If I had it to do all over again, I'd still hit that shot

Today I’m sharing my first ever Tim Holtz 12 Tags tag, based on the June 2015 tag.

When I saw Tim’s June tag it made me think of golf, think it was the plaid and colours, I don’t know.  At any rate, I thought it would make a great tag for a friend who loves to play golf, not to mention a great excuse to buy some more Tim Holtz goodies to play with.

Not only was this my first TH Tag but it’s the first time I’ve used the techniques to make the background.  Guess it shows with the smudgy lines for my plaid and how dark my background is compared to Tim’s original.  I had a lot of fun making it though and I think it turned out OK.

I basically copied Tim’s design and techniques until it came to the die cut.  I tried to find some golf related ones but they were teeny tiny so I improvised.  My golf ball is cut from Tim’s Mini Pocket Watch; I just cut off the winder.  It’s hard to see in the photo but I used Bazzill Dotted Swiss to give that authentic dimpled appearance.  I made my golf club from Grungeboard; the handle has UTEE into which I pressed some silver using a pin for a bit of a cross-hatched texture like you get on the grip of some golf clubs.  I had a lot of blank space so I printed a golf score card on some Kraft cardstock to place behind the golf club and ball.

I didn’t have the stamps Tim used so I printed my sentiment, one appropriate for a gift card, in Travelling Typewriter font.  I had the Typed Tokens already and chose the ‘hello’ as my friend has a habit of saying that a few times when he wants something.

Over at Mod Squad the current theme is a tag so I am linking my tag over there.  And while golf is not my favourite sport it definitely is for the recipient of this tag so I am also entering it at Ruby’s Rainbow.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Black

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Alterations Movers & Shapers Die ~ Mini Pocket Watch

Tim Holtz Layering Stencil ~ Stripes

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Loop Pins, Tiny Attacher Staple & Typed Tokens

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Enamel Accents ~ Black

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain ~ Frayed Burlap

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles & Walnut Stain

Vintage Patina ~ Nouveau Silver

Papers

Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock ~ Salt

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Kraft

Inkssentials ~ Manila Tags #8

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Grungeboard Basics Plain

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Linen Ribbon & Textured Surfaces Burlap

Challenges

Mod Squad ~ Tag

Ruby’s Rainbow #106 ~ Favourite Sport Theme

Tim Holtz ~ 12 Tags of 2015: June

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