Joyful Christmas Tag

Happy Friday my stamping friends!  I have been off work this past week to be 'nurse' to Kent who had his right hip replaced a week ago Wednesday.    He's in some pain but on the road to recovery!  And I have had time this week to clean up my craft room a bit and to get ahead on some DT stamping projects - WIN/WIN!!  accept that I have to go back to work on Monday......

So, today - I have a sweet Christmas tag to share.  I used my brandy-new Folded Tags Die from PTI.  I stenciled it using Tim Holtz Stripes stencil and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

I also used my brandy-new (I've been bad - don't tell Santa!!)  Joyful Christmas stamp and die sets from PTI.  Don't you just LOVE this bottle brush tree??  The set has 3 tree sizes - this is the middle size.  I stamped it in Iced Spruce and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks.  I embossed the star in gold and adhered it to the top of the tree.  I added 5 little half pearls as ornaments - I wanted to keep the soft earthy color theme going!

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in Ranger Distress Ground Espresso Ink.

I stenciled the inside of the tag as well - adding 3 stamped stars.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger Distress Iced Spruce.

I looped a piece of Cappuccino twine through the hole.

 I'm linking my tag to the following challenges:

Have you heard about Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas over on her blog?  It started on Nov 4th and goes to Nov 15th -  Last year was her first year doing it and she asked me to be a tag contributor - which I happily did - and she graciously invited me to join in again this year.  My tag will be posting on November 11th -  but today I'm linking this one up to the challenge - because there are PRIZES TO BE WON!!!  whoo hoo!   Check it all out here

It has to be a mixed media tag - I used stamps, stenciling, and embossing..

I'm also linking to the Happy Little Stamper Christmas Challenge - Tag

I'd also like to remind everyone that the November A Vintage Journey challenge just started today - the theme is Baby You're a Firework!  We'd love for you to join in!  We're also welcoming 3 new Creative Guides to our team.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Stamps:  Joyful Christmas - PTI
Paper  White - PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap, Iced Spruce, Ground Espresso, Versamark
Accessories:  gold embossing powder, heat tool, sticky half pearls, blending tool - Ranger, Folded Tags Die and Joyful Christmas Die set - PTI, Stripes Stencil - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Cappuccino Twine - The Twinery.