Time Travel ~ 12 Tags of 2014 ~ January

Hello friends...

Hope you are all having a fabulous week and I can't believe it's been nearly a week since my last post but I've been busy working on a lot of new projects, which is top secret at the moment but I'll be able to tell you all about it very soon, so watch this space!!

Today, I'm sharing my January tag inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2014. Tim's tag was another fantastic work of art and as soon as I saw this one, I just knew I was going to have such fun working on it. So without further ado, here's my tag with a few variations on Tim's original and as always, I hope you love what I've made!

For this tag, I think a lot of my inspiration came from watching Dr Who and I used the "Time Travel" wording from the Words Remnant Rubs. Also, you might have noticed, Tim cut his Pocket Watch to fit onto the tag but I couldn't bring myself to waste one little bit of all that glorious metal and I'm sure you all know my style by now, I love things overlapping the edges of my projects...so, I left the pocket watch die cut just as it was.

I also didn't have the Texture Fade that was used on the original, so once again I had a good look through my stash and found another embossing folder which worked perfectly. I then date stamped the tag and added my Idea-Ology and other various elements to complete it.

Close up detail of all that gorgeous metal and Idea-Ology.

So, that's it from me for today and thank you so much for stopping by!!

I'm going to make myself a hot frothy coffee before heading back into the craft room but I'll see you all soon...bye for now,

Love Emma xxx

Live In The Moment....

Good morning everyone!

I hope you've all had a wonderful start to the week and thank you so much for all your comments and visits to my blog, last week...you really are the best followers ever!!

Today, I'm sharing something that I actually made for my Dad for Father's Day. Unfortunately, it wasn't finished in time, due to other commitments and life getting in the way, lol but it was so nice to be able to sit down for one day and actually make something for me, not for a DT or a commission...just for me (and Dad, lol)...in fact, it was heaven!!

So, without further ado...ta~dah, here it is and I really hope you like it!!!

The base of this is an MDF plaque which I covered in Gesso, then added some Grunge Paste from PaperArtsy through a stencil!! Once it was all dry, I then got messy and applied Distress Paints over the surface, blending the colours together.

As you can see, I added lots of Tim Holtz bits and pieces...but the main focal point is the Tim Holtz Pocket Watch Alterations die from Sizzix. I wanted some dimension to the piece and to make it look realistic, so after lots of die cutting and some Distress Paint...this is what I created!

I added Tissue Wrap to line the watch, some die cut Gadget Gears, again using the Tim Holtz die but this time, die cutting metal and covering the gears in alcohol ink and then, placed them onto the background of my piece and also, in the centre of the watch.

A few rub-ons, lots of Idea-Ology, some bits and pieces of metal from my stash and a few coils of wire later and voilà...I finished the piece!!

So, I really hope you like this piece and of course, as always with me, there's lots of pics to show you all the detail!!

I can't wait to read all your comments and thank you so much for stopping by to take a look at what I've created. Okey dokey...time for me to get crafty and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Chez Williams' today...yes, I have DT projects and they are CHRISTMAS!! Eeeeek....

See you all soon and bye for now...love Emma

xxx