25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 20

It's the weekend! And we are leaving our teens behind with Day 20 (20!) of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags event. Today we are welcoming guest and sponsor A Jillian Vance Design. 

I have a small, a medium and a large tag to share today! 

Not surprisingly, my favourite is the large one: 

If you give me an "Oh Snap!" sentiment AND provide handy perforations on your gingerbread man, how can I not combine them? Poor gingie is cut from kraft cardstock, with a little inking around the edges for that perfectly baked look. I used a white glaze pen to add his icing face and trim... and ripped his one leg off. :o The sentiment is embossed in brown. I snuck some more plaid into my tags with the patterned paper base.

A "sweeter" gingerbread tag: 

I left this guy whole, but did use the optional die cuts for his face and buttons. His minty green bow tie just happened to match a tag in my stash that I'd already coloured, yay! There's lots of Wink of Stella on his buttons and tie, that refused to show up in my grey-day photography. It's making my lemon drop buttons look rather orange in the photo, though. 

And my teeny tag: 

Again, my lack of photography skills means you can't really see the woodgrain embossing on the kraft tag base. I added some gold hearts to the little wreath for some interest and shine. And yes, the gingerbread man's bow tie above is actually the bow part of this wreath. Stretching my dies! :D 

There are beautiful tags on Tracey's blog today as always, so you are sure to be inspired. And leave some love for the designers on their posts to increase your chances of winning a prize! 

Our sponsors! 

Supplies: (oh snap) Neenah white & Desert storm cardstock, Echo Park Holly Jolly patterned paper, AJVD Sweet Treats stamp, Memento Luxe espresso truffle & gathered twigs distress ink, Hero Arts sparkle embossing powder, CUTplorations stitched tag & AJVD stitched sentiment labels & sweet gingerbread add on dies, Gelly Roll white glaze pen, assorted ribbon, foam squares; (sugar & spice) Neenah desert storm & assorted scrap cardstock, Canson watercolour paper, AJVD Sweet Treats stamp, Memento Luxe espresso truffle & gathered twigs & evergreen bough distress ink, Hero Arts sparkle embossing powder, Paper Smooches stitched tag & AJVD sweet gingerbread add on dies, We R Memory Keepers ribbon, The Twinery lemon drop twine, Wink of Stella brush marker, foam tape, (wreath) Neenah desert storm & Stampin' Up real red & garden green cardstock, AJVD sweet gingerbread add on & tag dies, PTI woodgrain impression plate, Little Things from Lucy's Cards Gold Dust heart confetti, scrap raffia

Pin It Now!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 19

TGIF! It's Day 19 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, and today we are welcoming Paper Smooches! 

Paper Smooches sent Tracey's Tag Team some great stamps and dies to play with. I could probably have made tags all day, but I limited myself to three. :) For my first one, I attempted a little word art: 

From the many festive sentiments in the stamp set Spreading Joy, I picked three that I thought would fit together well. I embossed them in silver on a dark blue tag base, then added the teeny stars where space needed filling. A dark blue grosgrain ribbon was the finishing touch. 

My second tag uses dies from Holiday Sweets: 

I die cut the double trees, one light on dark, the other dark on light. (Did I do that intentionally? Maaaaybeeee... :D) The snowflakes are from an older set, embossed in white before blending a little blue on the top of the tag. (I had a close-up photo of this tag too, but it vanished into cyberspace.)

My third tag also uses a couple of dies from the Holiday Sweets set: 

I really like this cute layered candy cane! A bonus was finding this ink-smooshed panel already in my stash. After *hanging* the candy cane on the silver branch, the tag still seemed to need something, so I carefully stamped the sentiment in the bottom right corner. 

I had so much fun making these tags that I'm adding them to the current Paper Smooches challenge! 

If you are playing along every day, by making your own tags inspired by each day's line-up of designers, or by commenting on each designer's post - or even better, both! - you will be in the running or some great prizes offered by our generous sponsors. And you'll have all the tags you need for the festive season! 

Our amazing sponsor line-up! 

Supplies: (peace, joy, love) (?) blue cardstock, Paper Smooches Spreading Joy stamps, Versamark, silver embossing powder, Paper Smooches scalloped tag die, Offray ribbon; (trees) Neenah white, Stampin' Up garden green & American Crafts textured green cardstock, Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes stamps, Versamark & tumbled glass distress ink, Hero Arts white embossing powder, Paper Smooches Holiday Sweets & stitched tag dies, scrap ribbon & The Twinery peeped baker's twine, foam tape; (joy) Neenah white, Stampin' Up real red & glitter cardstock, Canson watercolour paper, Paper Smooches Spreading Joy stamp, Stampin' Up real red & evergreen bough distress ink, Paper Smooches stitched tag, Holiday Sweets & Wreath Builder dies, Stampin' Up tinsel ribbon

Pin It Now!

A Touch of Red at Seize the Birthday

Happy Thursday, and welcome to the last Seize the Birthday challenge for 2019! Not that we don't appreciate people that were born in December, but we've got all the birthday cards we need to see us through the year, thanks to our bi-weekly challenges! Now we can madly dash off all the holiday cards we need. :D 
Glenda chose our topping this go-round, and asked us to add "A Touch of Red". 

If you know Glenda the way I know Glenda, you'll know that asking for just a touch of red is showing considerable restraint. ;) So I attempted to show restraint in my card, as well: 

I started by embossing the roses background stamp in a beautiful moonstone embossing powder - it's not quite gold, but not quite silver, either. I trimmed the panel to the size I wanted, then coloured the one focal rose. The roses are mounted on a thin black mat, and the sentiment added on the card base. 

I did very little colour blending on the rose, but somehow, it seems to work, to my eye at least. This Copic colouring is for Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge. 

There are touches of red all over the Seize the Birthday blog today, from the design team and our current surprise party guest, Annie. Of course, if red's not your thing, we love to see all birthday cards in our linky party, so come and join us! 

This is my second post of the day...

click here for Day 18

of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags! 

Supplies: Neenah white & Recollections black cardstock, MFT Roses All Over & Essentials by Ellen Wish Big stamps, Versamark, moonstone embossing powder, Copic markers

Pin It Now!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 18

Here we are at Day 18 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags! If you need a refresher on what all the festive fuss is about, click here for all the details as well as the main link-up. 

Today we are welcoming Neat & Tangled! 

Neat & Tangled sent the Tag Team a bunch of fun goodies to play with. Here is tag #1 from me: 

It felt like it was time to do some ink blending, so I used three colours of distress oxide ink for the tag base. I also spritzed it with shimmer mist, because Christmas. After letting it dry, I white-embossed the snowflakes, then added the banner and main sentiment. A couple of ribbons finished everything off. 

Tag number 2! 

This falls into the "what supplies can I use next?" category. :D I hardly ever think to reach for the one multi-colour Kaleidacolor ink pad I have, but with a big sentiment such as this, it seemed ideal. It's inked on a cream tag, with panels of rich razzleberry at the top and bottom - and yes, I even had some matching ribbon! 

And a third, quick and simple tag: 

The tag outline and holly are both embossed in green glitter embossing powder! Glitter glue colours the berries. There hasn't been nearly enough plaid in my tags this year, so I found some plaid ribbon and added a couple of jingle bells as well. And another tag you can write on the front! :D 

Of course there are lots of tags to admire on Tracey's blog today, from my tag friends as well as members of the Neat & Tangled design team. Are you playing along? There are prizes to be won! 

Our amazing sponsors! 

I'm back later today with the last

Seize the Birthday challenge

of 2019! 

Supplies: (merry & bright) Neenah white cardstock, Neat & Tangled May Your Holidays Be stamps & dies & Falling Flakes stamps, Versamark & worn lipstick, mermaid lagoon & wilted violet distress oxide inks, white & moonstone embossing powders, Neat & Tangled ClassicTag 1 die, Tsukineko sparkle sheer shimmer mist, May Arts & Offray ribbons, foam tape: (wishing you) Stampin' Up very vanilla & rich razzleberry cardstock, Neat & Tangled Wishing You Love stamps, Kaleidacolor royal satin ink, Neat & Tangled Classic Tag 2 dies, Stampin' Up rich razzleberry grosgrain ribbon, Hemptique purple twine: (holly) Neenah white cardstock, Neat & Tangled Swirly Twirly Tags & Wishing You Love stamps, Ranger green embossing tinsel, Michael's plaid ribbon, gold elastic cord, $ store jingle bells

Pin It Now!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 17

It's Day 17 for Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags - how has the time gone by so quickly? Today we are welcoming guest and sponsor Pretty Pink Posh. 

I received the very pretty Amaryllis stamp and die set to play with, along with the Stitched Banner Duo 2 dies. Properly colouring this amaryllis is way above my pay grade, but I did my best: 

I stamped the larger bloom in red and green distress inks on watercolour paper, then coloured in the stem and flower using the same inks as watercolours. The smaller bloom need stamping just in red, and apart from a touch of green in the centre, just needed red for colouring, as well. After cutting the tag, I clear-embossed a few snowflakes before blending some of the same distress ink in from the edges. Of course I added a smattering of PPP sequins, too! 

And these cute little guys had to see some ink, too! 

I love that you can mix-and-match the sentiments in their signs - and that you can switch up the colours of the sentiments, too. Some basic Copic colouring, and of course some Stickles on the penguin's hat, made these quick and easy to put together. I backed them on the smaller die from the same tag set as above. 

Another day of both watercolouring and Copic colouring for Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge. 

I hope you are playing along by making your own inspired tags or commenting on the designers' posts each day! Tracey has gathered a terrific array of sponsors to offer lots of prizes! 

26 generous sponsors!

Supplies: (amaryllis) Neenah white cardstock, Ranger watercolour paper, Pretty Pink Posh Amaryllis stamps & dies, Winter Wonderland stamps, Versamark & barn door & evergreen bough distress inks,Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Banner 2 dies, Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear sequins, May Arts ribbon, foam tape; (reindeer & penguin) Neenah white & Stampin' Up real red & garden green cardstock, Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Signs stamps & dies,Versafine onyx black & Stampin' Up real red & garden green inks, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Copic markers, icicle Stickles, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Banners 2 dies, May Arts jute twine, Lawn Fawn mistletoe hemp cord

Pin It Now!

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 16

It's Day 16 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags! If you're not already familiar with this festive event, you can get all the details here. Today we are welcoming guest and sponsor Waffle Flower! 

I've made three tags today, the first two using the cute Thankful Mouse: 

First, my little red scarf mouse. This tag has a story...

Of course, all the tags we make have a story. ;) A few days ago, I stamped a sheep wearing a Santa hat. In masking the Santa hat, I lost track of the little pompom at the end. It showed up when I stamped this mouse, leaving a blotch on the right hand plume of steam. Ack! Eventually I came up with adding the little die cut hearts. I rather like the end result! 
My second one in blue:  

I wasn't covering any blotches this time, so could go with my original plan of adding the "for you" sentiment, masking off the first word, "thankful". 

I used another partial sentiment on my third tag: 

This sentiment comes from the set Holiday Hugs. The full sentiment adds "& mistletoe kisses", but it's a little long for a tag. I added a bird and branch from Always - not a Christmas set, but birds work for Christmas! 

I've done both some watercolouring and Copic colouring today for Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge. 

My tag friends Carol, Joyce and Kim have more inspiration for you today, as do some of the Waffle Flower designers - visit Tracey's blog and be inspired! 

Thank you to our 26 sponsors!

Supplies: (mice) Ranger & Canson watercolour paper, Waffle Flower Thankful Mouse stamps, Versafine smoky grey & Memento Luxe Danube blue ink, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, meridian Twikling H2Os, Zig markers, Winsor & Newton iridescent medium, stash heart die cuts, Offray ribbon, Divine Twine; (holiday hugs) Neenah white & scrap buff cardstock, Waffle Flower Always stamps & dies, Holiday Hugs stamps, Versafine onyx black & Stampin' Up garden green ink, Copic markers, Paper Smooches stitched tag die, The Twinery peapod twine

Pin It Now!