Tag #5 ~ Spike & 12 Tags 2011

You know when you have that gasp of excitement or in awe? Well this tag made me do that when I first saw it and then I jumped up screaming, I knew it, I KNEW IT, ah HA and I was clapping my hands with joy!!!!! Jeff thought I was off my rocker screaming on Sunday midnight! You would have thought that Santa made an early visit!

In anticipation of this tag, I thought…well, Tim hasn’t played with alcohol inks yet!! And sure enough that night, my wish was answered! WAHOOOO!!

Now as easy as this tag was to do…I warn you it’s a little more difficult than it looks. I had to redo it way too many times because the Black Archival ink wasn’t leaving willingly without taking the red alcohol ink along with it. That or it left a blacky/grey hue that I wasn’t happy with. Perhaps it was the acetate I was using, it’s the heavy weight acetate that Classic on Alexander carries and not the one that Tim recommended. I didn’t think it would make a difference but with the fine detail in the stamps maybe the small differences did matter. So…I put some thought into it…I didn’t have any yellow archival ink on hand but I did have Crimson and thought that may work better. What do you think?

Sorry it’s not a great photo of it either. I tell you, it’s difficult to photograph the acetate without glare but to also capture the subtle detail of the stamp. It’s one of those…yup, it looks much better in real life!

Be sure to visit Tim’s Blog for the technique, instructions and supplies!

Now for Spike’s alterations, I didn’t have the Lettuce colour paint dabber so I used Bottle instead. I liked the darker green anyways and used more of the Watermelon alcohol ink to make the red brighter to work with the Crimson Archival ink and um, *cough, cough* the Cranberry alcohol ink somehow leapt off my workspace and I couldn’t find it!
I had read from other posts that the Glossy Accents removes some of the alcohol ink which is why Tim used it on the edges to adhere the acetate to the tag stock. It was mentioned that Diamond Glaze worked better but I hadn’t have any on hand so I used Judikins DG3 Art Gel and just painted over top the alcohol ink. It worked with minimal ink removal unfortunately, I didn’t work fast enough as the art gel started to dry in patches but resulted in a cool uneven effect. I was happy with it

Thanks for visiting, checking out the tagavanza!

Love,

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