Day 2 of 12 Tags

My internal alarm didn't wake me until 2:11 a.m. today...I really needed that extra 10 minute sleep I guess. What a cool canvas reindeer Tim has created! I am loving that this tag is masculine. That is something we don't often see in paper crafting...aside from a lot of Tim's projects of course. I decided to give my reindeer the Hanz and Franz, and "pump him up". He needed antlers and a thick, burly coat around his neck...more like an elk!!! Since I work with the jumbo tags I thought he needed a friend to fill up space. I did not have the Ornate die so I improvised with the Styled Labels Die and added the word Wish. I am super proud of this tag. I love the way the deer came out. I think doing them on canvas was key to really make them stand out. I had a horrible time with trying to do the snow look Tim talked about. Mine are not droplets...more like mini waterfalls. I will need to practice that a lot more. 

If you haven't already checked out the uploaded tags on Tim's website for Day 2, do so, and check out all the fabulous creations and blogs from people all around the world. I am whiling away the time (Wasting??? NO!) visiting fabulous places abroad! Thank you so much Inlinkz for allowing all of us to do this. It has been a wonderful experience to reach out to others that we would never have the opportunity to do so before.

Until tomorrow with Tag 3...Lord willing.

Day 1 Of 12 Tags

Wow!!! I know most of you felt the excitement at midnight to see Tim's tag like I did! I am in love with those cutey potooty pine cones. I have made several, and they all have names and love for me to talk to them! What a fabulous opening number for Tim to create at the start of this show! I am loving all of Mario's behind the scenes (BTS) via Twitter. It gives me a heads up and a laugh, and I get out all that I have that looks comparable to Tim's. I was making pine cones at around 9:00 and had them ready to go. I fell asleep around 11:00 and ironically bolted upright at 1:58 a.m...I kid you not. I did not set an alarm. Tim's tag went public at 2:01 a.m. my time, and I got to see it happen...so cool! Even the Sandman has a creative dark side!!!

For my tag I had to improvise because I didn't have the Noel or Banner dies. I love improvising though because it forces me to be more creative. I used Electric Blue Glimmer Mist on the background instead of using colored card stock. For the Noel, I used Thicker letters and adheared them to a piece of white card stock that I cut into a flourish, and stickled it because get this...I had no glitter. Imagine that!  The banner is just a strip of music paper from my stash of scraps that I cut and folded. I also like to make my Christmas tags using the jumbo tags that are 8 1/2 inches long. I like the extra room which allows me to really gaudy things up. You know how I like to cake it on! While Tim's tag was really blingy for him...which I loved...I added more bling with my hanging charm. I wanted to add a little more red, and the beads really made the holly berries pop off the tag. I loved, loved, loved the way Tim embossed while embossing! It was so much faster and made a complicated thing so easy to do. That is a technique I will use over and over.

Hello my little cuties. Mama loves you. Oh yes I do!!!

I am getting ready for the next one already. I can't wait and I am sure you can't either. Join the fun and upload your tag as well on Tim's blog. Is that a fabulous idea or what to have all of us doing show and tell? What a guy! And, it is surreal to see all those tags and visit their blogs from people all around the world. I love seeing the written language from other countries like Russia and China. It is amazing to know we all have a love of crafting and All Things Tim!!!