Saturday Showcase - Christmas Tags

Happy Saturday to you!  Christmas is rapidly approaching so the team over at The Funkie Junkie Challenge decided to do a special Saturday Showcase and everyone created a tag!  You need to pop over there to see what wonderful designs they cooked up for this very special showcase!

I was inspired by a cooking challenge that asked the contestants to do a white on white baked display.  It had me thinking about what I could create with layers and dimension all in white!

I decided to start with an stamped and embossed background to give a layer of soft texture before I even layered on the die cut bits and pieces.

The hardest part of this tag was getting a photo. :)  The white on white is hard to capture the beauty of the shimmer, glimmer and softness.

I stamped the background with Versamark and heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder.

I die cut all the various pieces and then covered them with versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

It gave them a lovely sheen.  I then assembled my poinsettias with pop dots between the centers and when I attached them to the tag.

I took a few of the metallic droplets and painted them white and then sprinkled them with distress crystal glitter.

 I finished the tag with a white bow and painted a charm white to coordinate.

I wish you and all your loved ones a very blessed and happy holiday!

Suzz

Products:
Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Festive Greens 
Sizzix Thinlits Tim Holtz Christmas Ribbon
Stampers Anonymous - Yuletide Greetings 
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Metallic Droplets
Prima Art Basics - White Gesso
Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Ranger Clear Embossing Powder 
Rayon Seam Binding 
Idea-Ology Tokens Christmas

It's The Holidays!

Welcome back for the last challenge of the year for The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  The talented Maggie is hosting and she has challenged us with "It's The Holidays!". 

She describes the challenge as:

"I know everyone is super busy this time of year so I've settled on a practical challenge that hopefully will give you some needed crafting time while making something that is useful for the holiday season that is upon us!  Create a vintage or shabby chic card, tag, gift box or bag that you can use over the holidays."

I was inspired to look for something to use as a repository for a holiday gift.  I started something fun(to be shared later) and this project:

I was cleaning up the gift closet (A combination of party supplies, future gifts, wrapping paper, etc) and found some little party hats left over from one of the kids parties. Mind you my kids are all over 18... :) 

It had me thinking I will hold onto those party hats and use for a future project. Well today is that day!

I wish I could be transformed like this. :)  From a paw print party hat to a Victorian beauty! 

 To create this it took a few steps:

1.  Paint the hat with white Gesso.  (It took about 5 coats and I had to wait in between to dry!)
2.  Spray tissue paper with lavender distress oxide spray.  Let dry.
3.  Stamp background text using black archival ink.
4.  Attach the tissue paper to the cone.  I wrapped the tissue paper around the cone before  applying
     and cut the tissue paper close to the size.  Apply tissue paper with clear glue. 
5.  Cut out three pieces of the doily trim from white cardstock.
6.  Cut out star and snowflake from white cardstock.
7.  Paint covered cone, lace trim, and snowflake with a mix of white glue and water.
8.  Sprinkle in glitter.  Let dry.
9.  Spray star with lavender distress oxide spray. Let Dry.
10.  Add tinsel trim to star.  (I used hot glue gun and cut small pieces.
11. Spray crystal heart with distress oxide spray. Let dry.
12. Edge joy with silver pen.
13. Accent snowflake with metallic pearls.
14. Assemble decoration on Cone.  (I used hot glue because the glitter makes it difficult to stick!)

I poked a hole in the bottom of the party hat and strung a few pearls and charms on the bottom.  The charms were embossed with tinsel embossing powder to give it a shimmer. I filled the inside with the leftover tissue paper from the outside.  There is also a lovely handle to hang this with from seam binding and tulle.

I hope this has you inspired to come and join us in the fun!  The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Products:
Sizzix Chapter Two Tim Holtz Crochet Die
Sizzix Flurry #1 Snowflake
Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black 
Idea-Ology - Holiday Adornment Yuletide
Idea-Ology - Christmas Token
Idea-Ology - Tim Holtz Metallic Droplets
Idea-Ology - Tinsel
Ranger Distress Oxide Spray - Milled Lavender 
Ranger Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Glue
Tim Holtz Assemblege Bauble Mix Charms
Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Metallic Stickers Holiday Talk 
Idea-Ology Mirrored Heart
Stampers Anonymous Music and Advert Background Stamps