The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 10

Hello and welcome back to my blog.   Today is day 10 of The 25 Days of ChristmasTags.  Click the link for details. The sponsor for today is SIMON SAYS STAMP!  The hop is hosted by Tracey McNeely.  Tracey has secure loads of sponsors to make this absolute blast! If you love making tags then this is where you should be.   I can’t believe I’m keeping up but it is so much fun creating these little gems on the fly; I am just lovin’ it.  My tag was inspired by our host…Tracey!  You can find her very cute tags here.  Scroll down to the bottom, I believe her tag is the 15th down. 
Tracey did tags with embossed backgrounds and so did I.  Thanks for the inspiration Tracey!  I used a Recollections (Michael’s brand) tag, some sage and light green cardstock, a retired Stampin’ UP! Background stamp called Tea House, some gold embossing powder, a whole puncher, a Martha Stewart punch, Sizzix’s Christmas Phrases, and some ¼” Satin ribbon.    Thanks again for stopping by and will chat tomorrow.

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 8

Alrighty Party People, it is Day 8 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags and we are moving right along.  Stop by Tracey McNeely’s Blog to see all the details; you can just click right here!  Today’s sponsor is Picket Fence Studios.  My inspiration for today’s tag came from both Erica Anderson and Lisa Henke.  Both of these ladies did tags with a rounded tops.   Click on their names to see their tags and show them some blog luv. 

I created a tag base using my Cricut Maker.  I cut the tag out on some #80 pound Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.  I use #80 when I’m not going to use a lot of color. If I’m doing heavy colouring or laying down multiple shades of a colour then I used #110.  The image I got from Michael's.  It's a wood mounted stamp by Stampendous called Country Snowman, the number is M318. My alcohol marker of choice is COPIC! I don’t even own another type or brand of alcohol markers. This image had some pretty tight spaces so I used a couple of Sharpie Ultra Fine Tip Marks to fill those areas in ( red for the berry on the hat and brown for the tips of the tree branch). I got the Ultra Find tip markers in a 24 pack from Office Depot. 

In making this tag, I was really feeling the moment…I used “glitter”.  Oooh wee-wee I do not like glitter!!! But this tag called for just a little bit to give him some oomph (the struggle was real)…   The sentiment was made using a Sizzix Thinlits die set called Christmas Phrases and some (very) thick coarse glitter cardstock.  It was tough to cut, especially because the dies were thinlits but we sure gotter done! I used my Silver Jelly Roll pen and some Wink of Stella for the ban around his hat.  My little snowdude was just adorable until he got a smudge on his cheek (from his coal nose, eyes, or buttons). But it’s okay, the snow where I am is never pristine white anyway.  It’s always mixed with a little Texas dirt…lol.  So, that is it for tonight’s tag adventure.  We’ll holla at ya tomorrow.   Great news! Finally, e-mail has been corrected to my g-mail account.  All is good now.

Here is a close-up of the glitter I used to bring in some frost.

Joyce