Hello, have you been playing along with the Funkie Junkie’s 12 Tags of Christmas this year? If not, you have until December 19th to participate! You can find all of the fun details and rules here, and this is where you can find Linda’s beautiful tag for week #6. I also have links to her blog and boutique on my side bar. The inspiration that Linda provides is awesome, and it’s also fun to look at all of the entries – so much talent out there! I pretty much took inspiration from Linda’s entire tag – the colors, the setting, the glitter. Here’s my version:
I started by using my TH Holiday Knit stencil with white embossing paste on my Kraft tag. It turned out pretty good (not perfect), but a lot gets covered up anyway.
Next, I cut my trees out of white CS using TH Woodlands die set. To make them sturdy, I cut out 3 of each to layer, and if you look closely, you can see I didn’t do a perfect job with that, but it still looks fine.
I cut out one more set of trees using double-sided adhesive on my white CS, removed the insides, dipped each one in Distress Clear Rock Candy glitter and then inlaid in my layered trees. It sounds tedious, but it wasn’t that bad. At the end when I was putting it all together, I adhered from the back, but a few inserts aren’t completely laying down and where the tree hangs over, that part isn’t adhered, of course. There’s some space there, but you can see through the branches of a real tree, plus it looks like the snow is laying on top, so I was good with that.
When I was done with the trees, I cut out my deer and used the same procedure as for the trees. The deer are from Mini Reindeer and 25 steel rule die.
I decided to add a star using the Dimensional Stars set (thinlits). I didn’t want the star to be plain, so before I cut it out, I added some Frosted Film. It adds just the right amount of shimmer.
Next was the sentiment (TH STAMPtember Holiday Stamp and Stencil Set from SSS) which I stamped in Versamark and embossed with Ranger white embossing powder. I don’t know the name of the die I used to cut it out, but I believe it’s one of the Spellbinders’ nesting sets. The tag looked plain, so I got out my SSS Falling Snow stencil along with Colorbox white pigment ink, just to add some subtle snowfall. I decided to frame it with my Memory Box Bursting Berry Vine border, glittered and cut to fit around the frame, although the bow hides the part on the left side. My bow was made from a scrap and I added Baker’s twine. It’s not noticeable, but I had wrapped some Baker’s twin at the top which is under the sentiment. All of the glitter dots on the berries (and “Rudolph” nose) are Dazzles peel-off stickers.
In my last post, I mentioned that our Cairn, Brody, had come home from the hospital. Thank you for your well wishes for him, and he’s doing much better now. Fingers crossed it stays that way because it’s been a year of health issues for our little man.
I think that covers everything about the tag. Thanks so much for stopping by and please feel free to leave comments 🙂
I’m going to play along in the following challenges:
http://stampsandstencils.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/christmas-wishes.html
http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/12/challenge-62-christmas.html
http://blog.emeraldcreek.org/2016/12/winter-wishes-pt-1.html
http://sparklesforumchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/12/challenge-71-anything-but-card.html
http://www.chouxchouxpaperart.com/2016/12/visions-of-sugarplums-challenge.html
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/december-2016-christmas.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
December 4th, 2016 at 12:28 pm
Well, this is gorgeous and inspiring! Love it!
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December 4th, 2016 at 2:39 pm
GORGEOUS! Love all the wintry, holiday goodness! Thanks so much for playing in our ‘CHRISTMAS’ challenge at Dies R Us! Please come back again soon!
Darlene (DRU Blog Leader)
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December 4th, 2016 at 3:57 pm
Ooooo I absolutely love this! Thanks for playing over on the Dares again
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December 5th, 2016 at 9:10 am
It’s absolutely perfect, Marty! Perfect in every way. I do believe this is my favorite of all the tags this year, don’t you? The red is just so pretty with the sea of white and beautiful kraft. Your little details like the red nose are perfection! Hugs, Autumn
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December 5th, 2016 at 4:52 pm
Gorgeous tag! Love the stenciled background and all the white embellishing, very elegant and wintery.
Thank you for playing with us at Country View Challenges this month!
Have a wonderful christmas time!
Hugs
Evelyn DT
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December 5th, 2016 at 5:38 pm
Fantastic, Marty! I just love the way the Holiday Knit stencil looks stenciled in white against the kraft. You did a beautiful job on this. I especially like the way you filled in the bottom layer of your trees with the glitter – very cool! So glad to hear that Brody is improving!
Hugs,
Linda
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December 6th, 2016 at 1:35 am
Gorgeous winter tag with all its glitter, and a beautiful background. Thank you for joining in the fun at Sparkles Christmas..hope to see you next time..
Hugs Babs DT x
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December 6th, 2016 at 5:36 am
Oh, Marty, another fantastic tag! You have done the stenciling perfectly–I always have trouble with that! And I love the glitter on the trees and reindeer and the subtle sparkle of the star. Genius idea to use the frosted film to get that look! My favorite bit about this are your little details like the red sparklies and the reindeer nose! So well done! Hugs
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December 7th, 2016 at 12:01 pm
Wow! I love your festive tag, beautiful and perfect background. Gorgeous dies. Thanks for sharing and playing along with Sparkles Christmas Challenges. Caz DT
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December 8th, 2016 at 5:54 am
LOVE all the layers, sparkle and texture on the card. Kraft and white is beautiful colour combination. Wonderful card. Thanks for playing along Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. Gayatri xx
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December 9th, 2016 at 6:21 am
Back again, this time to say thank you for joining our Winter Wishes challenge at Emerald Creek Dares. Hugs! Sara Emily DT
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December 10th, 2016 at 9:40 am
Beautiful is your creation thank you for entering our challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge “Anything but a card” good luck and hope to see you next time Dt Sandra H xx
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December 11th, 2016 at 4:06 pm
Wow what a gorgeous tag. Great layers too. Stylish. Thanks for joining in with us over at Sparkles Christmas. Good luck. hugs Debs xxx
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December 11th, 2016 at 11:12 pm
This is soooo gorgeous! Lovely winter tag… love that sparkle! Thank you for joining us in our Christmas challenge at Dies R US! Hope to see you in the next one! Happy Holidays!
Hugs,
Jo-DT
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December 12th, 2016 at 3:32 pm
What a stunning Christmas tag! Love the background and those gorgeous white reindeer and trees. Thank you for joining the Winter/Christmas challenge at Choux Choux Paper Art!
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December 13th, 2016 at 3:44 am
Fabulous tag Marty, love the white texture paste on the craft card, it is lovely! Thanks for joining us at Emerald Creek Dares, Deb xo
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December 21st, 2016 at 6:46 pm
Oh this is stunning! I love kraft card for Christmas. Thank you so much for joining in with our challenge at Country View Crafts, and have a very happy Christmas. Sue xx
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January 1st, 2017 at 1:24 pm
A lovely tag Marty! Love the crispness of your stencilled background and the trees and deer are gorgeous! Thank you for joining us over at Stamps and Stencils. Toni x
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