TIM HOLTZ 2015 OCTOBER TAG

Tim Holtz 2015 October Tag

Here it is my Scrappy Friends....Tim's October Tag!

He's so "cute" and "ugly" ....LOL!!!!!!

If you want to see how Tim made this monster tag, 

follow the link to his blog and he walks you right 

through it.

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-october/

This year is flying by so very fast.  Now that Fall is

here, my life gets very crazy.  We have soooo many things 

happening between work, school, football and lots

of Birthdays all the way to the end of the year. I can just

feel myself aging...Ahhh but I am having fun with this life....

and that's what it's all about!  Being happy! Following along with 

Tim on this 2015 Tag journey has made me very happy!!!!

I didn't think I was going to get this made with everything I had 

to do ...but I did. 

H A DOUBLE P Y HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

In honor of my oldest son's birthday, which was his due date, 

and is his BIRTHDAY.....HERE IT IS...

MY OCTOBER 2015 TAG:

(I hope you like it)!

HAPPY BOOTHDAY WILL!

William is..... drum rolls please:

28 years old today...Yep...telling my age here.

 Birthday Party takes place later today.

I still have lots to do!  

Sooo....let's get down to business:

 

TAG SUPPLIES:

 

TH Alteration Dies: 

Tag & Bookplate #656938

Pumpkin Jack #657463

Mini Scary Jack-o-lantern Set #657462

TH Thinlits Dies:

Celebrate #660223

Halloween #660957

Labels #660060

Birthday Blueprint #659882 

(this is a stamp and die set)

Tools:

Sander, Stylus, Mini ink blending tool 

Distress Inks:

Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot

Fossilized Amber, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo,

Walnut Stain

Distress Marker:

Black Soot

Adhesives:

Glossy Accents, Beacons 3-in-1,

TomBo Aqua Mono Liquid Glue

Mini Ink Blending tool

Stencil:

Spatters #THS009

Paper:

We R Memory Keepers - Spookville:

Numbered Notes

Graphic 45 - Happy Haunting Collection

Midnight Magic

Cardstock:

I just used these colors from my

scrap bin:

black, green, yellow, orange, and white.

The black and white diagonal stripe was in my

scrap bin too. 

Embellishments:

Paper Studio Ribbon #780379

Paper Studio Spare Parts Googly eye Brads #717017

 Fancy Pants Bulb Shape Safety Pins #106

Recollection Stickers Ghosts & Bats #158919

Art-i-cake Charm #ALH46556

Making the Tag:

I cut my tag out of an old manila folder to use as my base tag and cut

 my Numbered Notes paper into a tag using the Tag and Bookplate Die.

I glued the cardstock to the base tag, sanded and 

inked it using Hickory Smoke Distress ink.

Next I cut Jack out two times out of orange and 

yellow scrap paper, and a small 

piece of green for the stem.

I used a stylus to draw the lines on the orange paper of Jack.

I place him on an old mouse pad as I drew the lines so 

I could get an indention. 

I then gave Jack a face by using the  Mini Scary Jack-o-lantern die.

Then I sanded and inked Jack with hickory smoke.

I placed Jack on my tag to get a feel for where he

needed to go and to see how much room was left for

embellishments.

I removed Jack and stenciled some splatters 

using black soot at the top and 

bottom right corner.  I wasn't sure yet how I was going

to embellish the tag so I put the splatters where I thought

 I might have open areas.

I cut the "HALLOWEEN" strip off of the Graphic 45

paper, inked it and glued it to the bottom of the tag.

Now to finish Jack.

I put the yellow cut out of Jack under the orange cut out

and lightly traced his face onto the yellow Jack.

I removed the orange Jack and took my Distress inks:

 Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, and Fossilized Amber

and inked the areas for his eyes, nose, and mouth that I

traced onto the yellow Jack keeping near the edges.

I wanted his face to "GLOW" from within...like he was lit.  

I gently sanded and inked his "Top" and glued it

to the top of his head on the orange Jack and then placed

the orange Jack on top of the yellow Jack.

I then proceeded to gently glue Jack together at the edges.

I wanted the inside to be open to give him a 

3 D effect.  I then attempted to glue him onto the

tag.  He was rather wide so I left part of Jack 

hanging off the edge of the tag and bowed him a little

in the middle.  That is how I was able to have Jack's  face 

lift off the inside layer.

I wanted this tag to say Happy Halloween BOOthday.

So I got busy trying to figure out how to get this

on the tag in such a small space.

I found the Art-i-cake charm that said "Happy Halloween"

............this is soooo "Perfect!"

So then I took the Thinlits Halloween and Celebrate 

word dies and cut out the words Boo and Birthday 

two times in black and yellow.  I cut off the Bir

in Birthday and glued  the word Boo to the 

beginning of the word in the

black and yellow.

I now had "boothday" in black and yellow.

Then I glued the yellow on top of the black so the 

black would shadow the yellow and distressed

it with Spiced Marmalade ink.

I then needed a label for this to go on. I used one of the larger

labels from the thinlits label set and cut it in black and green.

I cut the outer embossed edge off the green and 

glued it to the black label. It was a little tight, but I'm

thinking it will work.  But it still needed some 

more layers.  I cut a small candle out using the 

Birthday Blueprint set, and inked it using Spiced 

Marmalade and Vintage Photo, being careful to

leave some yellow in the middle of the flame.

Then I put some glossy accents on the flame.

I placed the word "boothday" and the candle 

onto the label....and the oo's in the word 

"boothday" said, "We need eyes."  

So I got out the word Boo from the Halloween

thinlits die set and cut it in white card stock.  I then

used the circles from inside the o's to glue onto the back

of the word "boothday." I used a black soot distress 

marker to make eyes inside the white circles.

I could feel the tag finally coming together.  I place the label

onto the tag next to Jack at the top.  It was going to 

cover up most of the splatters, but that's O K.

I  then went digging in my stash and found the ghost and

bat stickers and the google eye brads....Gotta go with it.

I just couldn't work fast enough now.

  The bats went on the label and I glued it on.

Jack got some eyes. I put 2 ghosts on the tag, one by Jacks top and 

one by his cheek.  I then added the ribbon and the charm.

Ta Daaaaaa!!!!

All Done!

Now to get Will's presents wrapped and his cards signed...Yep

this tag is going on his gift, but I am sure I will end up with 

it so I can put it with the rest of my 2015 tags.

BOO!