Christmas Tags

Good morning all! It'sMonday already!

The weeks are flying in!

It's time once again for a brand new challenge over at Eureka Stamps!

Our theme for this week is:

#169 Christmas Tags

Here's my little tag:

The image I've used is 2501 Cat With Garland & I've also used the 

sentiment 23703 Meowy Christmas. (I've rotated to make it straight),

I used Kraft cardstock & a spellbinders tag die for the base tag.

I then used some sequin waste as a mask & daubed gold pigment ink & red

liquid chalk ink through in slightly different areas, to give a feeling of added dimension

The image was coloured in areas using alcohol markers.

I used a scalloped oval to cut it out & edged everything with the gold ink.

The image & sentiment were popped up on foam pads for dimension,

then I added some fibres, ribbon, gold braid & a little jingle bell

to finish it off.

You can see the gold shimmer a little better in this photo!

Thanks for popping in!

I hope you can play along in our Christmas Tags challenge,

I'd like to enter my little tag in a few challenges:

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

Glitter n Sparkle - Include a bow

Crafting When We Can - Don't forget the Animals

Die Cuttin' Divas Tag, Bag or Box

Crafty Boots - Spots or Dots

CAS on Sunday -  Christmas

Just Inklined To Hop - A Blingy Christmas

Good morning all & welcome to the September 

Just Inklined Blog Hop.

This month, our host is Lori, who has chosen the theme

 "A Blingy Christmas"

If you're already hopping, you should have come from the lovely

Gaynor's blog! I'm sure she had something rather lovely to show you!

Here's my card.

I've used pearlescent card, glitter & silver bells as my bling!

The image I have used is Snowman Buddy!

He's so totally adorable I just had to have him!

Now, your next stop on the hop is the lovely Tammy

whom I am sure will knock your socks of with her creation!

To make the hop more fun, there are 2 hidden spot prizes along the way, 

chosen from those that leave comments on the blogs.

If you want to know a bit more about my card read on!

Here's a closer look at the image.

I coloured him in a little with my flexmarkers & promarkers.

I've had this card stock for so long but rarely use it!It actually works quite well

for colouring with alcohol markers.

I added s few little snowflakes which were punched from some

glitter card & added glitter to the edges of the image.

I decorated the inside a little too!

The little circles were embossed with a cuttlebug snowflake folder,

 which I've had forever, then glittered around the edges. 

The embossed lines were done using my score board.

Your next stop on the hop is Tammy's blog.

The hop order should you need it is as follows: 

Lori
Karen L

Joyce

Gaynor

Dawn (that's me!)
 Tammy 

Tangii

Jak

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Pumpkin Spice - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Texture
Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Patties Creations - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - How Charming (Silver bells)
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Embossing
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Embossing (Embossing folder & CS)

Christmas Bells

Good Morning Bloggers

Time for another Just Inklined creation!

A simple design using Kraft Card 

The star of the show is my image

Christmas Bells from Just Inklined!

Available at just £1.00, it's a must have Christmas Image!

Simply coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers with a

few glittery highlights added using my Sakura Clear Star pen.

I cut out the image using a nestie circle die & inked the edges.

I have used a Papermania Design Paper

The green ribbon is also Papermania & the red & gold ribbon 

is from a local haberdasher. The self adhesive gems are also Papermania

The sentiment ticket is from The Crafty Pad 

Christmas Sentiment Tickets set

The inside of the card is decorated to match the outside!

One of the best things about this card is that it can be mailed 

in the UK with a regular stamp.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge Vibrant Colours
Crafty Creations No Flowers
Stamp N Doodle Use A Digi
Whimsy Inspiration Traditional Christmas Colours
Creative Craft Challenges Special Occasion NOT A Birthday 3E
Going Grey With Scrap Creations Do It Digi
LEJ Designs Use Punches or Die Cuts
Sweet Stamps Christmas C10
Crafty Bloggers Network Christmas Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations Christmas