Festive and lots of techniques! I just had to play in Loll’s Twelve Tags of Christmas! I LOVE tags!
Getting a good photo of all these techniques was almost too much for a very amateur photographer like me! I have a terrible time giving up though! lol So, the top two close ups are to show the gold embossing powder on the embossing paste.
Here’s what I did…
I cut a tag with the largest MFT pierced tag die in white 110# cover card-stock
I did Loll’s pearl background technique on it next…the only thing I changed from what she does is instead of using plastic wrap, I used a plastic bag and put my hand inside it, scrunched it up a little, picked up the pearl mixative and pounced, keeping my hand clean! haha The right one anyway! lol
Next, using the ink blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad, I inked the whole tag.
Over the top of that I placed the Tim Holtz stencil and applied white embossing paste. Cleaned it up then…
I dumped Ranger Queens Gold embossing powder over the whole tag, removed the excess and heated it with a heat tool.
I LOVE the look of the powder on the paste!
I die cut the Seasons Greetings Avery Elle die from gold metallic card-stock
I did cut the Penny Black holly die from Copic coloring card-stock.
Color the holly cut with Copic markers
Then with the matching Penny Black holly stamp, I stamped the colored die cut, after stamping off on scrap paper, with Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad. This stamp is from several years ago and they don’t advertise that it matches but it does and looks so awesome! Another, exclamation when finished!!! LOVE it!
I adhered everything to the tag with mounting squares cut to fit.
I think I will hang this on my Christmas tree, that’s how happy I am with it! : )
Linking to some challenges…
Stamping with Loll – 12 tags of Christmas
Virginia’s View Challenge – all things metallic
Winter Wonderland Challenge – Christmas Decorations
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Ornaments
Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Red and Green
Sweet Stampin Challenge – To Die For
Stamping Sensations – Christmas
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p.s. I still have some card kits for sale too…thank you!
Supplies I used for this tag…
expressionswithheart.com 
Beautiful, Pam!
Wow, what a gorgeous tag Pam!
Love this tag…tho I don’t make tags this would work on a card…
Thanks for the link and explanation too…This is very cool…love the gold!
This is gorgeous! Did you add something to the holly die cut to get it to have a sheen? And I didn’t know that the die fit with the stamp – great tip!
Such a gorgeous and classy tag, Pam!!!! I hope you don’t mind, but I had to download it for future reference! I love tags and this is phenomenal!
Beautiful and looks like lots of fun!
What a cool couple of techniques you used on this Pam! Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial and your tag making steps. I am going to have to try it.
xo Nana
WOW !!!! Pam you have outdone yourself on this tag. It is totally awesome and I LOVE it !!!!
AMAZING!! Gorgeous tag Pam … love all the layers. And great idea to use a plastic bag for the faux mother of pearl technique … good way to keep those hands clean! 🙂 LOVE all the wonderful texture from your harlequin stencil paste and glitter on top. Beautiful colouring of the holly and berries and the gold die-cut sentiment is icing on the cake! 🙂 Thanks so much for playing along with my Christmas tag event! Loll xx
Pam, I echo Loll…this is simply amazing. Love the harlequin stencil with the paste and the silvery look. All the additional embellies further ‘iced the cake’ so to speak, and it’s just beautiful with all the various techniques you’ve explored during the creation. LOVE IT! TFS
Forgot to mention, the Queens Gold is my fav of all the gold embosses I’ve used to date. It always shows up with a wonderful sheen.
Very very pretty and so festive. hugs, Ruth Ann
This tag is beautiful!!!
Pam, this is a fabulous project! Gorgeous use of gold! I love the sparkle and shine. Thank you for sharing your work with us this week for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. ~Michelle
http://www.michellezerull.blogspot.com
Fabulous!
it is just beautiful, love the shimmer and the holly looks terrific too!
Drop Dead Gorgeous!!!
Gor-ge-ous Pam. A real winner with all the lovely gold.
Thanks for sharing with us!
Wowza! This is fabulous, Pam! I thin it needs a front and center spot on your tree! Thanks for sharing your magic. I may give this a try tomorrow! Hugs…
Oops…I THINK it needs…. So sorry!
Loved all the layers. You included several awesome techniques and colors. Love it.
What a gorgeous tag!! I love all the texture you’ve added to it, and all the gold glitter!!
Beautiful tag! All the gold and glitter is perfect. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!!
Wow, love that gold sentiment and the pretty harlequin pattern! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!
Lovely die cuts and gorgeous texture! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!
Wow! I love your tag! So much texture and fabulous die cuts. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week.
Chris
x
Oh, my! This is gorgeous, Pam! What a lot of wonderful techniques and an awesomely elegant tag! For me this would be the gift!
Wow, this is a stunning tag! I love the background inking and embossing paste design work. The popped up holly and berries are beautiful and oh my that sentiment is gorgeous! Hugs, Brenda
Oh wow!!! Look at this gorgeousness! That tag is stunning! It looks like it took quite a bit of time! I love the embossing over the embossing paste! Neat technique! The holly is so lovely too! So much dimension and detail here! Love this!!
Absolutely Beautiful! Wow
Stunning tag! thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin Challenge hugs Sue DT x
Just gorgeous Pam! I love this Tim Holtz stencil and I might have to borrow your genius idea of adding glitter to it!
Absolutely love this tag! So beautiful! Hugs, antonella
Wow so much work but so worth it for this amazing tag. Thanks for joining in with our ‘Christmas Decorations’ challenge at Winter Wonderland this week, and good luck
Eileen x
WOW! This is absolutely beautiful!
WOW this is a fabulous tag and love reading about your techniques used…giving me inspiration, thanks Robyn
Congrats on your Honourable Mention Pam!! LOVE this mixed media beauty! Loll xx
http://www.stampingwithloll.com/2014/11/twelve-tags-of-christmas-wrap-up.html
Beautiful tag Pam, well deserving the honor of special recognition!
Gorgeous! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week. Sammy-x
Wow! This is beautiful! I love, love, love the texture!
Oh my! Gorgeous!
Oh Pam I love this! Gorgeous! 🙂 Nancee
A fabulous Christmas creation, Pam! Your tag has such a range of wonderful texture! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month and good luck!
Fabulous tag, I love the embossing with all that gold on the paste. Thanks for joining in with us at Stamping Sensations this month. Maddy x