Tammy Tutterow Tag CASE

As I get my “sea legs” with the Tim Holtz products, I’ve been looking at the projects of Tammy Tutterow. She has a number of fabulous tutorials on her blog. Today, I’m sharing a CASE of a tag from one such tutorial.

I don’t have all of the same supplies as Tammy, so I improvised. For the sentiment label, I printed a digital label from my computer, stamped one of my favorite Hero Arts sentiments, and distressed it with Vintage Photo ink. (Even though we tend to think of fall as a time of reflection, and spring as a time of renewal, I decided that it wouldn’t hurt to think of the autumn season as a time of renewal as well!) I adhered the light-weight vintage paper to Craft-a-Board before die cutting the leaves. I combined a number of different Distress Inks to color the leaves – I’d try one ink, step back, add another depending on whether I thought the leaf needed to be more red, more green, and so forth.

Sizzix Tim Holtz, Bigz Die, Tattered Leaves Sizzix Tim Holtz, Texture Fades Embossing Folders, Bricked and Wooden Memory Box Dies, Woodland Branch Studio Calico My Happy from Hero Arts Distress Stain, Antique Linen Tim Holtz, Crinkle Ribbon Inkssentials Surfaces, Manila Tag #8 Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad, Fired Brick Distress Ink Pad, Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pad, Wild Honey Distress Ink Pad, Gathered Twigs Core’dinations Cardstock, Tim Holtz Kraft Core, 6×6 Essentials by Ellen: Craft-a-Board 6×12, 12 pk