Phew! Hasn’t it been hot!
Well,
time to get into the craft room and out of the sun, as it’s time for my
first DT make for July for Country View Crafts and Challenges, with the
theme ‘The Great Outdoors’ as chosen by our lovely Jane.
The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here:
https://www.facebook.com/
You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks. You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly. There's always an amazing prize to be won.
So, for my first project I thought I’d make a tag book with birds as my main feature.
First I chose my tags that would be the basis of the book. I used Dina Wakley 3” square tags but you could easily use Tim Holtz size 8 tags and cut them in half.
I
used Tim Holtz Idea-ology Aviary Collage Paper to cover both sides of
each tag. (I chose the design part I wanted and cut the paper to wrap
around both sides, so it was all in one long piece).
Unfortunately
my paper wasn’t printed properly, so the images are somewhat blurry. I
hadn’t noticed this when I first bought it, so make sure to check your
collage paper is crisply printed when buying. (This wasn’t purchased
from Country View Crafts I hasten to add. I bought it absolutely ages
ago and can’t remember where from :-D )
I
was careful to keep the tags the same way round when covering them -
with the hole to the left, as that’s my chosen way to have the spine. I
used Ranger Collage Medium to glue the collage paper on and also for
gluing down all the ephemera.
After that
it was the fun part. Choosing the ephemera from multiple packs of Tim’s
Idea-ology - Number Strips, Field Notes Snippets, Halloween 2024 (the
Raven), cello sticker book, chit chat, postmarked and I used 3 Tiny
Clips too to add interest.
I also added some random letters from Idea-ology Mini Marquee Letters that I’ve got.
Once I’d completed decorating the ‘pages’ I chose a word from the Idea-ology Chit Chat book and added to each page.
Then I secured the book by threading a piece of sari ribbon through the holes and tying a reef knot. And here’s my little tag book.
I hope you’ll have a go - there’s no end to what you could decorate the pages with. Such Fun!
And don’t forget to join in the challenge over on Facebook. There’s always a fabulous prize to be won.
Thank you for checking out my blog.
Hugs
Carol x
Products used:
Tim Holtz Collage Paper Aviary
https://www.countryviewcrafts.
Tim Holtz Mixed Media Tags #8
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sticker Book Chit Chat
https://www.countryviewcrafts.Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tiny Clips
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Number Strips
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sticker Book Postmarked
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Cello Sticker Tape
https://www.countryviewcrafts.
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Field Notes Snippets
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Halloween 2024
Tim Holtz Ranger Collage Medium
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