Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The 12 Tags of Christmas - #5

Wow - I'm up to tag #5!  Keeping pace with the Master Tim!  Check out  Tim's blog for his tag and his description of all of the wonderful techniques he uses!   I get so excited each day when I see his tag - thinking about what supplies I have and I can't wait to get home from work and get into my craft room!!  Here's my Tag #5.
I did not have a 'backwards stamp' sentiment so I couldn't use his alcohol inks on acetate technique.  Instead - I used the alcohol inks (Cranberry, Wild Plum and Rust) on a piece of glossy card stock, then white embossed my sentiments on top!

I used three sentiments from Compliments of the Season by Waltzingmouse.

I do have the Regal Crest Die  he used for the wreath (Yippee!) and the Lettuce Paint Dabber so I made the wreath pretty much like he did adding the pearls and the ribbon.  I even had the netting to loop through the top!

I love how this came out!   so festive and Christmasy! Between the glossy card stock, the alcohlol inks and the white embossing - this tag is REALLY shiny IRL

Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - Compliments of the Season
Paper:  Glossy white card stock - SU, White - PTI,  rectangle coaster
Ink:  Adirondack Alcohol Inks - Wild Plum, Cranberry, Rust, Versamark.
Accessories:  Hot gun, glue dots, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, white embossing powder, Regal Crest Die - Tim Holtz Alterations, netting - from my stash, sticky pearls - Michaels.

7 comments:

Laura said...

Gosh, that came out *so* pretty! :-)

Unknown said...

Great idea with the embossing! It certainly is a festive and beautiful tag!!

Annette Allen said...

always so so beautiful...such beautiful detail...love it..

Susan said...

This is wonderful, Julia! And you've inspired me with your most creative 'use what you have' tag today...I am going to have to get out my alcohol inks and give this one another go.....so fun you are having a blast with this, too.

Karin Åkesdotter said...

What a WONDERFUL background you created with those stamps - so creative and perfect - your tag is so, so BEAUTIFUL!!!

Unknown said...

OH Julia, this is awesome!!!! I clicked over to check out your patterned paper, thinking it looked familiar, and saw it was our stamps!! lol!!! so well done!! hugs!!

Mary Marsh said...

I love all the tags you have been showing Julia-this one is so beautiful