I don’t think it is too late to get on the Tim Holtz band wagon and begin making tags. I’ve never made these. So it is time to venture into the unknown. Below is a photo of Tim’s January 2013 tag and the one I created for my granddaughter. Similar but not quite.
I will be using three gears from the Maya Road chipboard collection and one bracket from some other chipboard elements I have found in my stash. The Maya Road pieces were bought from a yard sale a couple years ago. Time to get them used!
The embossing powders I will be using are:
- Ranger Super Fine Detail Black
- Ranger Super Find Detail Gold
- Ochre Tapestry by Personal Stamp Exchange (no longer available)
- Turquoise Tapestry by Personal Stamp Exchange (no longer available)
One at a time, coat one side of the chipboard pieces in embossing ink. I am using Rubber Stampede tinted embossing ink for this step. Get the chipboard piece coated well with the ink.
Do all of your pieces with the black embossing powder first. Dip and heat them.
Moving on to the next color of embossing powder. Press the chipboard into the embossing ink anywhere you want the newest addition of powder to be applied. Sprinkle or dip the piece in the second color and heat set.
When you are satisfied with the color disbursement you can move on to the next color. You will follow the same steps. Dip the chipboard piece in the embossing ink where you like. Sprinkle or dip the piece in the powder. Then heat set the pieces.
The last application will be the gold embossing powder. This time you will nearly cover the entire surface with the gold embossing powder.
When you are finished you will have a metallic like look to your chipboard pieces. Some of the yellow will peek out, the turquoise will come through, the black will be seen, and the gold will kick it off nicely.
Hope you found this helpful. Now go on and “Show someone how special they are”. Thought I should be using my tag line a bit more.
Leslie