more tags...

Hello!!!  Seems like lately my mojo is coming and going as it pleases, lol!! Finally got some back the other day and made a couple more tags for Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  First up is a tag for day 9 a color challenge.  The inspiration tags for that day both had cute little yetis on them so I decided to use my yeti stamp set from My Favorite Things to create my little tag.  I'm following the current MFT sketch layout so I will also be posting my tag there.  I die cut the tag and then partially embossed it with a Stampin Up dots embossing folder.  I inked up some white cardstock with Distress Oxide ink in Iced Spruce, stamped them with the matching little tree and then die cut them.  My little yeti was stamped on watercolor cardstock and watercolored with Daniel Smith watercolors (from the palettes that I got from Simon Says Stamp) and then die cut with the matching dies.  Same thing for the little Santa hat.  I adhered everything per the sketch and then added the sentiment (from the MFT Snow Globe Greetings) that had been stamped and heat embossed on vellum.  I finished off the tag by adding some Ice Stickles to the embossed dots and looping some red and white baker's twine through the hole.

The second tag is for day 7 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist to use pink, mint and gold.  Both tags were so beautiful so I was again inspired by both!  I whipped this one up pretty fast using supplies from the beautiful Simon Says Stamp limited edition Mint Wishes card kit and two dies from A Jillian Vance Design.   This tag will be going into the line up at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to use stitching on your project (faux or real... mine is faux).  I die cut this fun polka dot paper from the kit using the AJVD Minnie Pearl tag and then die cut a second one from pink cardstock and adhered it to the back of the patterned paper one.  The snowflake (from AJVD) was die cut and adhered to the tag as shown.  I added a little gold star paper clip (from the kit) to the other side of the tag.  The word joy is a die from the kit and was die cut from gold and pink cardstocks, adhered together and the adhered to the tag.  Finished with pink/white and gold baker's twine looped through the top.  Going to add this to the current SSS flickr challenge of anything goes, as well.

Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:  Tag 1:  MFT white cardstock, Ranger watercolor cardstock; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  My Favorite Things and ODBD (tag); Inks:  Distress Oxide, VersaFine; Watercolor Medium:  Daniel Smith; Baker's Twine:  Stampin Up!

Tag 2:  Cardstock:  Stampin Up! pink, MFT white, brushed gold (Mint Wishes kit); Patterned paper:  American Crafts;  Gold paper clip:  Crate Paper; Baker's Twine:  Twinery & Stampin Up!

a card and two tags...

Hello!!  As my blog title says I have a card and two tags to share today.  First up is the card for the current MFT sketch challenge.  Making tags has been taking up all my time lately so I really wanted to get a card or two in this weekend.  When I saw the new MFT sketch an idea was hatched to use the snowflake stamps and dies from the MFT Snowflake Splendor kit.  I used the largest die in the set that is intended to die cut a stamped snowflake and created a window with it in a panel of white cardstock I die cut with an AJVD backdrop rectangle die.  I then adhered the panel to a white cardstock base with removal adhesive and stamped the snowflake using my mini MISTI to get good alignment.  I then die cut all the pieces for a matching snowflake using cardstock in a colors similar to the ink colors.  All the pieces were adhered together and then attached to the panel above the stamped snowflake.  The sentiment from Snow Globe Sentiments was stamped on vellum, heat embossed in white, trimmed down and adhered with rolled up glue dots.  As I was adhering the sentiment strip I did think that I could have turned the window into a shaker element.   Oh well... maybe next time.   I will also add this to the current SIP challenge of let it snow.

The tags are for Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  First up is a tag for day 4... watercoloring.  I used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Greetings.  I die cut the tag from watercolor paper and then stamped the Love sentiment in watermark ink and embossed it in white.  I used Daniel Smith watercolors from the Shari Carroll and Debby Hughes (one color from each) palettes to color the letters and around the letters for a really soft look.  The other sentiments were stamped in black on white cardstock and trimmed out.  I loved the way Sandy added vellum to her project, but knew because my coloring was so soft adding an overlay like Sandy did would completely obscure everything.  So I brought in some vellum by die cutting little snowflakes from vellum and silver cardstock and adding them to the tag.  Each snowflake had a little silver PPP sequin added to the center as well.  Since I used some Simon Says Stamp products I will be adding this tag to the current SSS flickr challenge of anything goes.

The second tag is for day 6 to use purple, green and gray.  I was totally inspired by Kittie's gorgeous tag and tried my hand at making some little purple poinsettias.  I have some older Spellbinders poinsettia dies that I knew would work well for making my tiny poinsettias.  I pulled them out and die cut them from the purple cardstock and then tried to shape them as best I could.  The leaves were die cut using a slightly larger poinsettia die from the set.  I adhered them together and then added some Nuvo Jewel Drops in Lemoncello to the centers and let everything dry.  The tag is from Reverse Confetti, as is the gray piece layered on top to look like lattice.  The sentiment is from the Essentials by Ellen Merry & Bright stamp set and was stamped in gray ink.  I adhered the flowers and then added the purple ribbon tied with white and gray baker's twine.   My poinsettia's aren't as well done as Kittie's, but I think they turned out rather nice! This one will be going into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of gift it.

Six tags down... six to go!!  Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:  Card:  Cardstock:  MFT white, SU! aqua, turquoise, MFT light blue, PTI vellum; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT, ODBD and AJVD

Tag 1:  Cardstock:  Ranger watercolor, PTI white; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Dies:  ODBD (tag), Stampin Up!; Watercolors:  Daniel Smith; Embossing powder:  Hero Arts; Ink:  VersaMark and VersaFine

Tag 2:  Cardstock:  PTI white, dark green, SU! purple and gray; Stamps:  Essentials by Ellen; Dies:  Spellbinders and Reverse Confetti; Ribbon:  PTI; Baker's Twine:  The Twinery; Nuvo Jewel Drops; Ink:  VersaFine

another tag and card...

Hey there!!  I have another card and a tag to share.   I have been working on my tags for Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist and so far I have three tags done.  The tag I'm sharing today is for day 2, silver and gold.  I was inspired by Keeway's beautiful tags and created something similar.   I die cut the tags from white cardstock and then blended on some Distress Oxide ink in Salty Ocean.  I used lots of Essentials by Ellen products on these little tags!  I started by die cutting the EE Geo Tree from silver and gold glitter cardstock.  EE Brushstroke Peace was die cut from silver and EE Brushstroke Joy from gold.  Finally the star from the Season of Sparkle die set was die cut from silver and gold glitter paper.  I then layered everything on each tag as you see.  I finished the tags by embossing the sentiments (from Brushstroke Christmas stamp set) on black cardstock in white, trimming them out and adhering to the tags.   A bit of white baker's twine was added to each tag, as well.  I will also be adding the tags to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

The card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge, as well as the current SIP challenge Let it Snow and Dies R Us challenge of Christmas carols (mine is Jiggly Bells).   I used more supplies from the Simon Says Stamp limited edition Mint Wishes card kit and some A Jillian Vance Design snowflake dies.  When I saw the SIP challenge I immediately thought of this pretty paper from the kit.  I trimmed it down per the FMS layout and adhered it to the mint cardstock base.  I stamped the little sleigh image from the Yuletide Holiday (also from the Kit) stamp set in Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio.  I then overstamped the sentiment (from the same stamp set) in VersaFine Smoky Gray and trimmed down the piece.  Snowflakes were die cut from white and vellum cardstocks and adhered together.  I added some loops of silver embroidery floss to the panel and they layered the snowflakes and sentiment on top.

Hope you have a wonderful day!!

Supplies:  Tag:  Cardstock:  white, MFT silver and gold glitter; Stamps:  Essentials by Ellen; Dies:  Essentials by Ellen and Our Daily Bread Designs; Ink:  Distress Oxide and VersaMark watermark ink; Embossing powder:  Hero Arts white

• Card:  Cardstock:  Simon Says Stamp, PTI vellum and white; Patterned paper: American Crafts Mint Wishes; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design; Inks:  Distress Oxide and VersaFine Smoky Gray; DMC silver embroidery floss

one final tag...

Hello... another cold day here in the PNW!  I managed to complete one last tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  This is for day 6 to use purple and gray.  The tags that Lisa and Jill created are absolutely gorgeous!  Both tags used a mix of the colors and that is where I took my inspiration from.   At the start of the Thanksgiving/Christmas season my local grocery store always has some of those "painted poinsettias".  Most frequently the colors are purple and teal and that is what I thought of as I came up with an idea for my card.  I used MFT's Mini Modern Blooms stamps and dies as one of the flowers in the set looks a lot like a poinsettia.  I inked up the flower in two different shades of purple, stamped and then die cut them.  I added the centers using a medium shade of gray.  The leaves were stamped in a light gray ink, the veins added with the medium shade and then die cut.  I used a small Spellbinders square die to die cut the squares.  The tag was die cut from a light gray cardstock and then the squares and flowers were adhered.  I die cut a small MFT fishtail flag, stamped the sentiment (from a SSS stamp set) and then adhered that to the tag.  Some Diamond Stickles was brushed on to the flowers to give them that glittery look that the painted poinsettias have on them.   Finished off the tag with purple ribbon and twine.  The layout for my tag is based on the current MFT Wednesday challenge so I will be adding my tag to that gallery as well.  I have included a close up of the flowers. 

Hope you have a wonderful day... and stay warm!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog, white; Stamps:  MFT; Dies:  MFT, Spellbinders, AJVD;  Inks:  PTI, Memento and Simon Says Stamp; Diamond Stickles; PTI ribbon; purple twine

joy to the world tag...

hey!! popping in on this sunny, but cold day here in the PNW with another tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  I have lost count of how many tags I have made, but this one is for day 5.   Julie and Brandi created some amazing tags and challenged us to create something icy or frozen.  I was totally inspired by Brandi's beautiful tag to create my tag.  I used the Essentials by Ellen Season of Sparkle and Brushstroke Christmas stamp sets along with the Essentials by Ellen Brushstroke Joy die.  The layout for my tag is based on the current CAS(E) this Sketch so I will be adding my little tag to their line up.  I started by stamping snowflakes from Season of Sparkle on white cardstock using VersaMark ink.  I applied iridescent embossing powder and heat set.  Once that was done I die cut the tag from the cardstock and applied Distress ink in Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough to my tag fading it out at the bottom.  Joy was die cut from white cardstock three times, adhered together and then adhered to the tag.   I then covered the word with lots and lots of sparkly Ice Stickles in Diamond to give the tag an even icier look.  I stamped the sentiment (from Brushstroke Christmas in black and then trimmed it out.  Once the Stickles had dried I attached the sentiment and then added the ribbon and trim.   I think I will also be adding this to Lori's Visions of Sugarplums challenge which closes soon.

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies: Cardstock: MFT white; Stamps:  Essentials by Ellen; Dies:  Essentials by Ellen and ODBD; Inks:  Ranger, VersaFine and VersaMark; SU! iridescent embossing powder; Midori white ribbon, tinsel trims; Ranger Ice Stickles

another tag..

Hello!!!  Popping in with another tag... I know I said I wasn't much of a tag maker, but I am seriously enjoying making them right now!  This one is for day 7 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  That challenge was a sketch and the cards that Heather and Melania made are just beautiful.  I was inspired by Melania's take on the sketch  I used some striped patterned paper from My Mind's Eye (On Trend 2).  The stamps and dies are from Verve.  I die cut the tag and then stamped the sentiment in the lower corner.  The little stockings were die cut from some paper from the same pad and then stamped with the corresponding images.  I added Diamond Stickles to the tops of the stocking and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Pale Gold to the little balls that decorated the tops.  Once they were dry I attached them to the tag, looped the light pink twine through the hole along with the pompom trim and I was done.  I also used the inspiration photo for this month's Diva Inspiration hop for my tag so I will be adding it to the line up there, as well.   With this tag I have now completed 8 of the challenges.  I hope to get a couple more tags completed before the challenge closes on the 17th!

Hope you have a wonderful day... 

Supplies:  Patterned paper:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps and dies:  Verve; Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black; Pink baker's twine; red pompom trim; Diamond Stickles; Nuvo Pale Gold Crystal Drops

merry & bright...

Hey!!! Stopping in to share another tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  I have now made seven tags total!!  This one is for day 12 which is a color challenge to use blue, green, teal and tan.  The tags that day 12 designers Carolyn and Angie are super cute and I took inspiration from both tags in creating mine.  I had recently gotten the Concord & 9th Cozy Up stamps and matching dies and had been itching to make something with them.  I decided to pair them up with the day 12 challenge.  I die cut my tag and then stamped the tag with the heart image from Cozy Up using tan colored ink.  The little coffee mugs were stamped on watercolor paper with VersaFine Smoky Gray ink and then colored with ZIG markers in blue and green.  The little steam curls were die cut from watercolor paper and then colored with a gray ZIG.  To finish the mugs off I stamped the little snowflake using VersaMark, applied white embossing powder and then heat set.  The sentiment is from the C9 Shine Bright stamp set.  It was stamped in VersaMark on kraft cardstock, white embossing powder applied, heat set and then trimmed out.  I arranged everything on the tag added the teal colored twine and I was done.  I'm also going to add this to the current Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge of winter.  Since I have little coffee mugs on my tag I'm going to add it to the Coffee Lovers winter blog hop.

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  white and kraft cardstock; Stamps:  Concord & 9th; Dies:  Concord & 9th, ODBD; Inks:  SU! Crumb Cake, VersaFine Smoky Gray, VersaMark watermark ink; white embossing powder; teal baker's twine; ZIG clean color markers

a couple more tags..

Hello!! Stopping in with two more tags for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  With these two I'm posting today I have made 6 tags.  I'm working on number 7 and will try to get a few more done before the 17th.  First up is a tag for the day 11 challenge to make a country Christmas inspired tag.  If you have not checked out Kittie's tag you absolutely must... you will be blown away!!  I do not think there is anyone out there who works with die cuts as well as she does... she is amazing!!   As I thought about what I wanted to do I knew I didn't want to do a wreath, but couldn't think of anything else until I made a little trip one of my favorite garden centers, Watsons in Puyallup, Washington.  As I walked into Watsons I saw these beautiful swags hanging up outside and when I saw them I knew just what I would do!  I die cut the branch die from the Hero Arts October My Monthly Hero kit from dark green and light green cardstocks.  I cut each branch apart and then layered the pieces together.  I then grabbed a little gold bell, threaded some twine through it and tied a little bow.   The tag was die cut and then run through my Big Shot in a woodgrain embossing folder.   I then adhered my little swag, added the bell and bow, some additional twine and I was done. 

My second tag is for the day 9 challenge to use white along with silver and gold.  The tags that Sharon and Jean made for the challenge are just gorgeous!!  I was definitely inspired by Sharon's beautiful tag when I created mine!  I went very simple with my design which is based on the current My Favorite Things Wednesday sketch challenge so I will be posting my little tag there.  I have been challenging myself to use sketches and such for my tags.  It is fun and interesting to figure out how to scale things down so you can still see the sketch, but make it work for a tag!  I started by die cutting my main tag using a rectangle die and then added the tiny scallop along the edge.  That was die cut using one of the dies from the MFT Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangles.  A smaller stitched mini scallope rectangle was die cut for another element of the design.   The leaves were die cut from white cardstock using the die from the Flashy Floral set.  I then stamped each die cut with the partial image that matches using VersaMark ink.  Silver embossing powder was applied and heat set.  The sentiment is from the MFT Snowflake Sparkle card kit.  I die cut a stitched fishtail flag stax, stamped it with the sentiment using VersaMark ink, applied gold embossing powder and then heat set it.  Layered everything up, added some sparkly twine and I was done.

 

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white, gold glitter (MFT), thin chipboard, dark green and light green, red; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  Hero Arts, My Favorite Things, A Jillian Vance Design; twine, bell, woodgrain embossing folder; Gold and Silver embossing powder

peace on earth..

Stopping in with another tag for Ellen's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  This tag is for day 8 where we are asked to use a watercolor technique.  I took my inspiration from Carly's cute tag.   I'm also going to add this to the current Simon Says Stamp challenge of ice inspired, as well as Lori's Visions of Sugarplums challenge.     At the beginning of the week Ellen offered the opportunity to by Christmas products at 30% off.  I took advantage of that offer and purchased the beautiful Essentials by Ellen Season to Sparkle stamps and matching dies with the idea to use them specifically for my tag.  I didn't use the color combo from the SSS challenge, but took my inspiration from the photos. I stamped the stag on some watercolor paper using VersaMark ink, applied iridescent sparkle embossing powder and heat set.  Then I colored him with ZIG markers in two shades of brown and clean water.  I let him dry and then die cut my tag from watercolor paper, stamped it with the stars from the same set using the same embossing powder and then watercolored my sky with a gray and dark blue ZIG.  I added in some pink and orange to give it that Milky Way look.   The little snowy slope was created by die cutting a second tag in half with a die from AJVD, applying some light gray ZIG and blending it out.  Once everything was dry stamped the word peace in Onyx Black VersaFine (from the Season to Sparkle set) and then stamped "on earth" in VersaMark on black cardstock, applied white embossing powder, heat set it and trimmed it out.  I adhered the slope to my tag and then added the deer and the rest of the sentiment.  I decided to stamp the circle image from the set to create a little moon for the deer to be looking at.  That was also embossed with the iridescent embossing powder and then colored with two shades of gray ZIG markers.  To finish off the tag I added some more sparkle with Diamond Stickles and some the fringy, sparkly twine.

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  Ranger watercolor cardstock; Stamps:  Essentials by Ellen; Dies:  Essentials by Ellen and AJVD; Inks:  VersaMark and VersaFine; Embossing powder:  white and iridescent; ZIG clean color markers; sparkly twine

tree tag

Hello!!  Stopping in with another tag for Ellen's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  This tag is for day 4 where Jennifer and Clare showed us many fun ways to use felt on our tags.  I was inspired by the way Jennifer used several different colors of felt on her tags.   I used the December Sketch for You to Try layout for my tag so I will be posting it there, as well.  Several different Reverse Confetti products used for this tiny version of the sketch!  I started by die cutting the large tag from the RC Tag Me die set from white cardstock.  The polka dot paper is also Reverse Confetti (Very Merry)and was die cut using the bottom half of the same die and then adhered to the tag.  I used additional papers from the pad to die cut the RC wreath and the little banner (a Simon Says Stamp die).  The banner and wreath were then adhered to the tag.  The little RC tree and trunk were die cut from green and brown felt, adhered together and then adhered to the tag.  I finished my little tag off with some baker's twine that matched the polka dot paper.  I just love how my mini version of the sketch turned out!!   Going to add this to Lori's Visions of Sugarplums challenge.

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  white; Patterned paper: Reverse Confetti Very Merry; Dies:  Reverse Confetti and Simon Says Stamp; Twinery baker's twine; green and light brown felt