12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2013

As I was web surfing I came across Ellen Hutson's site were different designers are showcasing  their tags for the  12 tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist.

You have got to check this out.  There are some wonderful techniques.

The tag below was created by Ronda Palazzari.  I was inspired by all the layers of color.  So I chose Ronda's tag for my inspiration.


This is Ronda's tag

Tag by Ronda Palazzari.

I broke out my new bottles of Silks Acrylic Glaze, Gelatos, and modeling paste and went to work.

I wish I had a cute little bird like Ronda, but no luck.  So instead I used my Fiskars punch and made my own.


Here is mine

Thanks for stopping by.

Teresa

I will be entering this tag in the following challenges

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make your own Background 

Ribbon Carousel Blog - Challenge RCC88 - Anything Goes

Ellen Hutson - 12 Days of Chrismas with a Feminine Twist 2013

PYC Challenge #10 - Christmas

Happy Holiday's everyone!!!

Today marks the beginning of a new challenge at the Parade Your Crafts Blog.  

Challenge #10 is Christmas.  

My projects for the challenge is set of tags.

I went with the non-traditional colors after seeing my paper pack from the Paper Parade 

I received Echo Park's Happy Holiday's collection + Sticker sheet + a sheet of Pink glitter Paper.

I used the stickers from the sheet to make the focal point of all of the tags.  

I removed the sticky back by using a little corn starch.  You could use baby powder too. 

Then I used the pop dots on the stickers to give each tag some dimension.   

I wanted my tags to also be the note card for my packages.  

Each tag is folded just like you would a card so that you can put a message inside. 

The strip of paper I started with is 2-1/2" x 9.    

Now it is your turn to show us what your new Christmas creations.  

he Challenge will be running for two weeks.  

Teresa

I will be entering these tags in the following challenges

Ribbon Carousel Blog - Challenge RCC88 - Anything Goes

Growing In Unity - Winner

Good Afternoon.

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe.  It was a chilly 23 degrees overnight here in the Sacramento valley.  I am sure that there are many of you are digging out from snow and ice across the country.  

Next up on the blog tomorrow starts another Parade Your Crafts Challenge.  This challenge is Christmas.  Stop by tomorrow to see what the DT has in store.  I have already seen the projects and let me tell you, they are wonderful.  

Now what everyone has been waiting for.  Who won the Itty Bitty stamp from Unity?   There were 101  awesome comments from all 5 days.  

By the random generator.................The winner is.................... #30

SHartlDecember 3, 2013 at 10:24 PM

Oh is this adorable or what?! I love how you used that little sweep of pink to emphasize the saying!

Congrats!!!!  

Growing In Unity - Day 5

Wow!!  It's Friday already.  This week has flown right by.  

I am so ready for the weekend.  

Before we get to today's project I need to get on my soap box....LOL  

First, I want to send a big THANK YOU to everyone who has stopped by my blog this week. 

 I appreciate all of the kind and uplifting comments that have been left for my projects.  

If you have not already, please become a follower to my blog.  

I also want to thank Unity Stamp Company for allowing me to participate in the Growing In Unity. 

Let's finish the week with some more Christmas projects.  

I made this lot of tag using the Unity image Most Wonderful Time.  

I cut the tags from Kraft card stock.  

Stamped the image and sentient with black dye based ink.  

Then tied the ribbon off with some twine.  Super quick and easy. 

I loved how ribbon went together with the Kraft paper.

I also made a matching card, but colored the image.

This ends my exciting week as the GIU girl.   Thanks so much for joining me.  

Unity has been very generous and has allowed me to give one lucky reader 

an Itty Bitty Stamp of their choice. 

 I will be randomly choosing from all the comments and the winner will be picked Sunday.

You still have time to comment on the previous days blogs.  

I will be entering my projects in the following challengs

Ribbon Carousel Blog - Challenge RCC88 - Anything Goes

Growing In Unity - Day 4

Since Christmas is around the corner I thought I would share some of my Christmas projects.   Today's Unity image is ROLY POLY Winter Joy.

I again decided to play with my Gelatos.  I first stamped the image on a white piece of card stock.  I then  stamped the sentiment and snowflakes with embossing ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.    The Gelatos were blended over the embossed parts and around the snowman using my warm finger. I used a baby wipe to clean the Gelatos off the embossing.  Then I colored the image using my markers.  I added a second layer of the image with pop dots to give the card some dimension.  

And with my scrap paper I made a few tags.  You never can have enough tags this time of the year.

Remember come back daily and comment all week.

  

Unity has been very generous and has allowed me to give one lucky reader an Itty Bitty Stamp of their choice.  I will be randomly choosing from all the comments and the winner will be picked Sunday.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make your own Background 

Growing In Unity - Day 3

Oh my.... It is Wednesday already.  This week is just flying by.    

For my project today I am using some more of my new coloring tools.....

 Gelatos from Faber-Castell.   

I recently took a mixed media class where the focus was on the Gelatos.  

Needless to say I came home with a full set.... I am now addicted.   

There are so many ways to blend the colors together.  

For my projects I used used my warm finger to blend the colors 

and then did a final rub with a baby wipe.   Each card turned out just a little different.

  I stamped and heat embossed the image.  The total size of these card are 3"x 3".  

   

This image was one of my very first Unity stamps.  It is called - Enjoy this day.    

I love the silhouette bike and how it looks with the background.

What I did learn from this project is that the Gelatos leave a little bit of waxy residue,
so when I stamped the image it was not very dark.  

To fix the problem I used black embossing powder to make the image more bold.  

Here is a clear photo of all 4 cards.  You can see how each card is jut a little different.  

Remember come back daily and comment all week.
  

Unity has been very generous and has allowed me to give 

one lucky reader an Itty Bitty Stamp of their choice.  

I will be randomly choosing from all the comments and the winner will be picked Sunday.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make your own Background 

Growing In Unity - Day 2

It's Day two of GIU!!

For today's project I choose to use a stamp from the Phyllis Harris collection at Unity.  This set is "I will give you my heart".   This little girl is so sweet.

While everyone it thinking about Christmas this time of the year I start planning for Valentines day.  I participate in a card drive for the children s hospitals around the US.  So anytime I get the chance to make a Valentines themed card is one more for the card drive.

I colored the image using my alcohol markers.  The corners are punched out using one of my many Fiskars corner punches.

All the cards that go to the card drive have to be safe for children.  So that means one must be very creative with a flat card.

That is all for today.  Remember come back daily and comment all week.  Unity has been very generous and has allowed me to give one lucky reader an Itty Bitty Stamp of their choice.  I will be randomly choosing from all the comments and the winner will be picked Sunday.

The Greeting Farm - Cyber Monday Blog Hop

This is my second post today..... If you are looking for GIU go here

Welcome to The Greeting Farm 

Cyber-Monday Blog Hop.

I hope you take the time to visit all of the blogs today.  They are all listed on the Splendid Stamping with The Greeting Farm Blog ------>  Here  

For my card I choose to use the CC Tuesday Premiere stamp.  Isn't she adorable?  

I wanted to make my card festive for the holiday's. 

 I used some red glitter in her hair bow and some flocking for her boa.  

The flowers I made using my Fiskars punches and layered them together.  

Please don't forget to take a moment to visit the other blogs in today's hop.

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful week.  

Teresa

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Simon Say's Blog - Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Growing In Unity - Day 1

Happy Monday!!!  Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving weekend.  

Today starts my week long adventure being a Growing In Unity (GIU) girl.  I am super excited to be sharing some of my projects.

My first project for this week was my own adventure.  Recently I purchased some Silks Acrylic Glaze. I spent a lot of time with the demonstrator at the Scrapbook Expo playing with these paints and was very inspired.  Then I brought some home and looked at them for a few weeks, not really knowing what to do.  Those demonstrators make everything look so easy and by the time you get home with the products I loose some of my inspiration.  So for today's project I decided to open the jars and take the Silks out for a spin.  

First I painted different colors onto a piece of book paper, layering to blend some of the colors.  The paper sure feels like silk after the glaze dries.  I then stamped the Hot Air Balloon image from the Adventurous Stamps set  from Unity.  I embossed the image with black embossing powder .  I then used my sparkling H2O's to color the flowers and balloon.

 I think it turned out great for my first attempt.  And of course I did learn some things as well.

Please be sure that you come back daily and comment all week.  Unity has been very generous and has allowed me to give one lucky reader an Itty Bitty Stamp of their choice.  I will be randomly choosing from all the comments and the winner will be picked Sunday.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Simon Say's Blog - Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes