This year I promissed myself to actually do
make the TIM HOLTZ *12 tags of Christmas*,
which I earlier talked about.
It was so awesome.
Tim came up with these beautiful tags,
(That man is a genius!!!!!!)
and Mario talked and talked and talked (lol)
with all Tim's fans.
Mario even shared some great BTS (behind the scenes) pictures
and there were lots of prizes to win too.
I was one of those oh so LUCKY, blog-comments, winners. (didn't even know that outside USA girls, could win) It was Debbie who send me a mail with congratulations, which I responded: You are nuts,..... me???? NO WAY!!!!!
But it truly was the case. I was so soooo stunned!!!!!!
I'll share a pic of the prize, as soon as, I recieve it in the mail.
Now on to the tags. I don't have all the products Tim used, so I improvised a lot.
anyway... I'll share the first 3 days of tags. Make that 4.
I'll just share the tags I created,
for the techniques please check out
Tim his Blog: http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/
day one:

I have no, rock candy distress crackle paint, so I used Folk Art Crackle and got over it with a semi gloss multi coat. (works too)
also I have no, rock candy distress stickles,
I used Gesso and glitter powder in stead.
day 2:

I don't have the metal corners so I cut some corners with my cuttle bug, from thin chipboard, metalized (is that a word?) them with silver paint dabber and several colors of alcohol ink.
Also have no, foliage flowers, so I used a silk prima flower and also put some silver paintdabber on it and alcohol inks.
day 3: (there were 2 tags)
tag 1:

I have no, glossy cardstock, so I used photopaper for the alcohol inks (doesn't work that well)
I don't have the tree stamp Tim used, so I created my trees using my cricut, chipboard tree and a cocktail-stick and fibres (just wrapping it around the cocktail-stick)
day 3 tag 2:

Don't have the santa stamp, so I googled for a vintage Santa, and printed it out.
Adhered it to cardstock and cut it out.
don't have washers either, so I used buttons.
day 4:

Now I don't have all the stamps Tim used on this tag, so I googled the images and copy and paste them in word, then printed it out on my tag. Not ideal I tell ya!!! The printer ink, is gonna smeared all over, when your distress inks hit the images. So... I'm gonna try to buy that set, for next years 12 tags of Christmas (I hope Tim will do them again)
and some details:

Don't have, the swivel clasp or trinket pins so I used a lock and key brad (which I had forever in my stash) and altered them with silver paint dabber, and stamped a little scroll on it using stazon.

I don't have, all those memory glass- frame- capsules and all that kind of stuff,
so I created my own little house, using some of the packaging from Tim's long fasteners. Cut it apart to create my own window. Created my frame using chipboard-silver paint dabber and stamped a little scroll on it, using Stazon.
I used gesso and glitter powder to create the snow on the roof.
I will be back later this week, maybe tomorrow to share the second part.
Hope you all enjoy the business for the holidays.
see ya
Paulien