INSPIRATION STATION #90

Welcome back to Inspiration Station #90 and our visual prompt for you this month should get you thinking.  I've created a tag for my project.  

The background is a gel print of a leaf that my 3 year old grandson did with me.  He loves playing with the gel press and now when we go on walks he's always picking up leaves and saying here you are Grandma this is for your paint!  Precious times! You can see the image of the leaf on the left hand side of the tag.

I used the cute little set from Waffle Flower called Fall Greetings.  The leaves are the top say Hello and have been embossed with Copper Embossing powder.  The pumpkin image doesn't have a cat but does have birds and I've coloured the image in with Tim Holtz Marker Pens.  I still have some that work. 

I've added some naturally hand dyed wool to the top - this was dyed with iron modifier.  It gives a lovely autumnal brown.

I'm adding this into the following challenges:

Tag Along - all things Autumn 

Lets Craft and Create - Autumn 

Try it on Tuesday - Autumn's Beauty

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn 

We love stamping - Autumn

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #526 MAKE YOUR MARK

Welcome back to another challenge at ATSM - Make Your Mark.  I'm sharing a tag with a definite Autumn feel. I started off my tag as below using Tim Holtz leaf stencil.  This is a new addition to my stash and I'm loving using it.  I used two Distress Oxide inks for the leaves Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso and then covered it in Antique Linen.  

I added some of the Tim Holtz leaf fragments dies I've been playing with recently and then decided to do a mini tag with a stamp from Waffle Flower called Fall Greetings.  I love that little pumpkin.  I added some extra ephemera stamping and the sentiment is from an old Tracy Evans set. I added a brad to the top of the tag and some hand dyed thread.  Yes I still have brads!  

ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE #525 - DIE CUTS/STENCILS

Welcome back to ATSM and our challenge of die cuts and/or stencils.  I've used both here.  I don't often use Die Cuts but if I do they are normally by Tim Holtz and his Leaf Fragments are some of my favourites.  I'm in full on Autumn mode even though I'm a bit early but I'm looking forward to the cooler days after the hot summer we've had here in Wales and the UK.

I started my tag off with an embossing folder.  I haven't used embossing folders in a while and the one I did use was for the first time!  I'm not sure of the make but it gave the 3d effect which was what I wanted. I then added some Embossing Ink over the raised parts and added Crackling Campfire embossing glaze over it.  I then used some Distress Ink in Weathered Wood and water coloured over the remaider of the tag.  I added various stamping by Tim Holtz.

I cut out some of the leaves from some background papers I had made and added extra Crackling Campfire to match the background.  These were also embossed to give the leaves some shine.  I then built up my collage using some tickets from Ideaology and some extra stamps from Tim's set The Professor.

I chose these paper dolls as I thought they suited the quote I found of The Chemistry Club.  I had earlier created some ephemera from book pages and sellotape which just happened to have the names of four gentlemen so I added that to the bottom.  

The ribbon at the top has been hand dyed using indigo plant dye.  I only used a small bit as I'm eeking it out!  

I'm adding this into the following:

Tuesday Taggers - Embossing - Heat Embossed and Embossing Folder 

Unicorn - Not Square 

NBUS - Embossing Folder 

Four Seasons - Autumn 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - get in shape -