Christmas Tag #6 (or #9!) 2017

This is my Tag #6 but it was inspired by week #9 of The Funkie Junkie: 2017 Challenge. I must say I was a little disappointed in how this one turned out after being so inspired by Linda's tag for week 9. But since today is the last day to submit for the challenge I decided to post it anyhow so I could at least say I made it half way! I don't work that well under pressure LOL!  I did get to use my Weathered White Embossing Powder I ordered last year though!

Anyhow, I had fun with the ones I created and look forward to joining in on the fun challenges over at Frilly and Funkie.

I hope everyone had a fun, peaceful, holiday and look forward to what the new year brings!

12 Tags of Christmas #5

A couple of quick posts...I made #5 and #6 of the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style, and then hubby and I took a trip to see the grandkids for Baby Girl's 1st birthday...then hubby ended up in the hospital with some pretty serious heart issues.  I'm not sure if I'll have a chance to finish the challenge, but wanted to post the ones I finished.  I didn't have the Christmas die set so I used my December 25th Cricut Cartridge Mistletoe image.  The sentiment is masked from a large Stampendous background stamp called appropriately 'Christmas Background'.  The background is from an old piece of 7gypsies designer paper.

I really like the vintage feel of this one even though I left it pretty simple.  Here is the inspiration piece:

Thanks for stopping by!

12 Tags of Christmas 2016 #2

This is the second 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style, Week 2.  As usual, I love all of the elements of Linda Coughlin's tag, but don't have all of the fun tools at hand so I improvised.  This is her inspiration piece for week 2:

 I love the effect of the brushed on gesso, and the inked stencil, the tiny snowflakes, and the red dots.  The deer is adorable...mine appeared to be in flight so I attached it to the die cut 'Noel'.

I had a really hard time getting started because I couldn't figure out whether to use the Jumbo Manila Tag or the #8 Manila Craft Tag...then I read on one of Linda's posts how she attaches the manila tag to chipboard to give it more stability...well I had some chipboard tags which were in between the two sizes of manila tags so I trimmed down the Jumbo Manila Tag to fit the sturdy chipboard tag, which is 3 1/2 x 7...worked out perfectly!

Thanks, Linda for the great inspiration!