Friday, December 23, 2011

3 Challenges Christmas Tag

Hello again today!!! I wanted to quickly do one more project before Christmas, and then take a little break for a couple of days. Hels Sheridan, from the Sunday Stamper, has a challenge this week to show a Santa Claus. Simon Says Stamp and Show has a challenge to make a Tim inspired tag. Our Creative Corner has a color challenge to make something using pink, blue, red, and white. I really didn't know if I could handle this. Pink, Santa, and Tim inspired??? I gave it my best shot. It is not so grungy, but somewhat vintage. I really wanted to make one of Tim's trees that he blogged about this week. I loved that project! I tweaked it some to make a taller tree, and one that lays on a tag...not even possible without a glue gun, because I had to cut each rosette in half.  Kudos to the inventor of that!!!
I die cut 3 rosettes from the TH Alterations dies Paper Rosette and Mini Paper Rosette, using white cardstock. Only half way closed, I set each one in a glob of glue on my craft mat until hardened. I cut each one in half, making 6 now. Then I stacked them up biggest to smallest and glued them together.
cut a piece of Imaginisce Snowy Jo paper 1/4 inch smaller on all four sides than my jumbo sized manilla tag (4 1/4 in. x 8 1/2 in) in. The tag was coated in TH Distress Stain in Spun Sugar, and left to dry. I stamped the Christmas Carol music stamp from TH for Stamper's Anonymous Holiday Wishes Collection, using Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink. Then I stamped the Hero Arts College Music Background stamp all around the sides of my jumbo tag using TH Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick. I adhered the snowflake paper to my tag, and then ink around it with Worn Lipstick. I added a TH Idea-ology Reinforcer and inked it with Tumbled Glass. Then, I used a Uniball Signo pigment ink pen in White (my fav) and traced over the green snowflakes on the paper. I cannot have any green on this tag. Since my paper had glitter snowflakes in pink and blue, I added a little more sparkle with TH Distress  Stickles in Worn Lipstick and Clear Rock Candy.
I tied pink tulle, white webbed ribbon, and Tumbled Glass stained ribbon around the tag, and affixed a sanded rose gold Muse Token from TH Idea-ology. The sanding gave it a shiny quality that I liked. The transparency sentiment is from K&Company's Brenda Walton Evergreen Die Cut Collection. I adhered it with 3 glittered brads placed strategically on each dotted letter i.
 




11 comments:

  1. Hello! Your Christmas tag is darling! I love your rosette tree and then your colorized vintage Santa from Tim's stamp sets. Your background for the tag is really pretty and the white tree set against it is really striking! Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  2. woooowwww, this is absolutely STUNNING!!! That tree is totally gorgeous... thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper... Merry Christmas x

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  3. What a wonderful tag! Especially love all the layering you did to create the background. Thanks for joining the challenge at Simon Says Stamp & Show.

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  4. Anita your tag is absolutely gorgeous. thanks for the tutorial. Really like the idea of cutting the rosettes and making this cute tree. Merry Christmas.

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  5. This is great, the colors look great together and it does look Tim inspired. Very cool, the tree is great!!

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  6. Wow! This is fantastic. I love your tree and the great layered stamping. That pink was a tough component for me, too. You rocked it! Thanks so much for joining us at Our Creative Corner.

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  7. Cutting the tree in half is brilliant! I might need that rosette die after all. You should send it to Tim to see that idea. Gorgeous tag, Anita!

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  8. Anita...I'm just seeing this today. Your ideas are amazing. Yes.....Tim should see all your tags. Just beautiful!

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  9. Oh. My. Goodness!!! This is one stunning tag, in every way! Your details are amazing and I love all of the dimension and detail you added. Thank you so much for joining us at Our Creative Corner! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

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  10. wow very creative congratulations
    Diane F

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