Spread Your Wings.

Hi everybody! It's Toni here to share a tag I've made using my new  Tim Holtz  'Bird Feather 'stamps and Latticework layering  stencil. whoopee ! who doesn't like new stamps! When I saw these in the eclectic Paperie shop, I just knew I had to get my hands on them. I started this tag in true 'Holtzian' style, by creating a background putting distress stains on my craft mat and swooshing the manila tag through the inky puddles. I used my two favourites, Pumice, and Antique Linen. After drying with a heat tool, and doing a bit of spritz and flick with water, I stamped out the bird and the nest with Sepia Archival Ink.

I liked the simplicity of this but wanted to take it a step further, so I made a mask for the bird and then used the Tim Holtz, 'Rays', layering stencil with Scattered Straw Distress Ink, applied with a blending tool.

I  couldn't resist adding a little more stencilling and used the new Latticework Layering Stencil  with Antique Linen Distress ink, in the lower half of the tag. I also stamped out the text from the stamp set. I still hadn't had enough, so I turned my attention to the bird. I decided to give it a bit of dimension and pulled out an off cut of Wendy Vecchi Clearly For Art, that had been on my table  since Christmas! I stamped the bird onto a piece of manila card with black Archival Ink and used Distress Markers to add a little' bird-like' colour. I also stamped it onto the Clearly for Art and cut it out. I used my heat gun to shape the bird and then adhered the  stamped manila card bird, to the surface with Studio Matte Medium. I used dimensional tape to attach it to the tag. 

To finish off, I added a printed out sentiment popped up on dimensional tape, a little lace border and of course... a dyed seam binding ribbon bow. Oh! and  a few tiny eggs. I stamped out one of the larger speckled eggs with Wendy's Archival Ink in 'Hydrangea' and used it to cut out three little ones, well I thought it was a pretty good idea ! So there you have it, another tag to add to my collection ! Until next time, 'Happy Crafting' x

Kim has the eclectic Paperie shop well stocked with loads of new products !  Below are some of the products I've used.



Tim Holtz (Stampers Anonymous) - Bird Feather	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Latticework	Tim Holtz Layering Stencil - Rays	Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw
Distress Stain - Pumice Stone	Distress Stain - Antique Linen	Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 Archival Ink - Hydrangea	Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad	Archival Ink - Sepia Ink Pad
Inkssentials Foam Blending Tool	Inkssentials Surfaces #8 Manila Tags	Distress Stain - Scattered Straw	Tim Holtz� Distress� Markers - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz� Distress� Markers - Walnut Stain
Tim Holtz� Distress� Markers - Wild Honey	Claudine Hellmuth Studio-Multi-Medium Matte	Studio 490 - Clearly for Art