Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016 July, Jane's Journal's card version

For July Tim is asking us to revisit 2 more of his previous techniques. This is the tag he created.

If you would like to see his process, please look at his blog via the link here

As you know by now I don't have many "male" stamps or dies and after looking through my stash I soon realised that I would not be making anything like Tim's. So as he asked us to,  I took my own artful expedition through my creative imagination and in true Jane's Journal style went off in my own direction and decided to make a Christmas card...as you do!

Out came my Tim Christmas stamps

 I die cut the word believe in some Kraft card and stamped my image onto watercolour paper

 I coloured my image with distress markers and made the error of using picket fence for Santa's beard, hair and the snowman..you will see why later.

 I added some distress glaze

and then made a wash of blue to cover my card.

You will notice that the picket fence did not resist the glaze....probably because it is pigment based but never fear, everything is fixable in my world.

I got out my white acryllic paint and just went over those areas...problem solved.

I then cut a slit in my Kraft card and slid through my image. 

Then it was time to put on my creative hat and add some details.

Here is my finished card.

I added lots of festive embellies and some faux gold stitching. Below is a close up of my "stitching". I think the blue card looks like denim material. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2016 July
Rubber Dance Christmas in July
Emerald Faeries  2/3 Winter blues
Fussy and fancy Christmas in July
The ribbon girl 2/3any image

Thanks for visiting today and for the kind comments you take the time to leave.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x