Cheerfully Merry

Hi Crafty Friends!

It's time for a bit more TAGplorations inspiration. I made another little Christmas tag. Have a look ...

The idea was to create a cheerful Christmas tag using a roughly traditional colour scheme and elements.

I started off with a white die-cut tag, sprinkled it with Brusho powders, spritzed with a little water and watched the colours blending into each other. While the tag was drying I coloured the Christmas stocking using Promarkers, stamped and cut out the word 'Christmas' from the Christmas Block sentiment and edged it with Rich Cocoa.

Once the tag was dry, the holly leaves and berries were stamped into the top right hand corner and the Found Fragments #3 into the bottom left hand corner to add interest and texture to the background.

Edging the tag with Stickles, adding my elements and ribbon finished the tag off.

Here is a little more information about the Holiday TAGplorations Challenge and Blog Hop over at STAMPlorations.

It's a fun Blog Hop where you can link up your holiday themed tags. What better way to get all your gift tags done well in time for Christmas?

Prizes:

• $25 prize code to ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Holiday TAGplorations Challenge whose project features a STAMPlorations product
• $15 prize code to ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Holiday TAGplorations challenge
• Choice of Tag Dies to ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Holiday TAGplorations challenge
• $7 prize code to THREE (3) randomly drawn commenters

Projects can be anything as long as they have tags in them with a holiday theme. However, holiday tags can be non-Christmas -- it can be for any holiday. Projects can be just tags, or cards with tags in them, or scrapbook pages with tags in them, etc.

Linky is open until November 30, 11:55 pm Pacific.

Here is one last look at my tag ...

Hopefully my DT piece provided you with some inspiration to get creative yourself and join the Holiday TAGplorations Challenge and Blog Hop over at STAMPlorations.

Should you wish to place an order, feel free to use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for 20% off and a paper goods sampler ($7 value) will be automatically added to your order as a special offer during November.

Wishing you all a lovely day. See you there...

Hugs

Monika 💕

Here is what I used:

Just a little reminder: I am on the STAMPlorations DT Team. Please be aware that the following links are affiliated links which means should you use them to make a purchase I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

- from the STAMPlorations Shop

Vignette Christmas Block

STAMPcuts Retro Christmas

Yultide Doodles Colorables

Layered Holly

Found Fragments #3

Tags #1 Nesting Dies

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- from my stash

white card

Brusho Powders, green, turquoise, lemon and yellow

Peacock Green, Rainforest Green, Smoked Paprika and Red Brick Prism inks

Rich Cocoa Memento ink

Promarkers

star sequin

Stickles glitter glue

ribbon

glue

January TAGplorations Reminder

Hello Crafty Friends!

Just a little reminder that January's TAGplorations Challenge is in full swing over at STAMPlorations. There is still time to enter.

The theme for January is: All About Winter

The optional twist is: to use Texture Paste

Well, as you can see, I've gone all out for the optional twist of texture paste with my trees.

I cut a tag from a piece of card I had used to mop up some ink from my craft mat. I then used some texture paste through the Christmas Tree 1 stencil and sprinkled it with glitter to make my trees sparkle.

Whilst the paste was drying, I did some stamping using the Winter Chill set, colouring and fuzzy cutting plus a bit of heat embossing and doodling before assembling my tag and finishing off with a few snowflake sequins and a bit of silver and black ribbons.

If you love tags, why not give it a go and play along? Your project can be anything as long as it features a tag. You can enter as many projects as you want, but one per blog post please, and you don't have to use STAMPlorations products, yet we'd be thrilled if you would. There is currently a free winter/holiday image to download at STAMPlorations Never ending Anything Goes Challenge here. Please check out the full revised challenge guidelines here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

One lucky winner, voted for by the DT, will win a $15 STAMPlorations gift certificate and 3 randomly picked players will win a $5 STAMPlorations gift certificate each.

Ready for more tagtastic inspiration? Pop over to the STAMPlorations Blog to see the gorgeous projects my teamies created and, of course, to link up your tag project/s too.

If you like challenges, check out January's Challenge Reminder Post over on the STAMPlorations blog too.

That's it from me for today. Have a lovely week.

hugs

Monika xx

here is what I used from the STAMPlorations Shop, you can use my personal discount code STAMPGIRLMONIKA at checkout for a 20% discount on their, stamps, dies and stencils

Christmas Tree 1 Stencil, Winter Chill, Manila Tags Nesting Dies

  

here is what else I used:

Versamark, Snowflake embossing powder, black Versafine ink, Tempting Turqoise ink, silver and black ribbon, glitter, white and black card, brush markers, snowflake sequins, black fine liner pens