Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #6

Whew, I'm back after another crazy whirlwind weekend trip to Gainesville to see the Florida Gators play and to spend a couple of days house hunting in the area.  All these weekend trips are playing havoc with staying on track with all my designing/blogging and keeping up with all my store tasks, but I did manage to get another tag done for the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie style.  And I will be visiting all the players to let each and every one of you know how wonderful your work is and how happy I am to have you joining in the fun with me this year!  The snowflake rosette was also colored with Brushed Pewter DS.  

I finally got a supply of the snowflake rosette dies in the store and of course had to grab one for me.  This snowflake was made with the Mini Snowflake Rosette die but I do have both in stock.  For this tag, I started with a jumbo tag and glued a page from a vintage book to it.  When the glue was good and dry, I applied packing tape and then ripped it off which pulled off some of the print.  I had to do that 4 times before I wore the print down to the look I was going for.  Then I sponged it liberally with Iced Spruce distress ink and then sponged the edges with Vintage Photo DI.  The book page was a little lose around some of the edges so I deliberately ripped off anything that was lose for more of a worn effect.  The next step was to stamp snowflakes from Mini Holidays over the top half in Sticky EP and when heated, poured the awesome Rock Candy Distress Stickles over it.  

The Weathered Clock was cut from chipboard and colored with Aged Mahogany distress stain and then given two coats of UTEE.  The tree was cut from vanilla CS and stained with Pine Needles DS and then edged with Brushed Pewter DS.  

Both the white mesh ribbon and the Venise lace bows are from my shop.  I painted the lace with SU's Cherry Cobbler reinker/water to give it a candy cane feel.  The little flower up top was cut from Cherry Cobbler paper with an older Sizzix die (Flowers & Vine #3), the tag was cut with a PTI mini tag die and the Joy sentiment is an older SU stamp, tied on with a piece of burlap string from my shop also.  

There you go for Week #6 - we're half way through the 12 tags already - have you played along?  You can get all the details here.  And as a reminder, to be eliglble for the prize drawings at the end (I'm giving away one $50 gift certificate and two $25 gift certificates to The Funkie Junkie Boutique), you MUST include these elements in your post 1) link back to the week's tag challenge 2) say what inspired you from my tag and how you used it in yours 3) say that the challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and include a link to www.thefunkiejunkie.com.  

These products used to make this tag are available at great prices from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Mini Snowflake Rosettes (2 sizes) Die	25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Sizzix Alternations Tim Holtz Snow Tree BIGZ Die	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Weathered Clock BIGZ Die	May Arts White Mesh Ribbon - 1.5"	Venise Lace Trim - 1 Inch
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mini Holidays	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles Dry Glitter Clear Rock Candy	Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Ranger Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Pine Needles
Tim Holtz Ranger Metallic Distress Stain - Brushed Pewter	Burlap String - 12 Colors	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Aged Mahogany	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo