Christmas Tag (3D), Viviro Ornament, Male/Female

Hi everyone.

Thanks for stopping by today.

  Apologies for not posting for a while...  it seems that this Summer break has given me far less time for crafting than I had hoped.  If I get the time I'll explain some of the reasons why in a future post...

My tag today is another Christmas design.
Sorry, but that's what came to mind when I took my inspiration from Carol's card so that's what I've got.  They won't all be Christmas themed from now on in though...  I promise!!!

Here's my tag...

...  and here's Carol's design that was used as my inspiration this time around.

I've used the Viviro Ornament from Poppystamps (discontinued) as the main feature of this tag as it gave me the same scope as the white circle on Carol's card.  I also liked the fact that by using this die I already had the star shape echoed nicely from the original design.  (They may be snowflakes instead of stars, but that's good enough for me)!

Swapping gold for silver was an instant decision of mine as I rarely used gold in my work, yet as you can see it ended up featuring quite heavily on my tag...  and the pink shades of Carol's card became the die cut sentiment instead.

As for my background...  it's the black and white colouring of Carol's tag mixed with the chalkboard 'feel' of her pink shaded background.  I've even purposefully added the chalk board cleaner marks that I remember from primary school to echo the sharp, straight lines on Carol's stars.

Can you see from my photo that I've even managed to squeeze in a tiny little bit of texture using my long discontinued Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' embossing folder on the acetate layer covering the ornament?  (How's that for a long sentence)?  As well as providing me with a lovely finishing touch it meant that I could echo Carol's embossing on her card.

Come and join us over at Tag You're It.  

We would love to see you there and it would be great to see what design you come up with :)

'Bye for now...

Donna.

Oops...  I almost forgot!

As House of Cards still have their 'Metallics' challenge running, I'm including this little design.  It's a great way to 'meet' new people...  and I'm feeling a little out of the loop right now. 

Other challenges being entered:

Simon Says (Wednesday challenge) 'Anything Goes'

ABC Christmas Challenge 'Q is for Quantum Leap'. 

(D is for Die Cuts, F is for Frosty, N is for Not a Card and O is for Off the Edge).

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #244 (Use some Silver)