How lame am I? I JUST got around to making my first of the 12 Tags of Christmas. Ah well...this was really one of my favorites this year anyway. All of Tim's stuff is amazing, but when it comes to Christmas, I like elegant and sparkly a little bit more than shabby vintage. I can't help it.
Anyway. Since I had the advantage of having read the entire 12 Tags Blog series prior to starting my craft, I think this tag is inspired both by tag 1 and tag 3. This ended up as a Christmas card for a dear friend of mine at work.
Supplies:
Cordinations KraftCore No. 17
Plain Kraft paper - Archivers
Tim Holtz Texture Fade Flourish
Snowflake Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug (discontinued)
Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel
VersaInk Embossing Ink
Distress Ink in Broken China
Distress Stain in Broken China
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Snow Queen
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist inPearl
Ribbon in gold and black
Felt snowflake ribbon - Michaels
Acrylic snowflake cutout- Archivers
Sanding block
Silver paint dabber
Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplates Diecut
Cricut Cartridge Winter Woodland
Basically, I followed Tim's instructions for the preparation of the base of the card, including the cutout, embossing, enameling and sanding of the card. I put more enamel across the top (I dipped my fingertip in versaink and applied it directly to the tag to give it a smudged look) and because I used the shabby enamel, a lot of it distressed itself, so my sanding was pretty light. You can see in the picture that the outlines of the snowflakes embossed much better than the background, but it came out pretty cool. While the tag was cooling and before I sanded it, I cut out the letters "NOEL" using my cricut and the font on the Winter Woodland cartridge and using kraft paper. I painted the letters using the silver paint dabber and set them aside to dry. Then I took my acrylic snowflake and ran it through the embossing machine using the Flourishes texture fade, which I then misted with Snow Queen glimmer mist. That took a long time to dry, but it came out kind of marbley looking and I like it. Anyway, since I was all about coloring accents at this point, I cut some strips of felt snowflake ribbon. One I misted with Pearl glimmer mist and set aside. Then I misted another ribbon with the same glimmer mist, and then swiped my Broken China distress ink over it. For the final piece, I dabbed all over the ribbon using the distress stain. The felt absorbed the stain in some funky ways, and I decided not to mist it and leave it kind of blotchy looking. (Note: all of these coloring techniques are available on Tim's blog.)
Once my silver letters were dry, I distressed them and the tag itself using the sanding block. I played with the positioning of the phrase for a long time before settling on the blocked format. I adhered the felt ribbon using gluedots and tiny attachers, and then I tied the acrylic snowflake using gold ribbon. To finish, I added black and blue ribbon across the top and attached my scrap felt snowflakes using a jeweled pin. Voila!
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