Tag card

I'm really at the last minute with my card for Less is More this week! The challenge is to make a card using a tag. I used a Tim Holtz stencil and distress inks to create the background for my tag. I felt the card was a little bare so I scored around the edges.  This must be the quickest card I've ever made for a challenge.

Materials used:-
Sizzix die for the tag
Tim Holtz stencil - gothic
Sentiment - Chocolate Baroque Mackintosh Sentiments
Distress inks - dried marigold, spiced marmalade, vintage photo
Chloe sten die for the plants
Ribbon inked with distress ink

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Tim's April Tag

When I saw the April tag on the Tim Holtz blog I was delighted as he had used two of my favourite techniques - watercolouring and sewing. Here are Tim's tags and you can find out how he made them here.  I kept to Tim's basic design using some alternative materials.

Materials used:-
Stamps - JOFY collection 14
Various distress inks and markers
Archival black ink
Watercolour card and Stampin Up crumb cake card
Dies - Sizzix handwritten celebrate and Memorybox alphabet set

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Reindeer card

I am running late in entering this week's Muse challenge - the light here this morning was so poor I had difficulty taking a photo. I was inspired by Caroline's card - I like using tags and I loved the simplicity of her card. I had lots of attempts before deciding to use some patterned paper for my background.

Materials used:-
Reindeer stamp - Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine
Sentiment - Creative Stamping magazine
Papers - Scrapbook magazine issue 85
Tag punches - Stampin Up and Nestsbilities
Embellishments- from stash

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Funkie Junkie tag 5

This is my take on Linda's tag in the Funkie Junkie Tag Challenge - I was inspired by her design but didn't have all the materials so had to improvise!

Linda's challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique with prizes being won if you play along.

Materials used:-
Card - Centura pearl, turquoise pearlescent and silver mirri card
Dies - Sizzix holiday words script; Paper Smooches stars; Tim Holtz Alterations snowman
Embossing folder - Sizzix
Frontage embossing powder
Distress stains - broken China and brushed platinum

Another Noel tag card!

I really like this tag punch from Stampin Up so I've used it again to make a CAS card for challenge #51 over at Addicted to CAS where the code word is TAG.

Materials used:-
Letters cut out on Cricut using Type Candy Font then stamped and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Ivory embossing powder
Music stamp - Stamps Away
Embossing folder - Sizzix Holly
Tag punch - Stampin Up
Card - SU crumb cake and Kanban cream card

Thanks very much for visiting today! Margaret

Noel tag card

I was inspired to make this Christmas card by the photo in the Time Out Challenge this week. The colours are lovely and if you look closely you can see "Noel" in the corner of the room. I'm also entering this card in Challenge #133 on Merry Monday where you have to make a card using creams, tans and browns. Finally I think this card also fits the bill at for the Tag You're It Challenge #10! I used holly instead of flowers as a decoration.

Materials used:-

Stampin Up tag punch

Music stamp - Stamps Away embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Ivory embossing powder

Letters cut out on the Cricut - Type Candy Font

Embossing folder - Craft Concepts Woodgrain

Leaves die cut with Tim Holtz Festive Greenery die then coloured with distress markers and clear embossed

Card - SU crumb cake and Kanban cream card


Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

The Funkie Junkie Tag Challenge - week 4

This is my take on Linda's tag for week 4 which you can see here. I liked the way she stamped the sentiment on another piece of card so I have tried to replicate this. My tag is veering towards the clean and simple style which I like. I made the the little number embellishment using a Tim Holtz set.

This challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and there are prizes to be won!

Materials used:-
Pine stamp - Hobby Art "From our home to yours"
Holly stamp  - Creative Stamping magazine
Swirl stamp - Stampin Up
Sentiment - Creative Stamping
Distress inks - festive berries, evergreen bough
Die - pierced rectangles from Dienamics
Punch - Stampin Up
WOW embossing powder "vintage candy cane"
ribbon - from stash

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Smile!

I am entering this card into challenge #8 on the Tag You're It Blog. I made the tag which I mounted on foam pads for some dimension. I clear embossed all the stamping and added a few embellishments. Hopefully this still counts as a CAS card!

Materials used:-
Stamps - Uniko Studio "Strike a Pose" set
Papers - My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thing" and Coredinations card
Embellishments - Sprinkles - swimming pool and Bon bon arrows


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Snowflake tag

I am going to enter this card in the Tag You're It Challenge which I discovered recently. I love this tag punch from Stampin Up and I have gone back to using vellum again having seen some lovely designs on blogland. I embossed the Merry Christmas sentiment on vellum which I placed on top of the card tag - its perhaps not that clear in the photo.

Materials used:-
SU tag punch
Vellum and white embossing powder
Distress ink - evergreen bough
Cuttlebug embossing folder - snowflakes
Penny Black Snowflake stamp - "giving and receiving"

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The Funkie Junkie Tag 1

I was very disappointed when Tim Holtz changed the format of his tag challenge as I really enjoyed playing along with his 12 tags of Christmas Challenge.

I was delighted to find this challenge on The Funkie Junkie blog - Linda posts a tag for inspiration each week which participants use to create their own projects. This challenge is sponsored by Linda's shop The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I decided it would be fun to make tags again and here is my first one. It is very different from my usual CAS style!  I used the Tim Holtz Holiday Knits stamp for my background although I feel it is a bit dark. I altered the colour of the bell with nail varnish as it was brass and didn't go with the colours of the tag. I saw this tip in this month's Craft Stamper.

Materials used:-
Background stamp - Tim Holtz Holiday Knits
Reindeer - Stampers Anonymous Season's Silhouettes
Sentiment - Chocolate Baroque
Pine Needles  and Santa - Hobby Arts "From our home to yours"
Bell from stash
Die - Nestabilities
Distress inks - stormy sky and evergreen bough

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Tim's April Tag

This is my entry for Tim's 12 Tags of 2014 Challenge. Although I have made tags before following Tim's instructions, I have never entered them into his challenge. You can see his original tag here.

Materials used:-

• Sizzix framework trellis die and spring greenery die (for the ivy)
• Distress paints and inks - peeled paint, spiced marmalade and vintage photo
• Tissue tape
• Paper from Tim Holtz Wallflower collection
• A paper flower which I made at a workshop with Jennie in Shetland - you can find instructions on her blog here