Friday 18 September 2015

Twelve Tags of 2015 ~ September

Hi everybody! I can hardly believe that I'm posting my tag for Tim's twelve Tags of 2015 challenge, before the last day of the month. Hooray! I managed to snatch a few hours in my crafty attic yesterday afternoon and I knew, I would (as always), enjoy making my tag. I absolutely love the gorgeous colours on Tim's tag this month, so I started off by having a play with my alcohol inks.......
These are some of my bright backgrounds. I was struck by how much difference it made to the backgrounds, when I added an inked edge to them, as in the first and last in this line up. I was on a bit of a roll and made quite a few backgrounds, experimenting with different colour combos and spraying or dripping on blending solution.......
These are some of my favourites, using a more neutral colour palette. As you can see from my finished tag, it was one of these that won the day. The others will be put aside for future use. I haven't got those fabulous butterfly stamps that Tim used and although I have other butterflies, I decided to think outside the box. After much perusing through my stamp collection I decided to go a little spooky with the wonderful skull stamp, and make  my first Halloween project of the season. thanks once again Tim, I'm always amazed that you can come up with such brilliant ideas and techniques month after month.......speaking of which there are only 3 more to go ! x 

9 comments:

  1. Wow! I absolutely love your spooky version - glorious neutral backgrounds too (the bold colours are great, but the neutrals are my favourites, unsurprisingly) - love the different applications of blending solution for the varied effects. And yes, before the end of the month... what's going on?!
    Alison xx

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  2. Your tag is FANdangTASTIC!!!! Gloriously haunting!! I love the way you did your tag - especially the ribbon. WOW!
    Sandy xx

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  3. Love the creepy haunting look to your tag Toni.
    Have a great weekend, Julie x

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  4. Look at all those gorgeous backgrounds!!! LOVE them all. Alcohol Ink is the best! LOVE your take, just love it! The skull is perfect there!

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  5. Fantastic! A winner for sure. Loved the colours and how unique your tag is.

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  6. Wow, love your "out-of-the-box" approach - gorgeous colors and loving' that skull! xx Lynn

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  7. This tag is FABULOUS! Love the skull too. Karen.x

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  8. Gorgeous tag Toni- even if it is supposed to be spooky!! and those other backgrounds!! Why- they are just delish!!
    Thanks for popping by my blog- it means so much!
    hugs,Jackie xx
    http://www.creatingwithoutcrayons-jackiepneal.com/

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  9. Such a wonderful take Toni, just love the muted inky background, perfect for the skull! Brilliant! Ruth x

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