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12 Tags of Christmas: Day 6

I’m playing along with Tim Holtz’s 12 tags of Christmas 2010.  This is day #6.  Once again, out of necessity, I made a fair amount of substitutions in creating my tag, but  I really like the colors Tim chose for this one .  I tend to lean towards the muted colors better.

We’re at the half-way point today.  I’m so happy that I’ve been able to keep up with the posts.  Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments.  I’m glad to hear that you are not getting tired of seeing these tags.  I’ll keep on posting them then.

Here’s my interpretation of Tim’s tag:

For my tree, I’ve used a new release Marianne Creatables die.  I cut it from a manila folder and then Glimmer Misted it using Sea Glass, Olive Vine, and Honeydew.  The way the colors blended it made it look more authentic, I think.  I added some snow-tex to the branches.  I did the reindeer according to Tim’s post, but I used regular acrylic paint to give him the blue color.  For the bottom, instead of the tissue tape, I’ve once again used vellum that I stamped onto using a musical note stamp and cut into strips.  The stamped snow is just acrylic paint that I’ve added Polar White Flower Soft to.

I just had to get a close-up of the tag background.  I love it SO much.  :c)  It was kind of a ‘happy accident’ that created it.  I didn’t have his flourish stamp or his texture fade so I decided to just die cut the tree (as mentioned above) and then stamp onto my tag directly.  I used the Stampin’ Up! Baroque die with Sepia Adirondak ink that I stamped in 4th generation* around the tag. I then sprayed Sea Glass Glimmer Mist (GM) onto it and the GM leached onto the ink from the stamp.  Its really beautiful in real life.  I need to make a note of this technique so I don’t forget about it.  I like the effect a lot.

*4th generation stamping is simply inking up your stamp, then stamping onto scrap paper 3 times.  Then using the remaining ink that is left on your stamp you stamp onto your project.  You don’t stop to reink between stampings so it creates a lighter shade of ink for a subtle finish.

If you like the look of the homemade vellum tape but would like more details on how I made it, please feel free to leave a comment and I can do a tutorial on how I created it.

Here is Tim’s Day 6 Tag:

Thank you for popping in to see what I’ve been up to today.  I truly and always appreciate it.  I hope you are having a great day.   xx

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