Tuesday 3 February 2015

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Angels or Fairies



I'm very excited as today we have a new challenge for you over at Holly Jolly. This time the theme is Angels or Fairies. We are sponsored by A Day for Daisies, QKR Stampede and Bugaboo. There will also be fantastic prizes for three lucky winners. Everyone has a chance to win prizes as they are randomly drawn. Remember, you have to be in it to win it! The DT will also select favourites who will get a badge to proudly display on their blog. 




The wonderful Holly Jolly DT has a lot of inspiration if you are stuck with a bit of mojo gone AWOL. You can also have a browse on the sponsor's pages to find fabulous digis to work with.

I always love the challenges where Bugaboo is a sponsor as I get to play with the fabulous Stella. This time I used Stella Tidbits Fairy Visit. She is just the best, and I love her in her little fairy costume. Nothing says Christmas like a happy little Stella fairy, right? This time I thought I would try to make a bit of a mixed media tag. The great thing about starting your Christmas crafting early is that you can put quite a bit of time and effort into each piece. It will be November again sooner than you think, and then you have to come up with simple designs for mass production, so the beginning of the year is the perfect time to make your more elaborate Christmas crafts. 

I started by creating the background onto a kraft tag using Tim Holtz distress paints. I dabbed the paints onto my craft mat, spritzed generously with water and swirled my tag in the paint. After thoroughly drying the tag with my heat gun, I used Distress Inks and a star stencil to created the stars in the background. The I used a beautiful Christmas ornament stamp which I heat embossed in gold powder. I coloured Stella with Copics and fussy cut her. I die cut the snowflake and bow from copper cardstock and printed and inked the words for the sentiment. Last I added some ribbon, twine and a bell, and a die cut border to the bottom of the tag. As a finishing touch, I added some Ice Stickles to the Stella's stars and the centre of the snowflake flower.



I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Snarker's choice (I chose I is for iconic, because I think by now Stella has made the iconic status in the snarky world!!)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Something Beginning with B (bow, bell)
Merry Monday - Bows
ABC Christmas Challenges - B is for bows, bunting or baking
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - H is for... (Have yourself a magical Christmas)
Sparkle n' Sprinkle - Anything goes with loose glitter, embossing powder or flocking (gold embossing powder christmas ornaments in the background)
Use Your Stuff - Inspired by a song (One of my favourite Christmas songs, Fairytale of New York (you get it, *fairy*tale... hehe) but also the bit where they sing "You were handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York city)
Incy Wincy Designs - Tic Tac Toe (use a punch (bow builder punch), something that sparkles (adhesive gem), ribbon)
That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Card: Ranger Inkssentials Kraft tag #8, Copper metallic card, Hobbycraft 160 gsm white card, Stampin' Up Real Red
Background: Tim Holtz Distress paints Barn Door, Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Antiqued Bronze
Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Tim Holtz Distress inks Forest Moss, Iced Spruce, Pine Needles, Black Soot
Stamps: Bugaboo Stella Tidbits Fairy Visit, Stampin' Up Ornament Keepsakes
Colouring: Copics YG13, YG15, YG17, R24, R46, B00, E34, E39, YR00
Other: Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes and Stitched Journaling Card dies, Stampin' Up Bow builder punch, Tim Holtz Vintage Lace dies, red ribbon, twine and a bell from my stash, Tim Holtz Stencil Stars, Ranger Ice Stickles Coffee Ice


22 comments:

Shirl said...

What a great tag. Love your take on our challenge over at Use Your Scraps hun. Stunning hugs DT Shirl

Meihsia Liu said...

Beautiful tag! I love the fun image you used. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

N-Eva said...

Your tag makes me smile....loving this cute image. Such a sweet project .Hugs Neva

Lori said...

Love that copper cardstock bow and snowflake! Super cute tag. Thanks so much for joining us at Use Your Stuff!

Lori - UYSDT

Colette said...

Beautiful tag, love the colours! Thank you for playing along with Incy Wincy this week. Colette DT xx

Jilly said...

Gorgeous tag xx

Nikki said...

Beautiful tag you've made thanks for Playing at Incy Wincy hugs Nikki DT

Lindsey said...

You are so right -- Stella is an icon! Just having her on the tag makes me read the sentiment with a hint of sarcasm. :D This is a gorgeous creation! So glad you joined the anniversary fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Lynn (aka Lynnpenguin) said...

This is just lovely...such great details and wonderful Bugaboo image.
Hugs.

Lynn (aka Lynnpenguin) said...

This is just lovely...such great details and wonderful Bugaboo image.
Hugs.

Notes by Nina said...

Fabulous tag, I love all the festive details. Thank you for playing along with Merry Monday.

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Spotted your tag at Merry Monday - so fabulous with all the special details you added!

Majo said...

This is such a lovely tag! Thanks so much for joining us at Use Your Stuff!

MAJO - UYS-DT

Anne Temple said...

Your tag looks fabulous and I love the color choices. So glad you shared it with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering your lovely crafting for CHNC challenge 214 - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for February - I'd love to see it there too. x

Alljazzed2create said...

Thanks for joining us this week at Incy Wincy for our Tic Tac Toe challenge, Your tag is lovely,

DT Pam

Donna said...

Fab tag! I totally think Stella qualifies for I for Iconic!!
Thanks so much for joining the sisterhood of snarky stampers for the "Snarker's Choice" challenge to help us celebrate our first blogiversary / birthday!

Lee aka Violent Kittie said...

Oh yes, Stella is definitely Iconic, especially to the Snarky Sisters! When I first saw your entry my first thought was, Stella has to be a fairy, because she is certainly not an angel! Love the colors of the tag. Thanks for playing along at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Tammy L said...

I love this tag! Great image and great layers! Thanks for playing in our Inspired by a Song challenge at Use Your Stuff this week and hope to see you again.
Tammy DT

Chelle (PhotoArt/MaybeCreative) said...

I think you are right about Stella. Thanks for joining us at SoSS for our Snarker's Choice challenge

dragonllew said...

Great tag thanks for joining us at Incy Wincy this week.
Jenny x

Martha Lucia Gomez said...

This is such a lovely creation. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Use Your Stuff. We hope to see you soon. Martha Lucia DT