February 2014 Tim Holtz Tag

This February tag used embossed stenciled hearts in shades of spun sugar, worn lipstick, and barn door over a tag aged with DI in pumice stone, milled lavender, and frayed burlap. I went with a color coordinated vintage valentine as its centerpiece and embellished it with an alcohol inked acrylic heart, voile bow, antique tatting, and two pale pink paper roses I made. 

I decided to ditch the sentiment and go with the vintage image instead. 

Even though I was quite pleased with my vintage tag, I wasn't very satisfied with the embossing powders I had when I made my first tag. These are my first chalkboard attempts using the supplies I had on hand. You can see why I abandoned them.

My disastrous first attempts using clear EP

Here I tried white EP (left) - clear EP (center) - and pink Distress Powder (right)

I was frustrated that I couldn't master Tim's chalkboard technique so I finally broke down and ordered both EPs used in Tim's tag as well as his Distress Embossing Ink (these tags are getting pretty expensive :)

For this second tag I chose pink background tones (spun sugar, tattered rose, and victorian velvet), but used a big, sparkly red heart as the focal point. The Valentine ticket used what I term 'chalk relief' since the chalk rubbed off the clear embossed print yet made the ticket much easier to read!