It was the Yuletide, that men call Christmas…

I’m here with my final Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016, a fittingly Christmas themed one.

I’ve had a real blast playing along with all 12 months this year and this one was no different.  I’d made Tim’s December tag last year so was familiar with his burlap and punches technique.  This year I went with the Argyle stencil and had two of Tim’s punches to use for my foliage.  To add a bit more interest I added a bow from Crinkle Ribbon as a base for the punched leaves with a Gumdrop centre.  I matched the ribbon with the tie for the tag, dying some Crinkle Ribbon with Distress stains and ink sprays.

I was lucky to have one set of Tim’s Christmas Shadowpress embossing folders for the shadowpress technique.  I think it looks awesome with the gold embossing powder on the red background, very festive and striking.

In making up my tiles I took inspiration from the glitter theme at Unicorn Challenge and used a scrap of the Holiday Deco Sheet for one tile.  Also covered a Decorative Deer with glitter, love how they come up looking like the old Christmas decorations we used have when I was a kid.  The current theme is Christmas over at Cards und More so I am also linking my tag up there.

Love the whole look and feel of this tag, so delightfully Christmassy and vintage.  Sad the year is over so there are no more tags to make but looking forward to next year’s.  Here’s my year of tags in review, so much fun to make.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Dust ~ Vintage Platinum

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Shadowpress ~ Christmas Set #2

Sizzix Tim Holtz Paper Punches ~ 660171 Juniper & 660170 Pine

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection Layering Stencil ~ THS048 Argyle

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fasteners ~ Yuletide Brad

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Findings ~ Decorative Deer, Gumdrop, Jingle Brads, Mirrored Stars & Typed Tokens Christmas

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paperie ~ Reinforcers

Inks & Paints etc

Dylusions Ink Spray ~ Postbox Red

Stephanie Barnard Sprays ~ Artichoke

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Sunshine Yellow

Tim Holtz Distress Crayon ~ Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Embossing & Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Picket Fence

Tim Holtz Distress Stain ~ Frayed Burlap, Peeled Paint & Wild Honey

Papers

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Nostalgic Collection ~ No 11, No 12 & No 13

Ranger #8 Tag ~ Manilla

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Deco Sheet ~ Holiday

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash ~ Tidings

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Textured Surfaces ~ Burlap, Cork & Corrugated

Ribbons & Trims etc

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape ~ Tidings & Yuletide

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings ~ Crinkle Ribbon

Challenges

Cards und More #174 ~ Christmas

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 ~ December

Unicorn Challenge #16 ~ Add Some Glitter

Thanks for stopping by!