Inspired Stamps Tag Card

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This week on Inspired Stamps we were supposed to use a tag. I decided to make a card with a tag on it. I rarely if ever use a tag on a card but I just might start more often. I love how this one came out.

I used on of my favorite Inspired Stamps sets Birthday I added a little color with my Copics.

The paper is Recollections. I cut the tag with my Cricut and The Cricut Craft Room Gypsy Wanderings.

This is a great set. You can find it and many others at Inspired Stamps. Also check out all the great projects on their blog. Fridays the blog will have tutorials for ideas on handmade Christmas gifts.

Christmas in July ~Tag

Welcome to the WOWIE, LAYERED, BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS TAG BLOGHOP!
 If you came from Gaby's blog then you are in the right place. If you happened by my blog then check out the blog from the beginning at Inspired Stamps Blog.

I love snowmen so any excuse to use them and I will. This is a tag that I will add to a gift at Christmas time. I used Inspired Stamps Let it Snow set for the image and sentiment.

I colored it with Copics, added stickles to the buttons and hat, and used a snow writer pen for the top of the cap. 
Make sure to head over to Chere's to be inspired by the rest of the DT's tags.

Wine Tag

 I am so excited to be going wine tasting, well today actually, that I made this wine tag to hang off a bottle of wine. I love this image from Pattie's Creations. It is pretty for anything to do with wine. Of course I had to stick with green and purple paper. I added some ribbon, twine and buttons to dress it up. I inked the top with purple to get rid of the boring white top. The enjoy stamp by Inspired Stamps finished it off nicely.

So while you are all reading this I am in Sonoma County for their annual barrel tasting event. This is around my tenth time going. Hope you have as fantastic weekend as I am going to be having.

Tags, Tags, and Bags

I made about 30 of these gift tags for my students and co workers. I used two different Bugaboo tag digi stamps for one side of the tag.

On the other side I made many different cut outs from Christmas Cheer and Doodlecharms. I added many different Peachy Keen Stamps for the faces. I added twine for to hang them with.

I love these trees with the metal accents attached with my Irock.

The first tag of the above three I cut out a snowman from a old Christmas card. The santa is part of a piece of designer paper. The bags below I kept very simple because they were for my 25 third grade students. I just cut pretty paper and added to the front of the bags. The kids loved them.

Here is a bag I made with a Meljen's Image. I love this image.

 I colored this cute image with Copics and added stickles to the cheeks.

The bag above is a Pattie's Creations image. My cousin laughed when I handed her this bag and told me she was just telling her husband how much she liked it.

Inspired Stamps Xmas Projects

Here is a simple card that I made with one of my favorite Xmas stamps. I love the words shaped like a Christmas Tree. I added glitter around it.

Here some very simple tags I made using the one inch snowmen and my favorite circle stamps.

 Here is one of the things I added one of the tags to. Here is the link how to make this cute bag too :)

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to head over to Inspired Stamps and check out all the great projects posted for Xmas ideas!

Xmas Gift Bags and Tags w/Pattie's Creations

I used Holiday Reindeer from Pattie's Creations for the tag and gifts bag. I colored with Copics and added Glossy Accents.

I made a large tag to go with this gift bag. My niece loves penguins and I love snow globes so this image is the perfect mix. This image is also from Pattie's Creations. It is Penguin Snow Globe. I colored it with Copics and added Glossy Accents to the bubbles and the eyes. I added Stickles to the cap. Below the image I put a bottle cap with a penguin that I cut from this same background paper.

 

I cut a penguin from Simply Charmed and added stickles to the bow and cheeks.

I am entering the tags into Simon Says Stamp Challenge
I am entering the gift bag into Little Red Wagon Christmas Challenge

Sew Many Stair Step Challenge

This weeks challenge on Sew Many Cards is to make a stair step card. This was my first try making a stair step card and it is definitely an interesting way to make a card.

I used a tag on the back step. The second step I made a pinwheel and the image.

Side view to see where all the embellishments sit.

Bailey is so cute. I colored him with Copics, added Glossy Accents to the candle and his nose, then added Stickles to the hat. I likely chalked the edges with green chalk and bell brads to the sides.
Now it is your time to try a stair step card and link it up to Sew Many Cards challenge for a chance to win some wonderful images.

Inspired Stamps Xmas Tag

If you came here from Deneen then you are in the right place. I hop you are enjoying all these wonderful tags. I know I am. So without farther ado here is my tag.

How cute is this tag? I love how it came out. This is the fanciest tag I have ever made. There are so many details that went into this tag that I broke it up in sections.

I started with decorating a manilla colored large store bought tag with Xmas paper then inked the edges with a maroon ink. I took a white circle sticker (bought at Staples) and punched a hole in the center. Then dabbed alcohol ink on it to make it red. I added that to were the original hole in the tag was. I added a few bells on the tag tied on with twine. This beautiful stamp is from Inspired Stamps. His Little Ones: Holly, Jolly Christmas Girl is her name you can find her here http://www.inspiredstamps.com/servlet/the-99/His-Little-Ones-cln--Christmas/Detail
I colored her with Copics and cut her out.  

The center I tied a ribbon around the tag and added the bottle cap on top of it. Seebelow how I made the snowman bottle cap. I stamps Joy to the World on white card stock then dotted it was red pepper alcohol ink using the Ranger Rick dabber.

For the flowers-well they started out white then I dropped drops of the alcohol ink (picture below) on the flowers until I liked the color of them. Then I took red stickles and rubbed it around on the flowers. I love how they came out and think I am going to buy me a bunch of white ones and color them myself the color I need. 

Now for the bottle cap I bought a pack at Hobby Lobby. I believe it was a 24 pack for $9.99 but I used a 40% off coupon. I bought the clear stickers that were made specially to fit on top of the caps, they are sold right by the caps. I stamped white card stock with the 1 inch snowmen (you can find them here http://www.inspiredstamps.com/servlet/the-33/1%22-snowmen/Detail

I colored the snow woman with Copics and used a 1 inch circle punch to cut her out. I love snowmen (they are my Xmas obsession) so I had to add one on here. Here is a link to where I got the idea for the bottle caps. http://inspiredstamps.blogspot.com/2011/10/12-weeks-of-inspired-christmas_14.html
So there you have it. Now head on over to Jenn's blog and see what she has done with her tag.