Tim holtz's tags 3 & 5 - used in LOs...

i have a couple more tags done from t!m's tutorials. The grungeboard pieces are fairly large so my finished pieces were larger than i wanted to use for a card or gift item. then i spotted the two LO sketches i had printed recently by valerie salmon and it hit me - i could use the pieces to prep some christmas LOs!

here is tag 5:

rather than use a tag i just cut a shape with my nesties and followed tim's tutorial. i used a outdoor snow scene for my background.

here is the sketch i decided to use it with from got sketch.

and here is the resulting LO:

next up is my version of tag 3:

I used this LO from got sketch

and here is my LO (with a "marker" where the pic would be):

these were SO much fun and came together so quickly and easily once the "tags" were done! what do y'all think????

now a little glimpse of the shenanigans that go on while i am trying to snap pics for the blog:

seems i have a little camera hog on my hands!

this is the face we get when we tell her to smile.....

Alcohol Inks, Rub-ons and ATG guns, oh my....!!

SO, i FINALLY broke down and got myself an ATG gun because I am going through so much adhesive AND i was finding the tombo just doesn't stick as well as i'd like to some of my backgrounds. so OF COURSE the first thing i did was alter it!!




My friend Melissa brought some Krylon Fusion spray paint over and we both painted our guns together. well that slick, shiny surface was just crying for some alcohol ink so i figured what the heck. i am in LOVE with the color combination and have ordered everything else Ranger makes in these colors so i can use them on everything as we re-do my craft area. I used Meadow, Currant and Eggplant - they are Adirondack Earthtone colors.

i also have a LO to share - yes i got one done :) hooray!! so many more to go and just took 100 more pics here at my mom's! i have really been LOVING the got sketch blog by valerie salmon and used another of her sketches for this one (sketch #40):

I made a few adjustments and i really love how it turned out. i used fall colors of alcohol inks on Ranger's glossy paper and then cut out the leaves and the title on my cricut. instead of brackets i cut out leaf and acorn borders.