You Warm My Heart

I have another Christmas tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge that I have also placed on a card.

I was inspired by Elena's Day 12 tag. I loved the subtle colors with the punch of red and of course the sweet critter images.

I had a hard time deciding on a set but finally selected Lawn Fawn Snow Day since I had not used in a while. Those bunnies are just too cute anyway. I stamped the images, cut out with the matching dies and then colored with Copic markers. After cutting the tag from white cardstock using the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 1 die, I stamped a heart using soft stone ink and the sentiment over it plus the small hearts and snowflake using pure poppy ink. I created a snow bank with a scalloped edge die and attached with foam tape. After adhering the animal images, I tied gray and white twine in the tag hole.

To balance out the subtle colors in the tag, I decided to make a colorful background for it using fired brick and festive berries distress ink and water onto watercolor cardstock. After the panel dried I cut it with a wonky stitched die and added the completed tag.

Products: Lawn Fawn stamps and dies, Ranger, PTI and Neenah cs, Divine Twine, MFT, Pretty Pink Posh and Simon Says dies, Ranger Distress, PTI and MFT ink, Copic Markers
Copics: C00, C1, C3, R20, R22, R24, R27

Silent Night Holy Night

Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S.A. readers!

I have another Christmas tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge that I have also placed on a card.

I was inspired by Melissa Bickford's Day 14 tag. I like that Melissa's tag was die centric with a sentiment although obviously my dies and colors are different.

I first cut a tag from blueberry cardstock using The Cat's Pajamas Holiday Window Duo die and then the nativity scene from textured white cardstock using the dies from the Concord & 9th Holy Night Bundle. The sentiment was stamped on the (Mary) layer using blueberry ink and I then layered the various die cuts onto the tag using foam tape on the front piece. I cut the star from gold mirrored cardstock and added gold thread in the tag hole.

Products: Concord & 9th stamp and dies, MFT, Bazzill and PTI, American Crafts cs, The Cat's Pajamas die, MFT ink

Merry Christmoose

I'm back with another Christmas tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge. This one was also used on a card.

I was inspired by Michele Ferguson's Day 4 tag. I really liked that Michele did not actually use a tag die for her base and luckily I had that same die set. Plus I never found a word die that I didn't like!

I cut the tag base from white cardstock using a die from the Reverse Confetti Lacy Scallop Frame set and added a red topper using a die from Hang Ups set. I sponged a bit of tumbled glass distress ink in the center. I stamped the moose and sign from the Merry Christmoose set, cut out with the matching dies and colored with Copic Markers. I stamped the partial sentiment directly onto the base and then added the word die cut from red cardstock using a die from the Winter Words set.

Products: Reverse Confetti stamps and dies, PTI and MFT cs, Sakura Gelly Roll pen, MFT ink, Copic Markers

Peace & Joy

I'm back with another Christmas tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge. This one is also going on a card.

I was inspired by Flora Monica Farkas's Day 5 tag. I really loved the single image and sentiment direct to paper and of course that bit of plaid anchored at the bottom.

I cut one tag from patterned paper and another from white linen cardstock using the Papertrey Ink Tag Sale #10 die. I stamped the images from the Papertrey Ink Beautiful Berries: Winter set using pinefeather, pure poppy and soft granite ink and the sentiment in black. After adding a strip of patterned paper at the bottom, I tied the two tags together with maraschino twine.

For the card I added a matching patterned paper strip at the bottom and rounded the corners to match the tag.

Products: Papertrey Ink stamps and die, My Mind's Eye dp, PTI cs, The Twinery Twine, PTI, Simon Says and Hero Arts ink

It's Beginning to Smell Like Christmas

I have been wanting to participate in the 25 Day of Christmas Tags challenge for a while now but it's been both busy around here with both personal things as well as design team work.  So, here I am with my first one 18 days after the challenge started! I also desperately need more Christmas cards so I am adding today's tag to a card.

I was inspired by Kay Miller's Day 13 tag. I mean really, who isn't inspired by Kay's creativity?!

I cut a tag shape from white card stock using the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 die then used a stencil as Kay did on her tag using berrylicous ink. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the tag then added a topper in hawaiian shores and a strip at the bottom cut from patterned paper using a small scalloped die. I then stamped all the images from the Neat & Tangled Holiday Baking set, cut out with the matching dies and attached to the tag. Twine in the tag hole finished it up.

Products: Neat & Tangled stamps and dies, PTI dp and cs, The Twiner twine, PTI stencil, Pretty Pink Posh and Simon Says dies, MFT ink, Copic Markers
Copics: Bear-W00,E81, E40, E41 E42, R20, Dishes=YG21, YG23, YG25, R20, R22, R24, Pie Crust-E50, E51, Dough-W00, E81; Mice-W00, E81, R20; Rolling Pin-E30, E31, R20, R22, R24