Hello everyone,
It's that time of the month again...no not THAT time of the month *lol*... goodness, such awful thoughts you all have...it's time to reveal to you my tag for June as inspired by Tim's 12 tags of 2015 challenge.
Now, before I show you anything, I have to admit that when I first saw his tag..I went *GULP*..there is NO WAY I can reproduce ( I don't have that die) and my mind went straight to my smaller coffee die-cut set I bought at the craft fair last month. But I am lucky enough to have a friend who showed me her tag ( she also does not have the same die-cut that Tim uses) and she did such a good job. She inspired me to really give it a go with the materials I had at home. And I did and it's fabulous..I'm really glad I challenged myself to reproduce this tag almost to identical.
So without further ado....I give to you Tim's Tag for June:
It's that time of the month again...no not THAT time of the month *lol*... goodness, such awful thoughts you all have...it's time to reveal to you my tag for June as inspired by Tim's 12 tags of 2015 challenge.
Now, before I show you anything, I have to admit that when I first saw his tag..I went *GULP*..there is NO WAY I can reproduce ( I don't have that die) and my mind went straight to my smaller coffee die-cut set I bought at the craft fair last month. But I am lucky enough to have a friend who showed me her tag ( she also does not have the same die-cut that Tim uses) and she did such a good job. She inspired me to really give it a go with the materials I had at home. And I did and it's fabulous..I'm really glad I challenged myself to reproduce this tag almost to identical.
So without further ado....I give to you Tim's Tag for June:
And here is my replica attempt:
Not bad - huh!!
Here are some closer pics I wanted to draw your attention to
I love the white paint he had us put behind the plastic to make it look like cream. And of course that HJ's straw is awesome!!!
Love that I am finding uses for the corrugated board I've had in my stash for ages. I roughed it up and inked it with distress ink. I also used my 1" round punch and my We R Memory Keepers star die for the centre piece (love the green and silver look).
I was also very fortunate to be given some burlap which I used for this project. It really does take it up to the next level.
So good I made two!!! I really really enjoyed making it. I will be giving one to my swap partner :)
So, then I decided to go ahead and make the one my mind originally thought of when I first saw this month's theme. And here it is:
I am pretty happy with this too!!
I still incorporated the star and the circle, the corrugated cardboard, the burlap and the "#lifeisgood" flag.
So, lets put them side by side:
And so the difference between the 2 tags was my backgrounds. The replica was a paper background with 0.25" strips of green glossy yardstick stuck horizontally and vertically, while for the second tag, I inked the tag with a light colour of green ink then went down the tag in stripes with my dark green ink pad and then distressed and inked the edges for both.
I hope you have found inspiration here and that you do give it a go!!
You are so welcome to leave a comment and let me know which one you liked the best.
xxAmira
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