Thursday 12 December 2013

Tags of +55 Christmas Cheer

Salutations. There is a lot to inscribe today, so I shall keep the preamble short. I have been shut in the crafting chambers for the past 17 hours as the candles wore down, toiling away on a gift for our neighbor, Madam Wendy. A kind soul, I figured she could use some magically infused gift tags for her Winter Festival gifts. 

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I started this set by cutting all the tags using the Winter Frolic cartridge. I then started stamping the tags. The penguin tag was stamped with the Unity “Tinsel in a Tangle” itty bitty and coloured with Distress Markers. I added some glitter to the tinsel for some extra sparkle. 
The reindeer tag was stamped using the Hero Arts “Christmas Reindeer” set. I coloured him in with Distress Markers and paper pieced his sweater. The sentiment came from the My Pink Stamper “Christmas Wishes” set. Up next is an owl stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Winter Owl” set. He was also coloured with Distress Markers and had his scarf paper pieced. The sentiment was stamped with the Lawn Fawn “Winter Fox” set.


On the next row is a punny tag stamped using the Penny Black “Joyful Peas” stamp. I coloured it with Distress Markers and added some snowflakes in the background. Next over is the fox from the Lawn Fawn “Winter Fox” set. I coloured him with Distress Markers and stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn “Cozy Christmas” set. Next tag was stamped using an Inkadinkado stamp. The next tag was stamped with the Unity “One of a Kind Christmas” set. I coloured him with Distress Markers and added some glitter to his hat. The snowflake was cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge. Want to know a secret? The only reason I added that snowflake was because when that tag was being cut, it actually messed up that part, so I used the snowflake to cover it. 
See - I cut two snowflakes and glued them together to cover the messed up part of the tag. This earned me +693 stealth exp points.  

The next tag was stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Winter Sparrows” set and coloured with Distress Markers. The last tag (and my personal favourite) was stamped with the Lawn Fawn “Yeti, Set, Go” set. I coloured him with Distress Markers and then covered him in Ice Stickles.

Don’t worry...I didn’t skip the first two tags. The top left tag was stamped using the Unity “Warm Winter Comforts” itty bitty and the Echo Park “Holly Jolly Christmas” set. I coloured it in sepia tones using Distress Markers.
This particular tag will be entered into the following challenges:

This tag was stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Making Frosty Friends” set. The sentiment came from the BugBites “Mistletoe” set. This tag also got the snowflake treatment for the same reason as that other snowman tag. The snowflake was cut using Art Philosophy and then I glued a shiny iridescent snowflake and a rhinestone on top.
This particular tag will be entered into the following challenges:




Because I made this set as a gift, I couldn’t very well just give the recipient a mitt-full of loose tags, so I had to make something for them to go into. I cut this folder and snowflakes out using the Artbooking cartridge. The sentiment shapes were cut using Art Philosophy. I stamped the title of the little folder using the Lawn Fawn “Cozy Christmas” and “Harold’s ABCs” set.
And look how nice and snug the tags look in their new home :)

This set will be entered into the following challenges:

Madam Wendy was very happy with the gift tags. I neglected to tell her of the creative spells I cast upon the tags, to be unleashed upon the opening of the present they are attached to. I’ll let that be a fun surprise on Christmas morning.


~ Guild Master Crystal ~

34 comments:

Georgiana said...

Thanks for sharing all your fabulous tags at Die Cuttin' Divas this week.

Happy Holidays,
Georgiana
• Carson's Creations •

Unknown said...

Such sweet Christmas tags! I love the images you chose! Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us at Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges and look forward to seeing more of your lovely creations again soon. Have a beautiful week! Laura

Cynthia said...

Great set of tags, Crystal. Fun gift idea!

Shelia said...

This is such a sweet gift!! I just know the recipient will love it! Your tags are all so cute. I especially like the penguin with the tinsel! Thanks for playing along with us at DRS Designs this week!

Ruby said...

Great gift idea. The tags are lovely.

Kary said...

Wow, so many gorgeous tags!! Love the tag holder too. Great idea!!

Sarah said...

Great tags. Love that penguin and that sentiment! Soooo cute :)

Kris said...

On my, these are fabulous tags. What a great gift idea.

zandra said...

Great take on the challenge. Thanks for playing with us at TIOT.
Hugz, Z

Angeline Choo said...

OH wow!! I LOVE the tags.. SO SO cute! Merry Christmas to you!

Unknown said...

Great work. Thanks for joining in at Milkcoffee this time. Lou DT x

Unknown said...

Beautiful creation and many thanks for joining in at our challenge at Crafting for All season....luv annie [DT]

L.B. said...

a wonderful gift idea for the holidays. Thanks for playing with us at DCD tag challenge (Love the penguin with glitter)

Ellibelle said...

These are adorable, and I love how you created a holder for them too!
Thanks so much for playing along in my "snowman" word play saturday challenge at My Creative Moments! Hope you'll join in my new challenge too! I just posted the new challenge.

Miwa said...

What a beautiful gift of some amazingly gorgeous and fun tags

Emily Keaton said...

How fantastic! Great tags :)

Crafty Mamma Mia said...

Wow you have been busy! Love all your tags and the holder too. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous snowman tag at Incy Wincy Designs this week.
Helen x (DT)

Aunty Sue said...

great tags and thanks for sharing with us at crafty sentimentsand thanks for sharing with us at crafty sentiments

Gerda said...

What a wonderful tags! I love them all! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!
Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

GiGi said...

What a fun idea! The pocket card is great and your tags are so cute! Thanks for playing at My Craft Spot!

Anonymous said...

What super sweet set of tags,Crystal.Love the little folder you've created.Great gift.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x

Audrey Ernst (hippieaud) said...

These tags are just wonderful, love the use of the kraft paper. Thanks so much for playing this week at Crafty Sentiments:)

Jackie said...

What a lovely set of tags! Thank you for joining us this week at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge! I hope you play along with us again soon!

Jackie, Crafty Sentiments Designs DT

Shazza said...

wow these are brilliant, thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Challenge, good luck

Sam K said...

What a gorgeous set of tags and a genius holder! X Thanks for joining us this week over at CYP :) x
Craft your Passion Challenges
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stefali said...

lovely tag :) thanks for sharing with us at top tip Tuesday challenge. Steph DT

Rosica Katreva said...

Lovely tags! Thanks for joining us at Milk Coffee. Good luck!

Hugs!
Rossi DT

Melissa Bove said...

Adorable tags!! They are all so sweet!!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

hugs...
Melissa

Unknown said...

thanks for joining us over on divas by designs its lovely what you have made

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Fabulous tags, love the images. Thanks for joining in with Divas By Design
Lindsay xx

Julie- justwritedesigns said...

What wonderful tags! Thanks for joining in on the DRS Thursday Challenge!

heidy said...

Such a beautiful serrie of tags!!
Thanks for joining CCT this week!
Hugs Heidy

Annette said...

Wow, amazing set of cute tags. Love them.
Hugs
Annette - Netty's Cards
xx
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Top Tip Tuesday,
ABC Christmas,
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Pink Gem Designs,
The Stamp Basket, and
Stampfairy.

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering this lovely tags for my CHNC challenge extra for December - hope to see you again soon. x

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