Tag You're It, 25 Days of Christmas, Guest Designer Post

Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags is in its final week.

Have you had a chance to play along?

I'm Guest Designing for today using this pretty 'Morning Bird' die from BirchPress Designs, who are today's sponsors.

I've used half the bird die, layered it up and then inked using Holtz 'Hickory Smoke' before adding some touches of Silver gilding wax.

Foliage stamps and sentiment are by Memory Box (Sister company to BirchPress).

Some ink splattering, red enamel dots and touches of Texture Paste for snow complete this simple tag.

(Embossing Folder from my own personal stash).

Head on over (using the link above) for your chance to join in...

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Donna.

Tag You're It, Challenge #100 Milestone Celebration (25 Days Of Christmas)

Tag You're It is closing its doors for the final time...  so I wanted to make something extra special for this final challenge.

 It's challenge #100...  a fitting way to say goodbye!

If you head on over to HERE, you'll see that there's even a cute mini make up bag up for grabs.

I hope you'll make time to join us!







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Donna. x

Cherish The Memory, Studio Light, Enjoy Winter

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I don't 'do' Winter.

I'm small and thin...  and I have a health condition that is quite literally exacerbated anytime I get cold.

Yet this Photo Topper that I'm using as the focus of today's project was just far too pretty to leave tucked away in a drawer somewhere...

...  so here I am, showing you a design that celebrates the season I hate most of all!

If you like this card you'll be please to know that Cherish The Memory still has these items in stock.

I've included the links below to take you straight there, but do stop by for a quick look around as there are many pretty items to choose from.

Happy Shopping!

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Studio Light

Winter Trails

Photo Toppers

Industrial 2.0

Card Making and Scrapbooking Kit

  

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Donna. x

Craft Consortium, Little Fawn and Friends, Squirrel Shaker Card

If you saw my post yesterday you will know that my mini card featured a much paler, much grayer squirrel stretching out to reach a pine cone...

Well, today's little cutie isn't doing that at all.

He's far more interested in trying to catch a falling leaf...  or perhaps a snowflake or two!

This is a shaker style card that uses a piece of patterned paper from the Little Fawn and Friends premium paper pad in the background.

I've stamped and fussy cut leaves as well as water colouring them - and squirrel too, of course!

And once again I'm sharing one of the newest colours from the A4 non shedding glitter card collection - as well as varying sizes of gems.

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Craft Consortium 

Always & Forever 

Non Shedding A4 Glitter Card - Duck Egg

Adhesive Rhinestone Gems - 3mm

Adhesive Rhinestone Gems - 4mm

Adhesive Rhinestone Gems - 5mm

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Don't forget, Little Fawn and Friends will be available to purchase from

29th September, 2018.




Craft Consortium







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Donna. x

Winter Tag, Owl on Branch, Christmas

I went for something a little fiddly to make for 

Day 15 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags...  but boy, did I have fun.

Here it is.  A tag with a bit of 'movement'...

The fiddly part was attaching those threads to the baubles and then tying them around the branch so that they hung where I wanted them to.  

But I like the effect of the baubles having some movement to them, so I can't complain!

If you look at the inspiration tag I chose for today, you'll see that it's blatantly obvious where I got my ideas from.  Owl on branch.  Easy to spot, isn't it?

(If you aren't someone who stops by regularly, you won't know that I quite often take design 'detours' that make no sense until I explain my things to you). x

Supplies Used:

Dies:

Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Circular Tags'

MFT/Die-namics 'Stitched Circle STAX'

Penny Black Creative 'A Pocket Full'  

Poppystamps 'Christmas Baubles'

Punch:

McGill Dimensional 'Tree Branch'

Stamps:

Stampin' Up 'Forest Friends'

Penny Black 'Berry Bevy'

Memento Marker Pens:

Olive Grove

Tuxedo Black

Expresso Truffle

Rich Cocoa

Ink:

VersaCraft 'Tangerine'

Embossing Folder:

Cuttlebug 'Distress Stripes'

Other:

Sequins

Twine

Patterned Paper

Hope you are enjoying your day...

Donna. x

Winter Tag, Painted Trees, Acetate Layer

You know those stamps you fall in love with straight away?

You know the one's I mean, don't you?

They're the one's where you buy them immediately because you just know that they are perfect for you.  

And then you put them away, untouched.  Never to see the light of day again...

Until that perfect opportunity arises.

Well, that's what happened to me with my tag for Day 13 of Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags.

Here's my tag...

And this is the tag that reminded me I had the perfect stamp to use...

After stamping and heat embossing my tree image, I simply added some white acrylic 'snow'.

Then it was simply a case of adding the green and the blue ink colours with my favourite 'go to' quick watercolour method (scribbling distress markers onto an acrylic block, watering down and painting on with a brush).

An embossed acetate layer was added simply to give this tag a little extra 'something'.

Supplies Used:

Die:

Paper Smooches 'Gift Tag'

Stamp:

All Night Media 'Winter Forest Of Trees'

Holtz/Distress Markers:

Forest Moss

Peeled Paint

Tumbled Glass

Stormy Sky

Embossing Folder:

Sheena Douglass 'Snowfall'

Other:

Acetate - recycled

Ranger Perfect Medium Ink

WOW Embossing Powder - Earthtones/Pepper

Acrylic Paint - White

That's my last 'catch up' tag for now.  Expect more tomorrow!!!

Donna. x