Guess what! ..... this years Twelve Tags of Christmas with Loll and Friends is underway..... whoo hoo!!!
This fun challenge, hosted by the lovely Loll Thompson (Stamping with Loll) launched on Monday and over the next few days Loll will be joined by some of her crafty friends creating gorgeous mixed media Christmas tags. This is the 4th year for this fabulous event and I'm excited, and honoured, to say that I'm one of those friends. I'll be joining Loll later in the challenge.
You all know I do like a good Blog challenge and ..... I love making tags so I can't resist playing along. I like to try and make the full 12 although this year I may be playing catch up a little more than usual as I'm away for a few days (sigh!!) but I will do my best.
Here's my first tag ........ the big man himself
Isn't he such a gorgeous Santa ...... he's simply been stamped on white cardstock with Black Versafine ink and then a touch of colour added using my ZIG markers and a touch of water
I used a punch to cut around his face and a die cut for the mount before attaching him to my tag.
I added a touch of sparkle here and there with some fine glitter, and coloured his spectacles with a Stardust gel pen .... what a jolly looking chap!
Luckily I had a nice piece of festive card in my leftovers box which I cut down for my tag ....... sparkly Christmas holly stenciled using texture paste and sprinkled with glitter
I finished off with a simple sentiment ..... heat embossed in gold
Do you Believe?
Well, that's tag number one done ....... I couldn't leave without making a start. Not sure when tag number two will get done though.
This time tomorrow hubby and I will be on the boat on our way to the UK. The sea looks gorgeous this morning ...... let's hope it's the same tomorrow. I've not finished packing yet. My craft stuff is all done .... just need some clothes now!
We have started thinking about Christmas finally ..... you could say we made a start on the festive shopping at the weekend ...... no shortage of Christmas spirit here!
It's mostly the result of a recent wine tasting ..... a few new wines in there along with restocks of a couple of regular buys ..... my favourite white wine, and one of our best loved reds
And look what else I found ..... ooops! a pretty pink gin.
I'm always on the lookout for a new gin, and apparently this one is infused with raspberries, along with other botanicals. And guess what ....... once the gin is done, the raspberries are used again, albeit they're slightly alcoholic at this stage ....... to make the Gin Jam! (they do a jar of Boozy Berries too but our wine cellar didn't have those in stock ...... maybe next time!)
Perfect for delicious scones and a largedollop of clotted cream .... I'll let you know what it's like!
Anyway .... enough about food and drink ..... I need to pack a suitcase, finish the ironing, tidy the house. Paint my nails, nip into town, go to the bank, schedule blog posts and pick up the little man from school ..... phew!! Busy day coming up .... think I'll start with a coffee!
Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day
Cheerio until next time
