The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 17

Welcome back my friends.  I hope everyone had a pleasant day or perhaps your day is just starting, and it too will be a pleasant one.   Today is day 17 of Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  This train is really moving along, can you believe we are on day 17?! (and I’m still hanging in there).  I know…right!  Well, today the sponsor is Pretty Pink Posh, another goody.  My tag(s) are inspired by two of Pretty Pink Posh’s designers- Jeanne Jachna and Caly Person.  Click on their names to see their precious tags.  I was so inspired; I did three tags.  Well, one tag design, three different colours.   


Here is what I used to make my tags: Recollections (Michaels brand) #65 white cardstock, Avery Elle’s Postage Stamp Dies, Tim Holtz (Sizzix) Christmas Circle Words, Disney Frozen A6 Stamp (Tuesday Morning purchase), Altenew Crisp Dye Inks-Morning Frost and Limestone, and I also did one tag using Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Antique Linen and I added some 1/8” Satin White ribbon to complete the tags.   Now how easy was that?   Thank you so much for coming by to see me today and I hope to see you again tomorrow.   

Joyce

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 16

Good evening my crafty friends.  We are on day 16 of Tracy McNeely’s The 25  Days of Christmas Tags.  Today’s sponsor is one of my favorites-WAFFLE FLOWER! Some of my inspiration came from design team member Carol, who did a series of tags.  Click here to see her adorable tag sets.  I really like the Polar Bears with the patterned background paper.  Try as I did, I could not find anything in my craftlab that would even come close to Carols cutesy Polar Bears with the patterned paper.  I decided to create my own “sort-of” background patterned paper…  I made a couple circle wreaths on piece of paper but didn’t like it as a whole-it was a fail (sad face).  I put a die down on the newly made patterned cardstock and like the little part of the wreath that fit into the die borders (super happy face) …and from there a tag was born.  So, thanks Carol for getting my creative juices flowing!

This is a tiny little tag.  The dimensions are 1 5/16^th x 2 9/16^th, really tiny, but cute! These are the supplies I used to create my tag: Recollections white cardstock, Stampin’ UP! Tiny Tags (flourish), Just Rite Clear Christmas Mini Tags (sentiment), Avery-Elle’s Double Pierced Rectangles dies, DeNami Designs Petit Fours, My self created circled design template,  Altenew’s Crisp Dye Inks-Crimson, Bamboo, Parrot, and Olive, I punched a hole with my Crop-A-Dile, and used some red twine to finish the job!  

Joyce 

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 9

Howdy folks.  Tonight’s post is going to be super quick.  It is day 9 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags hosted by Tracey McNeely.  Today's sponsor...Pink & Main!  For more information on how to participate in the fun, click here!   My tag 9 was inspired by Kathy Schweinfurth’s Winter Village. Her little village almost looks like it’s interactive.  Once again, she is knockin’ it out of the park, so be sure to click on her name above to check out her tag. 

I wanted my tag to look kind of interactive too.  I did a Mason Jar with 

goodies.  Makes you think you can put your lil’ fingers in the jar and grab a 

cookie or piece of peppermint…lol. The supplies I used from my tag are as 

follows: Momenta Stamp and die set -Mason Jar.  I used small scraps of ivory, 

light brown, chocolate, and white card stock.  I used some acetate, some ivory 

string, JustRite Clear Christmas Mini Tags stamp set, Altenew Crimson Crisp 

Dye ink, a white Jelly Roll Pen, and Brown and Red Sharpie markers.  I cut the

acetate twice and sandwiched the tiny die cuts between the two and sealed it 

with some Glossy Accents.   Well my peeps, we’re off for the night! 

Joyce

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 Day- 7

Greetings to All!  And welcome to day 7 of The 25days of Christmas Tags hosted by Tracey McNeely.   Today, my tag was inspired by Anglea Conrad who is designing for Sunny Studio. You can check out her tags here.  While all of them are so very cute, it was Tag set #4 that inspired me the most.  Most of the colours in that tag set are non-traditional…pink, light green, light blue.  I don’t think I’ve done too many Christmas projects in non-traditional colours so I thought I would take on the challenge.  OMGosh! And a challenge it was!  It was a challenge because I had to create many of the elements/items.

First, I did not have the base she started with, but I liked the look, so I had to create one, almost from scratch.  And so, it began… To make my base tag I used Spellbinders (SB) scalloped and classic squares.  I used my Stampin’ UP! (SU) retired “Mat Pack”  to do all the piercing. Yep! I pierced each hole.   I took some Recollections (Michael’s brand) blue/green polka-dot paper and attached it to some white cardstock to make it sturdy. I used my Cricut Maker to create my hat, mitten, and the little wave on the cap. I used a SU ¾” circle punch for the sentiment. The sentiment is from…you guessed it…JustRite Clear Christmas Mini Tags stamp set. I used some Altenew Sea Glass crisp ink to stamp the “Let It Snow” and popped it up with a pop dot.  To finish tag #7, I added Wink of Stella to the sentiment and the snowflakes on the mittens, placed a pearl in the center of the snowflake, punched a hole at the top, and added some 1/8” satin pink ribbon.  This tag took my most of the day, but that was because of trial and error before I got things the way I wanted.  I really like how it turned out.  Would I do it again…YES! It was worth it.  I will say good evening and I hope you can find the time to join in The 25 days of Christmas Tags.  Chat tomorrow.    Correct email: mepc99@att.net

Joyce