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Embossed Tag

2 August 2010

Here’s a tag made with lovely 10 Seconds Studio products!   You can see the versatility of the molds and just how good they work with both cardstock and metal.  Did you know you can also emboss clear film with their molds, how about that!  The cardstock was embossed with the Big Daddy #4 mold and [...]

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Tag Recycling

23 July 2010

This project is a great way to show how you can turn a simple old clothing tag into something special! First thing we did was coat the entire tag in distress ink Frayed Burlap, after it was dry we stamped a background image in distress ink Black Soot over the tag.  That gave us the base [...]

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“Adore” tag

21 July 2010

You can’t get more cuter than these kids in a row from “Collections”!  We’ve distressed the edges of the photo with the Tim Holtz paper edge distresser and then treated with distress ink in walnut stain.   The background was a flourish image from Tim Holtz that was first stamped in Crushed Olive, after a light [...]

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Lamp Post Tag

16 June 2010

This tag is another example of  the white wax crayon technique.  As we’ve mentioned before, it’s easy to achieve.  All you need to do is stamp your image with an archival ink, colour in focal areas with a white wax crayon or chinagraph pencil, then blend Distress Ink or other dye based inks over the top [...]

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More new blog fodder

23 May 2010

Ohhh and ahhh!! Check out this arty site too: http://kardkrazy.blogspot.com/!!!  Louise has some great samples and check out Tag Technique Tuesday while you’re there. Enjoy!

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White crayon resist and Darkroom Door

21 May 2010

Here are some samples made out of Darkroom Door images with the white crayon technique. Directions: Use white wax crayon to highlight areas of your stamped imaged (stamp out using archival or permanent ink).  Then simply blend Distress Ink or other dye based inks over the top for a “resist” finish. So easy but very [...]

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“Secrets” Tag

7 May 2010

This tag features 2 of the Tim Holtz Alterations dies.  Firstly the lock is from the Hardware Finding die.  You also get a hinge on the die.  The keyhole plate we have added Chatsworth Rusting Agent & Activator.  We also swiped a bit of paint across the surface of the hinge.  The tickets are also [...]

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Keyhole Tag

3 May 2010

This tag was made with the Tim Holtz Alterations Die, Styled Label (used with the magnetic keyhole die in the middle).  We cut the die out of chipboard then used Langridges Rust Base and Activator over the top for a great treatment!! The swivel clasp, key charm, stamps and inks used are by none other [...]

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A La Grunge Tag!

1 May 2010

It’s really not our fault that we have to mention Tim Holtz’s name so many times here on the Destination Art blog!!!  He just has such a versatile range of products that interact and work so well together and with other products, that we just can’t help having to say his name so much!   Tim [...]

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A Picture tells a 1000 words

30 April 2010

Here we have placed vintage clip art downloads behind Tim Holtz Film Strip.  We’ve also used a Fragments (clear acrylic pieces) also from Tim’s line over the top of another piece of clip art.  Both the strip and fragment have been adhered with Glossy Accents.  The words were printed on a label maker (such a [...]

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Some more studio highlights

15 April 2010

Here is another piece we’ve been working on in the studio made with the NEW Tim Holtz Alterations Dies.  This is made using the “Regal Crest” Bigz Die and each piece of the die was stamped using Tim’s range of unmounted images.  We also have in new Tims new link chain which you can see at [...]

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Gift Tag Project

4 April 2010

Todays project is a sweet gift tag. You might want to click on the photo to get a much bigger look at the detail.  So much fun to make and using the Ranger Memory Frame and Tim Holtz Memory Capsule inside makes it perfect for personalising for your recepient.  Yummy yum yum, let’s get started. Oh!! Just [...]

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Another Tag Tutorial Day!!!

2 April 2010

If you attended our last Demo Day (which was a great chance to see a whole bunch of our products used), then you might remember this tag.  Here is a rundown on how it was done.  The first step was to create a background using various colours of Adirondack Paint Dabbers, for this tag we used [...]

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