Inspired by Tim's September 2013 Tag

Happy Friday the 13!! I hope you aren't superstitious ;)  I want to sincerely thank those of you who participated in my challenge at Do More With Less!! You guys are awesome and I appreciate you so much!! Thank you :)

I have a tag to share with you today, following along with Tim's September 2013 Tags. I pretty much followed his tutorial (HERE) except for the alphabet on the bottom. Tim used Distress Paint and I don't have any (yet ;). Instead, I heat embossed mine with Zing Vanilla Embossing Powder.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. 12 Tags of 2013 - September Tag
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Embossed
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Emboss It
4. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - September Anything Goes
5. Sunday Funday #13 - September Linky Party
6. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because September Linky Party

It's supposed to cool down to the 70's here this weekend, so it's a week early, but it will feel like a fall weekend here. I hope you have fun plans!! Thanks for stopping by :)

Inspired by Tim's August 2013 Tag

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Happy Sunday!! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!! It's warmed up a bit here - low 80's - but still beautiful summer weather. Although I love fall, I'm not ready to let summer go just yet :)

I have a tag to share with you today inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2013 August tag. I am so excited that I had all the ingredients to make the tag...actually all four that he showcased this month. I will have another project soon using all of the stamp sets.

I won't write out the instructions since I pretty much followed Tim's tutorial exactly (HERE). I did however use some of his new stencils first. I used Stars, Stripes and Dot Fade in the background before I started stamping.

Here's Tim's Tag. 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 - August
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party
3. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - August Anything Goes
4. Sunday Funday - August Linky Party
5. Just B Creative Crazy - Just Because Linky Party
6. Fun-Day Friday #13 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by today :)

Tim Holtz May Tag and WINNER!!

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are all having a great week!! First of all, I would like to sincerely thank those of you for the sweet comments and emails regarding the final round of the Spellbinders Design Team call. I can't tell you how much your support means to me!! I appreciate it so much...so thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

I didn't have very long in my craft room today, but I wanted to try to eek in a tag for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013. I actually had most of the items he used this month so I definitely wanted to play along :)

I won't go through the steps to make the tag...I followed Tim's instructions HERE. For the background colors, I used TH Distress Stains in Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Fired Brick and Rusty Hinge. The stamps are all from the TH Mini Classics stamp set. Instead of a Enameled Tag like Tim used which I didn't have, I used an Idea-ology Fragments Tag, inked with Watermelon Alcohol Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 - May Tag
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. DL.Art Thankful Thursday- May Linky Party
4. Sunday Funday #9 - May Linky Party

Now for the winner of the My Mind's Eye Blink of an Eye paper stack from the Craftin Desert Divas Blogaversary Desert Hop!! Random.org selected as the winner...................................

And #24 is................................................................

Congratulations, Davi!! I'll leave you a message or you can email me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com with your address and I'll get the paper in the mail to you!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great evening :)

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Happy Friday and happy Good Friday to all my friends who celebrate!! It's time for a Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces!! The theme today is Here Comes Peter Cottontail - we want you to use a bunny or make an Easter card or project :)

I meant to play along with the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013, but I missed getting tags done for January and February. But I did manage to make one for March.

The base is from a Prima Tag Pad...love these tags...they are large and sturdy. It was first covered  with a light layer of TH Snow Cap Paint Dabber and then TH Broken China Distress Stain. The label is a Spellbinders JustRite Nested Medallion die cut from TH Kraft Core Nostalgic cardstock. The cardstock was then brushed with a layer of the Snow Cap Paint Dabber. The bunny is from the TH Mini Blueprints 2 set, stamped with Ranger Embossing Ink and then heat embossed with silver embossing powder, The bunny was colored in with a TH Distress Marker in Spun Sugar and Broken China for the bow. Cotton was used for the tail. The grass was cut with paper from the Nostalgic cardstock with shredding scissors. The TH Idea-ology Foliage Flowers were painted with acrylic paints. TH Idea-ology Crinkle Ribbon was stained with Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks, crinkled and then heat set. The ribbon at the top was colored with Broken China. The banner along the top is a TH Tattered Banner die cut with manilla cardstock that was then painted with Snow Cap Paint Dabber. "Hello Friend" is from the TH Simple Sayings stamp set.

Here's Tim's awesome March 2013 tag.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 - March
2. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
3. DL.Art - March Linky Party
4. Sunday Funday #7 - March Linky Party
5. Craft It Up & Link It Up - Easter
6. Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes w/Twist - Vintage Easter or Spring

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Here Comes Peter Cottontail project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

Also, this weekend I will announce the winners of the Spring Blog Hop and Hoo's Ready For Spring Blog Hop!! So stay tuned... :)

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