TH 12 Tags of 2016 – August Scaredy-Cat

 

Hello, time for another Tim tag!  First of all, I apologize that my text and pics don’t always match in this post.  I don’t know what the problem was, but I kept rearranging and then something else was mismatched.  Time to move on.

Last August was the first time I participated in the Tim tag challenge and my tag had a Christmas theme because I love Christmas (and Halloween!).  When I finished, I couldn’t believe how ugly that tag was and I almost threw it away.  I decided that since I went to the trouble, I’d be brave and enter the challenge.  I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have my tag as one of the 12 selected – wow, must have been a pity win – LOL!  Seriously, though, having Tim choose my tag gave me the inspiration to keep trying every month. 

I really enjoyed this month’s techniques – here’s Tim’s awesome tag:

12 tags of 2016 – august…

I came up with my idea for a Halloween tag right away and was finally able to get it done.  Here’s my take this month:

 

 

For my tag background, I used Wilted Violet spray  stain and forgot to take a pic before I added the other colors because it wasn’t the only tag I made…after coloring the other tags, when it was time to spritz them with water, I grabbed the Wilted Violet spray instead, so you can imagine.  Always an adventure.  For this tag, I blended in Carved Pumpkin, then Vintage Photo and Black Soot around the edges.

I used Grungeboard for my frameworks because I wanted some depth to put those crazy eyes in, along with embossed (Poison embossing folder) metallic Kraft-core paper for the top layer to add some texture.  I cut and colored silver deco sheets with Wilted Violet, though sometimes the color doesn’t show up in pics.

The crazy eyes are actually two layers – the first time around, I used a Versamarker pen around the eyes and it looked sloppy.  So I re-did them all and used the embossing pad on a bigger area before embossing and it turned out much better.  Here’s the eyes I didn’t use (sorry it’s not the best pic).  When I added the eyes, I put them in whatever direction they needed to be to be looking at the cat.

I wanted to use a Crazy Cat for my silhouette, and the broom from the Crazy Things set.  I thought the broom would need more detail, so I stamped in black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  

Originally,  I was going to have the cat sitting on the broom the correct way and on the right side of my tag.  I was thinking about putting my bow somewhere on the left side of the tag so that I didn’t have to punch a hole on the top, but then I messed up.

It had been a few months since I got the sewing machine out, and this was only my second time using it.  After doing a few practice runs on scrap fabric, I ran my tag through and thought I’d do a few different stitches.  I glanced at the tag and put my sewing machine away.  Then I noticed that not only was the stitching crooked, I had sewed on the wrong side of the tag!  It would have been so easy to cover up with the arrangement above, but I decided to “embrace imperfection” by removing the bottom stitches and adding a spider rub-on.  I was able to put him on and cover up all of the holes. Much better!  At that point, I decided he was so freaked out by the eyes and spiders, that he ended up getting on the broom in the wrong direction.  

I added some more rub-ons, then looked through some of my chitchat stickers but couldn’t find what I was looking for and made my own.  

My tulle bow is simple – I cut it here and there to try and give it a tattered  look, then added another set of eyes, some orange jute and a scaredy-cat charm.

Sorry for the long post.  Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave comments  🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would also like to enter the following challenge:

https://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/08/sew-easy.html

(must have stitches which are behind the cat)

http://showusyourpussies.blogspot.gr/2016/08/show-us-your-pussies-cats-challenges-9.html

(furrything goes as long as there’s a cat)