Curiouser and Curiouser

The other day, I shared a couple of Christmas tags that I made using a card for the background. I used the same card for this tag, and it has a completely different look.

I again used the Tim Holtz background stencil and two colors of paint dabbers. I had this image of Alice in my stash and wanted to use it, so I gathered some embellishments that would fit a Wonderland theme: playing card, flowers, mushroom, key, and butterfly.

 

I colored Alice using distress markers and dabbing ink from an ink pad.

 

 

I think I'm finally ready to get back into my craft room and create! The problem is, we're ready to start round two of the house renovations...
 
 

Christmas Recap - The Rest

I still have more Christmas projects to share, so here is everything else that I worked on for Christmas.

Up first is a little hanging I made with a vintage photo and a Tim Holtz cabinet card frame. I added some glitter around the image and a sparkling title along with some vintage trim at the bottom.

I love making tags all year, and at Christmas I actually have a use for them! For these two tags, I took a card that our bank sent to us (I had no worries about cutting it up since I knew I wouldn't be saving it) and used the background scene in completely different ways.

In this first tag, I left the image as is and added a rub-on swirl and a Maya Road kraft house. The "silver bell" and tinsel trim complete it.

For this tag, I obscured the background using a Tim Holtz stencil and two colors of paint dabbers. I inked a paper doily and added a piece to the left side behind my fairy ballerina. I added sparkle with a glittered edge, rhinestone bling, and tinsel trim.

And lastly, I made this box as a gift for my sister. I took a cosmetic/jewelry box and turned it into a candy box. I dressed up an image from an old card and added some beautiful Prima flowers.

Then I filled the box with fancy chocolates!

I'm still not ready for Christmas to be over and all the decorations to be put away, but I can look forward to doing it all over again in a few months!

 

 



Little Ballerina

I won the NSD tag challenge over at The Scrappy Tree blog! I made this tag of my darling niece practicing before her ballet class.

I used Prima packaging for the base and added vintage wallpaper and sheet music. I cut out her image and added a piece of fluffy Maya Road trim for a skirt.

I typed a sentiment on my vintage typewriter and added an old button. This tag will be perfect to tie on her birthday gift next month.

Isn't she just the cutest little munchkin??!!

Spring Has Sprung

I've been very busy the last few weeks, but managed to put together this tag using supplies that were laying on my craft table.

I used vintage sheet music that I sprayed with Glimmer Mist, a vintage bird image, watercolor painting scrap, old buttons, and other old papers.

I tied a pale pink lace through the top and added a piece of old ribbon at the bottom.

We are getting much warmer weather here, and the trees are in full bloom. Pretty soon, I'll need to get out and start planting the gardens. I hope spring has arrived in your neck of the woods!
 

Trick or Treat Tags

This week's challenge at Tag Tuesday is to use orange and black on your tag. I made these Halloween tags to attach to gifts. They were super easy and turned out pretty cute.

Here is a closeup of a couple of them. I started with a black cardstock tag. I stitched an orange crepe paper ruffle and added it to the tag base, then stitched on some black satin ribbon.

I added a sentiment made with my Dymo label maker and attached a glittery spider or ghost. A matching ribbon finishing each one.

Merci!

I recently hosted an ATC swap with several categories. I wanted to give a little something to the participants to thank them for joining, so I made some French-inspired tags.

I used a Paris themed paper for some of the tags. It has a great collage of vintage ephemera, so I didn't want to add a lot to it. I added a strip of Tim Holtz's tissue tape and a scallop-edged circle punched from beautiful Mariposa paper with a gold fleur de lis pattern. I typed "Merci" on cardstock and adhered it to the circle. A black satin ribbon tops off this tag.

For the other tags, I used the black and gold fleur de lis paper as my base and added a pink scrap to make the scallop-edge punched image of Marie Antoinette stand out. I again added the typed "Merci" to the tag. A little ruffled trim and pink ribbon topper complete these tags.

We're Off to See the Wizard...

I'm participating in Karla's Dorothy Tag Book Swap. I was at a loss for what to create. I tried a couple of things, but they didn't work out. Then, when I was out antiquing a couple weeks ago in a little town on the TX/OK border, I found vintage Wizard of Oz fabric! How special is that?! I no longer needed inspiration - my theme was set.

Since the fabric has such a fun, graphic print, I didn't want to over embellish it. Here is a look at my tags.

I stitched the Oz fabric onto a plain ivory fabric with some quilt batting between them. I stitched on a little ruffle at the bottom. I typed a little Dorothy quote and glued that to the front. Because the back looked pretty plain, I drew a little picture of a house and typed another quote for this side. I hope my swap partners like it!