The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 12

The last day of The Twelve Tags of Christmas at The Classroom with a real beauty by Ellen Hutson herself!

I just happened to have some red oak veneer on hand from refinishing a crib a few years ago.  Die cut the tag from the veneer and die cut the Tim Holtz deer out of the middle of the tag.  Stamped the dot circle with Delicata Golden Glitz ink on some aqua cardstock and positioned behind the deer.  Stamped the sentiment and stars with Golden Glitz also and added some turquoise Sakura Stardust gel pen dots.  Added the bling to his nose and used my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to staple the sentiment layer to the tag.  Tied on some aqua ribbon to finish it off.

I have really enjoyed playing with The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.  Thanks for taking the time to visit!

The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 11

The designers at The Classroom have really had some great tags this year and Day 11 is another beauty by Sharon Harnist!

I painted the tag with Gesso then used Distress Paint in Festive Berries, smearing it around and then misting it.  It was pretty red, so I added some Picket Fence Distress Stain to soften the color.  Sanded the raised areas and part of the edges.  Die cut a twig wreath and added red Stickles for the berries.  I used some black corrugated cardboard to die cut the deer and painted on some Gesso, but he looked like a zebra, so I added another glitter paper deer on top of the zebra.  Die cut the "joy" from gold glitter paper and the bottom edge is a Spellbinders die cut.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 10

It's day 10 at The Classroom with another amazing tag, this time by Heather Campbell!

I love that her's is a shaker card, but I went with just a plain tag.  Inked the background with Hero Arts pink ink, heavier at the top, then sprayed with some pink shimmer spray.  Stamped the cityscape and colored the buildings black and cut it out.  Used a dotted stencil with WPlus9 white ink for the falling snow.  Stamped the sentiment on some shimmer cardstock and die cut with a circle for the moon.  Added some black satin ribbon tied with pink twine.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 9

The 9th day of Feminine Tags at The Classroom with Sandy Allnock.

I cut a couple of the trees from a Taylored Expressions cover plate to fit the tag and lightly sponged some blue ink on them.  Sponged pink and navy inks on the background blending together. Used spackle with glitter mixed in for the snow and moon (wish I would have made my moon a little smaller).  Added the Studio G bear, colored with Touch Twin markers and cut out and popped up.  Stamped the sentiment and die cut it and 2 more little pennant flags from patterned paper.  The stars were added with a Sakura Souffle white pen.  Finished it off with a pink knotted ribbon.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 8

The fun continues over at The Classroom!  Today's beautiful tag is by Dawn Woleslagle.

I sponged Delicata Golden Glitz in through a stencil for the background and sponged the same ink onto the die cut snowflakes.  Splattered a little Tattered Angels gold mist on the small tag, layered onto a black tag and tied with ecru floss.  The Merry is part of a Tim Holtz die that was cut from some white glitter cardstock.  Finished it off the the white and gold ribbon.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 7

Day 7 has inspiration from Jill Foster at The Classroom

This was a little scary due to my watercolor ability, but with Jill's directions it turned out better than I thought.  This Penny Black image is the only girl Christmas image I could find.  I forgot to leave room for the sentiment across the bottom, so I stamped it on acetate and adhered with vellum adhesive.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 6

I love all of the inspiration at The Classroom!  Day 6 and the designer of the day is Jean Manis with this beauty

I stayed with the design and the color scheme.  I didn't add as many sequins and added a Brown Wink of Stella colored buck instead.  I sponged the edges of the tree for a little more depth.  The falling snow was created with a dotted stencil and WPlus9 white ink.  Couldn't find the jingle bells that I know I bought last year, but did run across the dangling pearl.  Added a ribbon and tied it with Tim Holtz tinsel.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 5

Julia Stainton is the designer with today's tag at The Classroom

Julia's tag is amazing!  I cheated a little on mine and used woodgrain textured cardstock, scored then inked with Distress Ink.  I used a snowflake instead of the wreath and my beloved Tim Holtz deer die cut from glitter cardstock.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 4

Day 4 and another tag this time inspired by Kelly Alvarez at The Classroom

I didn't have the patience to cut all of those scallops so I used Gina K's Pretty Patterns to stamp the background in Hero Arts Tide Pool ink.  I used the same distress inks on the pink layer that Kelly used and then stenciled some stars with white ink.  Found this cute little moose in my old Christmas stamps by Studio G, colored him with Touch Twin markers, cut him out then adhered him to the tag.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 3

Day 3 at The Classroom has Kittie Caracciolo  with her amazing, intricate style.

This is my simplified version.  I didn't have a window die so I used my 9 square die and used 2 for a normal, regular window.  Used various dies and punches for the flower and the greenery.  Added some touches of Wink of Stella to all of the greenery and flower petals.  Added some Viva Decor Pearl Pen in yellow for the flower center, it was little pearls, but melded into one.  I will probably have to try another flower to replace this one.  I tried a couple different red ribbons for the top, but couldn't get them to do what I wanted, ended up using the light green crinkly ribbon and adding some looped gold twine.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 2

Day 2 at The Classroom has Jennifer McGuire (the enabler) with this cute tag

I went with her same design with a twist.  The Tim Holtz deer is die cut from patterned paper and a blue twine bow tied around her neck.  Washi tape covers the ends and added thin strips of glittered cardstock.  Drew the ornament strings with a gold metallic gel pen and added homemade enamel dots for the ornaments.

I love all of the inspiration that The Twelve Tags of Christmas has to offer.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 1

It's time for The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom

Today's inspiration is by Julie Ebersole

Here's my version:

I smeared Distress Inks in Fired Brick and Worn Lipstick onto the watercolor paper tag and sprayed with water to blend the colors.  After that dried I lighted spritzed some Heidi Swapp shimmery pink spray all over.  Stamped the sentiment with Memento Luxe Bahama Blue ink.  Die cut the wreath and cut off 3 of the leaf segments and glued the ends together to make it smaller to fit the tag.  Added some red Wink of Stella to the berries and added some wooden stars covered with gold Wink of Stella.
I love playing along with The Twelve Tags of Christmas because it pushes me to try new things and I also end up with some pretty cool tags to put on Christmas presents.

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