Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Week #10

Hi everyone, it's time again for another tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style.  I'm back this week with Tag #10.  How are you doing on finishing your tags/holiday projects for this challenge?  You have until December 22nd to link all 12 tags, but if you haven't started, time is running short.  I'd love to have you play along.  You can find all of the challenge requirements in the Tag #1 post here.  And if you are playing along, thank you so much.  I've been swamped any haven't gotten around to visit everyone who has played, but I will be stopping by to take a closer look.

And now for some details on this tag.  I was able to get an ample supply of the new Tim Holtz stencils into the shop so I pulled my first Tim Holtz stencil from the inventory and used it here.  I decided I wanted to stamp inside an oval and then emboss around the oval.  It took a little juggling but I was able to work it out.

To start with, I marked off my oval by tracing around the oval on the texture fade diffuser.   I did the same on a piece of matting paper and cut it out.  Once I trimmed out the middle of the oval, I was ready to get started.

I applied the matting paper to my tag and then embossed the Holly Bough stencil with Pine Needles distress ink.   Then I embossed the holly branch texture fade  on the top and the bottom of the tag, using the embossing diffuser.

The dry embossed Holly Branch was sponged with Pine Needles DI and I stamped the script from Wendy Vecchi's Live and Make Art set lightly and randomly with Walnut Stain DI.  The edges were also sponged with Walnut Stain.  Using the Holly Branch die, I cut the holly leaves from manila CS and sponged them with Pine Needles DI, then swiped them with Picket Fence distress stain.  When dry, I embossed them with the Flourish texture fade, sponging the edges with Walnut Stain.

The Ornate Frame die was used to cut chipboard, which was then painted with Brushed Pewter distress stain and then Pewter distress glitter was added.  I had the Pewter distress stain on my craft sheet, left over from painting the ornate frame.  I spritzed some water on it and then blotted my tag into to it to give it a little bling.  The sentiment was stamped in Jet Black archival.  I dyed the seam binding with SU's Real Red reinker and then applied Brushed Pewter glitter to the mirrored star.

And that's a wrap for tag #10.  Thanks so much for stopping by and if you are planing along, thank you so much for join in.

25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Picket Fence White	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pine Needles	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Old Fashioned Christmas	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Ornate Frame Bigz Die	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Pumice Stone	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Rayon Seam Binding	PRE-ORDER Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Holly Bough	Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Mirrored Stars	Tim Holtz Sixxiz Texture Fades - Holly Branch and Pinie Branch Set	Stampers Anonymous Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Stamps - Live and Make Art