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

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

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 6

Good evening my crafty friends, 

We are on day 6 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags hosted by Tracey McNeely. 

Click the link above to find out how you too can join in on the fun.  My day 6 tag was inspired by, wait for it…Joyce!  Noooo, not me but another fabulous person named Joyce!  That God is something else, isn’t he?!  Like I always say, all good things begin with “J” … Jesus, the Joyces, and Jack (Tennesse Honey Jack Daniels that is), lol.  The sponsor for today is “Avery Elle”! Joyce is on the Avery Elle DT.  She made this adorable little snowman tag, which you can find right here.  You are going to just love him.

Okay (handclap), so to create my tag I used some Neenah Classic Crest Solar White #80 cardstock (Copic friendly), my Avery Elle Postage Stamp Die (D-05-12), a Sun-Bonnet Sue digi stamp (from Bugaboo), a Clear Star Jelly Roll Pen, and of course my JustRite Clear Christmas Mini Tags stamp set.  I’ll use this stamp set a lot during the hop because the tags are small and there is not a lot of real estate for stamping sentiments.  Additionally, I used my Copic Markers, some gold elastic cord, and Gina K’s Amalgam ink. I have posted a couple of pics below for viewing.  I tried to capture a good angle to show the Clear Star Jelly roll sparkle on her bonnet, apron, shoes, and the dots on her package.  All done for tonight. Have a good night and see you tomorrow.   Please use e-mail: mepc99@att.net

Copic Markers

Skin- E13, E11, E01

Bonnet and Dress-W5, R89, R59, R46, R29

Berries-R27, R24,

Leaves-G99, G85, G20

Outline-W3

Joyce

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 2

Good Evening All,

Just popping in quickly to share my Tag for day 2 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags hosted by Tracey McNeely from In My Creative Opinion.  Come join the hop! Today’s sponsor is Ellen Hudson.  All the details about the hop such as the history, rules, sponsors, and to link up your entry can be found here.   For Day 2 information and DT inspiration photos click here.

Today’s tag was made using, #80 Neenah Classic Crest (Solar White), Mama Elephant SC0801 stamps with matching dies, Avery Elle ELLE-MENTS D0405 Double Pierced Rectangles Dies, Copic Markers, Jelly Roll Clear Star Pen, Foam tape, and some 1/8^th in black satin ribbon.  (Correct e-mail address: mepc99@att.net).  My tag was inspired by Sandy Allnock's Amaryllis and Michele Ferguson's Three French Hens tags

Copic Markers

Body and Head E29, E27, E25, E23

Snout, Ears, and Belly RV02, RV000, RV0000

Hooves W6

Nose R27, R24

Tail W2

Antlers E00, E000, E0000

Cast W1, W0

Til' next time, here are a couple of photos of my tag.

Joyce

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019- Day 1

Hey Everyone,

Thank you so much for coming back to visit my blog.  Today, I want to let you in on some sure fun, over at the In My Creative Opinion blog.  Tracey McNeely has teamed up with 20 plus sponsors to host the 2019- 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Sponsors like (my favorite) Altenew, Simon Says Stamp, Lawn Fawn, Honey Bee Stamps, Waffle Flower, Neat & Tangled, and more… have all pitched in to make this a great blog hop! Each sponsor’s DT will be Tracey’s guest’s designers for the hop. This will be my first time participating in the blog hop (or at least I’m going to try).  If you are like me and this is your first time, you can find information here.

In addition to the daily inspiration from the design teams, you can find more inspiration from past Christmas Tag Hops here. 

There will be many opportunities to win great gifts and prizes and to be inspired.  My tag was inspired by Jennifer Jackson's deer themed tags, you can find her post here. The supplies I used to create my Tag 1 include: Altenew’s background stamp “Pinstripe”, Altenew’s Crisp Dye Inks-Crimson, Heart Beat, and Vineyard Berry.  I cut out a simple tag, a layered wreath, and the Ho Ho Ho using my Cricut Maker.  The sentiment “Merry Christmas” I embossed at the bottom using some fine detail white embossing powder.  The sentiment came from the Stampin’ UP!  Come to Bethlehem stamp set (retired).  I popped the Ho Ho Ho up with some foam tape, added some red blingy flat-back pearls for my berries, and finished it off with a little ribbon from the stash.  I love, love, love how the tag turned out.  See you at the hop…lol.  Unfortunately, when I enter the challenges it will not allow me to change my e-mail address.  The correct e-mail address is mepc99@att.net.

Here are a couple pictures of my finished Tag 1.

Joyce

2018 Christmas Tags

Hello and Happy Holidays!!!

I just love this time of the year.  I especially love seeing all the inspiring holiday cards and projects.  This is the last challenge for 2018 from Eclectic Ellapu and the theme is ANYTHING HOLIDAY FESTIVE, so let’s go out with Hyped Holiday Spirit! Goodness knows it’s been an extremely challenging year here in the states and all over the world.  This holiday season let peace and love be our driving force into a prosperous new year.   

For my project what better way to get this party started than by prettying up those holiday packages? I decided to do some frosted tags for my crafting group (shout out to the Texas Divine Diva’s).  I did a tag for each member in our group.  

I was inspired by a YouTube video from Wplus9 Design, which can be found here Messy Heat Embossing with Dawn ft Merriest Snowflakes

I used Wplus9’s basic concept but I modified the project a little by cutting out each of the sentiments 3 times and gluing them together to give them dimension.    I inked and foiled the tag and the snowflakes manually. 

Here are a few photos of my finished tags:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Supplies:

White card Stock

Light Blue Card Stock

Silver Glitter Ribbon

Bo Bunny Snowflakes (acrylic stamp set)

Tim Holtz (new) Snowflake Dies (both)

Glitter Embossing Powder

Sizzix Holiday Sentiment Dies (I and II)

Tim Holtz: Broken China, Faded Jeans, and Black Soot

Tim Holtz Bigz Tag Die

Silver Foil

Bonus Tag:

White Card Stock

Antique Gold Glitter Embossing Powder

Paper Crimper (yep still got it… the old blue and orange one…lol)

Hero Arts stamp and die set Merry Christmas

3M Foam Tape

Bo Bunny Snowflake (acrylic stamp set)

Gold Foil

Gold and White trimmed ribbon

Holiday Gift Idea: Note Card Set

Okay crafters ready-set-let’s get it going for the December challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu! 

December’s theme is “Can be a Gift or anything Festive.  For my DT project I did a set of note cards with matching envelopes in a cute little festively decorated bag.   Let’s dive right in to the project. Starting with the cards, the base is cut to 3 ½ x 4 ½ and the mats are ¼ inches.  The toppers are from a cut-a-part page from Michael’s Recollection brand.  I usually save the name strip for the post but I think I discarded it when I was cleaning up after the project was complete (sorry folks).   I am certain that I got it at Michaels and it is Recollections.  There are 12 little 3 x 4 toppers.  It is one sided PAPER, not card stock.  My base card is Michaels 110 cardstock (vanilla/cream).  The inside of the cards are blank.  I made the matching envelops using my WRMKs punch board.  I saw the gift sack on Pinterest.  Here are the instructions.   The sack on Pinterest was made with Antique Ticking (it’s the material they used to cover mattresses with back in the day).   I did not have any ticking, so I used some Muslin and it came out perfect!  If you can sew a straight line, you can certainly make these.  I was so pleased with the end result.  I decorated the outside of the bag with a large gardenia (didn’t have a poinsettia), some berries from JoAnns, some stemmed gold beads (Michaels Wedding section) and used my Tim Holtz Holiday Greens thinlets dies #658759.  I cuffed the bag by folding it down but I did not stitch it in position, I tied a piece of jute loosely to close the sack and attached a tiny tag using my Stampin Up thinlets –Cheerful Tags #141838. The bag itself can be a gift too after the cards are removed.  I attacked the embellishment with glue dots instead of hot glue for easy removing; 2 gifts in 1!!!   Til’ next time Happy Holidays (and the race begins…lol).  Here are a few pictures of my project.

 

Gift bag with 12 blank note cards.

 

Here's a peek at the 12 little note cards.

 

Joyce

 

 

 

 

Winter Wonderland Christmas Tag

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!
Today, I am sharing a tag that was so much fun to make!  It's a rare event for me when I have an idea and I can keep the project in that direction (lol).   I knew I wanted the tag to look rustic and have the colours of silver, blue, and white.   I am so happy with the way the tag turned out.  My inspiration for this tag came from Frank Garcia. His Christmas tags are so pretty.  I found many versions of his tags done by other crafters; however, none in the colours I had in mind. So I was somewhat on my own with this journey.  I purchased the papers at our local craft store in Waxahachie (Crafter Scrapper).  The paper is by Bo Bunny's TIS THE SEASON collection. The sheets I used were:Tis The Season Yuletide #20501706 and Tis The Season Peace #20501702. The darker print with the large snowflakes was some paper I had in the stash.  The largest tag (base) is a pre-cut chipboard tag from Heart of Texas Studio (they come 2 in a pack).  I used 2 different Tim Holtz dies to cut the other two tags out of the patterned paper.  I added some dimension to those smaller die cut tags by cutting out some 2mm Fun Foam in the same shapes (Fun Foam purchased at JoAnn's).  I used score tape to adhere the patterned paper to he fun foam.  The silver swirls were cut using Tim Holtz's Thinlets "Scribbles & Splats" and the branches are from Tim Holtz Thinlets "Holiday Greens". The deer is a Tim Holtz Alterations Movers & Shapers-"Mini Reindeer & 25 Set". I made the bow using Tim Holtz's Alterations die "Bow-Tied".  I used a Fleur-de-Lys mini background stamp on the deer and embossed with silver/gray embossing powder.  The poinsettia was cut using Spellbinders "Layered Poinsettia" #S5-055.  The bow, the scribbles, the 25, and the poinsettia are cut out of DCWV's 12 x 12 "Glitzy" Glitter Cardstock Stack (it's the smooth glitter cardstock). I used some silver 1/2" ribbon from JoAnn's and some silver flat back adhesive backed pearls that I got from Hobby Lobby.  The little blue cluster is from Michael's holiday stems.  I made the tag by using a Spellbinder's pennant die, transparent  card stock from Michaels, Staz On Opaque, dots/spots mini back ground stamp, and a (retired) Stampin Up Greeting.  And the last thing I did was to add some silver-gray seam-binding.   I absolutely love how this tag turned out. 

Here is a close-up of the greeting.  I used the STAZ ON OPAQUE die on the transparent CS,  the dots/spots mini background stamp to make it look like it was snowing on the greeting and inked the edges to give it a frosted look.   

I plan to enter my tag in the following holiday challenges:

Craft Creations Challenges #331 Any Holiday

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #102-Anything Goes

The Male Room Challenge #50 Christmas/December Celebrations/Winter Wishes

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #31-Anything Goes Let It Snow

Words 2 Craft By: W2CB #36-Winter is the Time for Comfort

Joyeux Noel from Joyce