Tag You're It.....Farewell

Today, I am joining with all the other past and current designers at Tag You're It! to say goodbye.  After 79 challenges, Tag You're It! is closing down.  Tracey has asked us to reflect on our TYI projects and highlight our favorite.

I had the good fortune to be a part of the TYI design team for a short time.  Here are the projects I made while on that DT.

My favorite tag is the one I made for #36, where I was the inspiration.

I would like to thank Tracey for everything she has done over the years to keep this challenge running, all the members of all the DT's for providing so much inspiration, and, of course, all the participants who played along.

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Tag You're It #36...Reminder

Hello and happy Friday.  You still have time to play along with us at Tag You're It #36.  I am the inspiration this week, and here is my inspiration tag.

I CASEd myself and made a tag inspired my my first tag.

This time I focused on the sponged ink background, the use of die cuts, and, of course, Santa in the sky.

I hope you will play along with us.  You have another week.

Want more inspiration?  Head over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration from our team of designers and our guest designer, Tracy MacDonald.

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Tag You're It #36

Hello and happy Friday.  It's time for a new tag inspiration at Tag You're It, and this week I am the inspiration.  Eek--I am a little bit nervous, as I have never had to be the inspiration for anything before.

Here is my tag...looking all official-like.

I die cut and stamped several images from PTI City Scene (one of my all time favorite sets), and combined them all to make a shaker tag with an inky blended sky--suitable for dressing up a holiday gift.

I tried to give lots of avenues for inspiration--buildings, city scenes, sponged background, shakers, even a car with a tree on top.  What I never thought would be inspirational, and it seems to be the favorite element to CASE, is that Santa's sleigh flying through the night.

Please, (please, please) play along with this week and make a tag inspired by my tag.  Don't forget to tell how you were inspired.

Want more inspiration?  Head over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration from our team of designers and our guest designer, Tracy MacDonald.

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Tag You're It #35...Merry & Bright

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends.  Happy Thursday to all my friends, far and near.

I have had a wonderful day so far, running in a local turkey trot, puttering around in my craft room and anticipating a Thanksgiving dinner with my family at a local restaurant--i.e. no cooking or cleaning up for me.  This year, as always, I am so very grateful for all my friends in the blogging community, and especially those friends I have actually had the privilege of meeting in person.

There is still time to play along at Tag You're It #35, where we have Tracey's colorful tag to inspire us.  We also have Tracey to thank for all the wonderful tag inspiration she and her guests have provided for the past 25 days.  Click here to start at Day 1 of the 25 Tags of Christmas and be prepared to be inspired.

I was inspired by the red Christmas light on Tracey's tag, as well as the polka dots on her tag.  I used PTI Holiday Lights for my tag, and stamped a background from PTI Confetti Toss for the bottom layer of my tag.

While my Misti was all set up, I made several of these tags in a variety of colors, and will package these up as a little holiday gift set.

I am linking these tags up at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes, Christmas Card Challenges #51 Anything Goes, CAS on Sunday #72 Christmas, AAA Cards #50 Anything Goes and Happy Little Stampers December Challenge: Tag.

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Tag You're It #34....Home is Where the Heart Is

Hello there.  It's time for a new challenge at Tag You're It!  Our inspiration tag this week is provided by Susan Wuthrich and it is cute as can be.  I know you will love it as much as I did.

I was inspired by the brightly colored adorable houses Susan had on her tag.  I used some wonky houses from one of my favorite old PTI sets--Wonderfully Whimsical, and attempted some Copic coloring and shading, just like Susan's.

I hope that you will join in on the fun at Tag You're It this week and make a tag.  Head on over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration and to link up your creation.

I am also linking this tag up at Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags and  Addicted to Stamps #169: Clean and Simple, 

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Tag You're It #32....Reminder Post...Stay Warm

Hello there.  There is still time to play along with the current challenge at Tag You're It!  Our inspiration tag this week is provided by Kelly Szafron and it is a fun one.

I kept my card design very similar to Kelly's and also had one main image on my tag.  I used one of the polar bears from MFT Cool Day and colored his scarf and hat with Copics.  I used some die cuts from the Memory Box Ribbon Candy Border behind my tag--I kept some of the strands white and colored 2 of them with the same green Copic marker as I used on the tag.

I hope that you will join in on the fun at Tag You're It this week and make a tag.  Head on over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration and to link up your creation.

I am also linking this tag up at Virginia's View #19 and The 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker.

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Tag You're It #32....Cheers

Hello there.  It's time for a new challenge at Tag You're It!  Our inspiration tag this week is provided by Kelly Szafron and it is a fun one.

I just love that adorable Santa that Kelly colored as her focal point.  Especially his gigantic beard and tiny feet.  Anyway, I was inspired by how Kelly's tag was adorned with only a single colored image, the fun stuff going on in her card background and her die cut sentiment.

I used PTI Tag Sale #3 to cut a tag out of water color paper, stamped it with one of the penguins from MFT Penguins in Paradise and colored it with my Zig Aqua Brush pens.  I went with a textured background using PTI Coverplate Waves and a die cut sentiment cut from more water color paper painted with the same Zig pen as the drink flower.

I hope that you will join in on the fun at Tag You're It this week and make a tag.  Head on over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration and to link up your creation.

I am also linking this tag up at Virginia's View #19 and The 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker.

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Tag You're It #30 Reminder

We are halfway through our Tag You're It Challenge #30, and I thought I'd pop in with a reminder and some additional inspiration.

This time, I decided to try to make a shaped tag, inspired by Nancy's festive shaped tag.  I used the PTI Shape Up Cupcake die, which is about A2 card size, so this is one supersized cupcake tag.  I combined some papers from the Shakers & Sprinkles kit with a die cut strawberry from Fruit Fusion (I didn't have a cherry the right scale)  I think this berry, coated with Glossy Accents makes a luscious cupcake topper, don't you?

I hope you will play along with us at Tag You're It.  Please click the link to see more inspiration from the Design Team.

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