Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 - January

Hi Scrappy Folks! This is my first time participating in the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013. I have made many tags before but felt I wanted to learn a few new techniques this year. I always admired his work and love his products but was always a bit reluctant to try them. Well no time like the present. I am excited to have finished the first tag and I am actually like how it turned out. I was a bit scared to be honest. Unfortunately I have the attitude as I better get it right the first time or your just wasting supplies and product.  Enough babble. Below is my first tag..and hope to follow through with the rest.

I didn't use all the exact supplies as Tim did and had to improvise a bit. I am still very happy with how it turned out.  I didn't have a decent enough pattern on my embossing folders, so I used white embossing powder and stamped over with the same pattern with black ink. The quote I stamped was Believe that you can and you will.

I used a smaller tag for my quote. 

I use Tim Holtz products on my layouts and I ran out of the bigger gears I had. I had to improvise there as well. You can see I even used a washer from my hubby's tool box.

Supplies used:

Tag: I made from my abundance of file folders.

Embossing ink: Tim Holtz embossing pad

Embossing powder: Stash

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Stazon

Distressed inks: spiced marmalade, iced spruce, black soot

Distressed stain: Vintage photo

Chipboard: Dusty Attic, Stash

Gears: Tim holtz (mini gears), Prima (large) 

Game spinner: Tim Holtz

Film Strip: Tim Holtz

Metal mini clock: Michaels bead landing

Paper clip: stash

Metal saying: Why not? Darice Charm