I think time is just whizzing past.. nearly Christmas and dare I say it.. I am not ready for it LOL!
Anyway down to business.. well fun really. It is challenge time again over at Creative Card Crew and the theme this fortnight is STAR. Now I am not one for making Xmas cards etc so for this challenge I have decided to make a tag with a christmassy type theme.. I think!
I embossed the tag with a snowflake embossing folder and painted it with black acrylic paint. Now why didn I just use black card.. well this is the thing I used the stiffener board out of an envelope. See recycling again, I just cant help myself. Anyway with what I saved on the card I made up for in colours on it. I used perfect pearls, gold rub n buff, silver, bronze and copper mist.. A little more black paint as made it too bright lol. After that farce i thought I had better decorate it. I used a couple of Christmas tree shapes and Christmas key shapes cut out on Craft Robo. First time it has seen light of day since owning it lol. Smacked wrists for me I think LOL.
I covered 3 silver snow flackes with burnt sienna paint and used 3 rusty tin stars above the trees. I fixed the keys to the tag with a snowflake charm that could pass as a star if one closed their eyes lol. I attached a chain to the snowflake.
Now it is PIC time!
I do hope you like my latest take on Xmas. Why not pop on over to Creative Card Crew and join in the fun with us!
This has been entered into the following challenges
Artisitic Inspiration - anything goes 10d
Crafty Bloggers Network - anything goes 31d
Crafty Boots - anything goes 10d
Critter Sketch - christmas 10d
Incy Wincy - non trad colours christmas 10d
Lexi's creations - christmas 10d
Lollipop crafts - happy holidays 15d
Love to create - Holiday cheer 10d
MIM - anything goes 10d
My Grafico - anything goes 10d
Pretty little ribbons - Christmas 4j
Tammys scrappin corner - anything christmas 11d
There she goes - christmas 10d
Unstampabelles - christmas 4j
Amusing challenges - die cut 10d
Corrosive challenges - anything goes 10d
Creative inspirations- gift tag 10d
Dream Valley - non trad colours 8d
Great impressions - anything goes 1j
OSAAT - anything goes 8d
Quirky crafts - christmas tag 16d 2nd place Winner
Scrapper delight - non trad 16d
Forever night - anything goes 7d
Guylous - twisted christmas 14d
inspire me friday - anything goes 8d
Crafts 4 eternity - any christmas project 7d
Totally Paper crafts - christmassy not a card 7d
7 Kids college fund - anything goes 4d
Simon says stamp - anything goes 5d
Quirky crafts - christmas tag 16d 2nd place Winner
Wow...you put in a lot of work colouring the tag and it looks great. I like those tree shapes. Thanks for joining in our Christmas challenge at Unstampabelles.
ReplyDeleteHi, Sis! Love your metal effects! Really fabulous and I am so glad you shared it at Guylou's!
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Roxann
Beautiful Tag.Thank you for joining us at Dream Valley Challenge this fortnight. Marlene DT
ReplyDeleteI love your take on Christmas and the trees on your tag are divine. The metal effect is fab too! Thanks for joining us at Make It Monday!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea thanks for joining us at crafty mess xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous Christmas tag honey! Love thee trees!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining us for Tammys Scrapin Corner for our "Anything Christmas" challenge. Good luck and hope to see you next week!
Sharon - DT of Tammys Scrapin Corner xxx
Such a beautiful tag, love the color and the metal just fabby. Thank you for joining us at Artistic Inspirations this week. Abbie (Co Owner) xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a great tag and lovely inking and distressing.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at Pretty Little Ribbons challenge this month.
B x
Your tag is lovely! The embossing, the layers, the distressing love it all. THanks for joining us at Forever Night Challenges this week.
ReplyDeletePretty tag and love the embossing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us for thr Creative Inspirations Paints challenge!
Wow, what a beautiful tag. Great project and so nicely done. Thanks for joining us this week for "Anything Christmas."
ReplyDeleteKaral DT for Tammy's Scrapin Corner
What a lovely make! Thanks for sharing at One Stitch at a Time and Good Luck with the Challenge. Judy DT x
ReplyDeleteThank-you for sharing your fabulous tag with us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week :)
ReplyDeleteStunning tag! Love teh details. :) Thanks for playing along in the "Anything Goes" challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog this week! xo
ReplyDeleteStunning tag! Great job on this creation!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this fortnight at Dream Valley.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!
Mian
Dream Valley Design Team Member
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Your tags are just fantastic. Thank you for playing along this week at OSAAT. I sure hope to see you back again very soon. Good Luck in the challenge!!!
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CraftyGirl OSAAT DT
craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com
What an intricate design you have here!! Its gorgeous! Thanks for joining us this week at Love to Create!
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Mei
Elaine, this is just fabulous! I want to know how you got that rich copper color on this tag!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing with us at Artistic Inspirations.
Hugz,
Chana
Fantastic Tags. Saw these on MIM..Loz
ReplyDeletelots of different techniques in this tag ;-) thanks for joining in UnstampaBelles Christmas Challenge this month.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, as always, Elaine! Thanks for sharing with us at Guylou's!
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Chana
A lovely and very distinctive tag. Great techniques used to make it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne
Hi Elaine - Love, love, love your tag! Great colour scheme and I love the simplicity of just trees and stars. Thanks for sharing your card at Lexi's Creations this time in our "Christmas" challenge.
ReplyDeleteHelen x (DT)
Gorgeous tag - love all the texture and fab trees.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at TPC this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx
Gorgeous tag - love all the texture and fab trees.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at TPC this week.
Good luck.
Debs xx
wow such a beautiful tag thank you for sharing it with us at artistic inspirations . Hugs trisha dt
ReplyDeleteso cute card. Thank you for joining us to Dream Valley challenges. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteNathalie
I love the gold tones, very pretty, Thanks so much for joining us at PLRS this time
ReplyDeleteHugs Julie P
This is really amazing...beautifully done!
ReplyDeleteLove the vintage colors and the texture! Great tag!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at Great Impressions Stamps!
WOW, Elaine! Fantastic. Wait -- I have to put on my DT hat. :-D So glad you chose to join our "Anything Christmas" challenge at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner this week. Hope to see you playing along next week, too.
ReplyDeleteNanaConnie DT
Beautiful tag ... Love the colour, Thank you for joining us at the Crafty Mess Challenge ...
ReplyDeleteTina xxx
An interesting take - love the negative shapes. Thanks for joining in all the fun at Unstampabelles this month for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI saw your beautiful creation on Make It Monday and had to visit and take a closer look. Gorgeous! TFS!
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Julia
Love the tag. Great project.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in at Love to Create this week.
Susan
WoW! Gorgeous tag. I love the colours and detail on it. Thanks for joining in with our challenge at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog
ReplyDeleteFabulous tag, love the rusty stars! Thankyou for joining us at Crafty Bloggers Network
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