Challenge: 12 Tags of Christmas - Funkie Junkie Style - Bonus Tag #1

Christmas greetings, friends and visitors!  I'm back today with a huge thank you to you all for your interest and participation in my annual Christmas tags challenge.  I've had such fun making these tags and visiting the blogs of everyone who has played along.  You all have been a huge inspiration to me with the amazing art pieces you have made with just a small idea here and there from my tags.  Thank you!  I'm so grateful for your participation and support playing it this challenge!  I hope you have all had as much fun as I have had.

So here I am, back with the first of two very small offerings to keep you inspired over the holiday season.  It's a super busy week so I made a quick Thank You tag, taking my inspiration from Tim Holtz. I really loved what he did with the frosted film for his December tag and I will be entering my tag in his challenge.  My small supply in the store sold out immediately so I had to wait to get my frosted film to come in a re-order.  Since December is running out, I decided to double up on this tag.  I didn't have much time to play so I made it very simple, just swiping the background with Icy Spruce DS and stenciling the holly leaves on with Library Green archival ink.  

The holly leaf cluster was made exactly according to Tim Holtz's instructions for his December tag.  Because my holly leaf cluster was a bit overwhelming on the small footprint of the tag, I wanted to keep any other embellishments to a minimum.  I love the Industrious Stickers - Borders and decided a  strip on each side would be a nice touch.  I tried to mimic the tarnished metal surface from the Industrious stickers with the sentiment plates.  Using Silver Foil card stock, I scratched it lightly with my Sanding Grip to take the shine off it.  Then I silver embossed the plate and the sentiment from Simple Sayings, dabbing on Pitch Black acrylic paint.  Once it was 3/4 dry, I buffed it off leaving a tarnished look to it.  It doesn't exactly match the Industrious Sticker surface, but it's close.  

The inside is mostly blank for writing a personal thank you message.  I ran a strip of red line tape under the top flap to create a matchbook type of closing for the note.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Wishing all my Christian friends a very blessed Christmas!

These products used to make this tag can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	PRE-ORDER Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Holly Bough	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Iced Spruce	Ranger Archival Ink - Library Green
Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence
Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Art Parts Clearly for Art	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Frosted Film	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Industrious Stickers - Borders	Ranger Surfaces Silver Foil Cardstock: 8.5" x 11", Pack of 3	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip
Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Simple Sayings	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder - Silver
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Mirrored Stars