Tag Tuesday Challenge - Winter

I love snow!  As I write this the snow is falling outside, adding to the 5 inches we had Wednesday into Thursday.  So, as I was working on this tag I had the perfect inspiration just outside my window.
I was motivated to do this bright moon with a silhouetted tree and a dark winter sky by a gorgeous card I saw on-line a few weeks ago (click here to see it).  There is a tutorial on how to make the card at Operation Write Home's Stars and Stamps blog and you can see the tutorial by clicking here.  The sentiment is a verse from Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.  Go to Kard Krazy for links to some great tags!

Tag Tuesday Challenge - Mosaic

For this week's tag challenge at Kard Krazy I used some of the remnants from a card I made recently (click here to see it) and many more bits of miscellany that fill my craft drawers!  After looking at Louise's tag more closely I see that hers is indeed more mosaic- like than I realized.  Mine ended up being a collage.  That's what I get for not paying attention!

Tag Tuesday - Christmas Leftovers

It's a first - I'm actually posting my Tag Tuesday challenge tag on ... Tuesday!!!  My Christmas leftovers are as follows:  two different Christmas cards provided the blue swirly background and the sentiment;  the glittered star and silver cording came from gift packaging.  Visit Kard Krazy and check out all of the awesome tags!

Tag Tuesday - Colors of Christmas: Silver or Gold

Okay, so I'm a week late for the Tag Tuesday challenge at Kard Krazy but being late is nothing new for me!  The tag was finished late on Christmas Eve but I wasn't able to post it until today.

I used a vintage silver paper doilie for the background and the dove and the "Peace on Earth" came from an old Christmas card. 

Card: Deja Vu

I liked the brown, green and yellow tag I made for Tag Tuesday so well that I made a card just like it!

Tag Tuesday Challenge: Brown, Green and Yellow Christmas Tag

After nearly a year I am finally participating in Kard Krazy's Tag Tuesday challenge once again.  Not that I haven't tried, mind you.  I started several but just never got them done!  Bound and determined to get it done this week, I was taken aback when I saw the colors: brown, green and YELLOW???  But it worked!  It really is good to stretch yourself.  Thanks, Louise, for this challenge!

Tag Tuesday Challenge #31 - A Shaped Tag

This week I got my very first Oxford Impressions rubber stamps.  The first time I ever saw them was on Louise's blog and wanted some ever since.  One of the sets is called "Afternoon Tea" and I chose it to carry out the Tag Tuesday Challenge this week.

I found a teapot clip art image online and enlarged it (although now that I see the picture posted, it looks a little like an Aladdin's lamp!)  The Basic Grey paper  used for the teapot looks like tarnished silver with chased designs on it.  Ranger Glossy Accents was used to add some interest to the teapot by highlighting the design of the paper. The "steam" is a section of a Prima crystal flourish that was applied to a piece of rigid clear plastic packaging.   The twisted cording is handmade as well as the matching tassel.

Rubber Stamps
Afternoon Tea (Oxford Impressions)

Paper
Bordeaux - Periphery Collection (BasicGrey)

Crystals (clear)
Say It In Crystals (Prima)

Tag Tuesday Challenge #30 - Punch It

This week's tag challenge at Kard Krazy  was to include something that was punched.  Snowflakes are a particular favorite of mine so snowflake punches it was!  The tag was cut from a recycled greeting card and the silver snowflakes were punched from a box that had once contained  face cream. :)

Punches
2 large snowflake punches (EK Success)
corner punch (Fiskars)

Alphabet Die
Hippie Chick (Cuttlebug)

Tag Tuesday Challenge #29 - Teal, wine, and blue

This was quite a challenge but I like the results!  Visit Kard Krazy!

Paper
Graphic 45 - Christmas Past

Tag Tuesday Challenge #28 - purple, green and silver

I love this unusual color scheme for a Christmas tag at Kard Krazy's weekly challenge!  The colors came out different in the photo.  The purple is periwinkle and it reads very blue in the picture.  The ribbon turned out the right color and the card stock matches the ribbon but you would never know that from the photo! *sigh*

Rubber Stamp
Hampton Art/Hot Fudge Studio

Embossing Folder
Cuttlebug

Tuesday Tag Challenge #27 - red, green and golden yellow

This stamp from PSX is a classic!

Rubber Stamp

Personal Stamp Exchange - Poinsettia (K-784)

Embossing Folder

Cuttlebug - Textile (37-1153)

Font Die

Cuttlebug - Curls and Swirls (37-1054)

Tuesday Tag Challenge #26 - pink, brown and burgundy Vintage Santa

This week's challenge at Kard Krazy was a Christmas tag in pink, brown and burgundy. The whole time I was making this tag I thought of chocolate covered cherries!

Rubber Stamp
Stampington & Company - St. Nick Greetings (K5539)

Punch
Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice

Tag Tuesday #24 - Key to My Heart

The Tag Tuesday challenge at Kard Krazy this week was to use any supplies other than paper. 

For the challenge I painted this grungeboard key with gold acrylic and outlined the embossed swirls with a black gel pen.  Black crystals framed with metal rings were added.  The round charm was taken from a costume jewelry charm bracelet that I've had since I was a kid.  The charm says "Je t'aime plus qu'hier moins que demain" which in French means "I love you more than yesterday less than tomorrow."  The tiny vial contains a small lock of my husband's hair.  Since he holds the key to my heart, this tag is an homage to him!