Tim Tag July and Birthday Indulgence

Tim's tag for July, which you can see HERE, has gone to the top of my all time favourites list, it uses my beloved seahorse, but not the stamp this time, the die!!  I got the die a week ago and  loved it so much I stayed up late making my tag, along with one for my friend Ali.  Ali has her tag now so I can show mine.

I used a mix of dies and stamps and I followed Tim's techniques pretty much as he shows HERE, so I will not repeat the method as you can see it in full on Tim's blog.  My only read difference is the colour of my seahorse.

I coloured my seahorse with a mix of Distress Paints - Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry and a touch of Gathered Twigs, before running over it with Gathered Twigs Distress Stain and a touch of gold pen using the spritzer tool.

I used the sand dollar stamp and the star fish die to create my embellishments.  Each was partially coated in Distress Embossing Powder as shown by Tim.  My favourite part was making the lovely sand, this was great fun.  As Tim says, some can become brittle and fall away but it just needs gluing back again, so no problem.

It is hard to believe that we are seven tags down for this year........where does time go.... sigh...

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I hope you will not mind my slight indulgence now, but last Sunday was my birthday and I was overwhelmed by the handcrafted cards and gifts I received from friends I met through blogging and craft, so I would like to show just some of them here, all the handmade ones,  they are in no particular order but all of these ladies are hugely talented and cherished friends, I have linked each of them so you can visit them if you would like to see more of their work (if you do not know them already!).

From Mo (Almo)

From Jenny (Jenny's beautiful gift will be shown in a few days time - it is beautiful)

From Rita - yes, the bear is handmade by Rita -  really!

From Rachel and Annie

From Angela, Darnell and Lynn

From Sandy, Lottie and Susan (who does not have a blog)

I have not shown everything but I would be here for ages if I did!  Thank you so much again, for your kindness and wonderful wishes, I truly do appreciate each and every one of you.

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Thanks for looking, I hope to see you soon.  Hugs, Anne x