Caroling Christmas Tag

I haven't made Twelve tags but have joined in with a few at Loll and friends Twelve Tags of Christmas.

The die cut is one of the Sizzix  Big dies. I cut the Fiddler out of chip board and used Clear heat embossing powder to give him a little shine.

The tag was gesso'd, stamped with a Paper artsy background stamp and painted with acrylic paint. I dry embossed the tag with a Christmas tree and sanded the tree to remove some of the acrylic paint.

I stenciled the sentiment at the bottom of the tag with crackle paint and blended distress inks in a darker blue. I added some tree lights in red and gold using a pearl pen.

I hope you like the tag.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Paper Artsy
Paper: Chip board, coated tag
Ink: Ranger archival, Versamark
Accessories: acrylic paint, distress inks, clear embossing powder, stencil, embossing folder
Techniques:

Another Tag

Hi Everyone, thanks to all that wonderful inspiration over at Stamping with Loll, I'm adding another tag to her Twelve Tags of Christmas challenge.

I'm also adding this to Craft Stampers Make it Take it Challenge

For my tag I gesso'd the tag, used Lindy's magical sprays and stamped using Impression Obsession Christmas background text. I then used texture paste to add the stars, the texture paste absorbs some of the colour from the sprays and blends with the background.

My naught puppy stamp is from Gerda Steiner collection and I couldn't resist adding Dyan Reaveley Christmas sentiment with the Penny Black scroll die.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Gerda Steiner, Impression obsession, Dyan Reaveley
Paper: Coated Card Tag, Watercolour
Ink: Ranger archival black, brown
Accessories: Stencil, spray inks, gesso, Penny Black scroll die, Gerder Steiner stamp and die set.
Techniques: Tag, stenciling, watercolouring, die cuts

It really is Christmas when it's Christmas Tag Time

For me it really does feel as though Christmas is coming when it's the Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends. 

Back in the spring I headed to Spicers my local paper/card stock distributor, BTW they have warehouses in Canada and the US, I highly recommend you check them out if you have one near you their prices are amazing. They sell bulk envelopes, 110lb white card and also sell off cuts and coated card (Pacecetter Silk and Matt) for those who wonder where to buy it.

When I go I seem to loose all sense of reason and buy in bulk, and bulk there means I bought a box of 1000 coated card stock tags. Luckily I have lots of friends who were willing to take a few home with them 😉

I'm entering this for the Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends, you have until November 23rd to join in the fun.

Now to be perfectly honest, I didn't write things down as I was going along, with mixed media this can cause problems when you want to list all the things you used.

I gesso'd the card, painted it with acrylic paint, sprayed with lindy's magical sprays, stenciled it with crackle paste, stamped it with background stamps, stenciled with black distress ink. My tree die cuts were little snippits of backgrounds in my UFO box and some red stickles. I may have  missed a few things. 

I thought the tag would look good as a card so I hinged it on the inside and made an envelope with my envelope maker.

Card Recipe
Stamps:
Paper:
Ink:
Accessories: Die cut, stencils, crackle paste
Techniques: Twelve Tags of Christmas