Challenge Four Play

This morning, I was going through my list of saved card challenges — usually, what this means is sorting through all the challenges I had considered playing in and realizing the dates have already gone by. Today, however, I discovered four challenges that are still current, and that fit together perfectly! The challenges...

Merry Monday has a "chalkboard" challenge.

Jingle Belles says "text me" — make a card
with text as the main focus.

Just Us Girls is looking for a tag element. 

My Favorite Things (MFT) has
a sketch with a tag!

When I mashed all those challenges together, I got this: 

When I think about using the chalkboard technique, I always think of this, my one and only subway art-style stamp. Instead of black, I went for the green chalkboard look to be seasonal. None of my standard tag dies were large enough, but I used the bottom of a wine tag die and rounded the top corners so it would be a little bit fancy. I used my current favourite die (MFT's blueprints 24 stitched rectangle die) to cut the patterned paper panel. A circle of the same paper adds a decorative element to the tag... and yes, covers up where I pulled the twine too tight the first time, sigh. 
And with that, I've made TWO Christmas cards this year! :P 

Supplies: Stampin' Up naturals ivory & DCWV green chalkboard cardstock, American Crafts gold glitter paper, Basic Grey Evergreen patterned paper, Unity Santa, Stockings, Candy Canes, etc & Gifts Galore stamps, Colorbox frost white ink, Wow white embossing powder, Avery Elle cheers, MFT blueprints 24 & Paper Smooches snowflakes dies, Ek Success 1" circle punch, Hemptique twine, pop dot tape