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The 10th Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is asking for non-traditional holiday hues ... aka No Red & Green.
I took my inspiration from Julie's Mitten tags and used Essentials by Ellen Snow Days Stamps. I chose Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes and Flirty Fuchsia for my colors.
I went with sort of a tribal / modern design and added wonderful Love from Lizi Pin-Stripe Peel-Off Stickers to grid-off my design (these are so versatile in their various widths & colors).
The Challenge theme at Impression Obsession is to make a Quick Christmas Card.
For me, background stamps like Impression Obsession Christmas Word Background make the quickest cards. For these cards, I colored with two colors of Kuretake Zig Art & Graphic Twin Markers, spritzed with water, and stamped ... quick and easy peasy. The first one combined teal and green.
For my second one, I used two shades of Rose Red.
The 9th Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is Watercoloring.
I watercolored first using my interference, pearlescent, and iridescent watercolors that I got from my Daniel Smith Watercolor Split Facebook Group and then finished with more vibrant colors from my Jane Davenport watercolors (ladybug & mermaid).
I stamped Essentials by Ellen Mondo Holly in Nocturne Versafine Ink and Clear Embossed before watercoloring.
After the watercolor paint dried, I traced a tag on the back of the watercolor paper and cut out my watercolored tag. I finished by stamping the Merry Christmas from Mondo Holly in Mulled Wine Ink along the bottom and added a felt ribbon at the top.
My Tag for the 8th Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist was inspired by Emily's flowers & use of color.
I loved her poinsettias in shades of magenta and purple, so I started by using my Gina K. Designs Stitched Circles dies (they nest inside each other for a perfect border) in ombre purple and grey for my base.
Next I die cut the Perfect Poinsettia Dies from My Favorite Things in Magenta Purple & Lime Green. I finished with a sparkly flower center, some glittery ribbon & a perfect tiny sentiment from Flora & Fauna Holiday Word Party (love this set).
I love being inspired to try something new ... and how awesome it turned out.
The next theme at the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is Black & White.
This adorable Mini Dress Up Penguin from Flora & Fauna was just waiting for this opportunity to shine.
The Tiny Sentiment is from Flora & Fauna Mini Reindeer Love. I used a scrap of black & white snowflake paper that I downloaded & printed from one of the previous tag challenges and finished with polka dot ribbon stapled to the top of my tag.
A quick card for the Unity Stamp Company Christmas Card Challenge ... one of my favorite Unity Sentiments - Get Out the Fat Pants.
I combined it with some thin washi tape & the Christmas Tree from Spruce Up the Season and an Eyelet Outlet Enamel Star on the top of the tree.
Today's 6th Tag of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is brought to you by ... Woodgrain.
I decided to go simple & rustic with my design. I had a bit of wood paper in my scraps, so I used it to cut my tag.
Next I added a Wood Vaneer Tree & Star from Simple Stories Claus & Co. I colored my Star with a new Gold pen from Uni-Ball (Mitsubishi Pencil Co) ... love how it worked. I finished by stapling on a piece of brown flannel ribbon.
I couldn't resist taking a literal interpretation of this week's Freshly Made Sketch and making a wonky Christmas Tree.
I cut four triangles from coordinating designer paper and started assembling from the bottom. Instead of stripes I used brick paper that reminded of the brick paper my Grandma would wrap around a book case every year, so we could hang our stockings on the special fireplace.
Of course every wonky Christamas Tree needs a Gingerbread Man trunk ... a Christmas sentiment sticker and an Eyelet Outlet Bling Star completed my design.
While my papers were out, I made a second wonky tree using red & white striped paper ... I love making these fun little trees.
Day 5 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist is back with more Sparkle Inspiration.
I took my inspiration from Therese's fun colors and the bundled up person on Nicole's tag ... and created my own Mix-It-Up Challenge combining Paper Smooches Snowman 2 and a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen's Snow Days Sentiment.
I die cut my snowman from white & pink glitter paper ... and what I thought was a Paper Smooches tag die for my glitter tag, but I'm unable to find it in the store. I free-hand-cut my speech bubble for my fun frosty sentiment. The finishing touch was a ribbon bow at the top for the Paper Smooches Ribbon Challenge (I was thrilled to be a winner at Paper Smooches last month ... can't wait to go shopping).
Lots of fun from skipping through blogland:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
