Twelve Tags - Day 11

It's the 11th day of the Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 at the CLASSroom with another color challenge.  Carolyn Peeler & Angie Backman have some great tags for inspiration!

Started by die cutting a tag from gray and white polka dot cardstock.  Added the squiggle circle as a wreath from kraft and added the little leaves in mint green then added the berries with Viva Decor drops in a mauve color.  Stamped, colored and cut out the little snowman.  Added the mauve scalloped edge piece to the top of the tag that was stamped with gray snowflakes.  Tied the little sentiment tag, stamped with kraft ink with some raffia.

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Day 10 of the Twelve Tags of Christmas 2017

Day 10 at the CLASSroom's Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 and it's another color challenge - Rainbow Bright!  Fantastic inspiration from designers  Sharon Harnist & Svitlana Shayevich!

Used some rainbow striped paper adhered to a white tag.  Die cut the tree from teal and adhered some pink glitter paper behind it.  Die cut an oval and sponged ink in yellow, orange and red to create a glow around the tree.  Added Nuvo drops to the tree for bulbs.  Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with purple ep and stamped the second part of the sentiment in Memento Rose Bud.  Tied on some glittery pipe cleaners and green and turquoise baker's twine.  Added a few pink sequin stars to finish it off.

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Twelve Tags - Day 9

The Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at the CLASSroom 2017 is a color challenge with inspiration from Heather Meeson and Nichol Spohr!

I love what both designers did with the Oxide ink on the backgrounds and that is where I started!  Sponged Distress Oxide Iced Spruce and left a white area on the bottom of the tag.  Stamped the tree from my very first Gina K set with Distress Pine Needles ink and colored the trunk and branches with a brown Touch Twin marker, then added the snow on the branches with a white Pitt pen.  Added some Nuvo Moonstone glitter paste on the snowy bottom of the tag.  Stamped the cute little snowman from Penny Black, colored it with greens and reds markers and a little shading with a light gray marker.  Cut him out and adhered to the tag and tied it off with some green raffia.

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Twelve Tags - Day 8

It's the 8th day of the CLASSroom's 12 Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 with a sketch challenge.  Designers Lisa Adametz and Jill Foster have fabulous tags for inspiration.

Smeared a couple different blue Oxide inks on my craft mat, misted with water and smeared my white tag through the ink.  When dry, stamped the gold lines on the top and bottom using a stamp from Concord & 9th Joy set with Golden Glitz ink.  Used a stencil and smooshed some Nuvo glitter paste through the dots,  (very hard to see in the photo)  Stamped the sentiment  with Memento Luxe Nautical Blue.  covered a wooden star with Prismacolor gold marker and also colored the ribbon, which was white with the same.  Adhered the star and some little pink sequin stars as well.

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Twelve Tags with a Feminine Twist - Day 7

Day 7 at the CLASSroom for the Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 with awesome inspiration from designers

Heather Campbell and Elena Roussakis!

This is also a fit for the challenge at the Mod Squad Challenge - What  a Flake!

Started with  a piece of mint green vellum that was in my stash and embossed with with a snowflake embossing folder and then die cut the tag.  Swiped it with Brilliance white ink and touched on the little dots with a Touch Twin marker in pink.  Adhered it to a white die cut tag.  Stamped the ornament from Gina K with Versamark on pink cardstock and heat embossed with gold ep.  Die cut the ornament topper from gold and the bow and string from the same pink as the ornament.  Punched out some pine pieces from Gina K Creme de Menthe cardstock and added to the ornament top.  Die cut the sentiment from mirrored gold cardstock.  Lastly, added the little pink star sequins.

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Twelve Tags - Day 6

I am loving all of the inspiration for making tags at the CLASSroom with The Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017!  Day 6 is a color challenge with inspiration from designers  Kittie Caracciolo & Daniela Dobson!

Stamped Gina K's A Year of Flowers poinsettia and colored with purple markers.  Stamped some leaves and colored with greens.  Masked off the flower and used Tim Holtz's plaid stencil inking with an old SU Going Gray ink.  Added some Stickles to the poinsettia center and some Wink of Stella to the petals.  Stamped the sentiment from Hero Arts in Memento Elderberry ink.  Tied on some satin ribbon from my stash.

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Twelve Tags - Day 5

It's the 5th day of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017  at the CLASSroom and it's a Theme Challenge - Snow!

Love the inspiration from designers Carissa Wiley and Eloise Blue!

Images by Gina K and sentiment from Clearly Besotted.  Stamped the pine branch with distress Oxide Peeled Paint ink then a darker Distress ink Olive Grove on top of it.  Stamped the ornament with white then with Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick.  added the string/cord for the ornament with a metallic gel pen and also added dots on the ornament with the same pen. Used a silver Wink of Stella pen to fill in the smaller areas of the ornament.  Finally to the snow.  I used a white Pitt artist pen and dabbed on the branch and top of the ornament.  Added some snow falling from the sky and a little of it piling along the bottom.  tied with pink ribbon and green tinsel.

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Twelve Tags - Day 4

For the Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 at the CLASSroom Day 4 is a Technique Challenge - Watercolor.

Love the inspiration from their designers Laurel Beard & Sandy Allnock!

Stamped the snowgirl from an old Gina K set on watercolor paper and used watercolor pencils to color her hat, scarf, sweater and the gift.  Pulled out my Twinkling H2Os and colored the white body and the background giving this a lot of shimmer.  Added some pink Stickles to the trim on her hat, scarf ends and cuff.  Stamped the snowflakes from a couple different sets with Brilliance blue ink, even more shimmer and added some Stickles along the bottom edge.  Stamped the sentiment on the small tag and tied on with some deep pink sheer ribbon.

Can't wait to see what Day 5 has in store for us!  Thanks for stopping in!

Twelve Tags - Day 3

On to day 3 of the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 at the CLASSroom with a Theme Challenge.  They have designers  Julie Ebersole & Brandi Kincaid to inspire us!

I don't sew and I don't have any felt, so I went with burlap.  The tag base is made from Popsicle sticks, attached some raffia to the top.  Die cut and decorated the tree with gold and copper (colored with a sharpie)  and glued it to the tag.  Colored the wooden star with a light brown Touch Twin marker and placed it atop the tree.  Stamped the sentiment in black and added the stamped stars in bronze ink.  A lot of naturalness going on here!

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Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist - Day 2

Day 2 at the CLASSroom The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2017 is a color challenge.  Today's designers providing inspiration are Julia Stainton & Keeway Tsao!

Die cut the Reverse Confetti tag and stamped with a music background with Delicata Gold Glitz.  Die cut the star from silver glitter paper and the joy sentiment and the tag topper from mirrored gold cardstock.  Tied off with some silver and gold twine.

I love the inspiration from this challenge and can't wait to see what tag 3!

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 12

It's the final day of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The CLASSroom.  It's a Color Challenge with inspiration from designers Carolyn Peeler & Angie Backman.

Started by die cutting a white tag with a Reverse Confetti tag die.  Sponged Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers (teal) on the bottom part and Salty Ocean (blue) on the top part blending them together in the middle.  Splattered a little water onto the tag.  When dry, stamped the trees from Gina K and Added the Tim Holtz deer die cut from some linen patterned paper and sponged around the edges with Distress Old Paper.  Added the Tim Holtz tinsel to the deer and tied to the tag top.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 11

It's the 11th day of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The CLASSroom!

Kittie Caracciolo and Anna Wight are sharing their talents for our inspiration in this theme challenge.

I thought this cute  snowperson has a country look to her so this is the direction I took.  The image was in a bag that someone had gifted to me and I don't know who it is by. Colored with Touch Twin markers, white Souffle gel pen on the hat and black glaze pen on the eyes, nose and buttons.  Added the little sign and stamped Merry Christmas on it (from Gina K).  The wood look on the sign is a stamp from Concord & 9th.  Die cut the Tim Holtz tag with some plaid paper and added the stitched scalloped edges.  Tied on some raffia to finish it off.

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Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 10

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The CLASSroom has a color theme for Day 10 with inspiration from Heather Meeson and Kryssi Ng.

I went super simple on this one.  Stamped the large pine tree by Stampabilities going off of the edge and bottom with Memento Luxe Pistashio and the Joy from Inkadinkado with Memento Luxe Rich Cocoa onto a white die cut tag.  Added some brown ribbon to finish it off.

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Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 9

On to day 9 of the Twelve Days of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The CLASSroom.  It's a Color Theme with some beautiful photos for inspiration and great samples from  Sharon Harnist & Jean Manis.

Heat embossed the image with white WOW high definition embossing powder and then sprayed with some Heidi Swapp Shimmer Mist in Seafoam.  Added the sentiment which was stamped on vellum and heat embossed with white ep.  The twill ribbon was misted with the same Seafoam shimmer spray and looks much darker in the photo than in real life.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas - Day 8

On to Day 8 of the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The CLASSroom.  Watercolor is the theme of the day with some beautiful inspiration from

Carly Tee Minner & Kelly Marie Alvarez!

Inked the leafy branch stamp with Distress Ink in Forest Moss and misted with water.  Stamped onto some Bristol and used a clearWink of Stella pen to blend out the color, then highlighted with a green Wink of Stella pen.  Added the little berries with a Sakura dimensional gel pen.  Stamped the sentiment, cut it out and placed on the tag.  Finished off with some Tim Holtz tinsel, some twine and a little silver bell.

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Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 7

On to day 7 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The Classroom.  It's a sketch with inspiration from Heather Campbell and Melania Deasy.

Metallic washi tape was used to make the stripes on the background.  Lined up the sentiment with my MISTI and stamped in Memento Nautical Blue on the aqua tag.  Stamped, cut out and colored the little reindeer and added some Stickles to the nose.  It seemed to need a little something, so I added the green squiggle for a wreath in lime green.  Added a red Raindrop circle to the tag topper and finished off with a aqua baker's twine bow.

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The Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 6

It's Day 6 of the Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at The Classroom.  There is some beautiful inspiration by  Lisa Adametz and Jill Foster.

Using some dies from Reverse Confetti cut the tag from some metallic purple cardstock and the dotted cover plate from some darker purple.  Die cut the squiggle (wreath) from some metallic silver.  Punched out the little branches in purple and white and covered with Stickles.  Stamped the sentiment on some gray with Memento Elderberry ink.  Added a couple of Raindrops dots and open circle and tied on some silver twine.

I can't wait to see what they have for us tomorrow!

I also made a card for the sketch challenge at Reverse Confetti playing with a new die and cardstock from them.

My new sand dollar die is front and center die cut from ivory cardstock, sponged the edges and the center with Distress Ink in Antique Linen and added a kraft circle behind it.. 

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Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 5

The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is on Day 5 at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom and there is some wonderful inspiration from Julie Ebersole and Brandi Kinkaid.

I chose to go with frozen snowflakes and a snowgirl.  Die cut a deep pink tag and stamped it with Ellen Hutson's Bokeh Dots by artist Julie Ebersole in WPlus9 white ink.  Die cut the snowflake border from some white glitter paper.  Stamped and colored the snowgirl by Penny Black and cut her out.  Stamped the sentiment from Concord & 9th with Palette Silver ink.  Added a white ribbon and tied with some blue twine.

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Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 4

Day 4 of The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom.  It's a Technique challenge - felt with wonderful inspiration from Jennifer McGuire and Clare Prezzia!

I really thought I was going to have to sit this one out, but it is a challenge after all!  Die cut the tag and sprayed with coral and yellow shimmer mist and when dry, stamped the sentiment with Versafine Sepia.  Adhered some brown felt to some cardstock with an adhesive sheet and die cut the Tim Holtz deer.  Added a little black to it's hooves with a Touch Twin marker.  Added some Tim Holtz tinsel in a light green and die cut the little red bow which has some red Wink of Stella on it.  Die cut the big star from some white glitter cardstock and put it all together.

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Twelve Tags of Christmas - Day 3

It's day 3 with The Twelve Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at Ellen Hutson's The Classroom.   There is some pretty awesome inspiration provided for us by Carissa Wiley and Joni Nina Andaya.

I used an adhesive sheet to adhere the blue foil then die cut the polka dot tag layer from Reverse Confetti.  Stamped a few little snowflakes in some circles.  Die cut the trees, inked the edges and finished off with Green Wink of Stella.  Cut some glitter cardstock for the snow and inked the edges with a blue marker and added some icicle Stickles  Stamped the sentiment and die cut with a banner die.

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