12 Tags of Xmas #11

This is it!  My last tag of The Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Xmas!  Here is Tag #11:

Here is Linda's:

I was inspired by many things about Linda's tag: the aged white background with green detail, multiple ribbons including plaid, laurels, the general layout, and "Warm wishes" on the focal point.

Supplies:

• Library catalog card base coated with Liquitex gesso and dabbed with Gathered Twigs DI
• Base then stamped with Tim's Scribbles stamp inked with Distress Embossing Ink and heat embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang EP in Reindeer Moss
• Twine from stash
• Ribbon from stash
• Tim's fluted stars attached with E-6000
• Tim's laurel attached with E-6000
• Deer stamp carved by me, inked with Walnut Stain DOx on kraft
• "Warm wishes" from Tim's Metallic holiday quotations

We did it!  Twelve tags!  

Thank you, Linda, for the inspiration! 

Happy New Year!

The last cactus...

... for now.  I have more cacti cut out, but this is the last of the cactus cards made:

Supplies:

• Cacti cut with my Cricut Explore Air 2
• The backgrounds were made using Color Bursts over DCWV gold- foiled watercolor paper, them die cut using stitched circle dies from my friend Autumn.
• Sentiments brushed using a Jane Davenport brush pen in Finetec watercolor.

I'll share this with AAA:

December 25...

... is the best day ever for many kids and adults!  I loved watching my girls and husband open their gifts this year, and every year. 

Supplies and notes:

• Library card base coated with Teresa Collins modeling paste through Tim's Holiday Knit stencil
• Card then dipped into DOx in Fired Brick and Peeled Paint and rubbed with DecoArt Metallic Lustre in Gold Rush
• The image of the girls was snipped from one of Tim's paper pads.  I dabbed the girls with AI mixative in gold but didn't blend the pad out first so the result is spottier than I'd prefer...
• Thread from my stash behind the girls
• Star rhinestones inked with Oregano AI
• Sentiments from Tim's Metallic Quotations, both regular and holiday sheets.

I'll share this with Tag Tuesday for their current challenge.  I've already added two! 

Too happy

Here's a fun card with a vintage flavor:

Supplies:

• Green panel is Strathmore watercolor paper coated with Teresa Collins modeling paste through a Tim Holtz stencil; colored with Color Bursts and Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals.
• Edges painted with Walnut Stain Distress Paint to match the edges of Tim's photo booth friend.
• Photo booth friend inked with gold AI mixative and Ranger blending solution for that nice aged look.
• Cactus cut with my Cricut from DCWV shimmery paper, inked with Gathered Twigs DI
• Lace from my stash (I am not sure that out is vintage, but it's probably at least 20 years old) affixed to the reverse of the top and bottom of the green panel.
• The background is an old sheet of typewriter paper dipped in some watery Gathered Twigs DI at the bottom, then stamped using Andrea's (Snapping Monsters) stitch stamp inked with Tim's MM Palette in Vintage Photo
• Sentiment snipped from an old book and affixed using Tim's Distress Collage Medium

I'll share this at the following:

• Creative Artiste #33: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp on Wednesday: Anything Goes

Cheers!

12 Tags of Xmas #12

Here's my offering for tag #12 of The Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Xmas:

This is Linda's tag for inspiration:

I was inspired by the cream-and-red plaid background, the ric rac, the random trim, the random ephemera, and the "Happy holidays" as sentiment choice.  I also went with the spirit of Linda's post: kind of used bits and pieces from my desk and other projects for this tag to come together.

Supplies and notes:

• Library catalog card base coated with Finnabair's crackle paste (not a huge fan, by the way) through Tim's mini Argyle stencil
• Card them dipped in Candied Apple DOx
• Ric rac from my snippet jar glued to reverse of bottom; black and white ribbon also from snippet jar (decidedly leftover trim as Linda had done with her bits of different trim)
• The focal panel was also a "leftover," chosen from my Christmas stash bag.  It was an embossed piece of metallic kraft-core, embossed with one of Tim's holiday EFs and colored with AIs. I cut out to fold and used Recollections beads to affix it.
• "Happy holidays" sentiment from Tim's holiday metallic quotations.
• Charm from a goodie bag from Linda and her shop-- it's a really nice two-sided charm, by the way.  Thanks, Linda and Funkie Junkie Boutique crew!  (I love shopping through Linda's shop and buy as much of my supplies from her as I can-- great prices, super-quick shipping, and I love supporting her small business.)
• Tim's mini greenery pre-cut from metallic craft-core.  This was already on my desk, and I decided to actually paint the reverse with Distress Paints in Peeled Paint and Frayed Burlap.
• Viva Paper Pearls in Cream across the top as a final touch.

I still have one day to complete Tag #11... sad to see this coming to an end.  It's been a wonderful distraction this holiday season!

A couple cacti cards...

Having fun with my cacti:

Supplies and notes:

• Cacti cut with my Cricut Explore Air 2... trying to use it more.
• The backgrounds were made using Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals over DCWV gold- foiled watercolor paper, them die cut using stitched circle dies from my friend Autumn.
• Sentiments brushed using a Jane Davenport brush pen in Finetec watercolor.

That's it!

I'll share these at the following challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers December AG With Dies
  
• STAMPlorations December CAS: 
  

Last minute Santa...

Here's a last minute card, mostly made but only just unburied on my desk!  (Last minute projects took over!)

Supplies:

• Watercolor paper inked with Crimson Color Bursts and sprayed with a home made Perfect Pearls mixture with Heirloom Gold
• "Believe" written with Finetec watercolors
• Tim's mini greenery dies cut from his metallic kraft-core, then inked with Distress alcohol inks in Red Pepper and Meadow.
• The bottom of the panel was finely lined with Ranger Glossy Accents and coated with Distress Glitter Dust.
• I mounted the main panel on 3M dimensional adhesive over a plain white sheet.

I'll share this with the folks at TGIF:

Tiny gift box

Here's a tiny gift box:

Supplies and notes:

• Deer stamp and die by Hampton Art, embossed with Ranger Potting Soil EP
• Velvet ribbon from stash
• Mistletoe from stash
• Scrap of watercolor paper painted with  generic liquid watercolor

I'll share this with the following challenges:

• Inspirational:
  
• Creative With Stamps:
  

This is great!

A local family recently welcomed a brand new baby!

Supplies:

• Simple Stories paper
• Trim from my stash (Target dollar section, I believe)
• Maggie Holmes watercolor sentiment inked in Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed DIs
• Background paper is Tim Holtz's resist paper inked with the same DIs listed above

I'll share this at Time Out Challenges #99:

Fiesta!

This is one of a handful of cards made with Finetec-brushed sentiments:

Supplies:

• Unknown maker Anna Griffin DP
• Pink crepe trim from years back
• "Fiesta" brushed with Finetec watercolors
• Cactus designed and cut with Cricut Explore Air 2-- my goal for this holiday vacation was to get it out and use it.  I bought it for myself for my birthday early this year and have found that I'm really pretty old-school when it comes to crafting: I like scissors! 
• The flower is a Fiskars punch, punched from a discarded piece of inked paper

I plan to share this at Simon Says Stamp on Monday for their current "Party" challenge as well as Simon Says Stamp on Wednesday for "Party time."

12 Tags of Xmas #5

Ugh...

Look... I didn't even crop this is give it a sexy background... 

But here is the best part of this project:

Tag #5 might be my least fave project of 2017, x2...

I've tried twice, and I still am just averted to my interpretations of Linda's (the Funkie Junkie herself) lovely tag #5 for The 12 Tags of Xmas.  Here's hers:

Linda's tag is adorable!  Why couldn't I just do that?  I think I got hung up on the postage stamp motif.  I was also inspired by the framed image and the twine. 

Here is my first try:

The background was cool, but that's it.

...that didn't last long... merciful scissors put it out of it's misery.

Supplies:

• Stampendous woodgrain stamp inked with Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger EP in Potting Soil
• Tag inked with Sepia Color Bursts
• Twine from stash
• Tim's photo booth friend
• A 1973 Christmas postage stamp, ultimately fussy-cut

I have a few days left... part of me wants to try again on this one, but part of me is like, let it go.

Cheers.

12 Tags of Xmas #10

Here's this... my tag #10 of The Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Christmas:

...and here is Linda's inspiring tag:

I was inspired by the silvery background, the wreath with red bow, and the green banner sentiment... I just executed very differently.  I really love this tag of Linda's-- I love it's relative simplicity but truly it's not simple-- she has just masterfully executed it.

Supplies:

• Library card base coated with Mod Podge through an Artist Workshop stencil then sprinkled with Distress Glitter Dust
• Wreath made of twine from the dollar store bought a couple years back
• Bow from vintage seam binding
• Banner snipped from old cardstock with one of Tim's Metallic holiday quotations

That's it.  Even though I adore Linda's tag much more, I still like this... but it's a totally different style.  Interpretation is so interesting!  On another day, I would come up with a totally different tag inspired by Linda's!

 I think I still need to make 5, 11, and 12.  Well... I made 5, but I've hated it all along, so I dismantled it today and will give it another try...

Red Red red!

Another bright gift tag:

Supplies:

• Cherry Pie Dylusions sprayed over Teresa Collins modeling paste through Tim's Poinsettia stencil.  It looks like pressed velvet, doesn't it? 
• Deco Art Metallic Lustre in Gold Rush added at edges
• Tim's photobooth gal trimmed and dabbed with Ranger alcohol ink mixative in Gold for the old-photo look. Edges wiped with black Liquitex gesso. She was popped up with 3M dimensional adhesive.
• Tim's mini greenery holly die used to cut thin (read "cheap") watercolor paper, then inked in Lucky Clover DOx
• Tim's Metallic holiday quotations added after I cut little banner notches from it.

That's it!  I love the look of this one: simple, lots of texture, symmetrical, forward-looking but bright...

I'll share her also at the current Tag Tuesday Challenge: Christmas Memories

Bright and jolly

This gal looks pretty happy, don't you think?  Some of the images from the photobooth pics make me wonder, but I did think this girl is having a good time:

Supplies and notes

• Polished Jade Dylusions sprayed over Teresa Collins modeling paste through Tim's Poinsettia stencil.  It looks like pressed velvet, doesn't it? This and the red tag like it really look like rich velvet.
• Tim's photobooth gal trimmed and dabbed with Ranger alcohol ink mixative in Gold for the old-photo look. Edges wiped with black Liquitex gesso. She was popped up with 3M dimensional adhesive.
• Tim's mini greenery holly die used to cut into some silver kraft-core paper, then tucked under the picture.
• Tim's Metallic holiday quotations plus the regular set added.

This is it for her... I will add twine when I gift it.  Some of these tags I make with specific people in mind-- this one I didn't, so I don't know what the gift will be!  Different gifts require different types or amounts of twine/ribbon.

I'll share her at the current Tag Tuesday Challenge: Christmas Memories

O Christmas tin...

Well, that was unexpected:

Supplies:

• Aluminum tin from the Asian market
• Tin inked with Red Pepper Distress Alcohol Ink
• Hole punched in top of tin with a Crop-o-dile Big Bite and Darice wire added
• Edges of tin lined with Ranger Glossy Accents and coated with Distress Glitter in Peeled Paint (yum)
• Tiny tree from JoAnn's a couple years ago. I snipped the base of and hot glued it in place.
• I covered the glue with Aleene's glitter snow
• The background was lacking something... my response was to add snow!  I splattered some watered-down Liquitex gesso.
• The star was from an old rhinestone set my sister bought my kids a few Christmases ago
• Sentiment from Tim's Metallic holiday quotations, snipped to look like a banner

That's it!  Cute, nostalgic, simple.  

I'd like to share this at The Alphabet Challenges: T is for Trees.

Gah! PINK!

Hello crafters. Thank you for stopping by this December Tuesday.  

This week at Shopping Our Stash we are encouraging patrons to create a project using pink.  The challenge is called, "Gah! Pink!" as a nod to a former SOS force, Leslie Hanna, who detested the color pink.  Leslie passed away a few years back, and while I never got to know her, I can tell by the people who did that she was a very special lady with a terrific sense of humor and camaraderie... and a dislike for pink.  Leslie: this goes out to you.  

As you can see, there are all kinds of pink stash here. 

Supplies:

• A stashed Samsung watch box coated selectively with Teresa Collins modeling pasted through a Heidi Swamp stencil.
• The box was then painted with Distress Paint in Antique Linen and drizzled generously with Distress Paint in Picked Raspberry.
• Once dry, the texture was rubbed with Deco Art Metallic Lustre in Gold Rush and topped with Aleene's glitter snow.
• The tree was originally a Tim Holtz natural bottlebrush tree, purchased a couple years ago. I have hoarded these, and finally used one for this project!  I snipped the base off with wire cutters and sprayed the tree with Dylusions spray in Vibrant Turquoise.  I then drilled a hole in the top of the box and inserted the tree, fixing it with hot glue.
• The baubles from Tim Holtz's Ideaology were selectively inked with Distress Pink Sherbert Alcohol Ink. These were affoxed with hot glue.
• Aleene's glitter snow added to the tree. Really looks like the vintage little bottlebrush yes we used to have on the house as children.
• The paper doll from Tim's original collection was finished months ago for a project that never took flight-- I didn't do anything to get for this project besides add the star to her hand.
• The star was in a gem box my sister have to my girls a few holidays back.
• Previously, she had some Stickles added, and it looks like Tim's flowers were inked with Worn Lipstick DI and attached.

Can't believe how perfect she is adding a star to the tree... see why shopping one's stash is so satisfying?!

Please join us with something pink at Shopping Our Stash challenge thus week.