Rebecca Primrose is hosting the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie, and she asks us to create with light in mind. I thought I'd try to get into the holiday spirit with some of my favorite Tim Holtz holiday ATC-sized stamps. I used distress markers and distress inks to color these, after first stamping in jet black archival.
I restamped the faces onto Specialty Stamping Paper (Ranger) and used the picket fence marker to color the hair and beards. I used a strip of Linda's corrugated cardboard, dyed some ribbon with distress stain, and attached some of Tim's Idea-ology.
The little lantern is another ATC-sized stamp, which I colored with distress markers and then heat embossed with clear powder. Three little stars from stash.
That's it for me! Hope you will join us at Frilly and Funkie. Though Linda's shop is temporarily closed due to her move, we are still issuing a $25 gift certificate to her shop for a random winner (redeemable upon reopening in January) as well as a blog badge for the design team favorite.
I'll also enter this at Our Creative Corner (Santa) and Try it on Tuesday (Inky).
Many thanks for the visit.
Marjie
SO SO SO cool!!! I love that you used all 3 of these images...I often wonder what I should do with those besides an atc or a snippet taken from them...brilliant! And the way you colored them...AWESOME!!! The monochromatic yellowy orange is fabulous...so ENLIGHTENING!!! What an awesome tag and inspiring use of materials!!!
Posted by: Anita Houston | 12/05/2012 at 02:20 AM
This is very cool and beautiful work. Great combinations.
lovely greet
marja
Posted by: Marja | 12/05/2012 at 04:19 AM
BEAUTIFUL!! I loveeeeeeeeeee the yellow and the Santa's!! Just GORGEOUS!!!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | 12/05/2012 at 06:36 AM
Compelling
Posted by: Jeeves | 12/05/2012 at 08:16 AM
Token is adorable and the lamp post if lighting the way to some cute vintage tags....nice going. xox
Posted by: Corrine | 12/05/2012 at 10:05 AM
Cool project Marjie! How creative to use the stamps this way! Love it!
Posted by: Lori | 12/05/2012 at 10:09 AM
I so love Tim's vintage Santa stamps Marjie and what a great idea to put them together :-) stunning !!!
TFS
Annie x
Posted by: Annie | 12/05/2012 at 11:15 AM
Well they look fab there is certainly light in abundance Dxx
Posted by: CraftyDawn | 12/05/2012 at 11:33 AM
Only YOU could pull off Santa and yellow successfully!
Posted by: Susan | 12/05/2012 at 11:50 AM
Marjie, I am loving these Santas! At first I thought they were masked, but how nicely they do pop! Love this tag with vintage yellows and your clever trim idea! Hugs!
Posted by: Terry | 12/05/2012 at 12:07 PM
Sensational, Marjie! What a cool tag. I love the vintage tones and how you have combined all these wonderful images. The corrugated cardboard works wonderful here too! Super take on this week's Light in the Darkness theme.
Hugs,
Linda
Posted by: Linda, the funkie junkie | 12/05/2012 at 12:40 PM
I really love this.. Such a great change from the red and green xmas colors.
Posted by: Judy Shea | 12/05/2012 at 12:59 PM
This is great, Marjie! I love the golden glow you achieved in this tag...reminds me of the old street lights I grew up with as a kid. The Santa images are so fun, and really pop against the background because of those fun white beards. I really like the texture you added on the bottom edge. It's like a molding, and it looks fantastic!
Posted by: kathy/NorthCarolina | 12/05/2012 at 01:30 PM
Hi Marjie, I love this piece, the colours are so rich and have fabu,ous depth of colour. These are some of my favourite images too for Christmas. A wonderful seasonal creation to be treasured. Tracy x
Posted by: Tracy Evans | 12/05/2012 at 01:41 PM
Gorgeous glowing colours, and I love those Father Christmas images - brilliant, brilliant tag!
Alison x
Posted by: butterfly | 12/05/2012 at 02:07 PM
Hi Marjie, I love those Santa stamps and what you did with them is fantastic, they stand out so well against the warm, beautiful, seasonal background - great colour and love the way the lamp shines. This is such a wonderful warm and glowy tag..... Hugs, Anne x
Posted by: Anne R | 12/05/2012 at 02:39 PM
Gorgeous! Love the Santa's and the colors are Gorgeous! TFS
Posted by: KimMJ | 12/05/2012 at 04:23 PM
WOw Marjie! this is stunning! Love the yellow and the gorgeous ATC stamps on the large tag! All lighten up Santa's! Hugs, Sandra
Posted by: Sandra | 12/05/2012 at 05:14 PM
That's a fabulous tag, great images and colors.
Posted by: Silvia | 12/05/2012 at 05:19 PM
Oh, I like this! love the colors you chose to use!
Posted by: linda | 12/05/2012 at 10:40 PM
Beautiful Marjie, your stunning work lights the way for us all.
Hugs Brenda xxx
Posted by: Brenda Brown | 12/06/2012 at 01:44 AM
Wow, Marjie, I love that Xmas shine!!! Excellent use of colours and the corrugated card does an awesome job there! Beautifully embellished - love every detail! Thank you so much for joining us at TioT with this wonderful creation!
Hugs,
Claudia xx
Posted by: die amelie | 12/06/2012 at 05:31 AM
These are just fabulous! I love the colors. :)
Posted by: NatashaMay | 12/06/2012 at 05:53 AM
A wonderful festive tag Marjie! x
Posted by: Alison | 12/06/2012 at 06:20 AM
I love the Santa tryptech! Just gorgeous and boy do you have a wealth of techniques at your fingertips!
Posted by: Jessica Sporn | 12/06/2012 at 07:53 AM