Bloggers Challenge-Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas!!!  I am posting a tag I made for Tim Holtz 12 tags of Christmas for my Bloggers Challenge Christmas theme this week- this is my husband's favorite tag that I made......  The colors are red and green Ranger Distress ink, and the Distress Embossing Powder is Tea Die Distress EP.  The flecks are shimmery- I used Perfect Pearls.

On this tag- I followed a tutorial on Shelly Hickox's blog (fellow Technique Junkie) to make the silver flowers- very simple and wow- they look great! I punched the silver fern leaves from metallic silver paper.  I had some gorgeous organdy ribbon- it is green with a shimmer of red through it- to finish the tag and I decided to try a technique I have seen on SCS- where you heat your Organdy ribbon- I love the effect.

Now, I do not use tags alot, so made a card out of each of the tags I created as well.... Here is the 2nd tag and the card I created- I made 2 of these.  The ribbon treatment is also organdy ribbon with heat applied- this piece shows more of the red tint- it is the same ribbon I used in the tag shown above.  The frame stamp is See D's.  The Flourish is from  ISC, and the Sentiment is from Firecracker Designs by Pamela.  I have to say, these tags look alot better IRL!

If you left comments on Tim Holtz blog you had a chance to win goodies!  There were about 3000 posts a day, so I was not holding my breath.....well, I got really lucky!!!  Here is my Blog Candy from the 12 days of tags post!  My package arrived Thursday.  I cannot wait to use the Distress Stickles and I love the Rock Candy Crackle Paint.
How awesome is that?


If you click on the Bloggers Challenge icon on my side bar, you will be directed to links for Bloggers Challenge Participants. 
I hope you all had a Wonderful time with Family this week and a Blessed Christmas for those of you that celebrate! 

Shelly

Seek His Light- Tim Holtz Tag #1 and a couple of cards

I wanted to try to make the Tag(s) Tim Holtz is making- 12 Days of Christmas- I started on Day one (12/1)....and have just finished Day one.....yikes- I am a little behind!  I decided to try the technique on more than one kind of paper- 1)Manilla Tag (that is what Tim uses), 2) Regular white tag, 3)Top Note Die in Whisper White (SU).   I do not know why, but my Manilla Tag looks green not blue- so I threw it out (looks like tornado weather- could not see making anything else with it).  Tag #2 was made on a plain White Tag that I rec'd from a Secret Sister swap on SCS.  This is the first tag on my blog today.  I love the way the Rock Candy Distress Crackle looks IRL- it is a great background and shimmery too. I do not have the stamps Tim was using on his blog so I substituted and used stamps from Firecracker Designs by Pamela.  The Shepherd Snowman and sheep are from a new set released this year- I was thrilled- I was wanting to make Christian themed cards- at least for relatives- and I have alot of relatives!  The set is called Shepherd Snow Family- you can see it here. The snowflakes are from FCD sets Love Never Melts and Let's Celebrate.  The swirl in the BG is from Innovative Stamp Creations set Art4framesII.

This tag qualifies me to enter the following challenges:

IncyWincy Designs- Snowflakes

Stamp Something-glitzy somethings

Pink Elephant- Your Favorite Christmas Color- BLUE!

Clearly I Stamp- Winter

Pile it on- Tinsel Town-Glitter

Copic Creations- Snow/Snowpeople

Creative Card Crew- Christmas

I used Copic markers to color in the Snow Shepherd and family on the tag and cards.  I used the following colors:

B21, B23, B24, B26, Bvoo, E0000, E000, E00, E31, E33, YR07, Y13, C2, C3, R20, R22, R24, R27

I did not have the Rock Candy Stickles, so used Crystal Ice Stickles and for the star I used yellow stickles also by Ranger on the star and the lantern. I mounted my Top Die Tags onto CS to make a card out of them- used colors from the Bg for the Purple- that is Eggplant Envy (retired SU).

 

 For this card, I decided to try Brilliant Blue- too much of the same- so I took a piece of Yo Yo Yellow and did a Technique called Cuttlebug Highlight- that really made the yellow 'pop' on the card. 

 

Just in case you have not seen the link to Tim Holtz 12 days of Christmas Tags, here it is on his blog.  Dang, I want a job like his!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!
Shelly

ISC sketch challenge

I saw this sketch challenge by ISC and wanted to give it a go. I used my skills learned in a Michelle Zindorf workshop- and the stamps I have used here are included in one of the sets we recieved from her to use at the workshop. They are from Innovative Stamp Creations and are called Art4Framesll.
The Designer Paper in the BG has a similar flower, and I found it at Sassy Stamps- not sure if they still carry it- it is called basic Grey 'Boxer'.
I used all SU inks: Soft Sky, Bordering Blue, NQN and Night of Navy, and Old Olive. I used Ruby Red on the tops of the flowers. The bottom of the Flower was used on the strip of Aged parchment below the image in Ruby Red. I got out the sewing machine to stitch around the edges.

Thanks for looking!

Shelly

Newspaper Reveal

I made this one with a twist- it is made with Stamps by Innovative Stamp Creations




here is another sample ot the technique


and here is another with a little added color:


There are alot of variations to apply to this technique. I like the way it looks on all of the samples I have seen so far.

Thanks for looking
Shelly

Zindorf and Innovative Stamp Creations

Zindorf came to my home town! Here is a card we made- it was a wonderful workshop. Michelle is easy going and the cards were all fabulous

The Stamps were Innovative Stamp Creations
Shelly