Thank You Tammy Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to a special surprise blog hop for the Sizzix Design Team Coordinator Tammy Tutterow. Tiffany suggested that we would do a little blog hop to thank Tammy for everything she does for us on a daily basis and I thought it was a great idea.

One of my best ever emails came from Tammy, about a year and a half ago, when she asked me if I wanted to join the first ever Sizzix (US) design team. I didn't even think one second before I said yes, and I love being on this great team. Tammy does a wonderful job running the team, she is always there to listen and takes such good care of all the design team members, and has created an environment where our creativity is free to roam around. Thank you so much Tammy!

Tammy's 'quotes for art' board on Pinterest is full of wonderful quotes and I picked one as inspiration for this tag. Like Tammy, I also love birds and fun techniques, and this tag has a little bit of both.

The tag was die cut from watercolour paper and randomly stamped with the Darkroom Door Gazette background stamp using Archival Jet Black ink. It was embossed with the English Botanical folder and I did the wax crayon resist technique that I shared in this tutorial. After applying the crayon, the tag was inked with Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet and Frayed Burlap Distress Stains. When dry, I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

The little tag is a Vintaj blank and it was embossed in the Lowercase Typewriter folder, with a 't' for 'Tammy'. I painted it with two patina inks for an almost marble effect and burnished it when it was dry. The second tag was die cut with the Tiny Tabs & Tags die, from a leftover piece from the scroll (see below). I attached them to the ribbon with a Tim Holtz Wire Pin.

The butterfly was a leftover from my burlap panel tutorial from earlier this week. Modeling Film was covered with natural sticky-back canvas, die cut, embossed, heated and shaped. Then it was inked with Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.

I really liked this quote that I found in Tammy's Pinterest board. It was printed on manila cardstock and cut into strips.

I used the pretty Bird Scroll die by Brenda Walton and die cut the bird and wing from grungeboard. To give the bird texture, I covered it with Coarse Molding Paste, using a palette knife. It gives a great texture with lots of tooth. After it dried, I painted it with Distress and Adirondack paints, adding gold highlights with Tarnished Brass.

Vintage dictionary paper from Bazzill was glued on top of grungeboard and the scroll was die cut from it. The edges were inked with Frayed Burlap. I also added a little nest made from cheesecloth which had been dyed with Antique Linen Distress Stain and a pen nib, slightly coloured with patina ink.

 

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the other design team members participating in the hop, for some great inspiration:

 

Aida Haron

Anna-Karin Evaldsson (me)

Catherine Matthews-Scanlon

Jan Hobbins

Jeanne Streiff

Leica Forrest

Mou Saha

Tiffany Johnson

Vivian Sung Soon Keh-Hue

 

Thank you for the visit!

 

Happy crafting!

 

Anna-Karin

 

Supplies:

Surfaces: Canson Montval watercolour paper; Ranger Manila cardstock; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungboard; Bazzill Antique 6 x 6; Wendy Vecchi Whiteout Modeling Film; Claudine Hellmuth Natural Sticky-Back canvas

Dies: Sizzix: Bird Scroll, Mini Butterflies, Tiny Tabs & Tags

Embossing folders: Sizzix: English Botanical & Houndstooth, Bottle Caps & Rulers, DecoEmboss Lowercase Typewriter

Stamps: Darkroom Door: Gazette Background stamp

Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black; Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs; Ranger Patina Ink: Marine, Verdigris

Stain: Distress Stain: Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Frayed Burlap

Paint: Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Tarnished Brass; Adirondack: Aqua, Pool

Medium: Golden Artist Paint Coarse Molding Paste

Crayon: Caran d'Ache Neocolor wax oil pastel white

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Pen Nibs, Chit Chat stickers, Wire Pins, Jump Rings; Vintaj: Blank Circle Tag; lace trim; cheesecloth