12 Tags of Christmas - {day 3}

Here's my tag for {day 3} and my first "proper go" at using my new alcohol inks but as I only have mostly "lights" my tag ended up being pastel and non-Christmassy colours:

Well, as I said, all the alcohol inks were lights so I followed a pastel theme. Instead of using a white tag and using black soot distress ink on the edge I just cut a black tag. The stamps (both the flourish and Santa) are Fancy Pants.Instead of twine I wrapped some pink craft cord around my tag and then attached some metal words that I tinted with alcohol ink. Instead of the rivets I used vintage glass buttons.

Materials used: Papermill card, glossy white card, alcohol inks, Fancy Pants Blissful Season stamps, black Versafine ink, Making Memories metal eyelet words, pink craft cord, vintage glass buttons, Autumn Leaves ribbon.

12 Tags of Christmas - {day 2}

Here's my tag for {day 2}: As with the {day 1} tag I've changed the colours and other bits. I used old paper, peeled paint, broken china and weathered wood distress paints for the background. I had the frame stamp that Tim used but used another of his stamps "love" in the centre rather than the Season's Greetings one he used. The flourish stamps are Fancy Pants again. I don't have any perfect pearls so I used a Zig paint pen in opaque white to flick across the tag.

The metal corners were a metallic sticker that I've had for ages. It was originally square so I cut it in half and took a notch out of the centre of each piece then brushed alcohol ink over it to tone down the silver.

As nice as Tim's metal flower was I went for my trusty Prima flowers and added vintage glass buttons to the centres. The heart charm was coloured lightly with alcohol ink and placed there to hide a great smear of white from the pen that I dropped on it LOL!

Materials used:Papermill card, Distress inks - old paper, peeled paint, broken china, weathered wood , old paper and embossing ink. Distress embossing powder - old paper. Tim Holtz stamps - Urban grunge. Fancy Pants- So Mod stamp., black Ranger ink, Prima flowers, white Zig paint pen. Metal sticker, heart charm and ribbon all from stash.

12 Tags of Christmas - {day 1}

Finally finished my tag for {day 1} of the 12 tags of Christmas. I didn't have all the same stuff that was used by Tim so did my own thing:

I used distress inks- old paper, shabby shutters, peeled paint and dusty concord for the background. The flourish stamps were Fancy Pants and as I didn't have any Rock Candy Distress paint I used Crackle accents but I don't think I put it on thickly enough as it didn't crackle. The chipboard is Basic grey Periphery that was painted with Anita's antique white acrylic paint, edged with Dusty Concord distress ink and covered with Stickles. The angel with the Christmas tree is from a Dover book of angel vignettes that was a bargain buy a few weeks ago. I used Distress Stickles - Milled Lavender at the top and then added some Creative Imaginations twill ribbon.

Materials used: Papermill card, Distress inks - old paper, shabby shutters, peeled paint and dusty concord, Ranger Crackle accents, Fancy Pants stamps - Blissful Season and Fresh Mod, Ranger black ink, Basic Grey chipboard, Anita's acrylic paint - antique white, Stickles- stardust, Distress Stickles - milled lavender, angel vignette from Dover book, Creative Imaginations twill ribbon, Making Memories brad. Organza ribbon from stash.