12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 12

December 16, 2015September 23, 2017 linda5 Comments

last but not least, and the one that took the longest, is my tag for day 12 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge.

i was inspired by day 12 designer sandy allnock’s ornaments made with yupo. i tried watercolouring on yupo over a year ago and found it to be quite challenging; however, when i saw sandy’s creations i thought i’d give it another go – i’m still not a fan, but it was something different for a change. yupo is a plastic surface used in the printing industry and adopted by artists; it’s water resistant, will not absorb a wet medium and needs to air dry. after two days of drying time, as sandy suggested, i covered the green bracts with glossy accents, which is difficult with my RA and hands so the pink ones got tossed and i replaced them with watercolour paper and twinkling H2Os.

the memory box grapevine wreath and stems with berries were also coloured with twinkling H2Os and i added a mirri gold wplus9 die cut merry sentiment, inspired by Dawn Woleslagle, a bow, some string and i have a tree ornament or a present tag.

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12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 11

December 15, 2015September 23, 2017 linda4 Comments

the theme for day 11 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge is ’twas the night before christmas.

i was inspired by the warm yellow lighting that both Sharon Harnist and Jean Manis, Day 11 designers, used so i painted a yellow glow around this indoor creature, a penny black mouse, and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os. i used a bright pink permanent marker to change the gold peel off sticker to pink and added some ribbon.

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12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 9

December 15, 2015September 23, 2017 linda1 Comment

this is my tag i created for day 9 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and it’s another fun sketch; once again, i literally followed it.

i love both designers’ tag shapes, but i was inspired by Heather Campbell’s use of designer paper for the background.

i created the sky with distress inks, die cut the marianne design tree and the my favorite things die-namics snow drifts from white glitter paper and popped the tree on foam tape.

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12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 10

December 14, 2015September 23, 2017 linda2 Comments

i made up for lost time yesterday and created a tag for day 10 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge.

my tag is a literal interpretation of the sketch and was inspired by Kelly Alvarez’s tag; i like how she created a scene inside the circle so i did that too, but with a setting sun. i used lawn fawn dies and white glitter card stock for the trees and mini snowflakes and coloured with distress inks.

the sentiment is an inky antics stamp. thanks for popping by.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 7

December 14, 2015September 23, 2017 linda2 Comments

i created this tag for Day 7 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and look who the inspiration is for today.

i was inspired by julie ebersole’s watercoloured tag and miriam prantner’s santa’s scene she created so i put santa in a snow globe and watercoloured with twinkling H2Os; this image is actually three stampendous stamps from one set: santa, the snow globe and the sentiment.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 8

December 13, 2015September 23, 2017 linda3 Comments

my RA symptoms are a bit exacerbated today, so i only got one tag made for day 8 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and this one was really challenging.

i was inspired by day 8 designer jill foster and her cute penny black image, colour palette and all the dimension.

i watercoloured this adorable snowman (snow woman?) with twinkling H2Os in pink, yellow, orange, purple, blue, grey and some burgundy for the heirloom carrot nose. i embossed the kraft paper with a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and lightly applied white ink; the image was die cut with a my favorite things stitched circle die and popped on foam tape. pink and clear stickles were added and i coloured a gold peel off sticker sentiment with permanent markers to make it orange. to finish it off, i added two ribbons. this is going to my daughter because she loves silly snowmen too.

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12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 6

December 12, 2015September 23, 2017 linda3 Comments

i created this tag for day 6 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and it was fun learning a new technique by Jennifer McGuire.

i usually use stickles and don’t have a lot of loose glitter, but i do have a blue and a green ritz glitter and used both of them on this tag to alternate the colours.

i added two strips of scor pal tape, also covered with the blue glitter, rounded the corners and added my ribbons. thanks for popping by.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 5

December 12, 2015March 6, 2017 linda4 Comments

i’m still working my way through Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and here is the beautiful inspiration photo for day 5 with all its glitz and glitter.

i was inspired by the glittery gold used by both designers Carissa Wiley and Kryssi Ng to create this gold and white tag that i finished off with a gold peel off sentiment and two ribbons. thanks for popping by.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 4

December 11, 2015September 23, 2017 linda5 Comments

i managed to create another tag today; this is for day 4 of the ellen hutson’s 12 Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015.

i was inspired by Kay Miller’s tag; i love the colours, the snowflakes and how she layered anther tag behind the first.

i die snowflakes from glitter paper using the lawn fawn mini snowflakes die and attached them to a turquoise tag die cut with the lawn fawn tag you’re it die. the background was stamped in white with the penny black Christmas Story stamp. thanks for popping by.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 3

December 11, 2015September 23, 2017 linda1 Comment

it was a lot of fun creating this tag for day 3 the ellen hutson’s 12 Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge.

i was inspired by Laurel Beard’s stocking tag so i die cut the memory box stocking and free hand cut the toe and heel from glitter paper; the letters were also die cut from glitter paper using the memory box alphabet die.

i finished it off by quilting the stocking, popping it on foam tape and adding ribbons. thanks for popping by.

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 2

December 10, 2015September 23, 2017 linda2 Comments

i’m slowly creating tags for the ellen hutson’s 12 Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge and i finally finished my tag for day 2.

i was inspired by both designers’ tags for Day 2; i like the dimension Kittie Caracciolo achieved and Dina Kowal’s watercolouring. i used twinkling H2Os as usual to paint what i’m calling a christmas rose and all the leaves and i created the woodgrain pattern with pumice stone distress ink.

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12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Day 1

December 7, 2015September 23, 2017 linda8 Comments

i love making tags so i’m playing along with ellen hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2015 Challenge. last year was the first time i joined in and only managed to create a couple; i’m not sure how many i’ll get made this year, but it’s fun getting lost in the creative zone.

i was inspired by both designers’ tags for Day 1; i liked the bright pink and trees Carolyn Peeler used and the larger die cut sentiment on Stephanie Wincott’s.

i created the background with distress ink, die cut everything with glitter paper, layered the snow drifts and trees and added some snow and ribbons. thanks for popping by.