12 Tags of 2014 - June

Hello all, thanks for coming by today

I have been working on my Postcard for this month's Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2014, make sure to check it out HERE

This months tag is so gorgeous and I love the technique Tim used with his stencils and watercolor paper

I had so much fun with this month's postcard (I'm making postcards each month) that I ended up making three.

I did three very different backgrounds

One was done on regular manila card stock (far left)

The middle one and far right were both done on watercolor paper but they were done on different brands of watercolor paper. This paper was sent to me by a friend and you can see that the piece to the far right was way more absorbent

This gives you a good idea on how the technique Tim used turns out differently on different paper

I used the same color distress stains for the two on the right and a few other colors for the manilla card stock, I actually like how they all turned out

I then used distress inks to go around the edges and also the middle of each background

I embossed each of my main images with black embossing powder and I then colored them with distress markers and a water pen

I used various Tim Holtz stencils, distress inks and die cuts to create background images

While using the stencils I use sticky note paper to mask of portions that I don't want in my background (see below)

Here are my three finished postcards

I love how each background was created the same but each one turned out very different

I am going to enter the dragonfly postcard here

in the following two challenges

Our Creative Corner - The Challenge over there is "Flaming June" based on a photo by Lord Frederic Leighton

A Vintage Journey - Their Challenge is "Wings and Things"

Make sure to check out both challenges if you have some time and also be sure to stop by Tim Holtz's website to get a full tutorial on this months tag.