25 Days Of Tags 2018 - Days 7, 8, & 9

Hello friends.  Still playing along with the 25 Days Of Christmas Tags and today I'm sharing tags from days 7, 8, & 9.

Day 7 is sponsored by Birch Press Design and I was inspired by Desiree Kuemmerle and her gorgeous gold and cream colored die cut ornaments.

I used a Gina Marie Designs die to make my tags and after finishing these 2, I made a bunch more and left the "joy" die cut off...it hides all the detail of these elegant dies, plus they're very small and the joy kind of takes it over.  But anyway, without the joy they're very delicate and pretty looking!!

Day 8 is sponsored by UNIKO and I was inspired by 2 different tags from Tracey McNealy and Carol Mayne.

I loved Tracey's simple pine branch, acorn, and sentiment in red, so I used an older SU! set called Ornamental Pine and a sentiment from PTI's O'Tannenbaum to come up with these simple little tags.

I was also inspired by Carol Mayne's sweet little Poinsettia tags in red & green.  I used the same MFT tag die and then stamped the Poinsettia's from Catherine Pooler's Cozy Borders stamp set.  Couldn't seem to capture the glitter from the Rockin' Red WOW embossing glitter that I added after stamping, but IRL they really sparkle!  The little Merry Christmas sentiment is from a SSS set that I stamped in green.  Again, simple but really liked the design!!

Day 9 is sponsored by Pink & Main and once again I was inspired by Carol Mayne and her adorable critters tag!

My critters came from 2 different MFT sets...Cool Day and Polar Pals.  I colored them with Copics and then added them to a MFT tag.  The DSP at the top is from PB's Festive & Frosty 6 x 6 pad.

Still lots more inspiration to come, so check it all out HERE and then play along...there's some great prizes up for grabs!!

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Make It Monday #342 - Envelope Bags with Patterned Paper

Hello friends.  Lexi is doing this week's Make It Monday challenge with a technique that I did years and years ago with envelopes, but back then we called it "bagalopes"!  I never thought to do it with patterned paper though and they sure are pretty!!

I used the Pure Poppy Bitty Big plaid paper to make my gift bag and had to do it twice!  I think I scored too hard the first time and the paper was ripping in the seams...grrrr!  Did a lighter touch the 2nd time and came up with this:

I still had a tag I'd made last year using the Dash Away All die and the Snowflake Medallion die and it fit beautifully on the front of my bag!  Here's a closer up so you can see the detail:

The Snowflake Medallion die is just done with plain white cs, and then the next layer is a black snowflake (part of the Medallion die) that I added red glitter to the tips of.  The Dash Away All deer was die cut from some plaid I made with Pure Poppy cs and Pure Poppy and black inks.  A little drop of black Nuvo Drops made the eye and then I also added a Tiny Tag and attached with a mini clothespin at the top of the bag to keep it closed.  Pretty quick project as I already had the snowflake/deer tag made, but I love how it turned out and will make a great presentation for a small gift!  :0)

You can check out Lexi's beautiful gift bags and great video for how to's right HERE and then play along!

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12 Tags of Christmas

Hello friends.  I'm in full tag mode right now and have a couple to share that I made for Loll's 12 Tags Of Christmas event.

This is a mixed media tag event, and I had fun last night making some Stencil Monoprints with DOX inks and turned them into the following 2 tags and a card.

I used Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac, & Peacock Feathers on my snowflake stencil (PTI), and then when it was dry I added my die cut polar bears (PB) and a torn snow hill along with an embossed silver sentiment (PTI).  Very simple but I love the way it turned out!!

This tag used the same colors of ink and snowflake stencil, but after it was dry I used a background script stamp (SU!) and white embossing powder.  I added a tree (SSS) that I die cut 5 times to give it some dimension and then added a black banner that I embossed in white.

I also had just enough of the piece left to make this card:

I used a Memory Box die (Evergreen Window) to die cut the image and then die cut again in the center of a white layer and inlaid the monoprint piece and attached to a white card base.  Thought about adding a sentiment but in the end decided to leave it plain...I like it just as it is!!

Here's a few of the pieces I didn't use:

I think anyone who's ever done stencil mono printing knows you can't just make one and quit!  And now I have more for another day!!  :0)

Make sure you check out all Loll's beautiful tags and all her GD every day through the 16th and then play along right HERE.

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25 Days Of Tags - Days 4, 5, & 6

Hello friends.  Still playing along with Tracey McNealy's 25 Days Of Christmas Tags and today I have tags from Days 4, 5, & 6.

Day 4 is sponsored by Reverse Confetti and I was totally inspired by Tricia Barber and her adorable little Gnomes!

I loved Reverse Confetti's new Stitched Grid Tag die, so I improvised with PTI's Grid stamp and Reverse Confetti's Holiday Gnomes stamp set.  These were so much fun to color up with the red, green, and aqua!!

Day 5 is sponsored by Newton's Nook and I was inspired by Zsofia Molnar's sweet little kitty tags!

I loved Zsofia's red, kraft, & white color theme too, and used an MFT tag die and PTI Bitty Big DSP and a SSS kitty stamp to create my version of Zsofia's tags.

Day 6 is sponsored by Paper Sweeties and I loved both Joyce Mehrberg's and Lindsey M-p's cute little Winter birdhouses!

I used the same MFT tag die as yesterdays tags, and then stamped a Northwoods rubber stamp that I've had forever (yep, on a wooden block!) and colored with my Copics.  The sentiment is from PTI's Rustic Wreath and I also added some tiny red Nuvo Drops for berries on the greenery and Dazzling Diamonds glitter (SU!) on the rooftops of the birdhouses.  The backgrounds were blended with Salty Ocean DOX ink and then splattered with white acrylic paint.

Can you tell I like making Christmas tags?!!  Join in the fun...there's LOTS of prizes to be won!!  Check it all out right HERE.

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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.

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CAS Watercolour Nov. 2018 - Christmas Florals & Greenery

Hello friends.  Welcome back to another challenge here at CAS Watercolour, where this month Susan is hosting our challenge and would like to see Christmas Florals & Greenery on your cards. (NO tree's please...we've already done tree's!)

So many options to choose for this challenge as I'm a bit obsessed about making Christmas cards and have LOTS to choose from, but in the end I went with a new Penny Black stamp (well new to me!) called berry speckled.

Now I realize there's no flowers on this card, but at this time of year I think just simple greenery and berries is SO BEAUTIFUL that it qualifies as a flower!!  I put the stamp in my MISTI and used a combination of distress and SU! markers to ink up the stamp and then misted very lightly before stamping on my water color cardstock.  I repeated this process till I had the depth of color I was happy with, and this time actually remembered to do the berries last so that my red didn't run all over the place!

Here's a closer up shot so you can see the detail better.  I also used a stamp from Penny Blacks Yuletide Wishes to stamp my sentiment, and then matted my card with a layer of Old Olive cs and adhered to a white card base.  CAS and I love the way this one turned out!!

There is lot's of BEAUTIFUL inspiration from the DT and our special guest Maura, so check it all out right HERE and then play along with us...we'd LOVE to see you in the gallery!

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Holiday Cheer

Hello friends.  Just a quick post showing a couple cards I made with MFT's Pure Innocence Holiday Cheer stamp set.

I just love her all bundled up in her Winter coat and carrying all her holiday packages!

I love how this card turned out, but I had originally planned on just coloring her totally with Copics and thought I was using a alcohol ink marker friendly ink.  However, when I started coloring her face and boots, I was getting bleeding, so I switched to paper piecing the rest of the image...still turned out cute!  The DSP is from SU!'s Festive Farmhouse paper and the frame is using PTI's Pierced Feature Frames.

For my 2nd card I stamped the girl in Versafine Onyx Black and then heat embossed with clear...made coloring with my Copics so much easier!  I did use more of the Festive Farmhouse DSP for her packages and the trees (Gina Marie Designs die) and frame.

Here's a closer up so you can see that I added a little snow hill and added glitter to it to add some sparkle.  I also WOS'd the little stars on the trees to look like twinkle lights.  Both of these cards were finished off with some simple jute twine.  How is your Christmas card stash coming along??  I think I'm getting close!  Now if I can just get them all signed and addressed and in the mail BEFORE Christmas!!  :0)

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