25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019...Day 13

Welcome to Day 13 of The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019.  If you are arriving for the first time, all the details and the link up can be found HERE.

We are at the halfway mark! I hope you are all having fun!

Those of you who have played along in past years know that at the end of the event there is a linkup for one more prize--The 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 Superstar!

There is a special prize for one lucky person who has completed all 26 days of the challenge accurately! This year Design Team member Kim Heggins has made a special superstar prize! Kim is a very talented sewer and has an Etsy shop at Running Stitch Design, selling so many of her fabulous handmade bags. Definitely worth checking out! Here is the prize she has made for this year's winner. A cute winter theme makeup bag!

Our sponsor for Day 13 is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

Just for today, I am going to be taking a break from Christmas.  Not a break from tags, but just from Christmas.  If you are Jewish, December is a pretty BORING month.  Since our sponsor for today is CAS-ual Fridays stamps, and they have some of the best Chanukah stamps around, I decided to have a little Hanukah party on my blog.  

Welcome to my Hanukkah party!!

Starting us off is a trio of tags using dies from Tag Buddies, 8 Happy Nights stamps, and Hanukkah Fri-Dies.  

Here is a close up of the two tags with the Star of David die cuts from Hanukkah Fri-Dies.  This die cuts a bunch of shapes that all nest together.  I cut once from dark blue and once from white, and just nested them using alternating colors.

I used silver embossing powder to emboss one of the images from 8 Happy Nights stamps.  I really love how this stamp used words to form the shape of a menorah, which is the thing with candles that we light each of the 8 nights of Chanukah.

These two tags focus on the Dreidel, which is a little top that children can spin.  There are 4 sides, and a Hebrew letter on each side.

On this tag, I heat embossed the dreidels in silver.

This tag has a little shaker, and I stamped the words to the dreidel song in light colored ink to form the background.

I made this sweet trio of tags using the smallest die Tag Buddies and stamps from Spin the Dreidel.

Last of all, a pair of cards using stamps from Spin the Dreidel.

I hope you have had fun at my little Chanukah/Hanukah/Hannukkah party.  Why are there so many spellings of the word Chanukah/Hanukah/Hannukkah you might ask?  I think it is because it is a translation of a Hebrew word which uses characters and sounds from the Hebrew alphabet that have no counterpart in the Modern English Alphabet.  So, relax and enjoy the fact that you can never really misspell the word Chanukah/Hanukah/Hannukkah.

Please head over to Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the fun and get a chance to win a prize.

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Time Out #145...Reminder...hope

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  This week, we challenge you to be inspired by this theme:

I have always loved the large scale of the Ruffled Ribbon Die from CAS-Fridays Stamps, and have used it so many times over the years.  For this card, I framed my simple die cuts using the PTI Pierced frames, for a really Clean and Simple Breast Cancer Awareness card.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Sidan, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge. CAS-UAL Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Time Out #145...Don't Worry

We have a new challenge at Time Out.  This week, we challenge you to make a card with the theme of Breast Cancer Awareness.  The optional twist is one layer with pink.

I decided to go all out PINK on my card, although did not make it one layer, as I wanted to paper piece and pop up these adorable birds.  I used CAS-Fridays Little Birdies stamps to make a pink themed encouragement card.  Gosh, I hope I can keep this one in my stash for a long time, which would mean that I didn't need to send it to anyone I care about.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Sidan, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge. CAS-UAL Fridays Stamps is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for two weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018...Day 20

Welcome to Day 20 of The 25 Tags of Christmas Tags 2018.  If you are just arriving for the first time, all the details and the linkup can be found HERE.

Our sponsor for Day 20 is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

I used this very fun stamp with a sentiment in the shape of a Christmas tree.

For this tag, I heat embossed the entire stamp in gold.

For my second tag, I stamped the image twice.  Once in green on the tag, and once on a scrap in pink.  Then, I cut some of the pink stamped piece to layer over the green.

Please head over to Tracey's blog for more information on how you can join in on the fun and get a chance to win a prize.

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Crafty Recap

Hello and happy Sunday.  I was inspired by this fun card of Betsy's during PTI Release week.  I loved her string of mittens, and strung up some brightly colored hats for my card, which I am entering at PTI Create Along with Us.

I had to break out my brand new MFT New York Skyline die for my next card, which I am entering at AAA Cards #126:  Moonlight, Addicted to Stamps and More #314: Clean and Simple, and Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes.  I created my moon by masking off a circle and blending several Distress Inks all around it.

A couple of Stamplorations Reindeer are frolicking under a starry night in my next card.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Monday Challenge: Starry Night and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics.

For my last card, I was inspired to combine the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays #210: Pinks & Greys and Calling All Sistahs #18.  I used 3 different shades of pink and 3 different shades of grey, although it is a little hard to tell from this photo.  I used MFT Homespun Stitch Lines dies to create the random stitching pattern on my light pink front panel and MFT Grosgrain Texture Board to add texture to my dark pink front panel.

Lest you think I have been slacking off in my crafting, I thought I'd announce here that I have joined Tracey's creative team for her annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags project.  I have been working away behind the scenes, creating lots of tags that I will be excited to share during the month of November.  I hope that you will be inspired to play along.   Watch this space...

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My Crafty Weekend

Hello and happy Sunday.  I am back from Montana, where I spent several days with my 2 daughters and my sister-in-law, enjoying nature and relaxing.  I missed my stamps, and went on a crafty tear when I got home.

First up is this colorful card using PTI Salt Air Fauna stamps.  I was inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #280 and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun in the Sun.

Another card using the same stamps and dies, as well as the matching Salt Air Fauna stamps.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Summer Fun, and The Male Room #89:  Fish/Fishing.

I am entering this next card at PTI Make it Monday #328: Creating Shadow Backgrounds.  I used What the Doodle Butterfly stamps and dies for my images.  I had forgotten how pretty the detailing is on these stamps.  I am also entering this card at Just Add Ink #417: Just Add "T".  My "T" is "thank you".

I created a watercolor background using PTI reinkers on this card and am entering it at Just Us Girls #449: Watercolor Background.  I used that watercolor background as the base behind this Poppystamps Happy Birthday Background die, and am entering this card at Poppystamps Challenge #46: Birthday Party.  There are quite a few birthday challenges this week, and I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #300, Inkspirational #165, and Seize the Birthday without toppings.

Back to the ocean for my next card, which was inspired by the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches #280 and the baby challenge at Addicted to CAS #140.

My next card is an encouragement card featuring the emboss resist technique, and I am entering it at CAS-ual Friday's Challenge #203.  All of my coloring on this card was done by sponging Distress Inks.

Are you tired yet?  Last card is inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #345 and the colors at Color Throwdown #501.

That's it for me today. 

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