Friday 11 November 2016

12 Tags of Christmas - tag one

If you saw yesterday's last post, you'll see I was planning to make something for Loll's Christmas event, but forgot it was all about tags. So today I rummaged through my unfinished stash from years gone by and found a tag on  which I'd stamped and embossed the sentiment and birds and thought it would be perfect.

I smooshed some distress inks on my craft mat and spritzed it and sprinkled some brushos over this and mixed it around a bit. Then I swiped the card through the inks until I got the desired effect. When it was dry, I added some background stamping. To finish, I backed it with a dry embossed tag and added the ribbon and twine. I think it's pretty and grungy! What do you think?

 The stamps are from Avery Elle.

This is my first entry in the Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and friends - but I'll be back!



ETA:I am also entering the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event (inspired by Tracey's tag Day 5)


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9 comments:

  1. Loll11 November 2016 at 10:06

    LOVE this watercolour resist tag Jenny. Such sweet little birds and sentiment that really pop against the beautiful colours of Brushos. The dark blue stamped snowflakes are so pretty! And I love the texture from your white dry embossed background tag. Thanks so much for joining my Twelve Tags of Christmas event! xx

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  2. Bonnie11 November 2016 at 11:45

    I LOVE IT, Jenny! I'm going to try using Distress ink and Brushos together. I never thought to do that and I love the results! A super pretty tag!

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  3. Nstiz11 November 2016 at 13:36

    Gorgeous tag for her challenge! Love that beautiful background and your combination so colors! This looks fabulous with the white embossing and the subtle snowflakes stamped into the background!

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  4. nancy littrell11 November 2016 at 17:02

    Oh yes...very pretty Jenny! I have never sprinkled Brushos over spritzed DI's on my craft mat..I must try. TFS your beautiful and creative tag. Hugs, Nancy

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  5. Aileen11 November 2016 at 20:47

    Wonderful Jenny, time for me to get moving and make some tags too. Always a challenge for me. Love the colours you used on your tag and the white embossed images, looks perfect.

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  6. Lyndal13 November 2016 at 13:58

    Super cute Jenny! Perfect to play along with http://themerrychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/ch-6-add-twine.html too!

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  7. JoAnn14 November 2016 at 07:06

    Beautiful tag. Love the pretty background.

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  8. shirley-bee17 November 2016 at 20:29

    This is so pretty, Jenny! I love the depth that the stamped snowflakes give to the background.

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  9. Tee 19 November 2016 at 14:48

    Awesome tag! The colors are wonderful!

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