By The Numbers

Well Look Who Has Returned. Just like a Bad Penny.

We have been working on our patio wall.

Finally got it down and stared rebuilding the new wall.

Funny what 42 years of Wisconsin winters can do to a cement wall.

I had two days to play and all I got done is one tag,

thought I would show you what I came up with.

Stamps used; Man’s body from Paper Bag Studios.

Head from Stampers Anonymous

Glasses from Stampabilities

Large clock and stopwatch from La Blanche

Map and Numbers from Hero Arts

Pencils from Oxford Impressions 

Two Stencils from Tim Holtz’s

Word Play die for Numbers.

 

Thanks for stopping in today

Hope you have a safe and wonderful Labor Day week-end.

Another Travel Tag

From    Tim Holtz’s Blog August 03 2013.

Thought I would this again, but different colors for the background.

 

This time I used Scattered Straw and Brushed Corduroy re-inkers.

Tim Holtz stamps and stickers along with Hero Arts and Crafty Secrets stamps.

 

Hope you have time to check out some great tags that are posted on his blog. Thanks for dropping in today.

I would like to enter this tag in the August Monthly Challenge: My Summer Vacation

over at Inspiration Journal Blog

Aug / Sept 13 TJ. Newsletter Artwork

Gradient Stamping card measures 5 ¾ x 4 ½ Bookmark measures 5 ½ x 1 ¾

 

Stamp credits; Stampin’ Up (Background),

Tag, Endless Creations (flower is 2 step stamp)

Hero Arts (Autumn)

Die is from Memory Box.

Bookmark credits;

Fiskars (filmstrip)

CTMH Leaves

Peddler’s Pack (Leaves are drifting) 

Inks used: Memento’s

Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Potters Clay and Desert Sand.

Thank you for stopping in today, have a great week-end…

Think

Fall, Back To School, Halloween.

Travel Tag

 

 From    Tim Holtz’s Blog    August 03 2013.

Thought I would give this tag a try.  

What caught my eye was the use of two brown tone ink colors that I thought would never work out as they both are pretty dark.

He used Pumice Stone and Frayed Burlap Distress Stains, which I don’t have as of yet.

 

So I used Distress Inks in place, and was surprised

at the soft color that came from these two together.

I did not have the masking stuff that Tim used

so I went with the trusted old Post It Notes

 

 

After playing with the inks and adding colors to the tag, thought I would cut up the second tag to make flowers from the Tattered Pinecone die. Well I’m pretty pleased with my self, as I have never been pleased with anything I have done with this die before. Good lesson learn (Stick With It).

 

Stamp credits, Tim Holtz, Hero Arts, Crafty Secrets and Fiskars.

Thanks for your time today, have a cool week-end.

I would like to enter this tag in the August Monthly Challenge: My Summer Vacation

over at Inspiration Journal Blog