This afternoon I made a holiday tag inspired by Julia Stainton's card for Day 7 of 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. I love all of the wonderful embossing & glitter, so that's what I tried to incorporate in my tag design.
I tried Julia's background technique using Distress Stain, but I kept getting ink in the debossed areas (which looked okay … just wasn't what I was looking for), so instead I tried Broken China Distress Ink which gave me the white contrast of the snowflakes I was hoping for. I couldn't find my holographic embossing powder, so I used a violet interference powder instead that gave it a very cool effect … I tried to show it a bit more here … the ink changes color as you move it.
I layered a Stampin' Up Felt snowflake with a Jolee's Glittery Snowflake sticker. I finished with some foam thickers and dabbed on lots of Arctic Ice stickles for more glittery sparkle.
I'm joining in with Christmas Themed Gift Tags at Party Time Tuesdays & the Embossing Challenge at Just Us Girls (I used a combination of dry & heat embossing in my design).
Here's Julie's gorgeous tag I used for my inspiration:
Steph, this is gorgeous! I love the way you used the interference powder, it turned out beautifully.
Steph – this is an awesome tag! Your color choice is excellent! Thanks for joining in with JUGS!
So pretty!! I love the sparkle.
A wonderful snowflake tag Steph! love all the blues!
The layering is so stunning and I love all the glitter! Thanks so much for playing with us at Just Us Girls!
GORGEOUS! tons of sparkle! what’s not to love???
thanks for playing with the Party Planners this week!
Holly PTT DT