Twelve Days of Christmas TAGS, Day 2

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to meee.... a really sweet layered poinsettia tag! I used the flower in the Gina K. Designs Merry & Bright kit along with the greeting from the October Pining for Plaid Paper Pumpkin kit.

The large and small poinsettias were stamped in Real Red on Whisper White cardstock. The larger blossom was cut with the coordinating die in the Merry & Bright kit, as were the Garden Green stamped leaves. Then I fussy-cut the smaller blossom, leaving just center and the petals with the veins. A Mini Stampin' Dimensional fit perfectly underneath to give it a 3D look! I colored a small Gold Faceted Gem with the dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends alcohol marker to deepen the color, and plopped it in the center.

The Silver Edge Ribbon was tied with some retired Real Red Baker's Twine to complete the tag.

Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

Gold Faceted Gems

Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

No Mo Mojo

I don't know what happened, but my creative mojo has completely vanished. One minute I was humming along, ideas popping all over the place, and then WHAM! - I hit a brick wall. I don't know if it's because this is post number 203 for this year, and last year I had 176 posts for the entire year. Maybe I used up all my ideas for the year? Do we get a set amount on New Year's Day? If so, I need to up my quota for next year!

Sometimes it helps knock things loose if I break the routine and play with some "contraband", also know as SOB (Some Other Brand). And that's what I did here. Gina K. Designs just released a new stamp and die set called Merry & Bright. Well, you can tell by the name that it's holiday-themed, and it is awesome! If I counted correctly, it's a 35 piece stamp set with a coordinating 23 piece die set.

Anyway, this was the first thing I came up with, and I actually have ideas for more! See? Sometimes you just need something new to shake up those neurons in the old brain!

June Card Swap

The theme for this month's Crazy Card Swappers (part of the SU monthly stamp club) was to make a masculine birthday card (for age 16 or older), and we either had to use 3 different punches, or one punch three different ways. What the...?! Well, since I have a brain fart very little imagination when it comes to punches, there was no way I could think of three ways to use one punch, so I opted for the three different punch look. ;-)

I did use the tag punch a bit differently. Instead of punching a tag, I punched a tag-shaped hole and stamped the " 2 U " inside after inking the edges with SU Chocolate Chip craft ink. I also inked the edges of the punched circle and oval with the CC ink. I'm loving that Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper frpm Stampin' Up! It's really nice, heavy textured cardstock, with lovely coplors/patterns. Too bad it's being discontinued, because of the new In Colors coming out.

Anyhoooo, I thought this would do for a young man's birthday. Gosh, I do struggle with masculine cards. Wonder if I will ever outgrow it?

Have a lovely week!

Cardstock: SU Whisper White and Kraft
DSP: SU Parisian Breeze
Stamps: Star and sentiment from "Just So Sporty" and "Little Tees" by Melanie Muenchinger, manufactured by Gina K. Designs
Inks: SU Chocolate Chip (sentiments), VersaMark (stars)
Punches: Stampin' Up! small tag, large oval, 1" circle
Ribbon, Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip ¼" grosgrain