~ Christmas Tag Book ~
November 9th, 2009 by Holly McMillen
Good morning, Friends!
Have you ever gotten an idea in your head and it just ruminates there for so long that it drives you nuts? Well, that’s what this project did to me. I even lost sleep over it! I was to a point at about 2am Sunday morning that I wanted to get out of bed and get started on it. I just knew if I did that, I would be regretting it. Instead, I laid awake until after 4am. Oy!
Over the last eight or so years that I have been stamping, I rarely make tags. I love them though. They are such a great ”little” canvas to work on. So for my Monday Artful Inkables’ project, I made this little tag book.
The tags are 3 x 2″ each. The book closed is 3 1/2 x 3″. It took alot of planning and fidgeting to get the design just right, but I am really pleased with the way it turned out.
Here are my deets:
Stamps: Artful Inkables‘ Holiday Treats and Tails (front sentiment is computer generated)
Colors: GP White, Real Red, Soft Suede, dps/acetate
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, copics
Accessories: Ribbon, circle punches, scalloped circle punches, word window punch, tab punch, 1/2 pearls, sticky tape, stickles, puff paint, snowflake punch, corner rounder, brads, dimensionals, scoring blade, hole punch
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Thanks for stopping by! Remember, Artful Inkables is having a sale on 35 sets until November 15th! Be sure to check that out!
~~ Holly ~~
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These are darling, Holly!! And aren’t you a cleaver girl having the scalloped frame for each of the images on the tags!! Glad your concept finally made it out of your head and on to paper. You need to do tags more often 😀
i loooooooooooove it!
Oh Holly ~ Heavenly Stars!!! This is so inventive of you! I love all the colors…the idea is one I will have to CASE!!! And to put them in a book!!! Well, you have just given me a great idea to use for office Christmas Presents! Hope you like what I did for the Swap…it is in the mail tomorrow!!! And the 3-D challenge is posted on my blog now…Take care and stay healthy my friend!!!
Oh my word girl! I can see what this kept you awake! It’s a fantastic project! Seriously awesome! What fun tags too – each one of them!
Love this! If you come to Carn’s next week, I’d love to see it in person. Great idea!
Pam
What a positively darling tag book! I love your sweet interpretation … and I’m envisioning the happy smiles that this will evoke!
~Bev
So creative Holly!! You are one creative tag book maker!!
Love the tags with the half circles for the main images! Great sketch for tags!