Thursday, December 28, 2017

Tag Friday for A Vintage Journey


 

Hello dear friends! It's that special time at A Vintage Journey when we have 5 Fridays in the month, which means we celebrate by having Tag Friday! Of course, that's Thursday here on this side of the pond. Please be sure to take a minute to pop into the blog to see all the stunning makes by my teammates.



I started with a tag I pulled from my scrap bin. The background is a simple monoprint made while cleaning my stencil from this project. I dipped it in brown oxides and inks left over from inking my deer die cut. The  token is from this year's Ideaology Christmas tokens, and I colored 'wonder' with Distress crayon. The words are Tim's Christmas Clippings, which i cut apart to make my own phrase and mounted them on chipboard. I edged with Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso for a shadow.



I colored some card by dipping it in a puddle of green Distress Oxides and inks wiped on my craft mat and sprayed with Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold spray. I cut my Mini Holiday Greens from this card and added icy sparkle with my FAVORITE crafty Christmas gift-Nuvo Glitter Drops. Thank you, Autumn! You made my 12 days of Christmas SO special! I couldn't wait to use this oh-so-fun product! The berries are treated to Opal Liquid Pearls. Of course, I couldn't catch the incredible sparkle from the drops!


I layered my tag on Tim's Christmas paper stash using a couple scraps I had left over from this card. Because it was a patch job (Is it obvious?), I covered the joint on the back side with design tape. I stamped a portion of a yet unused stamp from Inkadinkado on Tim's stamping paper (also new to me) in Olive Archival and fussy cut. There's still a little room left at the bottom for a personal note.

This is my last post for 2017. Thank you so much for your support and encouragement throughout this year! I can't wait to see what YOU will create in 2018! Again, I want to thank everyone who sent me special Christmas greetings; I will be e-mailing you with a personal message of gratitude.

 May you be blessed in the New Year!
Sara Emily

27 comments:

  1. Beautiful tag, Sara Emily! Happy New Year!

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  2. It is beautiful, front and back! It is so lovely to keep the festive feeling of Christmas alive for a little longer and it is a wonderful way to say thank you! Wishing you all the very best for the New Year my lovely friend! Hugs, Anne xx

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  3. Gorgeous Tags! Love the woodland one, so pretty in design and with just the right accents! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D Challenge Blog, Baby It's Cold Outside (WINTER), Donna, DT Member. Merry Merry!

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  4. Fabulous tag! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside (winter)’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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  5. Absolutely gorgeous Sara, love the background, the traditional colours make this a real Christmassy treasure! Love it!!
    All the best for a healthy, happy and creative 2018!!

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  6. Your deer tag is unbelievably beautiful! You're very good with the inky backgrounds. Love the deer die. Oh, my gosh, I'm just smitten! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Double D!

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  7. Ohhh I'm so glad you were excited about the Nuvo drops! You've used them beautifully. It was so much fun picking out little goodies for you and I hope they each bring you joy. I know I'm in hog heaven in SC with my 12 days loot! :) You're the absolute best and I love your tag and have loved sharing this year with you and being inspired by your beautiful blog. To 2018, health, happiness and creativity! Big hugs, Autumn

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  8. This is just AMAZING , a wonderful tag! All the best for 2018!
    oxo Susi

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  9. A gorgeous Christmassy tag, I love the deer and the Wonder tag is a brilliant touch.
    I am going to investigate Nuvo drops : )
    Wishing you a healthy and happy 2018 !

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  10. Beautiful tag, thanks for joining my DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY CHALLENGE #219 New Year. Have a blessed day. DIANA L.

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  11. A beautiful festive tag Sara Emily - the glitter drops sound fun.
    Happy New Year. xxx

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  12. Gorgeous tag Sara! Thank you for playing with us at Country View Challenges.
    Wishing you a Happy 2018!

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  13. Sara Emily, this is a gorgeous tag! I thought those evergreens were real!
    May 2018 bring you and yours all good things!
    hugs&love,
    Jackie

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  14. Ooh, lovely - the monoprint gives an impression of tree trunks, so that the whole tag has a wonderful feel of the forest... a really lovely creation - so glad you pulled it out of the scrap bin to work on!
    Alison x

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  15. You are like the energizer bunny - you keep going and going making fabulous cards and tags and projects.
    Happy New Year Sara Emily!
    sandy xx

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  16. Absolutely Gorgeous!! Love the swiped background and the sparkle in your greens! Everything goes together perfectly - you're one talented lady!!
    So happy you linked up to Cropstop with this beauty!

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  17. A wonderful background using the wipe off of that great stencil - love the green on the tan, your lovely deer and nice sentiment - and great use of scraps on the back - that Thank You stamp is awesome! Wishing you a happy, crafty New Year Sara Emily! I appreciate all of the lovely comments you leave me! Julia xx

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  18. Both sides are absolutely stunning ! The stencil wipe off background is just stunning, I can't believe you had it in the bin! Just a fabulous tag all round Sara Emily. Wishing you a very happy and continuingly creative 2018 xxx

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  19. Love your tag, Sara Emily! Your background turned out amazing! I love how you colored your deer and the little closed eye you added. Your Nuvo drops and liquid pearls look so pretty on your greens. Love this and Happy New Year!!

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  20. I love this arrangements Sara Emily! Superbly arranged and wonderful colours. Love your glitter drops too xxx

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  21. Oh wow, this is amazing!! I love the design and the details you added!! It's so stunning, my sweet friend!! I'm so happy to be visiting after a small blog break for the holidays!! I've scrolled through to see the amazing projects I've missed while I was gone and they are all fabulous!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and I wish you a healthy and happy 2018!! Have a great day!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  22. A Wonderful Seasonal tag, Sara Emily . The monoprint stenciled background makes an ideal ' wood effect' setting for your gracious deer and wonderful christmas folage . Those nuvo drops are very impressiv. ope you have a very Happy Healthy New Year .
    hugs x

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  23. Fabulous tag, Sara-Emily!!! It's coo that you used only green and brown!!! I love the shine on your leaves!!! Happy New Year and big hugs!!!

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  24. Wow! This tag is gorgeous!!! Love the background and wonderful design! So pretty!

    Happy New Year!

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  25. Hi Sara Emily. Such a beautiful tag, as always! Just wanted to say Happy New Year!! I hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday! Thank you so much for all of your support in 2017! You have been such an inspiration, and your friendship has been a huge source of happiness to me. May 2018 be a year of crafting, friendship and good health!! sending hugs :)

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  26. Hi Sara Emily, I wanted to pop over to apologise for my lack of visits and as I failed utterly to pop around everyone of my lovely mates blogs to wish them a very Happy Christmas I am making sure that I do pop around everyone to wish them a HNY when I can. I wish you a very very Happy New Year dear friend and I hope you had an awesome Christmas with your family sweet lady xx

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