12 tags of 2013 April

Today I am sharing my version of Tim Holtz April tag for 12 Tags of 2013. I've been waiting to the last minute, because I was hoping my distress paints would arrive, but they seem to be having a rest in some postal Bermuda Triangle, when they should really be on my desk.

Instead of using the Distress Paints, I used my Adirondack dabbers. I had a tag on my desk that I had covered with Coarse Molding Paste and decided to use that tag since it already had a really cool texture. I used both watered-down dabber paint and some dry brushing to create the background, with a bit of crackle stamping and some black paint around the edges. Because of the Coarse Molding Paste, the background has extra texture and also a rough feel to it, similar to rusted metal.

I was happy to see that Tim used Clearly for Art Modeling Film on his tag, since that has been a favourite product of mine ever since it came out. I used it for a dimensional hot air balloon on my post yesterday. Instead of using the dragonfly, which I have already used together with the modeling film once, I used both the large and the small version of the Blueprint light bulb stamp instead. The base part was coloured on the back with silver alcohol ink. I heated them and shaped them as light bulbs.

The Idea-ology pieces were distressed with the Adirondack paints too.

Here's a close-up of the background texture, with a bit of crackle stamping.

I used the Word Play die to cut a number from grungeboard and painted it black, before giving it the same treatment as Tim gave his plastic number. I added a bit of dry-brushing too.

More background texture, I was having fun with my paints.

Thank you for looking!!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Industrial Blueprint, Mini Blueprints 3, Ultimate Grunge
Dies: Sizzix: Word Play
Surfaces: Wendy Vecchi Clearly for Art Modeling Film
Paint: Ranger Adirondack: Aqua, Sailboat Blue, Juniper, Lettuce, Pitch Black, Gold, Copper
Alcohol ink: Ranger Adirondack Silver
Stain: Distress Stain Tarnished Brass
Medium: Golden Coarse Molding Paste
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Game Spinners, Gears, Time Pieces, Crinkle Ribbon, Word Bands, Paper Strings Solids, tissue tape