12 Tags of Christmas – Funkie Junkie Style (Week #3)

8 years ago

’Tis the season for colds – nothing like an autumn cold to start it all off right? Despite a couple of naps this weekend, lots of hot honey and lemon, and several boxes of tissues I was able to spend a little bit of time in my craft room. And, I worked on Week #3 of the 12 Tags of Christmas – Funkie Junkie style. The challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Linda’s blog has all of the rules and there is still time to join in the challenge!

Linda’s tag for this week reminded me of the various birds, greenery, and music of the season. I chose a background that has phrases from Christmas songs. I then cut and die cut various greenery pieces with the idea that we are looking at one side of a wreath (that’s why it doesn’t line up with the exact edge of the tag). To add some texture I used some linen textured paper and smooth cardstock. I found some ribbon that I used on the garlands I put up in the house at the holidays, trimmed it down to add some gold, grabbed some extra pine cones I had from a previous project (the muffin tin), and added some touches of red using the metallique acrylic paint on the small art pebbles. I stamped and die cut my cardinal and browned the edges. After much debating, I decided to leave everything matte – so I didn’t add snow, didn’t add mica sprays, or anything that would compete with the metallique ribbon. Keeping it matte seemed more weathered and vintage to me.

I hope tag #3 inspires you too! I think it’s going to be one of my favorites – even though I’m only one quarter of the way through the challenge….now to check what Linda has in store for us in Week #4.

I hope your days are merry and bright and, hopefully, without a cold!

Items used for this project:

• Paper: Tim Holtz Mini Paper Stash (Tidings); Tim Holtz Core’dinations (Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, and Bundled Sage), CTMH cardstock (Fern and New England Ivy); Neenah Solar White Cardstock;
• Inks/Paint: Altenew Crisp Inks (Jet Black, Dark Chocolate, Velvet, Ruby Red, and Crimson); Prima Finnabair Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint (Metallique Royal Red); Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Carmel);
• Stamp: Hero Arts (Color Layering Cardinal)
• Die Cuts: Hero Arts (Color Layering Cardinal Frame Cuts); Cricut Cuts; Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits (Holiday Greens – Mini)
• Embellishments: Tim Holtz Ideaology (Crinkle Ribbons, Typed Tokens (Christmas); Adornments (Pine cones); Prima Finnabair Art Ingredients Melange (Art Pebbles);