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Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 12

Hi there! Today is the final day of the 12 Tags of Christmas for 2019. (Insert sadface here.) I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the Christmas-carol inspiration over the last 12 days! I love the idea of basing your project around a song. Today’s theme is Santa Claus is Coming To Town, and I’ve got a quick, but pretty, tag for you today! Let’s get started with the details.

I’ve used quite a few new products from Honey Bee Stamps for these tag projects, because Honey Bee’s holiday release had some incredible sentiment stamp sets and dies that are perfect for creating tags! I started by die cutting a scalloped tag from some bright red foil.

I die cut the dotted square from some plain white cardstock and added a “from Santa” greeting from Season to Sparkle. I adhered the dotted square sentiment die cut to the foil tag using foam adhesive, then added some white gems around the edge of the scallops to create some cute white polka dots. The final touch was to add a twine loop and a pretty double twine bow.

Well, that’s all for my tag today. Be sure to check out the 12 Tags of Christmas over on the Ellen Hutston Blog. There are several ways to win some amazing prizes! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 11

Hi there! I’m back with another tag for the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas. Today, we’re using the song White Christmas as our inspiration. I thought about using white-on-white (I love the subtlety of white background with white die cuts) but I thought I’d add a touch of icy blue to help make the sparkly snowflakes pop! Let’s get started with the details!

I started by die cutting a white tag using the Happy Christmas label die from Honey Bee Stamps. I heat embossed a sentiment from Season to Sparkle, also from Honey Bee Stamps, using silver embossing powder. I blended a bit of Misty Morning ink using a blending brush around the bottom of the panel. I stamped a few snowflakes from the Season to Sparkle stamp set around the edge of the tag.

Next, I die cut several snowflakes from the Honey Bee Stamps Layering Snowflakes die set using sparkly white cardstock. I layered this over the top of the ink blended and stamped tag.

My die cutter plates are looking a little worse for wear, so the backs of my die cuts have quite a few dents and dings. In order to have a nice smooth writing surface, I die cut another Happy Christmas label and adhered it to the back. The final step was to punch a small hole and add a loop of white ribbon!

Well, that’s all for my tag today. Be sure to check out the 12 Tags of Christmas over on the Ellen Hutston Blog. There are several ways to win some amazing prizes! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 4

Hi there! I have another post for the 12 Tags of Christmas celebration and contest going on over at Ellen Hutson over the next several days! Today’s theme is Deck the Halls, featuring beautiful artwork from Sandy Allnock. For my tag today, I used the beautiful Mondo Holly stamp set to do some no-line coloring. Let’s get started with the details!

To start, I used the Gemini Jr and Foil Press to create a festive green and red foil frame. I then trimmed a backer of white Copic-friendly cardstock and stamped the Mondo Holly using Ink On 3’s Fadeout Ink, then did some no-line coloring using Copic markers.

Once I’d finished coloring, I stamped a greeting from the Essentials By Ellen Retro Holiday Greetings using Intens-ified Black ink in the corner of the Copic-colored panel.

I punched a hole in the top left corner, then threaded a loop of red and white twine to create a hanger for the tag.

Well, that’s all for me today! I hope you’ll check out the challenge and all of the fantastic inspiration to be had over at the Ellen Hutson blog. (Psst-there are prizes to be had!) Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas: Day 1

Apologies for the technical difficulties earlier; here’s my post for the 12 Tags of Christmas!

Hi there! Every year, Ellen Hutson hosts the 12 Tags of Christmas, designed to get everybody in the holiday tag-making spirit!! This year, we’re switching things up a bit, providing you with a holiday song theme and some coordinating tag inspiration! Therese Calvird is our hostess today, providing us with our song inspiration: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! I’ve created a quick little shaker tag for today’s inspiration, so let’s get started with the details!

I began by stamping the cute little reindeer head from the Essentials By Ellen Holiday Characters stamp set using Intens-ified Black ink from Hero Arts. I colored the image using my Copic markers, die cut it out using the coordinating dies, and added a cute little red nose using a Raspberry jewel from Pretty Pink Posh.

I then die cut the frame, backer, and acetate backer using the Circle Scallop Tag die from Honey Bee Stamps. I filled the shaker with some Sparkling Clear sequins. I adhered Rudolph to the shaker front, then added a greeting from Mondo Holly. I added a red and white twine bow and loop to finish it off!

Well, that’s all for me today! Be sure to check out the Ellen Hutson blog for all of the details on how you can get linked up to the contest for the 12 Tags of Christmas! Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a marvelous day!