Saturday, November 3, 2018

25 Days of Tags 2018 - Days 1, 2, & 3

Hello friends.  I love, LOVE making Christmas tags and today I am playing along with Days 1, 2, & 3 of Tracey McNealy's 25 Days of Christmas Tags challenge.


Day 1 was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and I was inspired by 2 different tags and came up with these:


For the tag on the left, I was inspired by Jo Nevil's tag...I LOVED how she used tiny Poinsettia's (PTI's Pleasing Envelopes) on top of die cut snowflakes (SSS's Marisa Snowflake) and the Faire Isle background (Catherine Pooler's Cozy Border's).  For the tag on the right I was inspired Debbie Yates adorable tag with all the red & white with the pop of green for her wreath and used an AliExpress tag die and PTI's Mini Tag Along kit for the wreath.

Day 2 was sponsored by Altenew :


I loved Enza Gudor's lovely, lovely tag using Altenew's Holiday Bow stamp set.  I stamped and fussy cut everything out and attached to a tag I stamped with a hardwood background stamp in light gray ink.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Blessings stamp set.

Day 3 is being sponsored by Concord & 9th:


I absolutely fell in LOVE with Emily Midgett's beautiful black & white tag with the pop of teal!  I used Concord & 9th's Plaid Background stamp set on top of an MFT tag and then added the die cuts using PTI's Bold Borders: Yuletide, Shaped Sayings: Christmas, & Holly Jolly dies with silver cs (Thanks Darnell!!) and silver glittered cs that I colored with a Copic BG49 marker to get the teal color.  A few white Nuvo drops were added for the berries.


I was hoping to catch a bit of the sparkle from the Copic colored silver glitter cs, but no sunshine or decent light to photograph with today...grrrrrr!!

This is such a FUN challenge to play along with and you can check it all out right HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!


13 comments:

Anita in France said...

What fabulous, festive tags, Marcia ... there's so much lovely detailing on each one ... and I do see the delicious shimmer on that last pair ... and it's gorgeous! Hugs, Anita :)

Loll said...

Such beautiful Christmas tags Marcia!! Imagine how these will look decorating your packages. Great work!! xx

Bonnie said...

Wow! You have a great start on your Christmas tags, Marcia! Love the cozy background and pine wreath! And the big red bow with the greenery on the woodgrain are rustic and fun! The silver and glittery greenery on the plaid are my favorites! Love how you've colored the holly leaf!

Christine Alexander said...

great tags a wonderful mix of masculine and feminine ones :)

Lisa Elton said...

Wow Marcia, you've already got a great start on your holiday tags! These are all just marvelous. I like the layers on the first two, the country look of the Altenew tags and the sparkle on the final two!

Birgit said...

Wow Marcia, these are all stunning! Love the Fair Isle background tag with those sweet little poinsettias. Such a lovely design! The Altenew tag is gorgeous and all that fussy cutting.... you inpire me ever day with your gift of patience and creativity.

Lindsey said...

A bevy of beautiful tags! :D You've done such a good job of using the inspiration tags as your base, but making these your own. Great to see that you were inspired by the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event!

Patti said...

Wow! I love them all Marcia!! but day three has me hoping MY gift comes with a tag this spectacular!! : )

Inkyfingers said...

What a gorgeous collection of tags Marcia and I would be hard pressed to pick just one favourite!

Ros Crawford said...

What a beautiful collection!! you are the queen of tags for sure!

Lisa Byers said...

Absolutely gorgeous tags!! A lot of creativity went into these!! I just love them!!

Beverly S. said...

Pretty tags...I especially love the bows tag. :)

Susan Renshaw said...

What a lovely collection of terrific tags!
Really enjoying taking part in
25 Days of Christmas Tags
Susan Renshaw
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