November 4, 2019

The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 - Day 1

Welcome to Day 1!

If you are just arriving for the first time all the details and the linkup can be found HERE!





Excited to share with you that our very first sponsor is amazing Altenew!
Altenew is offering a $20 gift certificate to one lucky winner.


I have some of the designers from Altenew as my guests today with their beautiful creations...




Lilith Eeckels











Laurie Willison
Special Guest


From the 25 Days of Christmas Tags Design Team...



Joyce 






Carol


...and one more with a quick video from me!




Don't forget you have another change to win by liking and commenting on my video on YouTube!








132 comments :

Marianne said...

What a great way to start the series! So much inspiration, but I'm especially drawn to the poinsettia tags as well as Svitlana's CAS tags and your own festive tag, Tracey. Please note that the video has been set to Private.
Marianne x

Tina Z. said...

Wow, amazing inspirations, I love your variety of tags.

Rachelle Oltean said...

Thanks so much for putting this great inspirational hop together! Thanks also to the generous sponsors who keep our crafting community together!

ionabunny said...

Yeah day 1, and what an awesome day. So many pretty creations. Love the bow you used Tracey and that black and white ribbon. Hugz

JulieP said...

Oh my goodness! You've started Day 1 with a bang. These are all sooooo gorgeous!

Beverly S. said...

Day one is finally here and what a gorgeous lineup to be inspired by. I’m off to my craft room in my pajamas with coffee cup in hand to start playing, The hardest thing I’ll have to do today is leave my “therapy alias craft room” and get dressed. ;). Thanks to all the designers for the beautiful inspiration and Altenew for being a sponsor.

Isabel Z said...

I look forward to this every year!

Amy C. said...

Gorgeous inspiration from Altenew today!

MadeByMeghanK said...

I love the intricate backgrounds with some of the Altenew Background stamps! What a great day one!

Holly Jackson said...

So much good stuff here! I love what you did with the gold poinsettia!

Karthikha said...

Amazing inspirations for day 1 :) Time to take out the tag dies and supplies! :) Looking forward to participating this year! :)

Susan Renshaw said...

Lovely Tag Tracey! Great to be hear again and what a great start for Day 1 - love Altenew stamps!
Happy Hopping!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

These are GORGEOUS!!!!

Anna Mahtani said...

All such wonderful tags! So inspirational šŸ’•

New Creations said...

First-day first show of the great event! Great variations of the tags to see, all are so gorgeous! Thanks to the sponsor!

Karen Day said...

A fabulous Day 1 ladies! Great inspiration by both teams - I love all the different looks for the same stamp sets.

Kathy J in Ellicott City said...

What great tags! I love this hop!

Barbara said...

Every tag is beautiful and it's a great start to this 25 tags of Christmas. Altenew designs are perfect for tag making, too!

Rebekah A. said...

So many lovely designs and inspiration! Off to my craft room I go!

Susanbcards said...

Love the different styles of tags. I am inspired from the use of some larger elements that hang off the tag, I always try to make everything fit exactly. I'll try doing that today.

elisa said...

Oh... I love the circle tag of Natalie. A very Gold Christmas!!! ƈli

Susanbcards said...

Very fun event! I love the little handmade tags.

Lagene said...

What an awesome array of Christmas tags!!! I am in love with ALL the poinsettia tags!!!!!!

Rebekah A. said...

I love your tag, especially the bells! I drooled a little when I saw your box of bells! :D So many inspiring ideas! Thank you!

donna mikasa said...

One of the most exciting times of the year! I LOVE seeing how your tag came together and those jingle bells on the top are a nice finishing touch!

Ruth G said...

So many beautiful and inspiring tags today!!! I always go with a much simpler ribbon, but I am reminded here that a little extra touch at the ribbon adds so much!

Vikki H said...

I saw your tag materials on Instagram and recognized that sweet bow! Thanks for the tag hop~

Denise Bryant said...

These are all so pretty! Lindsey's elegant vellum poinsettia tag really caught my eye!
Love the bow and greenery on your tag!

MrsB8T said...

Love the altenew joy to the world tag, so clever. Also like Lindsays gold poinsetta tag.

Allie said...

So excited for the 25 days to start! I am going to look forward to this every morning now :). Beautiful tags to start off!

Mary-Anne V said...

Wonderful first day...love the layering on Maryam and the globe on Jen's tag.

Jen P said...

What a wonderful collection of unique tags today! Beautiful!

Greta said...

Perfect start to your wonderful Tag Challenge, Tracey! Thanks for keeping this going for another year!

Nandini said...

I am so excited! I have been following this event for the last few years and I really look forward to it! I hope I can also participate this time around. Love the tags today. Very inspiring.

IdeaGal said...

These are beautiful! I think I will put the gorgeous tags on cards. Thank you for the inspiration!

Kelsey Thomas said...

I love Virginia Lu's tag! It is so pretty. :)

Sue McRae said...

What a great mix of tag designs! I like Svitlana's clean and graphic tags with the red, white and kraft!

Liz O. said...

So many wonderful designs to be inspired by! Thanks for the fun event Tracy, this certainly helps kick off the holiday season preparations!

Gail said...

Thank you for this amazing challenge and all the inspiration that is posted here - I do believe this will be my first adventure for this challenge - what a grand idea - have a wonderful week!

Karen Letchworth said...

I'm SO excited to see all the wonderful tags each day that will inspire us, and looking forward to learning new things, finding fabulous new companies/products, and just looking forward to a great time hopping. Thanks for all your hard work, Tracey and team.
Blessings,
Karen L

Dawn S. said...

Beautiful tags! I love all the different looks.

Colleen said...

I loved your tag, Tracey and the poinsettia one from Joyce also...I am so excited to play again this year and be inspired for 25 days, my friends look forward to these "gift" tags every year!! Heart hugs, Colleen!

Gail said...

I am drawn to the red tag with the white snowflake by Svitlana Shayevich - so I will be lifting that for the challenge TU

*Vicki* said...

Really loving the inspiration from Altenew today! WOWZER!!

Maura said...

So much inspiration! Every tag is a beauty! TFS, Maura

Terrie D. (StarSpry) said...

These are all such beautiful tags! I really love Svitlana's snowflake tags. :)

Lindarub said...

Love all the tags now just have to make one!

Lee said...

These tags are oh so very lovely! I really like the Poinsettias!

Deborah Smart said...

So much beautiful inspiration! And this is just day 1?! :O Thanks for sharing this fun project.

Marybeth said...

Love all the beautiful inspirational tags! Yours is so pretty Tracey with the big bow and pretty greenery!

Lindsey said...

A beautiful tag, Tracey! I love the cluster of greenery/berries backing that big beautiful bow!

Kathy said...

Oh, I love tags, and these are just spectacular! Love the use of die cuts and the beautiful poinsettias!

My Paper Epiphany said...

I'm looking forward to joining in! Wonderful tags for Day 1:)

Dana M said...

Amazing tags! I love all of the creative details and special touches. I love the addition of embossing ribbons and jingle bells.

Marina Nieman (soul crafts) said...

Love all the tags. Especially the poinsettias

Lucy E. said...

I love this sweet and elegant tag!

Lorraine A said...

Oh WOW Tracey!! you have really got the event off to a fabulous start!! All of the tags are stunning!!

Thanks for hosting and thanks Altenew for such a generous prize! :-)

luv
Lols x x x

Busy Faith said...

I love all the ideas for these. I make my own cards but never thought to make to/froms. Thanks for all the ideas

Megan said...

Time to dig out my Christmas supplies and get crafting!

Tami B. said...

All of these are gorgeous. I love seeing so much variety and so many different techniques.

Jeanne said...

I so enjoy this series every year. Every tag is inspiring and I can’t wait to start creating my own!

Ginny K. said...

So many beautiful tags, so much inspiration!I just love all the pointsettia tags, gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
~Ginny K.~

Lisa Byers said...

Such beautiful tags!! I love Altenew!! Their stamps are awesome!! I love the tags made with the poinsettia stamps, gorgeous!! I noticed one tag was made with their seal from the Holiday Seals Stamp Set by the Stamping Village. I bought mine and I can’t wait to make tags with it!

Lauryne Cunningham said...

I love making tags! Thank you for all the inspiration!

Shirley A. said...

Super inspiration for tags this year. I love these. Great work.

Heatheranne Whitman said...

Beautiful cards! I love them all but Lindsey's is just a little more special. I love the shape, the gold and the transparency of the flower. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas. :-)

DeniseHB said...

Love the tag, the addition of the bells is inspiring and has me needing to dig through my craft loot. thank you.

Jeanne H said...

Me too! Love, love Lindsey's tag and will have to CASE it.

Kim Heggins said...

Stunning tag...love your sweet bow, so pretty!

Renee M said...

Terrific tags! I can't believe it's already tag time :) I look forward to this event every year!

A.Rose said...

I chose Kim’s tag to give me inspiration today!

Carolyn said...

Wow, I have never made Xmas tags but I think I might have to get busy. These are beautiful

Connie said...

This is the first year for me on this hop and it definitely looks like it's going to be fun, fun, fun!!! Beautiful baubles, sweet snowflakes, and pretty poinsettias! Wonderful way to kick off the holiday season! Thanks for all the inspiration :)

Wendi J said...

Woo! This is a lot of great inspiration. Now to make a tag.

Emma S. said...

Altenew has such pretty floral stamps and I love your stamp with the bow. That bow is beautiful, I will have to check it out!!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the tag. The big bow
really pops off the card.
the greenery is just enough
to make a great tag.
thanks for sharing.
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Christine said...

Lots of pretty tags caught my eye today! Great inspiration!

Heather said...

Wow!! These tags are all so gorgeous!! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Christmas tags that will be shown off here!

Lisa Elton said...

So much prettiness and elegance in this line up of tags!

Rhonda Miller said...

Wow, these are all wonderful. I love those poinsettias.

Bev Karolak said...

Beautiful tags! So much inspiration! Thanks so much for sharing! šŸ™‚

Birgit said...

Gorgeous tags! I love your beautiful tag with the oversized pink bow. So sweet!

JulieP said...

These are all so lovely!!! I’m especially drawn to Carol’s black and gold. Seems like a good way to start the approaching holiday season.

Sandy said...

This month of tags has become one of my very favorite pre-Christmas traditions. Happy to see it begin, and I'm already overwhelmed by ideas. Love all the poinsettia ideas from Tracy's Team.

Robin B. said...

These tags are so beautiful! I look forward to all of the inspiration. Thanks for sharing,

Azuree Lovely said...

Wow! I think I have at least five favorites from this post alone, including your festive tag for day 1 Tracey! I think I'm really going to enjoy this hop!

Catherine said...

I've been looking forward to the start of this series!

Crafty Math Chick said...

Such a beautiful variety of tags, so many styles! I love them all!

Teresa Godines #6857 said...

Oh my.... these are so beautiful. What a great way to start the event.

BeverlyBL said...

What a beautiful bunch of tags. Love the vellum poinsettia and your swag, Tracey.

Wanda R. said...

I love Altenew products and I really love the poinsettia tags. They are amazing.

Bunny said...

Beautiful start. Love the embossed black poinsettia with the lovely gold bead center. [Bunny]

Jacquie Southas said...

Fabulous start!

Joyce said...

Really beautiful tag. Love that big fun bow, and you accented with the perfect amount of greenery and berries.

Melanie said...

They are all so pretty, but I think my favorite one today is Hannelie Bester's.

Becca Yahrling said...

Gorgeous tags all of them. The poinsettia ones are my fave as that is one of my favorite flowers. So pretty!

Michelle said...

Beautiful tags and lovely Holiday 2019 inspiration!! Trying my darnedest to play along as much as possible. Many thanks for putting together the 9th (!!) Annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags!

Sue D said...


Wonderful tags. I was inspired right away to create one like Laurie's.

Surekha Galagoda said...

Dear Tracey
Thanks a ton for organising this hop. I never thought of using leaf dies on tags. Thanks for the inspiration I am going to take part by commenting and also making some tags. Thanks aton for the awesome sponsors too.Blessings to you and your family

sharon g said...

The traditional designs are so pretty. I also like how little non-traditional touches were added to some. These are so pretty and inspiring.

Lucy E. said...

(Your pretty Bow tag)

Andrea MacTrinh said...

Fantastic tags, going to try my hardest to play along. I havent made xmas tags in years!

CKesler said...

So elegant!!! These tags would look better than my tree!!! Love them!

Anila Dikay said...

Wow... All the tags are so beautiful. Poinsettia ones look amazing

Maureen Reiss said...

How Beautiful are these?!!! LOVE!!!

Pink Unicorn said...

Gorgeous tags, the Poinsettias are truly stunning!

Shar Zar said...

All so lovely.

Jaycee C. said...

I especially like the poinsettia tags. Love the gold embossing. Your tag was lovely as well - the bells added a nice touch!

Nox said...

Fabulous series of tags - I love Altenew and their products; they have such great detail. I am so happy to see them open up the 25 days of Christmas tags series!

Cardsbyangie said...

Gorgeous tags, wonderful challenge ♥️

Diane said...

ALL very elegant and classy, love those Poinsettias..so many ideas for tags here..I have caught myself up on the hop and so glad I did...I have 3 packages sitting here I need to make tags for and WOW, what fabulously great ideas I have seen here!!

Annette Allen said...

all of these are stunning.

LIZARD said...

Oh my gosh I am really digging all the gold and red! My two all time favorite colors for Christmas! The poinsettia set is so awesome! Even Santa would love it as a gift! Such a great start to a hop about and for tag making! So loving this!

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Wow - what's not to love! Altenew is a fabulous brand and so are all the tags today!

Quillish said...

I am 113th šŸ˜³ These tags are beautiful and I see so many of the lovely cardmakers I admire, join you. I haven't really made tags before except for your Tag you're it.. but I am delighted how sweet these tag look. I have to join in the fun.

Unknown said...

What a beautiful way to start the hop! I love Lindsey's gold poinsettia tag. It's so elegant!

Kim Klinkovsky.My Kraft Kloset said...

Just beautiful tags. Thanks for the inspiration.

Subhashini said...

How can one forget poinsettia for Christmas tags!!

Priyanka Kantak said...

Such beautiful inspirations! Love the concept too Tracey! ❤

Tammy L said...

Such gorgeous tags! Such a variety too! I really am drawn to Svitlana's tags! I think they are just so striking!

Kit said...

The simple but bold tags by Svitlana really caught my eye.

Annette Reed said...

Altenew is probably my favorite company. I love their layered floral stamps and their inks and paints. I just can't get enough of their design team creations either. Your team has done a great job with the products. My inspiration for this post comes from Lindsey with her use of vellum and Carol with all that gorgeous gold against black.

Julie S said...

Wow, these are all so beautiful.

Donna Sue said...

Thank you for all the inspiration to come. These are all fantastic tags.

Beverley said...

What a fantastic way to start this years event. Such beautiful inspiration and my fave is Maryam's tag. Love the colours, stamps and layout. Hugs Bev x

Rhonda Miller said...

These are beautiful tags.

Fikreta said...

all these tagsare wonderful!

Crafting With Jack said...

A brilliant start to this event.

AnnetteH said...

I like how all these tags are all so different. I can't pick a favorite, but I was kind of drawn to the first one that was stamped, but looks like watercolor.

Chark said...

Thanks for the video and the hop--so fun!

Tina Z. said...

so elegant and I love Maryam's tag, so festive.

Roberta S. said...

I apologize if I commented more than once. I searched all the comments and didn't see mine. I love your tag Tracey so pretty.