Paper craft project no. 470: Jingle bells tag for Holiday TAGplorations

Hey guys! I'm back with another tag I made for the Holiday TAGplorations blog hop and linky party at STAMPlorations. Hope you'll check out the event -- 10 crafters who leave comments and/or link up their holiday tags (any holiday!) by November 25 will win gift certificates and some sweet CUTplorations tag dies. For the full details, click here. :o)

For my holiday tag, I used the largest die from the CUTplorations Luggage Tags nesting dies for my tag base (a thin kraft chipboard). Then I stamped "CHRISTMAS" (Trendy Christmas Trees) in pumpkin pie ink -- on white CS, it would be a dark orange-y color, but on my chipboard, the ink came out a nice brown that's slightly darker than the base. Then on mixed media paper, I stamped the large Christmas bells, colored them with Zig markers, and then fussy cut. I die-cut the Jingle Bells die three times and layered them or dimension. I wanted to emboss the top layer but I couldn't find my Versarmark inkpads. I have one big one and 3 small ones but since my work area is such a mess, who knows where they are. I did find my Delicata golden glitz inkpad and thought that might work so I swiped that on then heat embossed Jade Pearl (green) embossing powder. I rather liked the hint of gold undertone (you can see it in the photo).

I hope you'll check out the tags that the STAMPlorations girls made for the first Holiday TAGplorations event. And we'd love for you to join in on the fun and share your holiday tags -- remember, your tags don't have to be Christmas tags...they can be any holiday you celebrate!

Linking up to these fab challenges:

• Just Keep on Creating November Anything Goes Link-Up
• Creatilicious Challenge #102 - Anything Goes (Optional: Anything but a Card)
• Crafting Circle Crafty Awesomeness Challenge - Holiday

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile :o)

Paper craft project no. 469: Merry Christmas tag for Holiday TAGplorations

Hey, there! Today is the start of the first STAMPlorations Holiday TAGplorations Blog Hop & Linky Party. The girls and I have come together to share our holiday tags. Plenty of prizes up for grabs too -- gift certificates and tag dies will be given away to 10 lucky crafters who leave comments and/or link up holiday tags. For the full details, click here. :o)

For my first holiday tag, I used the largest die from the CUTplorations Luggage Tags nesting dies and stamped the large poinsettia twice then colored it with watercolor brush markers. I layered two Merry Christmas phrase diecuts and embossed it with gold. Pretty simple but bold tag :o)

I hope you'll check out the tags that the rest of the team made -- I promise you won't be disappointed. The Holiday TAGplorations designers gallery is one of the best collections of holiday tags around :o)

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to smile :o)