Thursday 1 December 2011

Here we go; 12 Tags of Christmas day 1

Hi there everyone; yes it has finally dawned; this morning at 8am UK time the world wide mania that is Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas has begun......... now I was so eager to get started that I did a couple of tags on "Tag eve" ie 30 November so I thought I'd share those with you before going onto my interpretation of Tim's amazing tag!




I was pretty pleased with the way they came out and it got me definitely geared up for this morning's launch!
I decided to start as I imagined Tim to start; with a festive Starbucks!
You can find Tim's post HERE with all the videos, step by step pictures and finished tag.
This is my interpretation of it
So; to begin my heart sank, I do not have the cardstock, pinecone die, noel die or banner die,nor the embossing folder, or even the same trim! But I do have the festive foliage die......
But I did follow the techniques in my own way. What I enjoy about the tags is being creative with my supplies so I coloured my base tag with stormy sky distress ink and embossed with one of Tim's flourish folders. I'd used the technique before but not with white powder and I love the way it turned out. I cut my Noel freehand and glittered with blue glitter.
Instead of using different coloured card I coloured a card with various distress inks before cutting out the foliage.

I used real pine cones and some pearl brads and an old earring at the top. The organza ribbon was coloured with distress ink too.
Here's some of the detail
So tag one is done and will be hung in my lounge; my first decoration of the season. Roll on tomorrow for day two!
Have fun everyone and if you are joining in with the magic I look forward to seeing your on his blog too.

23 comments:

Unknown said...

All stunning! Love your interpretation of Tim's work!

Belinda Basson said...

Wow, you are quick off the mark! This is a great interpretation of it!

annes paperfun said...

Oh..my... your tag is amazing...love it ♥

Morti said...

WTG you - quick off the mark indeed! Yours looks fab, and now I'm inspired to not worry that I have very little TH stash - although my purse finger is itching now... LOL

Winnie said...

Great tag! I love your spin on it. Fun idea to use real pine cones!

minnie_mac said...

Great tags. Like you, the only thing die I have is the foliage one, and I also have some tiny pine cones, real ones, I am hoping to use. Will have to be inventive !

Have fun with all the 12 tags.

Marilyn

Elizabeth said...

All gorgeous tags, Neil, and I'm more than a little impressed that you cut the 'Noel' freehand - I'd never dare! Like the colouring of the card before cutting out the leaves. Off to peak at TH's label, but yours is stunning. Elizabeth

Laura said...

gorgeous tag Neil, ive uploaded mine now, loved creating this one, love your intentive spin on this the tiny pinecones look fab, 1st decoration !!!! hahahahaha ive already got my all my decorations up :)

Artyjen said...

Lovely version of the tag Neil :)
xoxo Sioux

Ann B said...

At least you had the foliage die - that's one more than me and your beautiful tag shows it's not about what you have but what you do with it.Looking forward to see what you do for tomorrow's tag

Tamara said...

what a nice one.

Deb said...

Loving your enthusiasm for this, your tag is just fabulous, love all the details you added, must go and see Tim's now!
have a great day, Debxx

Glennis F said...

Wow Neil - you are quick off the mark!
Fabulous tags

shirley said...

Fabulous tag!

Helen said...

Great work!! Mine was "missing" a lot of the real items too... still it's all part of the fun.

Therese in Australia said...

Great work Neil. I love your take on Tim's tag and the colours on the first "pre tag" you made.

Sunshine Girl said...

Great tag - I too only had the festive greenery die but we muddle through dont we! (although I have now caved in and ordered that pinecone die!).

jude said...

Neil this is absolutely gorgeous .It's not wether youve got the same dies ect im same as you.But to drawn inspiration ad use your own stock.Thats what youve done and as all your work Stunning.
DAy 2 ....whey hey judex

Anonymous said...

gorgeous!!! love how you inked a background to cut out for your greenery!! thank you for playing along with Inspiration Emporium!!

Sara said...

Love how you made the festive follage die...great idea...I've been stamping and then coloring; I think I'll try this approach next time!

Shelly Hickox said...

Love your idea for the foliage! I think not having all the supplies forces us to be more creative, and that's what it's all about. Great tag!

Inkypinkycraft said...

Great tag, I didn't have any of these either!!have ordered pine cone as have wanted that for ages and then need time to get crafting!!!and then there's tag two, half started!!well I hope I will catch up! Your tag is fab trace x

Joy Kennedy said...

Great tag! It's all about the inspiration! Thanks so much for playing along with Inspiration Emporium!