Lost Coast Designs January Challenge--Tags

Hello Dreamers!
Time for a new monthly Lost Coast Design challenge!!  This month the theme is:

TAGS

Make a tag using a Lost Coast Design Stamp and link up on the Lost Coasters Review Design blog.  

Here is a little inspiration.  I made a tag using the Hardware Set from Lost Coast Designs.

Materials:

Stamps: Hardware Set from Lost Coast Designs

CS: White, Aqua, Brown

Ink: Stream, Lake Mist, and Mushroom Adirondack; Versa Mark

Distress Ink: Faded Jeans

Clear Embossing Powder

Brown Brads

Hole punch

Instructions:

• Make tag from Aqua CS and layer with brown CS
• On white CS, stamp the hardware pieces with Adirondack inks
• Distress edges and background with distress ink
• Cover the entire surface of the stamped piece with Versa Mark ink
• Sprinkle on clear embossing powder
• Heat powder with heat gun
• When cooled add to the tag base and punch hole in top
• Add ribbons and tulle in the tag hole
• Add brads

I love this hardware set!  It is so vintagey and chunky!  Can you use chunky to describe a stamp??!!  Sure, I think so!  I made a whole series of projects using this stamp set.  I will have more of them this month.  So, stayed tuned for that!


A Few Fun Challenges for my hardware tag:
Craft Creations: anything goes
Through the Purple Haze: anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams: favorite color---Mine is aqua
Fashionable Stamping: turn up the heat--use a heat gun


Hope you are having a great day!!  See you next time!  Love ya
Karen

Vintage Stamping Challenge- Anything but a card!

Well Hello!
Happy Monday....  I have an announcement today!
I have joined up with the ladies on the Vintage Stamping Challenge!!  You know how I love vintage!!  The team works with stamps by the Flonz Craft!  Flonz has a fantastic assortment of vintage themed clear stamps!! ---Fashion, Gibson Girls, cars, children, etc....

 Each monthly challenge is sponsored by Flonz Craft with a $20 gift certificate.

The current Vintage Stamping Challenge #26 theme is:

Anything but a Card

Make any project -except a card-- using stamping (does not have to be vintage)

For my first Design Team project, I used one on the Gibson Girl images (love them!!)

Materials List:

Stamps: Gibson Girl # 12 and Happy Birthday Greetings-Wishes from Flonz Craft

CS: white

Ink: Gray Flannel Memento; Mulled Lavender Distress ink

Copic Markers

Dot Stencil- Stampin' Up

Ribbon

Lace

Small Pearls

Sponge

Hole punch

Instructions:

• Cut a tag from White CS
• Stamp Gibson Girl with Gray Flannel ink
• Color the image with Copic Markers
• Place the stencil over the tag; using a sponge apply Milled Lavender ink to the tag
• Remove stencil
• Stamp the Sentiment
• Distress the edges of the tag with Milled Lavender

• Punch hole in side of tag 
• Push ribbon through hole and tie in a big bow
• Add a piece of white lace to the left side of the tag
• Add pearls to the background

This will be great on a gift bag.  And, with a matching card, so nice for a special someone!!  (I did make a matching card, by the way...Are you surprised??!!  I will save that for another post)  

Click over to the Vintage Stamping Challenge and link up your own anything but a card project!!  And, check out the other fab DT projects!!

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Entering A few fun Challenges with my Gibson Girl Tag:

Pile it On: special occasion

Anything but a Card: anything goes

Come and Get it: ribbons and Lace

Eclectic Ellapu: fav color combo---lavender and pink

Vandicrafts: anything goes
Stamp and Create: ribbon/bows
Craft My Life: anything but cards

Hope you are having a great Monday.  I worked on some Thanksgiving cards.  I made some at a stamp camp and I cased some form the Stampin' Up catalog.  I also made some funny turkey cards and will post the turkey cards later in the month.  So, lots of fun stuff for the month.  See soon.  Love ya.

Karen

Holiday Wine Bottle Tag

Hi Dreamers!
How are you today?  Things are pretty good here.  Very chilly and starting to really feel like winter and the holiday season.  So, to warm us all up, I have created a Holiday tag for a bottle of cheer.

You can make this tag quite quickly.  You could use Christmas Decorative paper instead of  the background that I made.  My  background is made with Spray inks and a Crafters Workshop Template.

To Make the tag:

• From Cream CS cut a piece 3 1/2" x 8"
• Score at 5" and again at 7"
• Punch or cut the circle in the 2" section.  (I used a Spellbinders die to cut my circle.  My punch would not reach far enough to punch the circle in the center.)

• Stamp the Holiday Dress Form (Unity Stamps) on cream CS or a scrap of the Background. 
• Layer with red CS
• Add to tag with dimensionals

• Gather the ribbon (May Arts) with hand stitches
• Glue the gathered ribbon to the tag and cover edge with trim (May Arts)
• Cut letters from Ephemera and add to tag.

How fun is this??!!  I am going to make up several of these to have on hand for Holiday Gift giving.  Some elves would be cute too.  Or, reindeer.    The possibilities are endless!   Hope you are inspired to make a few.  

And, how about some Challenges just for the fun of it!!

365 Cards: day 273 any card you like

Crimbo Crackers: Christmas

Moving along With the Times: use 3 elements beginning with the same letter---the letter H: holiday stamp, the word Holiday, and I punched a "hole".

S J Paper Crafts: Christmas + alphas

Crafts 4 Eternity: Christmas

Fussy and Fancy: Christmas

I have lots planned for the month of December.  I have so many projects I had to make  a posting schedule again.  LOL.  I don't want to forget something.  So, according to the schedule, tomorrow, you can see a Christmas framed picture with Stampsmith stamps!  AND, a card called "Angel Faces" with Paper Artsy stamps (available in the USA from Blockheads)!!  OHHH.  I am sure you will enjoy them!  LOL.  See you then!  Love  ya.

Karen