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Day 12 Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge

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this is the tag I created for day 12 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge –Holly Jolly Christmas with Julie Ebersole + Chari Moss.

purple snow globe die with penguin in a teal cup of cheer copyright linda snailzpace.com

I made it to day twelve! I have a big mess and a lot of pain but it was so worth it for all the fun I had. what a nice cheery song to end the challenge; I had too many ideas floating around in my head and not enough time so I went with the lyrics, “I don’t know if there’ll be snow but have a cup of cheer.”

as an homage to designer Julie, I die cut her snow globe die from purple mirri paper and used another of the sweet mama elephant hot cocoa images, painted with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper. to finish off, I attached a doodlebug paper background, sponged with distress ink and a light purple seam binding. I had the perfect size gold peel off sticker for the sentiment. 

25% SALE on Essentials by Ellen products, like the snow globe die and more! the sale ends tomorrow at 11:59 pm; just saying.

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Day 10 Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge

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this is the tag I created for day 10 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge –The Twelve Days of Christmas with Emily Leiphart + Tracey McNeely.

christmas tag with llama couple and heart background paper in red, pink and green

I couldn’t find any images to suite the twelve days so I chose to focus on ‘my true love gave to me’ using a mama elephant bonus stamp set with purchase. painted with twinkling H2Os and again using the Sunny Studio build-a-tag #1 die set and some lawn fawn sparkle twine.

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Day 6 Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge

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this is the tag I created for day 6 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge: Jingle Bells with Angela Simpson + Brenda Noelke

day 6 of Ellen Hutson's twelve tags 2021 challenge featuring gold jingle bells on a pink and purple background

I sponged a shipping tag with pink and purple distress inks, heat embossed the mama elephant sentiment in lightning black brilliance ink and added the Impression Obsession jingle bells, of course painted with twinkling H2Os and shaped with a stylus. I also used twinks to paint the greenery, a sizzix/Tim holtz die. I finished it off with gold paint splatters and gold ribbon.

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Day 2 Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge

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this is the tag I created for day 2 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge.

December 2 – Puppy for Hanukkah with Heather Meeson + Suzanna Hansen is a song I’d never heard before so I watched the video to get inspired.

happy Hanukah tag for day 2 Ellen Hutson tag challenge 2021 copyright linda snailzpace.com

I used mama elephant products:

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Day 1 Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge

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this is the tag I created for day 1 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 Challenge, a fun challenge I’ve played along with since 2014.

Christmas in Coffee Shop with Adelina Starace + Erica A-B is the Christmas song.

tag featuring reindeer in a coffee cup copyright linda snailzpace.com

I painted the mama elephant hot cocoa image with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut, added nuvo shimmer pen to the cream dollop and popped it on foam tape. a Studio Katia slider tag die was used for the tag and the sentiment and a lawn fawn small snowflake was die cut to embellish the mug; I finished off with some free ribbon from Ellen Hutson.

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Remembering Kath at Rudolph Days

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Kath, a regular participant at the Rudolph Days Challenge and a fellow team mate of mine at another challenge blog, passed away this summer; she was known for her paper piecing so in her memory, I paper pieced this Christmas card. I was in awe of her patience, especially when she made a set of cards. it’s not a technique I use because of my hands, and because I love to paint images, but I had fun with this one.

MFT elf Christmas card in blue and purple

I used winter wonderland doodlebug papers and stamped the My Favourite Things elf 5 times. thanks to my tonic scissors, I was able to cut everything except for the skin tones which I used colour pencils for on designer paper. I added stickles to the cuffs and ornament. I stamped off the little snowflake image a few times with versa fine majestic blue ink and stamped a sentiment from the mama elephant jingle greetings set. I used liquid glue on the backs of all the pieces whereas Maureen, of Rudolph Days Challenge, painted glue on the base image and then attached the pieces – brilliant.

I’m also playing along with these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More #417 Christmas

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In Loving Memory

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I know I say this every year, but it’s hard to believe it’s now 12 years ago today that my son passed away from brain cancer and every year I’ve made a card in his memory with a memory of mine.

this year, I’m focusing on the closeness of big brother and his little sister. as a homeschooling family, we had more time for creative outlets and embracing our imagination. oh my goodness, the adventures they had and the stories they would tell were always entertaining and so detailed! for a long time there was a fascination with woolly mammoths, so as soon as I saw mama elephant’s mammoth love set, I had to grab it – I feel like it depicts my two children so well. I’m not a big fan of realism, but my memories took me there and I thoroughly enjoyed getting lost in the process of painting while I created this card.

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Have A Good Sleep

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it’s world sleep day, “an annual, global call to action about the importance of healthy sleep.”

I don’t think these little guys have any sleep issues.

painted sloth bookmarks

I fussy cut the mama elephant sloth agenda characters, painted with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper. they were attached to green striped bases, cut with the mama elephant bookmark dies and stamped sentiments from the mama elephant good reads stamp set. the stack of books images is from the book worm set.

I’m playing along with these challenges:

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge #303 Itty Bitty
As You Like It Challenge Favourite Way To Cut Your Image (& Why) I like to fussy cut, but only if I use my arthritis-friendly tonic spring loaded scissors and because I can decide how much of a border I do or do not want to have.

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Snow Bun Fun

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this is the card that I made a set of eight for my daughter to send to her fellow animal lovers for the holidays.

santa and snow bunnies card 👮‍♀️ right Linda snailzpace.comy

I have to thank Keeway for this design; I loved her card but i made mine a bit smaller so i could just focus on bunnies. the sky was sponged and the bunnies were painted with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut and popped on foam tape.

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12 Tags Of Christmas 2020 Day 12 Part Two

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day 12 of of Ellen Hutson’s Twelve Tags of Christmas 2020 Challenge.

December 12 – 12 Days of Christmas with Julie Ebersole. Julie’s tags inspired me with her foiling technique; yay, I can foil! I watched the video and learned what I’ve been doing wrong. I painted this tiny bird for a partridge in a pear tree from the mama elephant holidays bitties set with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, die cut matte gold foil card stock with a lawn fawn winter tiny tags ornament die and foiled the berries with red foil.

a partridge in a pear tree tag copyright linda snailzpace.com

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12 Tags Of Christmas 2020 Day 12

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this is my tag for day 12 of of Ellen Hutson’s Twelve Tags of Christmas 2020 Challenge.

December 12 – 12 Days of Christmas with Julie Ebersole. Julie’s tags inspired me with her clean and simple design, along with the lyrics three French hens. I I started bypass paining the background with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, then the birds and then the bias binding with the same paints. i used stickles on the pom poms and added a mama elephant sentiment from the mini merry messages stamp set.

three French hens tag copyright linda snailzpace.com

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12 Tags Of Christmas 2020 Day 10

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day 10 of Ellen Hutson’s Twelve Tags of Christmas 2020 Challenge.

December 10 – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer with Adelina Starace. I was inspired by the lyrics, ‘But as for me and grandpa we believe.’ I painted this mama elephant reindeer with twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut and attached it to a brown plaid piece of paper that was die cut with a mama elephant scallop trio tag. I added stickles to the hat and glossy accents to the nose and jingle bell.

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12 Tags Of Christmas 2020 Day 9

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my tag for Day 9 of Ellen Hutson’s Twelve Tags of Christmas 2020 Challenge.

December 9 – Holly Jolly Christmas with Carly Tee Minner. Carly’s bold ‘holly jolly’ tag reinforced the lyrics already staying in my head: ‘say hello to friends you know and everyone one you meet.’

snowman tag in green and violet copyright linda snailzpace.com

so I used the mama elephant hello die, layered to make it look like snow on the top edge, added a Penny Black sticker (retired) and I used the same green card stock to cut the hanger, once again from the Ellen Hutson snow globe die. I finished it off with some Lawn Fawn hemp.

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12 Tags of Christmas 2019 Challenge Day 11

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this is my tag for day 11 of the annual Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.

rudolph tag

 Lisa’s White Christmas tag  inspired me to create this. i love her pink background and layout. i painted this Taylored Expressions reindeer with Twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut and popped him on foam tape. the background is sponged with distress inks and cut with Avery Elle bookmark. it might be a bit fuzzy but the mama elephant stamp says peace & love and is heat embossed with white ep, cut with altenew heart die.

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12 Tags of Christmas 2019 Challenge Day 10

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this is my tag for day 10 of the annual Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.

critter christmas tag

Lisa’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree tag is so cute featuring adorable animals with a decorated tree. i painted the mama elephant critters with Twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut them and popped on foam tape. these little guys decided my tree needed more ornaments so they’re each going to add one.

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12 Tags of Christmas 2019 Challenge Day 5

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this is my tag for day 5 of the annual Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas.

penguin tag

Adelina’s Jingle Bells tag is so adorable with a sweet penguin scene so i was inspired to create a penguin scene too. i painted these cute Clearly Besotted penguins wth twinkling H2Os on Arches hot press watercolour paper, fussy cut and popped them on foam tape. i also liked Adelina’s extra tag and cute jingle bells so i added a mama elephant sentiment.

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12 Tags of Christmas 2019 Challenge Day 1

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this is the sixth year i’ve played along with the annual Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas, an event i look forward to.

as a bereaved parent, the holidays are challenging so i like to immerse myself in a creative mess and be inspired by fabulous designers who take me outside my comfort zone. this week was difficult because i had to say goodbye to my sweet grandbunny after 11 years.

rudolph the red nosed reindeer tag

this year’s tags focus on christmas carols and day 1 starts with rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. THERESE CALVIRD’s tag inspired me with her attention to detail, pretty colours and i love the layered tag.

instead of holly, i used trees to frame rudolph; i painted the mama elephant reindeer with twinkling H2Os on hot press watercolour paper, adding a glow to his nose. i found a white shimmery paper at my favourite art store, currys, that i die cut with a lawn fawn circle tag die and discovered it takes distress ink sponging very nicely. i also learned i could paint on it so i used twinks for the ice, added liquid pearls for snow and popped rudolph on foam tape so he’s flying. finally, i added a small cheery lynn tag die stamped and white heat embossed with mama elephant sentiment and tied with doodlebug twine.

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Small Christmas Cards For Rudolph Days Challenge

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it’s my turn to create a project for the August Rudolph Days Challenge, hosted by Maureen.

i was going to post each little card individually, but i think they show up well enough in the group photo.

i love using small images on tags but this time i made a set of six 3 inch cards and a box following this tutorial. these cute little images are from the Clearly Besotted ‘shake it up’ clear stamp set that i painted with twinkling H2Os on hot pressed watercolour paper and fussy cut. the pretty papers are from the Penny Black Christmas 6 x 6 Paper Pad Festive and Frosty and the sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder. i used a white gel pen for the snow and added glitter to each snow mound. the dots were made with a mama elephant border die.

remember you have until the end of the month to play along for a generous prize and, as always, it’s an anything goes christmas theme. i know, it’s summer and maybe it’s too early to think about holiday cards, but there are only 3 Rudolph Days Challenges before Christmas – will you be ready?

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Numbered Thank You

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i needed a masculine thank you card for a number cruncher so i kept it clean and simple.

mama elephant thanks copyright linda snailzpace.com-1

i die cut the mama elephant thanks from black cardstock using stick it to layer it twice and attach it to the numbered paper.

i’m submitting this card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday – Masculine

Crafty Calendar June – Masculine

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May Flower

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just a reminder that there is still plenty of time to play along with the Penny Black and More Challenge and the feminine or anything goes theme.

i used this sweet image from a new penny black clear stamp set, 30-553 it’s your day, painted with twinkling H2Os on hot pressed watercolour paper and die cut with one of the dies in the mama elephant bookmark it set.

penny black mouse tag copyright linda snailzpace.com

to finish it off, i used the lawn fawn stitched rectangle die for the print paper.

you can use any company’s image to be eligible for a prize from the generous sponsors, as long as your focal point is hand stamped.

i’m playing along with these challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday – Stitches
Cute Card Thursday – #582 Stitching

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Mid Month Reminder At Penny Black And More

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just popping in with a reminder that there is still time to play along with the penny black and more challenge and this month’s black and white plus one theme.

penny black dog tag copyright linda snailzpace.wordpress.com

i used the dog from the penny black ‘bubbly’ set, painted him with twinkling H2Os and used the mama elephant die to frame him; the inside sentiment is from the same set.

it’s so easy to play along! your focal point must be hand stamped to be eligible for one of the fabulous prizes from this month’s sponsors: Penny Black, Sizzix and Woodware; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image.

visit the blog to see the crafty creations by my team mates.

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So Thankful

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it’s now been one month since my new hip and for the first time since surgery, i got out today! even if it was only to my follow up doctor’s appointment. :)

copyright linda @ snailzpace.wordpress.com mama elephant mouse bookmark-1

i wanted to thank the home visiting nurse who followed up with my unexpected severe reaction to adhesive so i created this card for her, mostly in blues just like her uniform.

i painted the adorable mouse and envelope with twinkling H2Os, both from the mama elephant page huggers stamp set, die cut with the coordinating dies, and popped the die cut box on foam tape; both it and the sentiment were die cut from blue corrugated paper. finally, i die cut the scallop frame and attached it to a white base.

i’m playing along with these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – RED WHITE AND/OR BLUE
Cut it Up– Must have Die Cuts No. 125 – Patriotic Red, White, and Blue

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Happy Birthday

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i made another tag with this mama elephant die, but this time using one of the cute penny black cat images.

i painted with twinkling H2Os and attached the front of the tag to some printed paper.

i’m playing along with these challenges:

Allsorts – Happy 8th Birthday!
Cutie Pie Challenge – #111 Cute + Ribbon and Rubber
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – LITTLE CRITTERS
Really Reasonable Ribbon – No.164 Anything But A Card with ribbon/trim
As You Like It Challenge – Favourite Skin or Fur Color Combo (and Why); i love painting the penny black cat and hedgie images black/white/pink because the colours coordinate with any other colour.

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Penny Black And More Mid May Reminder

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today i’m sharing the DT creation i made for the penny black and more challenge mid month post and this is the beautiful photo and/or colour inspiration we have for you this month:

copyright linda@snailzpace.wordpress.com penny black hedgie tag-1

copyright linda@snailzpace.wordpress.com penny black hedgie tag inside-2

i used one of the penny black hedgie images from the party time clear set on a mama elephant die and coloured it with colour pencils. the inside sentiment is from the penny black special wishes sentiment set.

you have until may 31 to play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point – just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image. as always, visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies and take a peek at the prizes from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Sizzix.

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Penny Black And More May

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oh my goodness, it’s may already! and since it’s the first sunday of the month, it’s time for me to share my DT card for the monthly penny black and more challenge. we have a beautiful  photo and/or colour inspiration for you:

copyright linda@snailzpace.wordpress.com penny black hugs

i was inspired to use this sweet Penny Black stamp, ‘A Tender Hug.’ i painted the sky and image with twinkling H2Os and added yellow stickles to the flower centres.

you have until may 31 to play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point – just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, you’ll love the prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Sizzix.

visit the blog for some creative inspiration by my teamies.

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Cool Kitty

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it seems aqua is a colour i don’t use very often and i was so curious about the aqua ice cream that i was inspired to create another card for the Essentials by Ellen February Pin-Sights Challenge:

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i painted everything with twinkling H2Os on cold pressed watercolour paper. the cute kitty is from the mama elephant page huggers stamp set and was cut with the coordinating die set. i die cut the hill, stamped flowers from the EBE bear ware set and added aqua stickles to the flower centres.

to finish off, i stamped the sentiment from the EBE wish big set and added the fence made from the page huggers coordinating die set pencil; it’s popped on foam tape so the kitty can be removed and used as a bookmark.

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