Friday, December 21, 2018

Shiny Christmas Bells

Playing with a new to me stamp from STAMPlorations!  Adding it to the STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge for December.



Stamped the bells on watercolor paper.  Used Twinkling H2Os in gold for the bells and Inktense watercolor pencils for the berries and ribbon.

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 12

It's the last day for The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's .  It has been so fun seeing all of the amazing creations by the Designers as well as all of the participants.  Today Ellen has Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Adametz with some very cool tags.




Die cut a tag from a piece of cardstock that I had foiled with rose gold foil.  Die cut an oval out of the center and made this into a shaker tag.  The back of the window is soft brushed gold and it is filled with various sequins.  Die cut the sentiment from glittered pink cardstock and then darkened it a little with a Touch Twin marker in a darker shade of pink.  Tied a glittered pipe cleaner on the top.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 11

On to day 11 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's blog.  Elena Roussakis and Miriam Prantner are the Designers bringing lots of inspiration.


12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 11 with Elena Roussakis and Miriam Prantner


Started with a white die cut tag and sponged on Antique Linen Distress Oxide over the whole tag then stamped the snowflakes with Distress Oxide in Frayed Burlap.  Stamped the sentiment with Memento Espresso Truffle.  Nice and neutral!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 10

Day 10 at Ellen Hutson's The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 with inspiration from the talented duo of Julie Ebersole and Brandi Kincaid!

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 10 with Julie Ebersole and Brandi Kincaid



I went with purple, aqua and teal.  The tag was foiled with purple foil and then sponged on some more purple for shading.  The ornaments were die cut from some already foiled cardstock, foiled in aqua the sponged with teal ink.  The purple tag topper and the little bows on top of the ornaments have some shimmer added to them with Wink of Stella pens.  Tied it off with some teal and purple baker's twine.

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Monday, December 10, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 9

Day 9 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's!  Inspiration for day 9 from Kelly Griglione and Norine Borys.





Started by sponging some Distress Oxides onto some heavy white cardstock then misting to let the colors blend.  Stamped the Stampendous branch and berries with Gina K Amalgam black ink.  Watercolored the leaves with Inktense pencils by picking the color up from the pencil with a waterbrush.  The berries were watercolored using Twinkling H2Os for some shimmer.  Stamped the JOY sentiment from Gina K in red ink.

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Sunday, December 9, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 8

Day 8 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 with Ellen Hutson!  Awesome inspiration from Sharon Harnist and Emily Midgett.




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Playing with my new stamps and Foilmates from Gina K.  Die cut the Foilmates sentiment with a Reverse Confetti tag die.  Stamped the pine branchs and cones with Memento Northern Pine ink and colored the pine cones with some Touch Twin markers.  After stamping and coloring, I ran it through my laminator with some Radiant Red foil from Gina K.  Splattered some Twinkling H2Os red paint over the whole tag due to some of the foil transferring onto the pinecones.  Trimmed the edges and layered onto a green die cut tag.  Tied it off with some red and gold twine.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 7

On to day 7 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's blog.  Today's inspiration is from Heather Meeson and Lisa Spangler.


12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 7 with Heather Meeson and Lisa Spangler


A very simple tag.  This is from Inkadinkado and was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used a clear glaze gel pen on the JOY.

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Friday, December 7, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 6

I am loving The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's blog!  Day 6 is Woodgrain with inspiration from Laurel Beard and Carly Tee Minner!






Ran some Core'dinations textured cardstock through my Big Shot in a sticks folder then sanded the raised areas.  Splattered with some white acrylic paint.  Die cut the wreath from Gina K Charcoal Brown cardstock and added some berries with Nuvo Crystal Drops.  I had some wood elements in my stash and found these trees and snowflake.  Sprayed the trees with Seafoam Shimmer Mist and the snowflake with White Shimmer Mist.  The snowflake needed a little more, so I painted it with white acrylic paint and sprinkled with some crystal glitter while still wet.

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 5

This is for Day 5 at The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's blog.
The featured artists for day 5 are the amazing Therese Calvird and Nicole Baez! 




Also adding this to the STAMPlorations TAGplorations December Challenge All About Christmas.




This was a tough one to photograph!  The tag is die cut from some silver prism paper, very sparkly and holographic.  The tree from Stamplorations was die cut from some toner paper and foiled with some green fancy foil with lots of sparkle to it.  The sentiment from Tim Holtz was die cut from red glitter paper.  Used a red tinsel pipe cleaner to tie to the top of the tag.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 4

Day 4 for the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's.  Inspiration today from the very talented Michele Ferguson and Justine Hovey!


12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 4 with Michele Ferguson and Justine Hovey


The tag background in sprayed with gold shimmer mist the used a stencil and sponged Versamark through the stencil.  Heat embossed the trees with some white ep with gold flecks and the moon with a light yellow ep.  The deer from Tim Holtz was die cut and heat embossed with Stampendous Spice ep with shades of browns and golds.  Splattered the background with some watered down white paint to look like snow.  Adhered the deer and tied a piece of red tinsel pipe cleaner to the top.

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 3

More fun inspiration at Ellen Hutson's Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 with inspiration from Ardyth Percy-Robb and Kelly Marie Alvarez!


12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 3 with Ardyth Percy-Robb and Kelly Marie Alvarez


Tag and polka dot cover die are from Reverse Confetti.  The base is Gina K Tranquil Teal and the polka dot cover is some light green glitter paper.  Star is die cut from light yellow glitter paper and the sentiment by Tim Holtz is die cut from a dark silver glitter paper.  Tied off with some Tim Holtz tinsel in turquoise.  Lots of sparkle irl!

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Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 2

So much fun playing along with The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's Blog   Day 2 has inspiration from Carissa Wiley & Sandy Allnock!


12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 2 with Carissa Wiley and Sandy Allnock

The inspiration
12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 2 with Carissa Wiley and Sandy Allnock


Used an embossing folder on some Core'dinations Whitewash in kraft and sanded the raised "grout" lines.  Added a swirly circle for a wreath, added some greenery with touches of Stickles, some very old Prima flowers that has some liquid crystal drops covered with gold and pink glitter.  Tied it off with a piece of deep red raffia.

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Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 - Day 1

It's time for the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom!  I love all of the inspiration and it helps me to get my gift tags made. Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist  Day 1 has inspiration by Jennifer McGuire and Carolyn Peeler.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2018 รข€“ Day 1 with Jennifer McGuire and Carolyn Peeler


Started by smearing a couple of shades of peachy colored alcohol inks onto glossy cardstock and misting with alcohol to help blend the colors.  Die cut the deer from a piece that I had foiled and then inked with Distress Oxide in Raspberry Preserves and buffing to shine up the foil.  Die cut the Tim Holtz tree from some embossed foil.  Added the die cut strip which had double sided tape added to it and poured gold glitter into the slots.  Stamped the sentiment from a new Gina K set and tied with some died ribbon.

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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Christmas Reindeer

Still working on getting my Christmas cards done and playing in the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays - Shades of Gold.



The rectangle is my Golden Glitz ink pad applied directly to the card base and slid down a little to make it a little bigger.  The sentiment and reindeer are an old set from Inkadinkado and stamped in Encore Bronze ink.  A pretty simple one layer card!

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