February Tim Tag

I feel like I have been missing from here for a while now.  I changed jobs back in September.  I had been with my last company for 15 years and while leaving was a good choice, I still felt like a was in mourning.  I wasn't happy for a long time and needed to change.  I stepped into a new job and had to learn it very quickly since the holidays were fast approaching. During this time I was also juggling three different design teams.  It was all too much.  While I did enjoy a more relaxed holiday season and more importantly more time with my family, I have also decided in addition to changing jobs that I wanted to take a break from the design teams I was on.  I love working with the teams, but I wanted to just create for a bit with no pressure and no deadlines.  
So, I hope to get back to posting on a more regular basis and entering challenges too.  After all of that babbling here is my Tim tag for the month!

Thanks for letting me babble and I hope you enjoy my take on the tag.  

Jess

Down the rabbit hole

 I have been very quiet on here.   I will get back to posting regularly again soon.  I promise! Here's a little something I have over on the Altered Pages Blog today.

Let me know what you think,

Jess

Fairy Valentine

Tiny fairy card up on Altered Pages today.  Pop on over.

Jess

Valentine Bingo!

I've got a sweet Valentine for you over on Altered Pages.  Pop over to check it out!

Jess

Badges made with Gelli prints

A few weeks ago I joined the Gelli printing trend.  I know I am like five years late to the party.  I wasn't sure I really needed one.  I did.  You do too.

These are a couple of the prints I made on my first day.  It is so stinking easy to do.  You slap on paint and layer on stencils.  Boom-art! I had a blast.  I even got my six year old daughter pulling prints.  

So now I have this huge stack of prints and they are just hanging out.  What do I do with them? I made some fun and funky postcards(I will share those a bit later as I am sending some out for swaps). 

I also had these awesome black and white stickers from Flow magazine.  I decided to color in the stickers using my Distress Markers and stamp on them a bit with a Finnabair stamp set.  

Once these were colored in I realized they would look awesome on my Gelli prints.   I had a bunch of leftover pieces that I punched into circles and I started layering. 

I added some extra details using a black pen and a white pen. The words are Chit Chat from Tim Holtz.  

They look pretty cool on their own.  I took them down and had color copies made so I can play with them even more. 

I poured resin on some of them to make magnets or maybe necklace pendants.  

The rest I have been turning into badges. 

All of the ones above are pins.  I added extra touches on them like silver leaves, millefiori flowers, resin flowers, and crowns.  Some just have ribbon danglers, but others have some beads as well.  

These two are magnets.  All of the circles are printed on cardstock and mounted on a heavy mat board for extra support.  

I love how well the Gelli prints copied.  I can make a bunch and still keep my originals. 

How do you use your Gelli prints?

I am entering these into: Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge-Stencils 

Try it on Tuesday Numbers and Letters

Anything but Cute- bring out the old and new

Emerald Creek Dares- Something New

Jess

Don't go breaking her heart

Stop by Altered Pages to meet the Queen of Hearts.  I have a full step by step tutorial up today.  

Jess

Tim Tag for December

Ok, so my last post wasn't the last for the year! I managed to get my Tim tag done for the month.  I still have to play catch up on a couple that I missed.  I think my resolution will be to get each tag done next year.

I love how sparkly it is! Perfect for ringing in the New Year!

Jess

In addition to Tim's challenge I am entering this into a couple others as well.
Mixed Media Monthly Silver and Gold

Frilly and Funkie Holiday Hues