Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2021

 

 

 I'm joining Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2021 and even made multiples (gasp!)

of a tag for Day 11 with the carol "O Christmas Tree".

I was inspired by Carissa Wiley's tag and colored my tree in ombré colors of peach.

I used an older, discontinued Geo Tree die for the first time and a sentiment from

another discontinued set, Home and Hearth. 

The gold branch? I wanted to ground the tree and found some branches so I colored them

with gold watercolors and adhered them to the base of the tree. A bit of twine finished off

the tags. 

I'm off to enter these. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas 2020--Day 1

I thought I'd be "tagged out" after all the tags I made for Tracey's 25 Days series

but I couldn't resist Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas 2020 and its unique twist.

 

Each day the tag has a Christmas carol for its theme. Day 1 featured Sandy

Allnock and her tag with Silver Bells as the inspiration song. She used an airbrush 

to color her tag and I resorted to ink blending. I chose a different color palette

from hers and used EBE's Big City dies.
 

 I adhered them to a dome tag cut from kraft and white embossed the sentiment

from EBE's (retired) Cozy Christmas.

 

 

 Snow was added with a white pigment pen and I finished off the tag with twine.

As much as I'd like to, I don't think I can do all twelve days of the challenge but

I'd like to crank out a few more before the deadline. 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas With a Feminine Twist

I'm joining Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas With a Feminine Twist--

another one of my favorite seasonal challenges that I look forward to every 

year--and I managed to make two tags for the challenge.

Day 7 featured Heather and Elena and a color challenge using pink, mint, and gold.

Cracked Pistachio was the closest color that I had for the minty sky and I

ink distressed most of the stitched tag, then spattered some water over it.

I assembled the deer on the tag and added pink hearts to the stag's antlers.

I stamped the sentiment and threaded some twine through the hole. As I 

was getting ready to take a photo of the tag, I noticed that I forgot the "gold".

Luckily, I had a scrap of gold card stock that fit perfectly under the sentiment.

Day 10 features another color challenge but this time, a bright palette. Sharon

and Svitlana created such beauties and I couldn't resist joining them.

This tag bears a resemblance to my card that I shared earlier for MFT's December 

Release. The row of houses was cut from watercolor card stock and this time, I used

Zig markers to color the tops of the houses. I brushed water across the top and let

the colors blend. 

A tag was cut from black card stock and white embossed with the sentiment. White

acrylic paint was spattered across the top of the tag and the row of houses was

adhered over it. The tag was finished off with the black and white twine.

I'm hoping to crank out a few more tags, if time permits. I love the versatility

of tags, from simply being tied onto a gift or adhering it to a card base for a quick card.

Thanks for stopping by today!