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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Ornament w/ Branch Distressed Christmas Tag

Created this Christmas Tag with distressing in mind

For Tag base I used Wreath embosing folder from Sizzix Birds & Wreath Set. Stamped the sentiment "Merry Christmas" in top right corner. Stamped "to:" in bottom left corner and "from:" in bottom right corner. Distressed the edges. Used Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the base of Tag & edges
 
For Tag layer I used Sizzix Ornament With Branch embossing folder. Used Stamp N Plus Chalks on the embossed image. Used Marvy Snow Marker on embossed leaves as well as the background (seen in closeup photo). Distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Paper Distresser and Distress Ink. Added 9 liquid Pearls to the ornament.

Used 2 ribbons: one light green & one white. Used Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the light green ribbon. Added ribbon to Tag.
  
Used a new Echo Park stamp set that Susan TenSGal of Expression Avenue sent me as a Christmas present. Susan did not wrap the stamp set since she figured I may want to use before Christmas.
















Closeup of snow on leaves & background
where Marvy Snow Marker & Marvy heat tool
were used:
 

















chalk: Stamp N Plus - Jade, Red, Teddy Bear (brown)
embossing: 
Sizzix embossing folders - Birds & Wreath Set, Ornament W/ Branch
Marvy: heat tool, Snow Marker 
paper:
cardstock - white
core'dinations cardstock - white, yellow
ribbon: Spool O' Ribbon - green, red 
Spellbinder: Nest Classic Ovals
stamp: Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas
Tim Holtz: 
Distress Ink - evergreen bough, iced spruce
Paper Distresser

Entering this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Ch82 Traditional Christmas Colors unlim 12/11-30
Cardz TV I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas CTV DT Ch121 snow, snowflakes or snowman unlim 12/14-20
Catch the Bug Dec Bingo Ch diagonal from left to right: Border, Red&Green, Sentiment 12/15-
Celebrate the Occasion Ch93 Christmas Anything Goes 12/18-23
Chalk-Ah-Lot Ch25 Snow w/ chalk unlim 12/16-29
Clear It Out Christmas Theme unlim 12/4-31
Crafts and Me Ch114 Why So Blue? - No BLUES ALLOWED! unlim 12/12-18
Crafty Boots Ch Christmas unlim 12/10-23
Cupcake Insp Ch191 Merry Christmas Orn Cupcakes lim3 1st 12/16-1/5
Cutie Pie Ch #33 Cute Christmas unlim 12/10-1/5
DLART Thankful Thurs Anything Goes Dec Linky Party unlim 11/29-12/31
Frosted Designs 9th Day of Christmas 9 Pearls or Sparkles I used 9 Liquid Pearls on Ornament 12/15-31
Gingerloft Christmas or Winter unlim 12/16-1/12
Hooked on Craft Ch27 Christmas unlim 11/26-12/29

Little Miss Muffet It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas unlim 12/13-24
Love to Create Ch46 Winter Fun lim3 2nd 12/17-23
One Stop Craft Ch209 Distressed Christmas lim2 1st 12/15-21
Paper Playtime Ch91 Winter Fun unlim 12/17-27 
Paper Pretties Mon PPMC70 Create a Christmas Creation unlim 12/17-23
Pin & Tack Ch4 "Spark Your Creativity Now" Anything Goes unlim 12/1-31 
Reasonable Ribbon Ch62 Anything Goes & Ribbon unlim 12/15-29
Ribbon Carousel RCC75 Holiday Spirit unlim 12/4-31
Sentimental Sun Ch133 Xmas Tags lim3 2nd 12/16-22
Simon Says Stamp Ch What's Your Fav? unlim my Fav is the whimsy digi 12/12-19
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch Gift-spiration unlim 12/17-22 
The Pink Elephant TPE179 Holiday Gift Tags unlim 12/17-23
Tues Alchemy Ch45 Anything But A Card unlim 12/18-24
Twisted Tues 2TC37 Tags & Smiles my smile is the stamp set I rcvd as gift from friend lim3 1st 12/18-30 
Use It Tues Ch45 All About Christmas/Hannukah unlim stash items the ribbons 12/11-21

39 comments:

  1. Beautiful tag! Love the distressed look. Merry Christmas.

    ~Tami
    http://scrappinrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com

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  2. Fabulous tag Melissa. I'm having a hard time seeing the snow in this creation. Thanks for linking up at Chalk-Ah-Lot.

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  3. Excellent tag!! Thank you for joining us at Frosted designs. Channa

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  4. Lovely Christmas Tag. Thank you for joining us at Love to Create this week and sending you Merry Christmas Greetings.
    Laine
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  5. The snow is on the green leaves as well as background of layer of white streaks where I used the Marvy Snow Marker & the Marvy heat tool.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  6. Now this tag I like love the embossing and barely there colour thanks for joining us at Twisted Tuesday
    carol DT x

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  7. This is beautiful, Melissa! The "snow" adds the perfect touch.. love it! :) Thanks for joining us in the "What's Your Favorite?" challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog this week! xx

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  8. ooooo, how pretty, Melissa! The distressing is just right to make this card quite elegant. Beautiful!

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  9. Very pretty! Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations this week! Good luck and I hope to see you back soon!
    Rene :D

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  10. Very nice! Thanks for playing @ CTO!

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  11. Great design for a tag, thanks for joining us at Love to Create. xx

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  12. Very pretty - soft & delicate!

    Thanks for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations!

    ~Michele

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  13. Fab card, lovely embossing. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.


    Dionne

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  14. Fabulous tag, love the distressed look.

    Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this fortnight at Gingerloft.
    Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!

    Mian
    Gingerloft Design Team Member
    http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com

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  15. Fabulous tag, love the distressed look.

    Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this week at Love to Create.
    Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!

    Mian
    Love to Create Design Team Member
    http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com

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  16. This is lovely :)

    Thank you for joining us at Little Miss Muffet and hope to see you again soon :)

    Kitty xx

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  17. Very pretty tag with lots of texture. Thanks for joining us at Use It Tuesday this week.
    Tammy DT

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  18. Gorgeous details in this. Thanks for joining us at UIT.

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  19. What a pretty tag! I love the embossing folder and how you chalked it. Thanks for playing with us at Cardz TV this week :)

    michelle

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  20. Adorable!Love the embossing! Thanks for participating in our LOVE TO CREATE challenge!!
    ~DEANNE~

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  21. Beautiful! I love the embossing and the soft colors.

    Thanks for playing along with the Cardztv Design team.

    mimi2trentdrew.blogspot.com

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  22. Beautiful job Melissa. Love how soft it feels. Thanks for joining us this week at Celebrate The Occasion.

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  23. Great embossing on this card. Thanks for joining us this week at CTVS

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  24. Lovely card, nice embossings, thanks for playing with us at Gingerloft, blessings Hilde

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  25. That is beautiful! I love the softness of the ornament and branch. Looks old and vintage. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Frosted Designs!

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  26. Super cute tags. Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays.

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  27. What beautiful embossing! Thanks for sharing in the fun at Cupcake Inspirations!
    Debbie
    DT Sweetie

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  28. Loveliness, Melissa - Thanks for sharing with Tuesday Alchemy. As always, it's fantastic to see you :)

    Lots of joy,
    Corrinne

    PS - Have you shared a project at http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com yet?

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  29. Very nice tag. Love the soft colours and pretty image.
    Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at Sentimental Sundays Challenge this week.
    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
    Hugs,
    Archana

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  30. Gorgeous tag, love the embossing and the use of colour too. Thanks for joining the challenge over at Gingerloft this fortnight. Hope to see you again next year when the challenges resume.
    Hugs, Sandy Gingerloft DT Member

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  31. pretty!! thank you for joining us at cupcake inspirations. :)

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  32. A new stamp set would make me smile too! Nice tag, and thanks for joining with us at Twisted Tuesday!

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  33. a great festive shade of red! Thanks so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. Sarah.

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  34. Thank you for having played with us last week at Love to Create Challenge!! Merry Christmas!! See you in 2013!

    Many Blessings,
    Tina

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  35. beautiful and perfect for this season. the embossing looks so elegant.
    thanks you for playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations.

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  36. Melissa, your embossed frame and ornament looks fabulous on this pretty card. So glad to see this entry at the Crafts and Me Stamps digi team's "Why So Blue? = No Blues Allowed!" challenge. Hugz, ~ Rose

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  37. Great tag. Like the distressed look. Thanks for joining us at Twisted Tuesday and good luck. Hugs, Gale

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  38. Nice tag.
    Thanks you for playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations.
    Hugs, Jill

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  39. Love your card! Thanks for participating in our LOVE TO CREATE challenge!!
    ~DEANNE~

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