Category: CAS

Day 10 of the 12 Tags of Christmas

Today I’m sharing my take on the Day 10 Tag by Maile Belles for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge. This tag was a fun one with which to try different ink combinations.

Day 10 of the 12 Tags of Christmas

 

I simplified the background by stamping with the Hero Arts “Snow Dots” background stamp. For my first take, I kept my trees and sentiment very much like Maile’s, but then I glued it together with a glue that warped the paper. 🙁  For my second take, I decided to make the trees and sentiment more symmetrical. I added some glitter paper above and below the tree section. And I topped the tree off with a star from the Lawn Fawn set.

I’ve had so much fun with these tags, I really don’t want the inspiration to end!

Supplies: glitter paper (Target); ColorBox white pigment ink; Recollections ribbon (Michaels)

Day Six of the 12 Tags of Christmas

I’m back sharing another tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge at Ellen Hutson‘s. This one was inspired by the Day Six tag by Teri Anderson. I had some fits and starts with this – I had the tag assembled and then after photographing it, I took it apart and made some adjustments. Rather than make twine trees, like Teri did, I used two different Paper Smooches stamps on patterned paper. I added a few pearls to the trees as well. I used the “Warm Wishes” sentiment from the Studio Calico/Hero Arts “Spread Joy” set. This has been one of my favorite sentiment stamps this season.

Day Six of the 12 Tags of Christmas

 

Supplies: Patterned Paper (Lawn Fawn, My Mind’s Eye, Echo Park); Glitter Paper (Colorbok)

Another Tag – 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge

I’m sharing another tag I made for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge over at Ellen Hutson‘s. My head has been swimming with ideas from the tags shared thus far. I went in a couple of directions before creating this tag inspired by the Day Four tag by Jennifer McGuire. I was also inspired by the Day Two tag by Claudine Hellmuth, which includes sheet music. Because I had a kraft background, I decided to color the bird blue (just the opposite of Jennifer’s tag). Even though the stamp I used for the bird isn’t specifically Christmas-y, I decided to “go with it”! And with our gray skies here in the Pacific Northwest, the blues and pinks added some much needed color to my world! Like Jennifer’s tag, I went with “Joy” as my sentiment.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge

 

Copics: E35 (branch), RV23, RV29, RV 25 (flowers); YG03 (leaves); Y17 (bird’s beak and flowers’ centers); B0000, B02 (bird)

Supplies: 5/8″ circle punch; Fiskars border punch; Twinery twine; May Arts twine

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge

Ellen Hutson is having a 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge and I decided to play along. All of the tags have been beautiful and inspiring!

I’m sharing a tag inspired by the Day One tag by Sharon Harnist. I simplified her tag considerably!

Although I first considered paper-piecing the skating couple, an October Afternoon stamp, I colored them with Copics. I finished the tag off with a shimmery ribbon tied at the top with twine and some silver bells.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Challenge

 

Copics: E35, E37 (man’s jacket); B95, B97  (man’s pants); YR000 (skin); R35, R46, R39 (woman’s jacket); G24, YG67 (woman’s skirt); C3, C5 (skates); Y23, E33 (woman’s hair)

Supplies: Stampin’ Up cardstock (red); Spellbinders circle die; Michaels ribbon

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

We’re into the second week of the Holiday Card Workshop. This week, I’ve been using a lot of Ranger Distress inks. I’m sharing cards crafted with some of my favorite combinations.

My first card was inspired by one of Jennifer McGuire’s. I blended Tumbled Glass and Evergreen Boughs for my background. I placed a landscape cut from an Impression Obsession die on top.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

My next card is a variation of one made by Kristina Werner. My version is a bit simpler than the one she shared in class. She had stamped snowflakes onto her card in pigment ink. When I did the same, the snowflakes didn’t make much of an impact, so I remade the card adding a little sparkle with Stickles. There’s Iced Spruce in the right-hand corner, Evergreen Bough in the left-hand corner, and Peacock Feathers along the top.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

For the card I made today, I combined a design from class by Amber Kemp-Gerstel with one I saw made by Cheiron Brandon. The trees are die cut from the card base and the panels with the distress inks are adhered to the back – Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough, and Tumbled Glass.

Holiday Card Workshop Days 6-8

You’ll notice that the sentiment is the same on all three cards. It’s from the Hero Arts + Studio Calico “Spread Joy” set. I’ve had it on my stamping block all week!

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