Saturday 11 December 2010

TIM'S 12 TAGS OF CHRISTMAS 2010 - #11

I wonder how many of us thought to make foam stamps from Tim's Alterations dies. I certainly didn't. It makes spending all that money on them worth while twice over.
This tag wasn't hard, just a bit fiddly, mainly for me because I don't have any ornate plates so had to make something up from the charms I had.
First of all though, I made the snowflake foam stamp. I have several sheets of funky foam, bought years and years ago when I first started crafting. I've almost given it away umpteen times. How glad am I now that I didn't. I really liked the way Tim used this stamp and I reckon it's a technique I shall use many times more.

Again, luckily I have the pine tree die so the tag was easy. I followed all Tim's instructions and tried really hard to cut the snowy tree at the same parts too. Not difficult but a bit tricky to see some of the edges through the home made glittery flower soft.
I stuck the 2 metal corners onto the 2 titchy square frames using multi matt medium. Normally I would have used glossy accents, but after Tim saying that he always uses the medium for metal, I did the same. It's really stuck so that's another fab tip.

Another enjoyable crafting session.

Just off to link this to both Artyjen and  the Artistic Stamper blogs.

8 comments:

ScrappyDandyDoo said...

Lovely :D
Julie xx

Jean Franks Beck said...

Beautifully done!

Hazel (Didos) said...

WOW Love it Joanne Its stunning as always xxx

Helen said...

This looks great - love the use of the corners.

Minxy said...

Fab tag, i love the self made frame and the fairy on top of the tree :D

Donna said...

Your Tag turned out wonderfully. I really enjoyed doing today's too.
Donna x

Paper Paradise said...

What a fantastic result! The tag is stunning. x

Anonymous said...

Great Tag, S xxx