Christmas tags!

 I love making Christmas tags. Here are a couple I made in pairs.

The top ones feature stenciled brick/stones, which I've topped with a strip of cardstock to represent a fireplace surround and mantel.  Glittery red stockings are hung from the mantel, and there's a gift beside the mantel in the one on the right, where the stockings are adorned with teeny holly leaves.

For the bottom set of tags, I first sponged ink onto white tags, then used glittery ornament stickers to decorate each. Each tag has a festive sentiment stamped on it.

Each tag also features different ribbon/string combinations, not making the slightest dent in my collection of ribbons and fibers.

These tags are entered in these challenges:

The Paper Shelter # 661 -- Christmas Tags

Simon Says  Stamp Monday -- matching set

CRAFT #769 -- Christmas

Word Art Wednesday #726 -- anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2547 -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #82 -- Merry and Bright

Digi chooseday -- -- anything goes 

Lots of Gingerbread

 The Peace on Earth Challenge has a fun mood board chock full of gingerbread, inspiring me to dig out some gingerbread-themed supplies. Here's what I came up with. The central image is a Tim Holtz stamp, which I colored with pencils and circle die-cut.  To add a little homemade "flavor" I created a stitched edge by piercing around the edge with a piercing tool, then taking a red pen and connecting the dots, creating a wonky stitch (which is exactly what I would have gotten had I tried actually sewing it). I used three coordinating pieces of card stock, and add a bit of striped washi tape for a little hint of candy cane there.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Peace on Earth #100 -- gingerbread

ABC Christmas -- stitching

Paper Funday #82 -- merry and bright 

Word Art Wednesday #726 -- anything goes

CRAFT #768  -- Christmas

The Paper Shelter #660 -- anything goes 

Pattie's Creations #236 -- anything goes

 

 

Autumn Wreath

 Created the wreath by using two nesting circle dies to create a circular frame in brown card stock. Placed the wreath form on paper with a splatter design. Decorated the wreath with stickers showing vines, berries and flowers. The sentiment is white-embossed on same colored paper as the wreath form was made from.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D -- autumn wreath

Simon Say Stamp Monday -- thinking of you

Word Art Wednesday #724 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2545  -- anything goes

Paper Funday #82-- anything goes

We love to Create -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

PolkaDoodles -- anything goes