Tag You're It #63 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

Are you playing along at Tag You're It for Challenge #63?

You have until Wednesday, January 25th at 9:00 am EST to submit a tag inspired by the tag that Karin Åkesdotter created for us for this challenge.

I created an octopus shaker card using, new to me, Lawn Fawn You Octopi My Heart stamps and dies! I created my background using Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet Distress Inks activated with water. The contents are a free floating, Copic coloured, octopus and a handful of sequins.

 

Head over to Tag You're It to see some more reminder tags created by the Inspiration Team!

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Tag You're It #61 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

Well here we are the 2nd of December and I imagine the next few weeks are going to fly by!

I know that November flew right on by for me with the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event. As I write this post tonight the link up will be closing for those of you who are participating on December 2nd at 12:00 pm EST! I am just absolutely floored that as of midnight Thursday there have already been 477 awesome tags submitted! Will we make 500?

This is the reminder post for Tag You're It #61 where we have Loll Thompson as our Featured Artist! One of the things I love about this crafting community is how we learn from one another. I am still learning about ink blending and using bold colours scares me to death but when I saw Loll's gorgeous ink blending I had to try this fabulous colour combination using her tag as my guide. I absolutely love all the texture on her mixed media tag but I kept mine pretty simple because that is a bird I will tackle another time!

I started off by white embossing my tree image on a white tag and then I blended the same Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers that Loll used. Then I finished it off with another layer for my snow bank, stamped my sentiment and finished it off with a few silver Stickles filled sequins and some pretty white ribbon.

You still have until Wednesday morning 9:00 am EST to play along.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Tag You're It #58 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

There is still time to play along at Tag You're It for challenge #58. We have Leigh Penner as our Featured Artist this time and she created the most beautiful tag.

I wanted to create my tag using a darker colour like Leigh did so I used kraft cardstock. Leigh's tag was cut from patterned paper so I white embossed my images to replicate the look. The stamp set is Autumn Abundance by Papertrey Ink. My Hero Arts/Stamptember Happy Thanksgiving sentiment was cut from green cardstock and then I added a few enamel dots in yellow and red.

Thanks Leigh for the inspiration.

 

I just got home on Thursday afternoon after being away for just over a week. I got to go away on a crafty getaway to Wichita, Kansas! Spending 5 days crafting with some amazing ladies was so much fun and Laurie Willison and Amy Kolling were the perfect hostesses! We were so lucky to have beautiful weather. My trip started with a hiccup  as I had to get my car towed the evening before my flight, fortunately I was almost into the city so family was able to pick me up. My car was finally ready on Wednesday afternoon so today I was happy to be back home again.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

TYI #57 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

There is still time to play along at Tag You're It for Challenge #57!

Our Featured Artist this challenge was Richard Breaks and he created this super cool coffee tag for our inspiration!

For my take on Richard's tag I kept it simple--nuf' said!

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Tag You're It #57

Happy Friday!

A new challenge started today over at Tag You're It and we have fabulous Richard Breaks as our Featured Artist for challenge #57. Pop over to the blog and see what the team has to share with you today...

Have a great weekend!

Tag You're It #56 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

Did fall arrive yet where you are?

The leaves were slow to start changing this year but each day there is more and more colour!

I love the warmth of summer but I equally love the warmth of putting on a sweater in the fall!

Thursday I headed up to Sudbury with my parents to visit the kids armed with some home cooking for their freezers, a quick health check and to take them out for lunch. It was my parents first time to Sudbury to see where their grandchildren were going to University and to have a look at campus life. The only downside was that it poured with rain all day!

There is still time to play along at Tag You're It #56!

it is also the first day of the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Inspired by Taheerah's simple sentiment and gold ink splatters I created a tag with the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop in mind. Fall says goodbye to the iced caps and frappuccinos of the summer and only leaves room for a warm cuppa and colours like coffee and black.

 

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Tag You're It #55 - REMINDER

Happy Friday!

There's still time to play along with the current Tag You're It Challenge #55!

We were so lucky to be inspired this challenge by Melissa Bickford of Just Dandy Studio! I created a double tag like she did. The back tag was stamped tone on tone with MFT Stamps Scattered Surface Background stamp and the tiny images on my tag are from the Harvest Mouse stamp set. They were then coloured using Copic markers. I added a strip of gold sparkle paper to the bottom of the front tag and finished it with a die cut thanks and saddle stitched ribbon.

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Have a fabulous weekend!