Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends - Day Seven

Well, hello!

I'm so glad you stopped by today and I hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Have you been enjoying all the tags for both fall and Christmas that are flooding the Blogways? I'm always so impressed by the talented tag artists who can evoke, emote, and elaborate their creations in such a tiny format!

Today it is my turn as I have the honor of being the Guest Designer for Day Seven of my talented friend Loll's annual Twelve Tags of Christmas event. There are oodles of amazing tags already in Loll's gallery to inspire you and I hope you can add your own!

Here's mine:

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So, okay, this is a case where actions belie words. Having implied that making ONE tag intimidates me, leave it to me to create a THREE-tag ensemble for you!

I used the "Stitched Main Street Tags" from Poppystamps to cut the large silver mirri tag and the two smaller tags. (The tiny border of color behind the sediment tag was fussy cut.) Using a snippet of Brusho background, I embossed and die cut the NBUS poinsettia from Poppystamps called "Stitched Poinsettia." The heat-embossed sediment is from "Winter Wreath" by Avery Elle and that wee heat-embossed poinsettia stamp is also NBUS, from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Thank you for the pleasure of returning as one of your guest designers this year, Loll! I'm in some amazingly-talented company! And thank you for all the tag inspiration you provide!

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As long as I was over at Loll's playing, I thought I would switch back to fall and bring along a card I made for her CAS Mix Up Card Challenge:

The November brief is to use masking and one other mixed media option which, in this case, is watercoloring. The images are all from Technique Tuesday's "Fall" stamp set. I masked the rake, painted the sky and leaves using my KGT paints, and then stamped the sediment. I used my Kaleidoscope "Autumn Leaves" ink pad to overstamp the line leaf stamp in the set. After removing the mask, I painted the rake using my brown and silver Stellas because, you know, there are rakes and then there are schparkly rakes.

And speaking of, I thought it would be a bit whimsical if I placed the rake at a, well, rakish angle. Instead it appears to be floating, so let's pretend this is a magical rake that dispenses of leaves without any need for human backaches! Amen!

Other Challenges

• Double D Challenges: Fall photo inspiration.
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Fall photo inspiration.
• Use Your Stuff: Fall Y'All.

  

I hope you will be able to join in these fabulous challenges! 

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Red and White Delights

Hello there, my friends!

Happy Saturday! I should be cleaning and washing windows and doing whatall and whatnot to get ready for Thanksgiving, but I'm also looking down the barrel of a Christmas Card Overseas Deadline, so there's a flurry of activity in the Playhouse. I've got the recent hamsterfall working in six-part harmony while Hammy orchestrates, so I thought I would take a break from them and post a cuppla creations.

First up is a tag:

The birch trees are a NBUS stamp from Purple Onions, heat embossed in black. The double sediment tag was made using a SU punch and a sediment from PTI's "Fillable Frames #8 Mini." The beautiful twill ribbon is also from SU. The little wooden reindeer was a gift from my friend Andrea.

Another friend is holding her fifth annual "25 Days of Christmas Tags" event where the DT members of several well-known companies are providing inspiration every day and I wanted to join in. That friend would be the lovable and talented Tracey!

I was inspired by this adorable tag made using Lawn Fawn products by Samantha Casey for Day Ten of Tracey's event:

Other Challenges

• Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge: Use a reindeer.
• Inkspiration Challenge: Photo Inkspiration.
• Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas event. The linky closes tomorrow!
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

Today's Twofer

Next I have a big beautiful poinsettia for you:

The stamp set is called "Poinsettias." It's made by Waltzingmouse Stamps and it contains several sizes of beautiful poinsettia images. The sediment is NBUS, also from Waltzingmouse Stamps ("Compact Sentiments"). 

I watercolored the flower and I'm sorry that the color came out looking a bit dull in the photo from the lateness of the day. In real life, it's quite vibrant and sparkly from winking. It also looks a little poofy because I used Loll's trick of rolling over the back with my stylist to stretch the paper and plump up the image. Wait. What? Is "stylist" the right word? The nice lady who does my hair? That can't be right.

Challenges

• CASology: Pretty.
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas.
• Uniko Challenge: Christmas ~ Optional CAS.

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New Friends Corner

The twofers make my posts longer, but I do want to introduce you to these five talented card artists!

Janice of My Craftroom Makes. Janice is literally a fresh new face in Blogland as she just started her blog in September! As always, I would love it if you took a minute to give Janice a special welcome to our warm and supportive corner of the World Wide Webatory! Even though she has just started, Janice is a prolific designer so there is lots and lots of stunning CAS and shaped cards already there for your inspiration!

Niki Garcia of Stampin'HI. Niki is from Hawaii and she started blogging in 2012 to be a more active member of this paper-addicted community that we all love. She is the mom of two and a full-time Registered Nurse. As always, I'm impressed by women who can mom and blog! Nikki not only manages both of those well, she serves on design teams! You will love her bright and cheerful cards!

Ka of Stamping Smiles Designs. Ka is from Wisconsin and although she only started blogging in January of this year, she is already well known to a lot of you. And rightly so! As she says herself, she makes cute and whimsical cards guaranteed to make the recipient (and her blog fans) smile. Ka is going to start her own challenge in January, so head's up!

Jennifer Loftfield of Caffeinated Papercuts. Jennifer started blogging in 2011. There is more testosterone than estrogen in Jennifer's household which means, as she says, she loves crafting because it gives her the chance to use pink! Jennifer is another designer and award winner whose art is so inspiring. In addition to creating her card art, Jennifer enjoys gardening and cooking and ... obviously ... coffee!

Dusi of Dusi Creates. Dusi is from Slovenia and she started blogging in 2013. She is not just a card artist, although you will be inspired and impressed by the card art she does create. She makes 3D projects, jewelry, ornaments, and brooches and pendants, so there is truly a lot to see. Dusi's special creations are colorful, fun, and full of life!

Thank you for joining, ladies, and welcome to the Playhouse!

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Loll's Mixed Media Tag Event!

Hello! Happy Toozday!

I'm honored to be here today as one of the special Guest Designers taking part in my friend Loll's inspirational Twelve Tags of Christmas event! There are awesome prizes to be had and the gallery will remain open until November 22!

Loll is showcasing "mixed media" art for this tag event. I thought at first this would be out of my artistic range, but I was happily wrong about that. If you are primarily a CAS card artist and think you might not manage mixed media, check out the definition below my tag.

In the proverbial words of Babe Ruth, if I can do it, you can do it!

Here is Loll's definition of "mixed media" for this event and my compliance:

1. Make a tag with stamps + ink: my snowflake is stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.
2. Add two other elements which add texture or dimension: 
• the die-cut JOY; 
• the snowflake e/f embossed on glossy paper.

That's it! How EZPZ was that?! In addition to the requirements, I added a lovely soft-grained Lost Lagoon ribbon from SU and I backed my tag with another layer of the shiny metallic paper I used to die-cut the sediment word. 

Tags are on fire right now all over Blogland! We all love them, we all make them, and I'd love to see your tag(s) entered in this fun event of Loll's. You can link up here!

I'm also entering these Challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge: Tag.
• Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge: Tag.
• Pixie's Snippets Playground: Use your snippets (scraps).

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We were thrilled to get LOTS of much-needed rain here, even thunder, lightening, hail, and rainbows! At one point I looked out and saw my little hummingbird, thus:

The smart boy figured out he would be out of the rain a little bit if he perched on top of the swing!

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New Friends Corner

Please help me welcome these five new talented friends to the Playhouse!

Juhi of Juhi's Handmade Cards. Juhi is originally from Bangladore, India, but she now resides in Singapore. She has been blogging since 2009. Her cards are truly works of art, worthy of framing. You may have seen them in the winner's circle at challenges. You will be inspired by her vibrant colors, her video tutorials, and by how impactful her CAS designs are!

Ruth of Crafting While the Baby Naps. I just love that blog name and admire any mothers who manage to mother AND blog! Ruth began her blog just this past February so she is brand new to our community! Please do make a special effort to visit Ruth and introduce yourself! Her cards are not only clean and simple, they go the extra mile with her excellent crisp execution and brilliant coloring!

Rita of Cards by Rita. Rita has been blogging since she became a Stampin Up demonstrator in June of 2010. She is a SAHM who lives in Texas. Rita enjoys making her beautiful cards to send to friends all over the world. Her expertise with Copics is apparent in her cards which are radiant and fun! Plus, she often shares adorable family photos with us!

Shirley of Glittered Paws. Shirley lives in Missouri and she started her blog in 2009. She is a retired nurse who is now a hopelessly addicted papercrafter. As her blog name suggests, Shirley and her husband have plenty of beloved pets underfoot gathering glitter from Shirley's art studio! Shirley is another Copic Certified Designer whose cards are simply gorgeous!

Maureen Wong of My C.A.S.E. Studies. Maureen started blogging in 2008! She is the mother of two humans and two furballs. Maureen loves blogging and visiting other crafty blogs for inspiration. She has served on many design teams and she was a Stamping Royalty winner in 2014! Needless to say, you will find oodles of design ideas on Maureen's blog!

Thank you for joining, ladies, and welcome to the Playhouse!

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