2016 Tim Hotz February Tag
February brings forth such wonderful memories to
my mind of making fun cards and projects for
Valentine's Day. A month full of love and sharing
and giving to those that we love.
As usual Tim captivates us with another
tag filled with lots of good stuff.
To check out how Tim created this lovely
tag, just follow the link to his blog.
This month I got really carried away
on my tag and only followed the directions
for making my base.
Ohhh but I had such fun going off on my own!
Here is my February Tag:
Now here are some photos of all the supplies
I used..the only thing missing is some
cotton that I used for the eggs and some
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink that I used to
color the eggs and I just typed the word
"together" on a typewriter.
LOL....at least I think those are the ONLY
few items I left out!
After making the base for my tag,
I took the stamp of the single rose
and stamped it toward the bottom of
my tag using some Frayed Burlap
Distress Ink. Oopsies...I left out this
supply...but it doesn't really matter
because after I put EVERYTHING
else on the tag...you can't even see it.
(It was really pretty before I covered
it up). You can see some of the leaves
peeking out at the bottom because I
stamped it more that once.
I took the stamp of the single rose
and stamped it toward the bottom of
my tag using some Frayed Burlap
Distress Ink. Oopsies...I left out this
supply...but it doesn't really matter
because after I put EVERYTHING
else on the tag...you can't even see it.
(It was really pretty before I covered
it up). You can see some of the leaves
peeking out at the bottom because I
stamped it more that once.
I then decided to use my Teresa Collins
embossing folder: So In Love.
It made these lovely little hearts
all over my tag...Yes...I am a heart
lover! I just gotta have a heart somewhere
in my project.
Then I randomly painted some of them with
the Distress Tarnished Brass Crackle Paint.
I then started laying out my embellishments
so I could figure out my placement for
EVERYTHING. So since my photo was
going near the top, I wanted to have the word
"love" by it. So I made a little stencil from
Teresa Collin's "love" punch. I "LOVE"
that it is in cursive....I applied Finnabair
Gold Crackle Texture Paste and then added
some of the Distress Tarnished Brass
Crackle Paint to it too, because I didn't
apply enough of the Gold Texture Paste.
No mistakes right..I just tried to get
enough on there so you could read the word.
I then cut out part of a rose design from
some Valentine paper and put it behind
the heart frame. I then applied Glossy Accent to
the center. I stamped the birds using brown ink onto
a soft blue paper, cut them out and put them on
chipboard and cut that out also and glued the
birds to the top of the frame. Oh they are really
"tweet" on it....Ha Ha!
I distressed the photo and added some
I distressed the photo and added some
Distress Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Ink.
I cut out the word "US" using the Typeset die.
I cut out two hearts to use
I cut out the word "US" using the Typeset die.
I cut out two hearts to use
as photo corners on my photo and added the Distress
Crackle paint just around the edges at the top.
I used Tim's Heartfelt die...I really love how they
look...especially with the touch
of crackle paint on the edge.
I took some twine and wrapped it until I had
the shape of a bird's nest and applied some glue
and some smaller pieces of twine to look like
twigs, and added my bird eggs. They are made out
of small bits of cotton and I added just a touch of
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to give
it a touch of blue color. This was going to be nestled
below the frame with the flowers.
below the frame with the flowers.
Next I got busy making some flowers and leaves from
scratch paper. I used the Tattered Flower Garland
and the Festive Greenery dies.
I inked everything...made my banner,
(I just typed "together" onto some paper
and cut it out).
One thing that I have found helpful when I get ready
to glue things down is to take a photo of
my project. This helps me put EVERYTHING
right back where I want it to go.
(I just typed "together" onto some paper
and cut it out).
One thing that I have found helpful when I get ready
to glue things down is to take a photo of
my project. This helps me put EVERYTHING
right back where I want it to go.
Then I got busy gluing EVERYTHING onto the tag.
I took some white ribbon and applied some Tarnished
Brass Spray Stain and some Antique Linen Stain
to it before I tied it to the top of the tag.
I hope you like my "LOVE" tag!
