12 Tags of 2016-Technique Remix June-Tissue Wrap Collage-Stencil Plaid

Hello friends and visitors! I'm excited today, because I've finished my tag for June, and it's early! I sure was befuddled by this one; nothing I had in my pretty large collection of Tim Holtz dies and stamps seemed to fit the bill. And there sat my inspiration right at my feet-Biskit-my curious, playful, painfully fun-sized kitty whose main purpose in life is to seek out tidbits from my Closet and hoard them God knows where. Oh... and sleep. So here's what I came up with; a fun tag filled with silliness using Tim's June awesome twosome-Tissue Wrap Collage and Stencil Plaid Techniques.

Check out Tim's June tag on his blog--these techniques were made for that Dapper die and Tailor and Houndstooth stamp image! Love the simplicity of his tag this month, and even more in love with the plaid. (I usually include his photo here, but I was getting a security warning when I copied and pasted.)

I've had the Crazy cats stamps and dies for quite some time now; they were a gift from my lovely daughter for my birthday, but this is the first time I've used them. I don't have the Substrate Tim used, but I did use the waste packaging from the  Textile Surfaces as my substrate for the Tissue Wrap. I followed Tim's instructions but used stamps from two older releases: Boundless Flight (Harlequin) and Curious Possibility (definition). I hope you get the significance of the Curiosity stamp and can read the fine print. "curious as a cat", "prick up the ears", "stare", gape" and "snoop" all seemed fitting for my little feline.

I love the new plain Tissue Wrap--it is lovely to handle and smooths down so easily. Stamped images come out crisp on this surface. I often  add images on tissue to my work, and it has a tendency to tear. So I will be getting lots of use out of this perfectly sturdy Tissue Wrap.

My sewing machine is worthless, so I tried my hand at some hand stitching at the top, but I soon got tired of that. I hope adding the vintage dyed lace along the bottom serves as a substitute. I dyed the lace and crinkle ribbon with Abandoned Coral spray stain. I also used Abandoned Coral in ink form on the ball of yarn and heat embossed in clear.

I love how expressive the Crazy Cat's eyes are.  It you turn them one way you get a whole different expression that if they were another.  I turned mine upside down to get that deer in the headlights look Biskit always has (when she's awake).

I added the birds on a wire Remnant Rub at the top, since Biskit spends her free time (after raiding my Closet and sleeping) watching the birds in the backyard from the french doors. The Remnant Rubs stick seamlessly to whatever you want to stick them to--here the textile surface and the stamped and Vintage medium'd Tissue Wrap.

I added some shading around the kitty with Walnut Distress crayon, and used it to color the die cut tail and inner parts of the kitties arms while I had it out. I wanted to bring extra attention to the tail, as Biskit's tail is always twitching, as if she is annoyed with your very presence. I clear embossed a trio of fish bones, too, and added Glossy Accents to the eyes. I cut a few more of the kitties and adhered their negatives to the back of  the collaged surface. This provides some separation of the layers, since my chosen plaid colors are close in color to the Vintage collage medium.  I used inks in Ground Expresso, Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber for my plaid, since Biskit is a brown tabby. I hand drew her little nose and mouth and gave her a sweet little bow around her neck.

"Remember to Play" Chit Chat seemed to be the perfect words to add.

I hope you like my playful tag! I sure had fun making it, and can't wait to see what Tim has to inspire us next month! I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries this month, too!

I am entering my tag in the following inspiring challenges:

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016- June Technique Remix

Die cut Divas June Anything Goes With Kaisercraft Tim Holtz Crazy Cats Thinlits die and Tim Holtz Bigz Tag and Bookplates die.

Southern Ridge Trading Company Anything Masculine  Well, sort of masculine in the colors and stamping. Feel free to delete my entry if you do not think it masculine enough.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Animal Magic In honor of  and inspired by my kitty.

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #234-#235 Anything Goes

More Mixed Media Anything Goes with Optional Color Purple No purple here!

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge #275 Add Dimension or Pop It Up

Creative Artiste Challenge #15-Anything Goes I used Distress Vintage Collage Medium, Distress Crayons, sprays, and ink.

Happy Little Stamper June Mixed Media Challenge-Texture

Thank you for stopping by today and for all your wonderful comments! I read and appreciate each and every one of them! 

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

UPDATE: Yippee!