Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends - Day Seven

Well, hello!

I'm so glad you stopped by today and I hope you're having a lovely weekend!

Have you been enjoying all the tags for both fall and Christmas that are flooding the Blogways? I'm always so impressed by the talented tag artists who can evoke, emote, and elaborate their creations in such a tiny format!

Today it is my turn as I have the honor of being the Guest Designer for Day Seven of my talented friend Loll's annual Twelve Tags of Christmas event. There are oodles of amazing tags already in Loll's gallery to inspire you and I hope you can add your own!

Here's mine:

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So, okay, this is a case where actions belie words. Having implied that making ONE tag intimidates me, leave it to me to create a THREE-tag ensemble for you!

I used the "Stitched Main Street Tags" from Poppystamps to cut the large silver mirri tag and the two smaller tags. (The tiny border of color behind the sediment tag was fussy cut.) Using a snippet of Brusho background, I embossed and die cut the NBUS poinsettia from Poppystamps called "Stitched Poinsettia." The heat-embossed sediment is from "Winter Wreath" by Avery Elle and that wee heat-embossed poinsettia stamp is also NBUS, from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Thank you for the pleasure of returning as one of your guest designers this year, Loll! I'm in some amazingly-talented company! And thank you for all the tag inspiration you provide!

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As long as I was over at Loll's playing, I thought I would switch back to fall and bring along a card I made for her CAS Mix Up Card Challenge:

The November brief is to use masking and one other mixed media option which, in this case, is watercoloring. The images are all from Technique Tuesday's "Fall" stamp set. I masked the rake, painted the sky and leaves using my KGT paints, and then stamped the sediment. I used my Kaleidoscope "Autumn Leaves" ink pad to overstamp the line leaf stamp in the set. After removing the mask, I painted the rake using my brown and silver Stellas because, you know, there are rakes and then there are schparkly rakes.

And speaking of, I thought it would be a bit whimsical if I placed the rake at a, well, rakish angle. Instead it appears to be floating, so let's pretend this is a magical rake that dispenses of leaves without any need for human backaches! Amen!

Other Challenges

• Double D Challenges: Fall photo inspiration.
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Fall photo inspiration.
• Use Your Stuff: Fall Y'All.

  

I hope you will be able to join in these fabulous challenges! 

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