Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Vintage Christmas

It's the first day of August...why not work on Christmas art?  Tim's posted his August tag for the 12 Tags of 2012.  His inspiration comes from his recent trip to Disney and features his new silhouette & frame stamps and his Tattered Pinecone die. 

Now if you've not played with this die, it does have a bit of a learning curve and practice does make perfect.  Or at least acceptable.  lol  Watch his video, it does help.  While Tim used his pinecone die to make roses, I opted to keep mine as pinecones.  Maybe I should have gone for the roses, the pinecones can be contrary and fiddly.

Here are the supplies I used.

Ranger:  Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist; Gold, Snow Cap, Cranberry Paint Dabbers; Old Paper, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Black Soot Distress Inks; Sepia, Jet Black Archival Inks; clear embossing ink and powder

Stampers Anonymous:  Mini Holidays 3 (Santa), Urban Grunge (frame)

Sizzix:  branch - mini die, Tattered Pinecone - Bigz die, Brackets -On The Edge die; Christmas Background Texture Fade; Large Oval Frame Diffuser

core'dinations:  dark green and brown Kraft Core 

Advantus:  grungeboard

Idea-ology:  trinket pin, token

Misc.:  'found' star ornament, torn tissue paper from my box I use for spraying inks/mists, Martha Stewart silk ribbon



My 400th post...wow!  When I finally gave in to this avenue of sharing my creations I never dreamed of making this much art.  Thank you to all who have challenged and inspired me, and to the readers and followers of my blog.  And last but not least, a b-i-g 'thank you' goes to my husband who puts up with me and critiques my work before it is shared with you.  I value his opinions and he's had some darned good ideas along the way.

25 comments:

  1. I really like your interpretation of Tim's tag. Just goes to show that an idea can be taken successfully in many directions!

    Beverly

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  2. Great interpretation! I think it's always more fun to do your own thing and being creative with the supplies on hand.

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  3. I love how you tweaked his tag and made it Christmassy. Lovely!

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  4. Beautiful tag--and pinecones too! Congrats on 400 posts! That's an awesome achievement.

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  5. Congratulations on your 400th post. That is a real achievement! I love your tag, what a great interpretation, love your colour scheme too.

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  6. Keeping that Christmas spirit going I see!!! I LOVE your take on Tim's tag!!! That jolly Santa makes me so happy!!! Fab work and congrats on turning the big 400!!!

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  7. Very nice interpretation of the August tag. Love the colors! Nice job!

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  8. wow--congrats on all the posts--I agree, time flies and who would have thought this blogging idea would catch on. Love your tag. I have that pinecone die and find it contrary too. Thanks for visiting my blog--my next color page should be about "brown" but I'm too sad to talk about the condition of my yard.

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  9. Love your take on this month's tag - gorgeous colors :)

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  10. Susan, I love your spin on the new tag... it's absolutely gorgeous!

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  11. Congrats on your 400th post!! and on a stunning tag! I love that you made it Christmassy. So unique and so well done!

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  12. I love this! It looks like a tag Tim would have made during the 12 Tags of Christmas!

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  13. As beautiful as it is, it doesn't cool me off! LOVE the pine cones! They are really neat-o, but they would have to be smushed down to mail and that would totally defeat the pretty purpose. {sigh}. Thanks for sharing and inspiring! And thanks to Walt for his behind the scenes contributions, too.

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  14. Those pine cones look fabulous Susan...great tag!

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  15. This is a gorgeous Christmas Tag :)

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  16. LOVE this FUN take on the challenge!! What a GREAT Holiday Tag!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  17. Susan...this tag is amazing! You so deserved to be a winner!! Congrats! <3 Candy

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  18. The tag is amazing. Congrats on your win

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  19. Congratulations on your winning tag. Great idea.

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  20. Absolutely stunning tag. Unsure how I missed seeing your tag earlier. Congratulations on winning.

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  21. Congratulations on your winning tag! Using Santa was very creative!

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  22. Great take on Tim's tag. Congrats on your win. Hugs, Buttons x

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