Winter Wishes

 

Hi there, and Happy New Year!

I'm posting a card for the Color Hues Challenge, which 2 colors are Light Pink and Gold.

My friend Marcia Hill just began a design gig with them, (congrats, Marcia!), 

so thought I'd give it try, andthe 2 colors were definitely a challenge for me. 

And who doesn't love a good challenge!

All Greetery on my card, a list of what I used follows the post.

I'm smitten for the. new Loopy Bow the Greetery released, so many ways to 

brighten a card!

Because I didn't want to trim the hangovers, I created my own envelope with the help 

of the We R Memory Keepers punchboard. So easy to use, and not to mention how fun

it is to use up my stash of printed papers!

Check out the Color Hues Challenge here:

Color Hues #55 Light Pink and Gold and New DT Members

The Greetery supplies used:

 Loopy Bow Builder Die

Tagged Elegance Stamp Set

Pine & Berry Stamp Set

Round About Winter Foliage die (center circle)

Ranger Ink: Distress Oxide Tattered Rose

Ranger Stickles Glitter Gel

The Card Concept: Holiday Gatherings

 

Welcome back to The Card Concept Challenge. 

I hope your holiday was everything wonderful!

The Card Concept is a challenge to create a card using a style. We have several suggestions

for you on our blog, or you can pick one of your own, or even combine 2 or more

styles. I'm excited to be back with this fabulous photo inspiration.

I was immediately drawn to the gold in the photo,  and used plenty of it

on my card. Also the color swatches, the stars, and the goblets. Pretty. much

everything in the photo!

Dies used from The Greetery, and MFT. Background sprays from Lindy's

Stamp Gang.

The Ribbon Maker die from the Greetery was backed with Gold Foil card stock, 

and the goblets were cut from gold as well. 

My card is Elegant Glam, a style I made up! Perfectly acceptable, as I said 

before!

Our challenges are for 2 weeks, and we love seeing your creations!

Happy New Year!

The Card Concept #186 {Holiday Gatherings} 

Mistletoe

 

Nope, this isn't wallpaper, it's 8 Christmas tags lined up like little soldiers for a

photo. 

The last of the 25 for friends, boxed and given.

You could almost call this tag CAS, as it's rather clean, and definitely simple.

The circle for the embossed sentiment is the  center throwaway from another tag.

Mistletoe is cut from linen cardstock, and the berries are copper glitter.

Tag base from Tim Holtz' new release. Loving that embossed/debossed edge!

Merry Christmas!

Tags for Friends

 

I just loved Betsy's 'Wrap It Up' release! It made my friends' gift giving easy, fun,

and an absolute hit!

For the tag on the outside of the tag box, I used The Christmas Pudding Die. The tag itself

is one of the arches dies stamped with Pine & Berry.

Michaels had these cupcake boxes on sale with gingerbread cutouts on the top. 

The tag was attached, and done! A box of 25 Christmas tags for each of my 

friends! 

May your Christmas be all you hoped for. It will be if you remember

the true 'reason for the season'. 

... oh how He loves you and me!

 

All the Christmas cards are in the mail or in their recipient's hands by now,

but I thought I'd post some cards I've made.

Mistletoe Arches pairs Christmas floral greenery with the Arched sentiments. 

Hard to see, but I used the small arch stencil to whiten the arch with Tim Holtz

Picket Fence Oxide Ink. Then when dry added some Coral to the bottom corners.

The stamped the sentiment in black. The Mistletoe is stenciled onto it's die cut.

The tiny splatters are actually mica spray, and make the card shine.

The stencils allow for an easy mailer, no extra stamps.

Are your cards all mailed? Stencils are quick and easy, and so much fun!

Tags for Friends

 

Well, we had no internet yesterday, and I wasn't able to post the series of tags

made for our Favorite Things Dinner. So here goes some more of tags included

in the gift box.

Made with The Greetery's Round About Winter Foliage die, cut twice, each dear 

friend received these dies ready to dangle on package or bag.

Center sentiment from Tagged Elegance, and the genius Tear Strip set, that allows 

you to die cut 4 tags at once. Like I said, genius.

I must have cut this die 100 times, so I assembled 3 colors for another set included

in the gift box.

Red and pink?  Thanks Dawn. Love her bold color combos, and played with several

for my tags.

I attached a festive mini clothespin on each of these tags.

Candy Cane tags are backed by pink glitter card stock, and can be written on

the back of either strip.

A set of red and one of green. And did I mention it's pure genius to do 4 at one? 

The stamp is done just as simply, 4 at once.

Well, that's it for today. Hope you're enjoying some tag inspiration.

Come. back tomorrow for more!

Tag #5 Banner Gift Tag Die

 

Welcome back for Tag 5 of 25 tags made for a friends Christmas exchange.

8 tags with the wonderful new Banner Gift Tag Die from the Greetery.

The tag was stamped with The Greetery's Pine and Berry Background stamp, and die

cut from Crimped Circle Tag Die. Then the layers begin.  White banner, Diagonal red

and white. 

More tomorrow! Have a wonderful day!

Tag #4 Santa's Helper

Just had to add Santa's Helper from Tim Holtz to my tags for friends.

Mentioned in my previous posts, made a series of 25 tags for each of 8 friends 

who get together every year for a Favorite Friends dinner. One of my favorite

things is of course paper art!

Sweet Santa's Helper is mounted on the new Tim Holtz tag (middle. size), and don't

you just love how his bootie and cap are off the edges?

It was love at first sight when this guy was released. 

Hope you're enjoying the tag parade!

 

Tag 3: All Wrapped Up

December 11th brings Tag #3, and it's a mix of dies from The Greetery's 

newest release: All Wrapped Up. 

Received in time to create the 8 I needed for our 'Favorite Things' Dinner.

Here we all are, rockstars, from all over the state, and 2 from Utah!

It's an annual event we just don't miss. And this year was a pajama party!

And, as I mentioned before, my 'Favorite things' included handmade paper tags.

The dried orange slices dies were a favorite this year and I 'dried' them with 

Ranger oxide ink and Sheer Shimmer Frost Spray.

This one was a big hit with the group, who loved the dried orange slices!

More tomorrow... stay tuned! 

and thanks for the visit!

 

Tag-2 Harvey

 

Have you met Harvey? He's the tiny soldier new to the Tim Holtz Christmas 

release for 2022,  and he's won my heart!

The holidays bring together a group of friends that have met for years to

celebrate a tradition called 'Favorite Things'. There are 8 of us, and we eat, 

drink and are merry in December with gifts that are special to us that we 

share.

Because my 'Favorite Things' include anything paper, I created a set of 25 holiday

tags for each friend. Harvey was die cut and assembled 8 times in his holiday

best, and stands at attention on a white splattered MFT tag.

He's double tagged for names to and from.

The greenery is from an older Tim Holtz set, and dipped in paste before 

sprinkling with snow glitter.

and that's tag 2. If you come back tomorrow, you can see another tag

created for my gal pals. 

Happy Christmas time!

 

Tag-a-licious!

 

It's Christmas Time! And I'm bringing you some tags I created using The Greetery's 

All Wrapped Up release.

Today's post features the orange slices together with The Banner Gift Tag set.

The tag base is an oldie from MFT, wide and long enough to hold the design.

The base circle was die cut from PTI's Americana and so was the sprigs of 

Baby's Breath. I formed a kind of wreath onto the base also including leaves

from Big Branches Ruscus.

At this moment my craft room looks like it's hit by a tornado. No judging, it's how I roll.

I created an assembly line of die cuts for this tag, and several others. 

Stay tuned for more.

I plan to bring you a new set of tags every day. 

Merry Making, and Merry Christmas!

The Flower Challenge #75 Christmas

 

Merry Christmas! And welcome to The Flower Challenge. The final challenge of

the year is: Christmas! 

Looking through my stash of Christmas flowers sets, I came upon Concord & 9th's

Christmas Florals Stamp Set.

It's a beauty I haven't used in awhile, and I thought I'd have some fun stamping it on

some red cardstock and coloring with metallic watercolors. 

Lots of bling on this card. Black mica glitter, shimmer cardstock (PTI), and red 

Wink of Stella. 

Finally, even added some diamond Stickles to the black outline. 

Don't know about you, but it's time to shine. Bring on the lights and

shine some love! It's what we're here for, you know. Bright Holiday 

Blessings to you. and yours. Hope you find some time to play along. I'd love

to see how Christmas translates onto your card.

The Flower Challenge #75 Christmas