Tim Tag August 2015

I haven't participated in Tim Holtz's tag of the month for a while now.  Last week, I sat down to create this tag. (Edited to show a better photo color-wise; I also forgot to add the paint when I took the first set of photos.)

 

In his example, he recommends using a photo from the Found Relatives assortment.  I did one better ... the relative I found was me!  This is a photo that was taken around 1957 in our yard in Girard, Pennsylvania.  Did you catch the "Giraud" on the ephemera?  Pretty cool, huh?

 

 

I don't have the dies that he used, so I improvised by setting up the words in Cricut Design Space.  I love it when I can make something out of nothing!  

 

 

 

Here's Tim's tutorial and his tag.

 

 

Distress Ink Storage Hack

Earlier today I responded to a post on Jennifer McGuire's blog post about Staying Organized explaining how I store my ink pads.  I received several emails asking for me to clarify what I was talking about.  Well, if a picture is worth 1,000 words, how many words is a video worth?  I decided to post a video instead of trying to explain.  I hope that this helps.  Be sure to post a comment if you have questions or just want to tell me that I did a good job (this is my first craft-related video).

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Thinking of You

This is going out to a friend whose grandmother recently passed away.  Sympathy cards are difficult to make, mostly because someone is grieving.

 

I am entering this into the Frilly and Funkie Things with Wings Challenge.  Yet again, I love my Explore.  Everything except for the papers was cut on it.  I love the crisp cuts and the versatility it offers.  I even decided to clean up and straighten my craft space to give the machine its own place of honor.

Happy birthday to Sister!

Someone had a birthday on Saturday, and that someone is Sister!

Have I mentioned how much I am loving my Explore Air?  I cut this card using the Elegant Embellishments cartridge.  Look how intricate the cuts are!

And that flower and leaf combination?  To die for!  I cut both out of plain cardstock and then used the same colors for the bottom layer and the top layer but just did the bottom layer a bit darker.  (Does that make sense?)

I sure do hope she likes it as much as I liked making it!

Thinking of You

The other day (and night), I was playing around with my Explore.  It was a very productive day, both from a product standpoint, but also from a learning standpoint. 

I downloaded some free cutting files from Birds Cards, and this was one of them. One of my friends is under the weather, so this is going out in the mail to her today.

I am entering this in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge blog titled Simon Says Sparkle and Shine.