Friday 4 January 2013

Happy New Year

Hi not been a very good blogger at the end of last year although I was dipping in and out of other blogs.  Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year and that you haven't broken all your resolutions yet - I haven't made any as they inevitably get broken!!

Had a very senior moment at Christmas I got all my cards made and then thought I really ought to take some photos to blog these and then what did I do, promptly forgot all about that and wrote and posted them instead :(

Life is still hectic - daughter had two uni interviews in the run up to Christmas (and has got two offers no less yeah) She has another three interviews in the next few weeks so fingers crossed - she will then have the difficult decision as to which one is favourite and which one is her insurance choice - glad its not my decision!

Anyway getting back to my blog hopping I noticed that Tim Holtz is continuing his 12 tags series for 2013 and having seen his tag I realised I had the quote stamp if nothing else so being brave or foolhardy (I'll let you decide which) I thought I would have a go at this challenge.  This is my effort, although the photo isn't very good and I've realised I've taken the picture before putting the ribbon in it - what am I like!!
I hadn't got any gear die cuts or a time piece embossing folder so instead I reversed the format and came up with this - I've used glossy accents on the watch faces and a fragment over the arrow and all in all I'm pretty happy with it - let me know what you think I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks for looking and I hope to be back here again very soon.

13 comments:

  1. I love it - the glossy clock faces are so cool, and the gears background is very funky - fabulous take on the tag! Thanks so much for stopping by...
    Alison x

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  2. That is a gorgeous tag! Wishing your daughter every success with interviews and A levels. Hope she finds somewhere lovely that is not too far away! I wasted about 6 envelopes, remembering to photograph them after I had licked the envelope! Happy 2013 and I hope the new year brings a little more you time x

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  3. Your pocket watch faces are definitely beautiful focal points on your tag. I like how you substituted the arrow for the hand. Best of luck to your daughter, it sounds like she's done we'll so far. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Welcome back to blogdom and Happy New Year! That's tagtastic with those watch faces, really creative.

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  5. oh this is just amazing Hun,the detail is brilliant great too see your back hun and hope too see more hugs Cherylxxxxx

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  6. What a lovely embellishments on your tag! I love the clocks and the corner (right/under), they look amazing!

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  7. Love your version. What a clever idea to reverse the design. Particularly love those pocket watches. Hugs, Jenny x

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  8. Wow - love your glossy accented clocks, TAM!
    And the metal corner embellishment is a wonderful eye-catcher! Clever take on this one!

    Greetings from rainy Vienna!

    die amelie x

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  9. Love your take for Tim's January tag! Love that background and every detail! Happy New Year!

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  10. Fabulous take on the tag, love the clocks! We will have to compare pin boards at the end of the year! X

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  11. Hi, Great to see you posting again.
    Love your take on Tim's tag and the clocks look fab.
    Thanks for popping by
    Avril xx

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  12. Looks great Tam! Thanks for your lovely comments and advertising my giveaway :0) Cindy

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  13. You finished yours early...kudos! Love the pop of color in there, and the double clocks is a plus! AWESOME take! LOVE!

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