TH June tag: Happy Father's Day!

 So I did a little stamping,

just to try it out and why not start with 

the Tim Holtz tag for June.

You can see all of Tim's instructions on

his blog here:

 http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-june/

and it is worth to hop over there

and see all the other beautiful tags

everyone from all over the world made

according to Tim's instructions.

 I decided to make this tag for

Father's day and found an old picture 

of me and my dad. 

I think I wasn't even 1 year old on this picture.

My dad is not with us anymore so this is 

a trip down memory lane.

It was fun to have that black and white

picture colored with distress inks.

This technique I will defenitely do again.

My dad loved making pictures,

so I used the film strip with the letter decoration

and added some glossy accent to make 

the letters shine.

 For the coin on top I used the F.

My father's name is Frits and he is

forever in my heart. The lion stamp I used

because I am in the Netherlands and we

have the lion in the arms of The Netherlands..

I remember my father telling us, that during the war,

when he was in hiding he made a lion from wood and 

painted it, to pass the time. This wooden lion has 

been in his office as long as I can remember.

My dad was an engineer, so instead of using the pen nibs

I chose to use the gadget gears that

I pained gold, silver and bronze.

 I love how the flowers look so nice after painting

and adding them to the tag.

 Finally I stamped the car. When my parent's

where married 12 1/2 year we went out driving a car

like this to the restaurant. I have to find that picture we have

from this occassion.

Hope you all surprise your dad's and

 Have a creative day!