12 Tags of Christmas, Day 12 and Wrap Up

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with your families! I am dreading taking the decorations down next week, because I love the Christmas season, and I hate it when it is over! Oh well, the stores have moved to the next holiday, and so must I...
But first, today is the last day to link our tags up with Tim's blog, so I had to get my last tag in!It's been made since a few days before Christmas, I just haven't had much free time with all of the kiddos at home. Here is my 12th tag:

And here is a look back at all 12 of my tags:

Thank you to everyone who has followes along this journey with me, It sure was a lot of fun to learn the new (to me) techniques, and look at my crafty supplies in a whole new light. I can't wait to play next year (although I do intend to be more prepared)! Do you have a favorite? My favorite tag personally was probably my snowman tag-it was definantly the most time consuming!

And with that, I will bid 2011 "Adieu", and wish you all a happy, crafty New Years!! I will be back in a day or 2 with a look back at my December Daily album.

I have another blog...

Hey friends! I started a Photography related blog with a photo shoot I did last week, and I would love to have you follow me there as well!! Here is the link:
http://margievphotography.blogspot.com/
I will continue posting regularly to this blog with anything crafty!
Thanks!

12 Tags of Christmas, Day 11

Tim's is finished with his tags, but I still have a couple more to share! Here is my tag from Day 11:

And here is Tim's tag:

I did not jump right into this tag-because I had almost nothing that Tim used for his. Then, I decided to go a slightly different route. I took a pearlized cardstock and cut it out for the tag, then inked with Distress Inks and homemade marshmallow mist. I didn't have ANY Santa stamps, so I cut a Santa out of Tim's Seasonal Paper Stash, and inked it with Versamark, and coated it with 2 layers of UTEE. The "Ho ho ho" is a sticker, and added a transparency printed photo corner and some felt and acrylic christmas trees with Glossy Accents. I made the jingle bell bead dangle, tied on some red satin ribbon, added a brad and a scrap of tulle.I still like the way my tag turned out, even though it is rather different than Tim's!

12 Tags of Christmas, Day 10

Ok, after a weekend of being sick, I am pulling myself up "by the bootstraps" as my dad would say, and getting to work...wow, I have alot to do to finish getting ready for Christmas! Takin' some Dayquil and getting down to business! Tim has shared all 12 of his tags now, and this will be the 10th one I have shared. I have also made an 11th tag, which I will share later, and I hope to finish tag 12 tomorrow.

Here is my tag for day 10:

Tim's tag:

I die cut my tag from kraft cardstock, stamped it with the sheet music stamp from Unity Stamp Co, used a foam stamp and Martha Stewart pigment ink for the holly leaves, which were heat embossed with UTEE. I then distressed the tag with my scissors, inked the edges with frayed burlap and then Walnut Stain Distress Inks, and then misted the tag with my homemade golden shimmer mist. I cut the santas from Tim's Seasonal Paper Stash, and since I didn't have the facets, I coated them with Glossy Accents instead. I hand cut my shabby banner, also from the Seasonal Paper Stash,and the letters I used were some black glitter letter stickers from the halloween section at Target's $1 spot, which I dabbed with a gold paint dabber and coated with Glossy Accents. I attached the ornaments with brads, hot glue, and jute twine, hot glued my banner on, then added a silver tinsel bow with a scrap of white tulle, and some beads.

Nikki Sivils Giveaway!!

How would you like the opportunity to win a Gingerbread Land kit from Nikki Sivils?

Well you have a chance, and it's EASY! Over at Sketches 4 All , we are giving away a kit in a "Leaving Love" challenge! Each day for a week, the design team will be posting our projects (2 per day), and all you have to do to enter the drawing is leave a comment! You are allowed to leave one comment for each project, and each comment you leave will be an entry into the drawing. HERE IS THE LINK! My project was shared yesterday-be sure to go check out what the other girls are sharing,too, for lots of crafty inspiration! We were asked to make an altered project with the fabulous Gingerbread Land kit, and I chose to alter a composition notebook, to make a holiday menu planner. I thought it would be a great place to make a list (I love lists!) of what I plan to make for Christmas dinner, holiday goodies and sweet treats I plan to give out, and shopping lists for everything I am making.
Here is my notebook:



I covered the notebook in some fun gingerbread paper, inked the edges with Barn Door Distress Ink, attached one of the zigzag borders from the kit, added some cream pom pom trim, took a punch out tag from the kit and matted it on one of the mini papers(red mittens), used the letter stickers for "Holiday treats", set a silver eyelet in the hole, and tied some hand dyed shabby seam binding on. I added a candy cane striped chpboard corner from my stash, along with a felt gingerbread man that I decorated with a pearl puffy paint for frosting.

12 Days Of Christmas Tags, Day 9

A short and sweet post to share my tag for day 9, based on this fantastic tag by Tim Holtz:

 Here is my tag:

I used the rusted enamaling technique that  Tim shared on his blog, using a bold flourish stamp from my stash, some dark green Colorbox chalk ink, UTEE, and Barn Door Distress Ink, Die cut the word, "Peace" from black cardstock with my Cricut and Winter Woodland cartridge , and the flourish candle, and greenery using SCAL. I coated the flourish and "Peace" with Glossy Accents, and distressed the candle and added Stickles, rhinestones, and pearl "berries".

12 Tags Of Christmas...Day 8

Hi, everyone out there in blogger land! I am sorry I am running behind with these tags, life got in the way! I am pretty sick right now, with sinuses and achey all over. I did myself together for a bit to make these tags though, and it was a good distraction! Anyway, here is Tim's Day 8 tag:

And here is my tag:

I must say, at first I paniced a bit when I saw Tim's tag, because it is so far outside of my normal style, and I really didn't have much of the stuff he used. Then I pulled myself together and made some substitutions! I stamped a Martha Stewart Christmas tree stamp (that I loved  when I bought it 2 years ago, but hadn't used yet!) with white Imprintz pigment ink and heat embossed with white Zing powder, then used a makeup sponge to blend Barn Door and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks, and Deep Green Colorbox Chalk ink. I then distressed the edge of the tag with my scissors, blended a little Frayed Burlap on to the outer areas of the tag, and edged the tag direct to paper with my Walnut Stain Distress ink. I cut out the roman clock with Grungepaper and an svg file on my Cricut, then I cut the Gears and fancy clock hand out with the Steampunk SVG file set I have had for a while from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, some from metallic cardstock, and some from Grungepaper, and sanded and distressed with Frayed Burlap ink, glued together with Glossy Accents, and attached in the center with a brad, and made a little green satin bow. I didn't have a pointing finger stamp, so I printed this image from the Graphics Fairy  directly onto my ticket (printed on white paper first, so I could see where it was going to print, then taped it to my paper and printed again). The ticket on top is a stamp from Inkadinkado, with a holly stamped in the center from We R Memory Keepers, and I colored some plain white pearls with a red Copic marker for the berries. Instead of the steampunk guys on the bottom, I stamped the "Joy" sentiment onto a scrap of my Grungepaper with Graphite Brilliance ink, and heat embossed it with black embossing powder from Ranger. I adhered the clock with Glossy Accents, then the pointing finger ticket, stapled a piece of film strip ribbon on, glued on my stamped ticket, then hot glued on the "Joy" and the gear wreath. And finished it off with a piece of my hand made shabby seam binding!
Thanks for allowing me to share with you, I will post my day 9 tag in a while!