I almost skipped making a tag for Day 9 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist … Paula Cheney's tag is absolutely stunning … but just not my style. As Ellen noted in the post, Paula captured all of the amazing technique savvy and exquisite detail of Tim Holtz' design style … … Read more
This morning's holiday tag is inspired by the Day 8 Tag by Kelly Alverez for the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. Rather than one large gingerbread house, I decided to create an entire Winter Wonderland using Wonderland Dimensional Glitter Stickers from Martha Stewart. I cut two additional pieces of shimmery white cardstock … Read more
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 … Read more
Have I mentioned how much fun I'm having at the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist … loving it! I usually do most of my creating on the weekends, so it's been fun having a few weeknight creative projects for the holidays. Tonight's tag is inspired by Teri Anderson's Day 6 fun Twine … Read more
Tonight's 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist inspiration tag was a lovely white-on-white glittery masterpiece by Kittie Caracciolo. I wanted to stay with the tone-on-tone design element with lots of glitter … and I even managed to sneak in a little reindeer too. I had no more large manila tags in my stash, … Read more
Having more holiday fun in the studio tonight with the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist … this card is inspired by Jennifer Maguire's tag for Day 4. I knew I wanted to incorporate a bird like she did … and luckily, I just added this Tim Holtz Christmas Cardinal to my die … Read more
I'm playing along with the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist again tonight (while watching the performances on The Voice … I was really hoping someone would sing a Christmas song tonight). I adored Julie's whimsical tag … at first, I was stumped, but once the ideas started forming in my head, it came … Read more
Over at The Classroom, they are celebrating the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist with lots of fabulous prizes up for grabs. My tag tonight was inspired by this fun tag by Claudine Helmuth. I actually got to ride the shuttle bus from the airport to Donna Downey's Inspired event with Claudine … … Read more
Still having fun playing along with Core'dinations Hard Core Crop Challenges … this is Rebecca Keppel's Challenge to make some Layered Gift Tags. This first tag features two shades of Coredinations cardstock embossed with a holiday ornament embossing folder, sanded & inked using this week's Sketch from The Paper Players. I layered on a glittery tree … Read more
Simon Says Stamp is featuring tags this week, so I dressed up my cute Grizzly in Lacoste style from this week's Runway Inspired Challenge. I inked the honeycomb background in Faded Jeans Distress ink and then used a paper towel to dab away some of the ink before adding Fired Brick Red. I wanted to … Read more