in the mnt bag along with the knubby thing to attach it)...I add one of my "old faithful" quote stamps, a watch face from an old watch I took apart...and voila, my day two tag is done:)

Of course, I just LOVE T!m's tag, but alas...a frugal scrapper wouldn't be frugal if she didn't try to use what she already has:)

Enjoy!

Until day 3...

Lori M., FSE:)