Day 2 of the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist features this beauty from Julie Ebersole. Julie was the first stamper I had a serious *design crush* on when first I discovered her clean classy designs on SCS ... and she still inspires me as much ... or more ... today.
I decided to incorporate a grey sky, buildings, stars, sequins and a floating sentiment ... as well as the cool 3-D window-box effect into my tag design.
I started by die cutting stars into my sky. Next I die cut the Savvy Cityscape twice from silver metallic cardstock and then cut them into four pieces, so I could layer them with foam tape for dimension. I die cut a Spellbinders Labels 20 opening into the top tag and began assembling, placing more silver cardstock behind the star openings before attaching my matching natural colored card back.
I finished with a silver jingle bell border and a die cut Merry Christmas sentiment that floats across the label opening. The final step was some sequin sparkle ... I will confess, I didn't really *get* sequins when they first started showing-up in designs ... now I want to include them everywhere ... especially in little groups.
I'm also joining the Christmas Card Challenges where the theme this week is no stamping ... and sneaking in one last project featuring sequins for the Paper Crafts Gallery.
FAB tag! Like every design element ... your starry background, layered buildings, draped red die cut greeting, the jingle bell border and sparkly sequins (I like using them, too) PERFECTLY delightful tag, Stephanie! :)
Posted by: Gabby | December 03, 2013 at 03:25 PM
Wow! This is completely gorgeous!!
Posted by: Gwen | December 03, 2013 at 09:14 PM
I love your take on this tag with the pops of red! Absolutely beautiful.
Posted by: Sue VanDeVusse | December 04, 2013 at 03:24 AM
Another masterpiece!!! Love your design of the cutout, clever!!
Posted by: Diane H | December 04, 2013 at 03:42 AM
Awesome tag!
Posted by: char | December 05, 2013 at 01:21 AM
YAY!!! It turned out awesome!!! I love the way you used a more ornate die for the window, too!!! *hug* Thanks for playin' with us, Stef and I hope you have a wonderful Holiday!
Posted by: Julie Ebersole | December 05, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Love it!!! Your tag is wonderful!! Thank you for sharing! hugs, Marti
Posted by: Marti Hollingsworth | December 08, 2013 at 03:18 PM
What a great interpretation of this tag...making me wish I had the die!
Posted by: sara j | December 08, 2013 at 04:59 PM
what an interesting card. Love the city , and the way you presented it. and very nice tag. thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Pattie Jns | December 14, 2013 at 01:43 PM