This afternoon I made a holiday tag inspired by Julia Stainton's card for Day 7 of 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. I love all of the wonderful embossing & glitter, so that's what I tried to incorporate in my tag design.
I tried Julia's background technique using Distress Stain, but I kept getting ink in the debossed areas (which looked okay ... just wasn't what I was looking for), so instead I tried Broken China Distress Ink which gave me the white contrast of the snowflakes I was hoping for. I couldn't find my holographic embossing powder, so I used a violet interference powder instead that gave it a very cool effect ... I tried to show it a bit more here ... the ink changes color as you move it.
I layered a Stampin' Up Felt snowflake with a Jolee's Glittery Snowflake sticker. I finished with some foam thickers and dabbed on lots of Arctic Ice stickles for more glittery sparkle.
I'm joining in with Christmas Themed Gift Tags at Party Time Tuesdays & the Embossing Challenge at Just Us Girls (I used a combination of dry & heat embossing in my design).
Here's Julie's gorgeous tag I used for my inspiration:
Steph, this is gorgeous! I love the way you used the interference powder, it turned out beautifully.
Posted by: Sue VanDeVusse | December 08, 2012 at 06:02 PM
Steph - this is an awesome tag! Your color choice is excellent! Thanks for joining in with JUGS!
Posted by: vicki dutcher | December 08, 2012 at 10:44 PM
So pretty!! I love the sparkle.
Posted by: Mary Harris | December 09, 2012 at 09:35 AM
A wonderful snowflake tag Steph! love all the blues!
Posted by: Julia Aston | December 10, 2012 at 09:55 AM
The layering is so stunning and I love all the glitter! Thanks so much for playing with us at Just Us Girls!
Posted by: Lynn | December 10, 2012 at 08:25 PM
GORGEOUS! tons of sparkle! what's not to love???
thanks for playing with the Party Planners this week!
Holly PTT DT
Posted by: Holly PTT DT | December 11, 2012 at 01:23 AM