I’ve left this
one almost to the last minute as I was a bit stuck for inspiration as my dies
weren’t helping me for the main cut out on the textured surface.
But the cute bunny cookies at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie gave me the
idea of a bunny and just hand cutting the image; I mean who hasn’t been stuck
without the right cookie cutter and improvised with a knife freehand? Figured paper had to be easier than cookie
dough, right? So off I went to Google to
find a nice bunny silhouette I could cut by hand. I found this very dapper bunny silhouette
over at Ebot where it was posted for use by others. Have to admit mine doesn’t look exactly the
same, hand cutting corrugated box cardboard turned out to be hard going.
When it came to
the layered die cut I was also in a bit of a bother as I don’t have Tim’s
edgeless dies. Got my thinking cap on
and decided I wanted to give my tag a Steampunk twist. The answer was, of course, gears for the die
cuts and I found just the one in my collection, did some snipping and
repositioning of part of it but achieved a look I was quite happy with. As my die wasn’t edgeless I didn’t end up with
the plain tag areas in Tim’s sample but I am glad I didn’t as it meant the
bunny’s hat ended up showing the patterned paper and thus looking different to
the bunny himself.
The colours I’ve
used to colour up the layered die cuts are somewhat bright but also with a bit
of a grunge element to bring it back to the Steampunk theme. To finish off
I’ve added some metal embellies. I don’t
have the new Quote Bands and none of the Word Bands I have had a suitable quote
so I went with some Chitchat Seasonal Stickers but mixed it up a bit by placing
these on the bunny’s hat Mad Hatter style.
My Steampunk
theme and grungy style choice was deliberate as I now have a very dapper Easter
tag that will go out to a male friend of mine.
So much nicer than a compound chocolate egg and easier to get into the
post too! Being masculine and Easter
themed I’m entering my tag in the current challenge over at The Male Room.
Ingredients:
Dies, SVGs &
Templates etc
Memory Box Die ~ 99084
Steampunk Corner
Embellishments
Kaisercraft
Pearls ~ Snowdrop coloured with YR07 Copic
Prima Ingvild Bolme
Tiny Junkyard Findings ~ Tiny Clock Parts
Tim Holtz
Idea-ology Fastener ~ Washer
Tim Holtz
Idea-ology Stickers ~ Chitchat Seasonal
Inks & Paints
etc
Ranger ~ Multi
Medium Matt
Papers
Corrugated
Cardboard Scrap
FabScraps Shabby
Chic ~ Romance
Ribbons &
Trims etc
Darice Hemp Cord ~
Earthy Dark Green
Gear Print Cotton
Ribbon from stash
Challenges
The Male Room #31 ~ Easter
Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ March
Thanks for
stopping by!
