June Tag for Tim's 12 Tags of 2012

Another month and another Tim Tag....this month's uses an interesting tinting technique for old photos.  I wasn't sure how this was going to work on modern ink jet photo paper.  It is a technique that I am familiar with from when I was developing my own black and white photos but hadn't revisited since I went digital. 

Instead of using the new Ranger tool, I used paper blending stumps with the Distress inks.  They worked reasonably well although the "fine" tip on the end tended to mash down as it got more ink soaked.  As long as all the fine detail work was done first, it was a nice compromise; although, I am curious now to see how well the Ranger nib system works.

Once again, I made a card instead of a tag.  I went on a Google search to find some vintage images and this one called out to be used.  I had originally planned on using a vintage ballet image to make a birthday card for my daughter but I really like the pastoral feel of this image instead.

Materials used:  Bazzill cardstock, Prima patterned paper, Tim Holtz findings and ribbon, miscellaneous dollar store trinket, 7Gypsies tag, K&Company paperclip, Pink Paislee pattern paper and die cut, Distress ink, Perfect Pearls and Archival ink.

I coloured the green trees in the background, the edges of the blue sky, the flowers in her hat and on her dress.  I just wanted a few touches of colour.  I was tempted to colour the dress as well but after a test run realized that it was too much.

One other item of note is that LCOM is have a Card Team and Sketch Artist call for the the new term starting in July, if you are a card maker or love to make sketches, you should check it out.

Have a good Tuesday.