Tim Holtz , Tags of 2014 challenge, August

As usual I had great fun with this challenge, particularly as Tim said  :-
The theme for August is:-

muse /myo͞oz/: to become absorbed in thought or dreamy abstraction

In other words get totally lost in your creating & let the juices flow - I think !

I got very inspired on Tim's blog , a Paula Cheney embossing 3d tutorial called 'Discover burlap panel' I used a tag but used the vellum embossing feature, lovely fun !

If you want to join in the fun you have a couple of days yet, here is the link

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2014-august/

Here is a side view as I would also like to add this to Hels Sheridan's Sunday stamper challenge

Called Deeply dippy - all about 3D - enter here http://pinkleart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/sunday-stamper-week-322-deeply-dippy.html. You have till Saturday night for Hels challenge.

I found a nice thick piece of card which used to be a Filofax tab, who uses those 

any more ?

I was going to avoid the holes, but then decided it might be cool with the holes !

So here is the die I used below

On Paula's tutorial , she used the gorgeous wallpaper vellum

From Tim, mine not arrived yet:-( but I found some

Pretty vellum in my stash, hot off the press, yonks  old !

So I ripped it up a bit on the edges.

The photo below shows the tag , first white gesso added randomly

Them some lovely distress inks. Squeezed lemonade, 

Seeded preserves & gold

I then thought I would try out my lovely new Dylusions stencil

I dabbed through the stencil with blue jeans & lilac inks

Photo below shows the tag with vellum on it too

I cut out (in the same thick card) my frameworks die, I didn't have

Exactly the same products but I got a great effect by rubbing versamark over it

& heat embossing  with UTE powder & some lovely glittery

WoW powders, repeating a few times and dunking the hot sticky embossing powder into

Some of the powder on my mat !!

Doesn't it look and shiny sparkly and nice !

Below is a photo of the framework cut with all it's little 3D 

Pads on it & also the ink & text stamp I used over the vellum 

Before you stick down your framework die cut over the tag

(Which has the vellum already stuck on )

Thread  a little raffia through the holes at the side

I cut out the die below & inked it over with adirondack 

Lettuce & squeezed lemonade stain. I cut it up and threaded it through the windows

Of the framework before sticking it onto tag.

Then just fix it down in places, nice to leave a few sort of loose.

I used my lovely French flight framelits die and stamp set to

Make some butterfly's stamped & watercoloured to match

I hope you like the finished result, I even made a 'Paula bow' as Tim calls it.

Dunk your ribbons in spritzed inks & dry with heat gun.

Wrap it around your hand in loops, scrunch it up and tie in the middle

With a small piece of the same coloured ribbon.

Close up of some detail below