My Cards and Tags: Tag Trio using Tim Holtz Paperdolls

It's a Tim-tastic tag challenge this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I made a tag trio will some of my favorite Tim Holtz products.

As usual when I don't know what I'm doing on a project, I start by die-cutting the tag shapes and stamping onto them with Ranger Jet Black Archival ink.  I used Tim Holtz's Halftone and Rings stamp set here.

Next I rubbed acrylic paint onto a Remnants stamp, then spritzed it with water.  I stamped it onto my tags.

Using my fingers, I painted some of the circles in with acrylic paint.

I was not loving the colors and these were looking a bit crazy (even for me).  Whenever I feel like this, I whip out the white paint and a palette knife.  I covered over a lot of the areas to tone them down a bit.  I ripped scraps of patterned paper from Tim's Correspondence set and glued them in place.  Then I cut a scribble circle out of black paper and Tim's Scribbles and Splat die.  I only cut one scribbly circle, but I cut it up into three sections and glued one of each to my tags.  I also added some Tim alphabet Washi tape strips to the bottom.

I added a little more white paint, then I grabbed my Prima Oil Pastel Crayons. I scribbled around the black circles, blending the colors and pulling them down a bit into the tags.

Last but not least, I added some paper doll characters.  I cut pointy hats for the ladies and crowns for the gentlemen.  I glued on some big bold Quote Chip words to the bottoms of the tags and outlined everything with a black Sharpie.

Though my journey from Point A to Point B often surprises me, I do like how these tags turned out in the end.  Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Tag Collection dies	Tim Holtz Sizzix thinlits Scribbles and splat	Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Sizzix Big Shot	Idea-ology Paper Dolls
Tim-Holtz-Idea-ology-QUOTE-CHIPS	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous REMNANTS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology JOURNEY Design Tape	Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack
Prima Flowers ARTIST QUALITY OIL PASTEL CRAYONS	Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Peacock Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Prima Impasto Acrylic paint, Aubergine	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson	Prima Impasto paint, Azure	Dylusions Paint - London Blue	Ranger Dylusions Paint LEMON ZEST
Ranger Dylusions Paint - Calypso Teal	Dylusions Paint Cherry Pie	Dina Wakley Palette Knife	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

I'm excited to see your tag-tastic creations this week!  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!