25 Days of Christmas Tags - Paper Smooches

Hello there! Today I am excited to be participating in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  This tradition was started by my friend Tracy McNeely.  Every day, for 25 days, a different stamp company is highlighted, and lots of awesome ideas for Christmas tags are shared!  Be sure to visit Tracy's blog so you don't miss a thing!

Today, we are highlighting Paper Smooches products!  You all know how much I love Paper Smooches! :)

I just got my most recent Paper Smooches order, and could not wait to play with the Snowman 2 die and the new  Lovely Snowflake die!  They are just adorable!  I diecut the snowman from white cardstock and colored all of his pieces with my copic markers and then pieces him back  together.  I diecut the largest Hexalong die, and used the Stitched dies to diecut a ground for my snowman to sit on.  I masked off the snow and added a subtle blue sky with distress ink.  I popped that up on a rectangular diecut, and then added the snowflake to the top right corner.  I scattering of sequins and some white gel accents finish things off.

That's all for me today,  but I will be back tomorrow with a few more projects to share!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies:
Dies: Paper Smooches Snowman 2, Hexalongs, Stitched, Lovely Snowflake, Stitched Journaling card
Paper: PTI White
Ink: Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Other: Copic Markers, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins, White Gel Pen, Foam Tape

Personalized Halloween Tags {Lawn Fawn}

Hi there!  Today I am on the Lawnscaping blog with a fun set of Halloween tags using a bunch of goodies from the new release!  I  have a bunch of kiddos in my life that get special halloween treats, and I like to dress them up with handmade tags.  Here are a few that I created using the new Booyah stamp set!  I just love these little ghosts!  Keep reading to see how I made them, and for close up photos of each.

I started off by diecutting the largest star in the Puffy Star Stackables die set out of halloween colors of cardstock.  Then, using the second largest star in the set, I diecut both a black star and a white star...

I put the black star face down on the Snowy Backdrops die to cut the pattern into the black star, and then I glued the white star directly behind it to show off those cute tiny stars and circles!  I stamped, colored and fussy cut several little ghosts and accessories from the Booyah stamp set, and then stamped colored and fussy cut the largest pumpkins from the Happy Harvest stamp set - 2 for each tag.

Then, using Owen's ABCs and a banner die from my stash, I personalized each tag using black ink.  I punched a tiny hole in each of the large colored stars and threaded some Spooky Lawn trimmings through and tied a bow.  Then, I adhered the black and white star to the larger one with foam tape, along with the ghosts, pumpkins and banners, all with you guessed it, foam tape.  The ghosts are on two layers of tape so that they stand out above everything else.  I added some white gel pen accents and wink of stella glitter pen, too.

That's all for me today... I hope you are inspired to create some halloween tags of your own!  Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Booyah, Happy Harvest, Owen's ABCs

Dies: Lawn Fawn Snowy Backdrops, Puffy Star Stackables

Paper: PTI White, True Black, Orange Zest, Royal Velvet, Simply Chartruese

Other: Lawn  Fawn Spooky Lawn Trimmings, white gel pen, wink of stella clear glitter brush pen, foam tape

Watercolor Easter Tags {Lawn Fawn}

Hello there!  Just popping in to say that I have a super fun project featured on the Lawnscaping Challenges blog today!  Here is a peek:

Be sure to visit the Lawnscaping Blog to see my entire project! :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tag! You're It!

I wanted to participate in the Young Crafters Unite Challenge #4 - Use a diecut. On this project, I used the Papertrey Ink Doily Details die and the Tag Sale #5 die. Also, the theme of the newest Simon Says Stamp Challenge is Tags. I just so happen to be a tag-making fool lately. LOL! I made this little guy to attatch to a Christmas gift for my mom using Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends :)





I hope you and your families have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving holiday. I better get moving... Dinner is at my house, which is already full of company! So much to do!! Be back on Friday with the PTI Blog Hop! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI New Leaf, Kraft, Christmas Prints PP
Other: PTI Tag Sale #5 die, Doily Details die, Pure Poppy Bakers Twine, Copic Markers

Tremendous Treats Christmas Tags

It is definately no secret over on the Papertrey Ink message boards that Tiny Treats are amoung my very favorite PTI stamp sets. I own all of them and love them to pieces. Needless to say, I was THRILLED to find out that with the October release, an oversided version of some of my favorite Tiny Treats: Christmas images were coming! Tremendous Treats Christmas! LOVE!!

I broke into them right away and made some gift tags. These images are SO cute. :)

Santa:


Supplies: Tremendous Treats Christmas. Fillable Frames #9, Kraft CS, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, White Gel pen, Copic Markers, Sakura Stardust Pen, Tag Sale #4 die

Rudolph:


Supplies: Tremendous Treats Christmas, Holiday Tree, Fillable Frames #9, Kraft CS,
Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic Markers, Sakura Stardust Pen, Rhinestone, Tag Sale #4 die

Snowman:


Supplies: Tremendous Treats Christmas, Fillable Frames #9, White CS, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers, Glossy Accents, Prisma Glitter, Tag Sale #1 die

Hot Chocolate:


Supplies: Tremendous Treats Christmas, Tag Its #8, Polka Dot Basics, Memento Tuxedo Black ink & Rich Cocoa, Veramark, Sweet Blush CS, Copic Markers, Limitless Layers 1.75" dies, Tag Sale #1 die

Papertey Ink Make it Monday #7 - Copics on Colored Cardstock

This week's Make it Monday Challenge is to add color to non-neutral cardstock. You can find out more information by clicking on the graphic above.

I love the way this looks. It is amazing how much more depth you can achieve just by coloring on color. I made a Mother's Day tag using a bunch of new goodies from PTI's March release.

I used the Tag Sale #1 Die cut from Hibiscus Burst CS, then I stamped the larger gingham pattern from the new Backgrounds Basics: Gingham stamp set in Raspberry Fizz Ink. Then I cut a Doily Details diecut from Kraft Cardstock and used the new Sending You Dies with a big of New Leaf CS, stamped with the smaller BB: Gingham pattern. Then, I cut 2 flowers out of Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores and Orange Zest Cardstock using the new Flower Fusion #2 die, and added some rhinestones colored with my copic markers. The sentiment is from the new Tag It #2 stamp set.



Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: BB: Gingham, Flower Fusion #2, Tag-Its #2
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper: Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, Kraft CS
Dies: Tag Sale #1, Flower Fusion #2, Doily Details
Other: Copic Markers, Rhinestones, Pop Dots

PTI 4th Anniversary Contest Entry #5

Alli Miles' Tag:



Supplies: (All PTI unless noted):
Images: PTI 4th Anniversary Download, Little Bitty Bird, YOF: Violets
Paper: Stampers Select White, Summer Sunrise CS
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sunrise
Other: 1.75" Limitless Layers Die, Orange Zest Satin Ribbon, Copics

PTI 4th Anniversary Contest Entry #4

Maile Belles' Tag:



Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Images: PTI 4th Anniversary Download, Mat Stack 3 stamp set
Paper: Stampers Select White, True Black, Pure Poppy
Ink: Hawaiian Shores
Other: Mat Stack 3 die, 1.75" Limitless Layers Die, Pure Poppy Bakers Twine, Copics, White Gel Pen

PTI 4th Anniversary Contest Entry #3

Tiffany Pastor's Tag:



Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Images: PTI 4th Annversary Download
Paper: Stampers Select White, Plum Pudding CS, Happy Spots PP
Other: 1.75" Limitless Layers Dies, Paper Doily, Copics, Lavender Moon Satin Ribbon

PTI 4th Anniversary Tag Contest Entry #2

Melissa Bickford's Tag:



Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Images: PTI 4th Anniversary Download
Paper: Stampers Select White CS, New Leaf CS, Summer Sunrise CS
Other: Corner Rounder, 1.75" Limitless Layes dies, Copics

My shot at being a PTI Stamp Designer...

This morning, Nichole Heady announced an AWESOME contest on her blog in celebration of PTI's 4th anniversary. The 2011 Stamp Design Team each designed a tag, which were all compiled into a free download. To participate in the contest, you have to make a card or project using the tags. I love these tags! They are some of my favorite of all of the PTI tag sets!! Here are my entries (please see my seperate blog posts to see close up pictures and supply lists for each card):




Lisa Johnson's Tag:



Supplies (all PTI unless noted:)
Images: PTI 4th Anniversary Tag download, TT: Valentine
Paper: Unknown PP, Pure Poppy CS, Hibiscus Burst CS, Raspberry Fizz CS
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black Ink, Raspberry Fizz
Other: Limitless Layers 1.75" die, Double Banner die, Copics

PTI December Blog Hop

So hard to believe that Christmas is over, and 2010 is coming to a close! Today marks the final PTI blog hop for this year as well! This month, our challenge was:

Holiday Leftovers

It's that time again for our annual holiday leftovers challenge! Use scraps of wrapping paper, parts of
holiday cards, recycle gift tags or bits of ribbon on a paper crafting project. We all have plenty of it
laying around after all the holiday excitement and this is your chance to incorporate some of those pretty
little things into an amazing piece of art!

I used a cute little penguin Christmas card to make a gift tag! He was too cute to throw in the trash! I also used my new PTI Seeing Stars dies to make a 3D star. I am addicted. They are so cute, and SO easy.

Edit: Since so many asked how to make the star 3D, I will share with you how I did it. It is really simple. You just take your star cut out (any size will work), and simply score the star by making a vertical score line from each point of the star straigh down until you can't go any further. Make sure that each score line intersects the others in the center of the star. Then crease the score lines and that will give you the 3D effect. I hope I explained it clearly. It sounds more complicated than it is. Let me know if you have any other questions :)



Supplies (all PTI unless noted:)
Stamps: Tiny Treats Christmas
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pure Poppy
Paper: Kraft, Pure Poppy, Stampers Select White, Distressed Dots, misc. blue dot
Other: Tag Sale #1 die, Seeing Stars small star die, Pure Poppy Bakers Twine, Christmas card front

Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

It's time again for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! This month, we were challenged to make gift tags for the holiday season! :) I made a tag to match a little gift basket that I am giving my sister for Christmas filled with all kinds of goodies! I can't show you what's in it (because she might read my blog), but you can see the cute little container peeking out from behind the tag...



Supplies (All PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Tiny Treats Christmas, Fillable Frames #9
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Raspberry Fizz
Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding
Other: Copic Markers: V06, RV17, Limitless Layes dies, Tag Sale #1 die, clear rhinestones

Cute packaging makes all the difference! :)

So, halloween is over, and I am breaking out all of the Christmas goodies to craft with. I think cute packaging can make all the difference when gift giving, and it doesn't have to be fancy, expensive or time consuming. I made these quick tags today using new goodies from Papertrey Ink.







Supplies (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Tiny Treats Christmas, Fillable frames #9
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Tea Dye Duo
Paper: Kraft CS, Christmas Prints Patterned Paper, Gingham Paper (from the Dollar Tree)
Other: Copic Markers, 1.75" circle punch, Limitless Layers Dies, Tag Sale #1 die, Rustic Twine, Stardust glitter pen, White gel pen