November 18, 2013

25 Days of Christmas Tags '13 - Day 1



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It is that time of the year again, and I am starting even earlier than last year with my 25 Days of Christmas Tags Series.  Each day for the next 25 days I will be posting a new Christmas tag. This is the third year that I am doing this see all my previous posts HERE and my Pinterest boards for 2011 and 2012. Every year I would say I am going to make all my Christmas tags and every year I was either buying them or making them at 2:00 in the morning Christmas Eve! Once I started this tradition I found that I was actually inspiring others to get going on their tags.  My two tag's Pinterest Boards are among the most popular I have.

This year I am switching things up a little bit and I have asked some of my friends to join me as my guests.  Sweet bloggy friend, Lesley Croghan is my first guest.  Lesley made this fabulous badge for me to use for these posts and she made these gorgeous tags to share with us today. Please visit her blog to see how she has linked her tags up to the newest Merry Monday Challenge.




Here is my tag for Day 1...


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I have also got another surprise for you. I am having a giveaway. I have created a Christmas tag kit that I will be giving away at the end of the 25 days.   To enter the draw become a follower and leave a comment, if you are already one of my followers let me know and if you want another chance to win follow my tag Pinterest Boards and leave another comment.  On December 12 I will draw one random name from all the comments.

Thanks for visiting today!

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps:  Tiny Treats Christmas (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)
Dies: Christmas Bits (Lil' Inker) Tag Sle #7 (Papertrey Ink)
other: red pearls (Kaisercraft), Pure Poppy grosgrain ribbon, twine

48 comments :

Lynn said...

Two absolutely gorgeous cards! I love seeing how you used the dies on yours as well as Lesley's!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

These are both gorgeous! LOVING her trees and love love love your little gingerbread man!!!!!

Lisa Elton said...

I look forward to your tags every year Tracey, and this one doesn't disappoint! Lesley's tress are also very pretty!

Mary Pat Siehl said...

love them!! i love tags can't wait to see them all

Bonnie said...

What an adorable tag, Tracey! I can't wait to check out your boards!

cm said...

WOW! A tag series sounds fabulous (I'm definitely checking out your boards!!), and the inspiration on Day 1 of your launch is absolutely amazing! LOVE these tags! So looking forward to what we'll be seeing here over the next 25 days! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
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cm said...

Ooops - forgot to say I follow you on Feedly. Daily inspiration from you can not be missed!!
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Jill Norwood said...

Yeah! It's Christmas tag time! I love these posts so much! And how fun to include Lesley! Love them both! My favorite tree die and the sweetest little gingerbread man! :)

Janet's Joy said...

Your tag is adorable and of course Lesley's is wonderful too!
I'm a follower. :)

Janet's Joy said...

I already follow you on Pinterest.

Mary-Anne V said...

What a great idea...love tags so this will be a very nice series to watch.

Mary-Anne V said...

Just started following your tags on Pinterest.

Meredith said...

Thanks for the chance to win! I follow your blog.

Meredith said...

I follow you on pinterest as well.

Meredith245 at yahoo dot com

Julia Aston said...

Love Lesley's tree tags and your sweet gingerbread man, Tracey. What a great idea to make one every day!

Marisa said...

Your little gingerbread guy is too cute all stitched around the edges :) Love Lesley's tag too!

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

What a great idea for your blog Tracey. Love both tags!

Loly Borda said...

Love tags! And yours are beautiful, looking forward to the next. TFS

Unknown said...

This is such a great idea!! And a reminder that I need to get going on my Christmas tags as well :)

Unknown said...

I follow your blog...

Unknown said...

And pinterest boards :)

Colleen said...

Awesome, just thinking I need to make a bunch of tags...great inspiration! And I already follow you my dear! But I will go to your pinterest board now!

Brenda in IN said...

I have been wanting to make Christmas tags and you have wonderful ideas. I am following your Pinterest boards and your blog because I don't want to miss a thing. Love this gingerbread boy. Lesley's card and tag are great too. All I can say is WOW.

Barb Ghig said...

Your tag is absolutely adorable, Tracey! There's nothing like a stitched Gingerbread boy, and I love your tone-on-tone color combo!

I'm already a follower of your blog, and looking forward to following you on Pinterest as well!

Thanks for the reminder to 'get going' on my tags ;-)

Anonymous said...

Oh, Tracey, that little gingerbread man is so adorable! I already follow you with Feedly ... good thing as that way I won't miss the next 24 (or anything else!) Anita :)

Bobby said...

I love both yours and Lesley's tags. I follow your blog. Wouldn't want to be without it.

Bobby said...

I just started followiing you on Pinterest. There are a lot of interesting things there.

Nancy Penir said...

Tracey, this is so much fun! Found you through Lesley's blog and can't wait to visit the pinterest boards. You're an inspiration!

canadian_liner said...

Love the first tag, and will be eagerly following you for the next few weeks! Great idea to share the creative "burden" (as if playing with paper is ever a chore!) with some talented friends.

Sharron said...

Love to find a wonderful source of inspiration for tags. Both of these are fabulous. Your gingerbread boy is so adorable!

Stacey Schafer said...

Two FABULOUS ladies...two AMAZING tag designs! Thanks, Tracey and Leslie, for this fun inspiration!

Greta said...

What a neat idea! Great tags today--yours & Lesley's. I'm following in Feedly.

Lindsey said...

Love this idea! I'm off to look at your pinterest boards...

~amy~ said...

awwww...love your sweet gingerbread man tag!

Love Lesley's tag and card!

Love this feature!

Katie Ann Brooks said...

adorable of course!

Joyce said...

Your tag is so cute, and so are Lesley's. Looks like she has a matching tag, too. Your gingerbread guy looks good enough to eat.

Kelly S. said...

Oh this is such a great idea to do 25 tags, Tracey! These are amazing, those trees are positively Seussical!! I can't wait to catch up on what I missed :)!!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, these are lovely!

Renee said...

Simply perfect...
and can't wait to see what that tree die is so off to visit Lesley! :)
And...
love this and can't wait to see everything you have for us over the next 25 days!! :)

Denise Bryant said...

Great idea to get going on some fun tags! I love Lesley's pretty tree tags and your sweet gingerbread man tag! I'm new here and backtracking to catch up on days 1 and 2! Can't wait to see the tag ideas each day! I'm a brand new follower, happy to have found your delightful blog!

Janis said...

Love both the elegant tree tags and the adorable gingerbread man tag. Such fun projects. I'm looking fwd to this tag festival.
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com

Michelle said...

Oh my goodness! Isn't that gingerbread adorable! Love this tag, Tracey!

Isabel Z said...

I love tags so this is going to be so much fun peaking each day. I am a follower via email and google. Thank you.

Isabel Z said...

I just found your Christmas tag boards on Pinterest and am following those and had to follow many more:-)

Michelle said...

Tracey, I think I am going to pin each and every tag from your "25 tags" series! I've come back to start from the beginning to check them all out properly. :-) Such a great idea, and all so gorgeous!

Kim Heggins said...

Tracey...not sure how I missed this one and it was your first tag too. So sweet, love that little gingerbread guy, so fun.

IamUniquelyImperfect said...

Hi my Love Tracey, gingerbread man!! I love him!! The trees in white are stunning. tfs I love your inspiring blog and Pinterest boards. Love Ya' Patricia

Janis said...

I follow on Google Friend and am a brand-new follower on Pinterest. Yippee!!!
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com