Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge - Tags

 

It is time for a new weekly challenge at Joan's Gardens.  It is only 23 days until Christmas.  This week we are asking that you create any type Christmas tag.  Anything goes so use your imagination.  You may want to use some of the items that maybe you previously stamped or die cut and would like to use up. I have created four different tags to give you some ideas.  

All my tags were created by using this Tim Holtz, Sizzix "Tag and Bookplates"  (656938) die from Joan's Gardens.  With this die you can cut 4 or 5 tags all at one time - what a time saver! And -- they are the perfect size for decorating.

This first tag was created by embossing the tag with the Tim Holtz "Tall Pines" embossing folder.  Distress Inks were used to color the sky and trees.  Snow banks were created by cutting white card stock with scissors.  The village are two die cuts from the Marianne Designs "LR0172" and LR0173" dies.  Yellow card stock was added behind these die cuts to cover the windows and doors.  The sentiment is from JustRite and reads "Tis the Season".  

This tag was also die cut with the Tim Holtz tag die.  The background was embossed with the Sizzix "Holly Swirls (657139) embossing folder.  The poinsettia was stamped with Heartfelt Creations "Petite Poinsettia PreCut Set" (HCPC 3415) using VersaMark Ink on white vellum and gold embossed.  Distress Stains were used to color the poinsettia and leaves on the back of each.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Hearts  Come Home" stamp set, and the "to/from" tag is from the JustRite "From Our House" stamp set.  They both were gold embossed.

This is a very quick and easy tag.  The Santa image was cut from the Bo Bunny "Father Christmas Collection" design paper pad and glued to the bottom of the tag.  The pretty snowflake flourish is a die cut from the Memory Box "Snowflake Corner" (98238).  The little poinsettia was created with a stamp from JustRite Christmas stamp set.  The sentiment "Believe" is also from a JustRite stamp set.

The background for this tag was embossed with the Sizzix "Holly Swirls" embossing folder.  The sleigh is a die cut from the Marianne Designs "LR0178".  The pretty bell is from the Heartfelt Creations Christmas Collection "Poinsettia Cheer Bells PreCut Set" (HCPC 3422).  The small poinsettia was created with the Marianne Designs "LR0121" dies and the "Holly Flourish" was die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Holly Flourish" (B128). 


I hope you will join us this week for this fun challenge and get a head start on those tags you will need for Christmas gifts.  Remember if your tag is chosen for the weekly drawing, your name will be added to the list of names that will be eligible for the $100 Gift Certificate to Joan's Gardens.  Each time your name is drawn for the weekly challenge, you do get an additional chance to win this fabulous prize.  I know there are lots of new things at Joan's Gardens you would love to have.

Joan's Weekly Challenge

 

 

It's time for another challenge at Joan's Gardens.  This week we would like to have you create either a Christmas card or a tag with  an animal on it.  If you create one of each, please download them separately - this will give you two entries for a chance to win the weekly prize. 

For the tag I created:

I started by using the Tim Holtz Sizzix "Tag and Bookplates" die to cut my tag.  This is a nice large tag and what I love about having this die is that you can cut your tag out of any material - card stock, old manila folders, or even chipboard.  The "Christmas Carol" song in the background is from the Tim Holtz "Seasonal Reflections (CMS112) stamp set.  It was stamped using TH "Walnut"  Distress Ink.  The snowflakes are from Heartfelt Creations and were stamped using VersaMark Ink and clear embossed.  "Weathered Wood" Distress Ink was sponged over the top three fourths of the tag to bring out the stamped design.  The tree is a very old Sizzix "Christmas Tree #2" that I don't believe is available any longer.  It was embossed using the bottom portion of the Sizzix "Thank You Set #5" (656983) embossing folder.  The tree was cut apart so I could layer each one with dimensionals.    I really like this embossed pattern on the Christmas tree. The tree was sponged with "Pine Needles" Distress Ink.  Next, the tree was attached to the card by gluing the bottom portion of the tree to the tag.  Next dimensional tape was added to the bottom of each of the tree layers and glue added to the top.  By doing this, the bottom of the layers become dimensional.  To decorate the tree with snow, I used Rangers "Bisque" Liquid Pearls on each of the cross sections of the embossed design.  The deer was die cut using the Tim Holtz Sizzix "Mini Reindeer & 25" set (657493).  You get this small reindeer and the numbers 2 and 5 in this set.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Deck the Halls" stamp set.  The snowflake is the Martha Stewart "Polar Snowflake" punch.  The outside edge of the tag and sentiment were gold edged using the "Delicata" Golden Glitz Pigment Ink pad.  This is such a beautiful gold.  It is easy to just drag the edge along the ink pad to create this border.

For the card:

The embossed oval on the red card stock was done by using the Sizzix "Birds & Wreath" embossing folder.  The small white strip was embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  There is a small border along the edge of the red card stock and that was die cut using a portion of the new Cheery Lynn "Lace Edger" (B153).  The deer was die cut using the Sizzix "Mini Reindeer" (657493).  I used the Tim Holtz music stamp from the "Seasonal Reflections" stamp set to put a design on the deer.   The tree, Marianne "(LR0136), and flower, Marianne Designs (LR0122 and LR0121) were die cut.   The leaves were die cut using the Cheery Lynn "Pine Branches (B146) and "Olive Branches" (B147).  Little red pearls were added to the branches.  The snowflakes are from the Martha Stewart border punch "Aspen Snowflake" border punch.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Deck the Halls" stamp set.  Stickles was added to the petals of the flower and Polar White Flower Soft was added on the tree and below the deer.

I hope you will join us this week in the challenge at Joan's Gardens.  You will find all the details about the challenge on Joan's Blog.

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Combined Challenges at Joan's Gardens

 Tomorrow (Thursday) is the day for a new challenge at Joan's Gardens.  Joan announced last week that this will be the last week for both the card and tag challenges until next Fall.  For this week, both the Tag and Card Challenges will be combined. For this challenge, we are asking you to create both a Tag and a Card which will be posted separately; one in the card challenge and one in the tag challenge. There are no specific challenge rules - only that you make a matching tag and card. For each set you enter, you will be eligible to win one of the beautiful new Marianne Embossing Folders (retail value $30.00). The winner will be chosen by a random drawing, held on Thursday May 26.

For my matching tag and card, I used stamps from the new Heartfelt Creations "Bella Rose Collection".  For the card I used both stamps from the "Bella Rose Vase PreCut Set".  The baby's breath was stamped with VersaMark Ink and white embossed on a piece of purple card stock.  The vase of roses was stamped on white card stock, colored with Copic markers and cut out.  Two additional roses and one set of leaves were cut from a second stamped image and attached with dimensional tape.  Two Spellbinders "Parisian Accents" corners were added.  A Martha Stewart double punched border was added with a piece of ribbon attached across the middle with ScorTape.  The design paper has squares on it and large rhinestones were added to each square down the sides. 

The tag was created with the Heartfelt Creations "Tea with Bella PreCut Set".  This is the set with the tea cup with a rose at the base of the cup.  I used this rose for my tag.  The same design paper was used for the tag.  Two of the small Spellbinders "Parisian Accents"  were added to the top corners.  The "Accent" for the sentiment is also from this Spellbinders die set.  The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations "Springtime Cardinal Collection".  It was cut out with a circle Nestability, sponged and attached with dimensional tape to the Parisian Accent.  Matching rhinestones were added to the bottom.  Purple ribbon was added to the top of the tag.

I'm sure all of you would love to have one of the beautiful new Marianne Embossing Folders ($30 value) so I hope you will enter both a card and a tag for a chance to win.  I will be looking forward to seeing your beautiful entries.  Please go over to Joan's Gardens blog for all the details and links for this week's challenges.

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

Time to create a new tag for Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge.   Today I used the new Spellbinders Rose Creations dies to create my flowers using pink vellum.   The leaves under the roses are die cut from the new Spellbinders "Foliage" dies. 

The tag was created using white card stock.  The top corners were punched with the Martha Stewart "String Lace" corner punch.  The border along the bottom is one of the borders I punched using the one inch strips of scrap paper that I showed on my blog yesterday. This one was created with the "Beaded Arcs" punch.

The sentiment and frame are from two new JustRite sets "Signs of Life" and "Just Because".   You will love these sets - there are seven frames in the Signs of Life set with sentiments and pretty corners included.  The Just Because set has a frame and 18 small sentiments that you will use over and over when you need a small greeting. 

The small white flowers were created using the Super Giant Lilacs/Daphne punch.  There are three sizes of this small flower plus other flower/leaf items on this punch.  Small yellow beads were added to the center of each small white flower then Martha Stewart branches tucked in to complete the tag.

All products used to create this tag can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.  Hope you will join us in this tag challenge.  Next month each person who has received the most votes in the weekly tag challenges will be entered into a prize from Joan's Gardens. Hope your name will be in that drawing.

Joan's Tag Challenge

It is Tuesday so it is time for a new Tag Challenge at Joan's Gardens.  I want to congratulate Angelica Turner for winning the last challenge.  Her tag was gorgeous.

This week I decided to used the small Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers "Mini Bird & Cage Set" repositionable Magnetic Dies for this card.  I love this small bird cage because it will fit both cards and tags really well.  The design paper used is from the "Moulin Rouge" paper pack.  It was embossed with the Cuttlebug "Textile Texture" folder.  The sentiment and frame are from a new JustRite set called "Sending You Sunshine".  The frame was stamped then cut out with the Spellbinders "Lacy Circles" die.  The center was stamped on another piece of card stock, colored with Copic markers and cut out so it could be attached with dimensional dots.  Kaiser Craft pearls were added to the center of each flower.  Sizzix leaves were added over the top of the bird cage.  The pretty "Prima Flowers" were added to match the flowers in the flower pot.  (The peach color in the stamped image is not showing up well in the photo but the flowers do match the Prima Flowers perfectly.)   The top corners and the bottom of the tag were created using the Martha Stewart "String Lace" border/corner punches.  Blue ribbon was added to the top of the tag.

All products used on this tag can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Hope you will join us for the challenge this week.  You can read all the details at Joan's Gardens and see the beautiful tag Joan created this week -- she also used this cute little bird cage and bird.    Next month everyone who has won the tag challenge will be entered into a drawing for a nice prize from Joan's Gardens.  Remember to vote for your favorite each Monday. 

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

Same tag -- two looks

It's time for another Tag Challenge.  How many tags do you have ready to give when it is time to give a gift?   I love doing these challenges so I have a great collection of tags ready when I need one.  I hope you will join us in the Tag Challenge at Joan's Gardens.

Today I wanted to show you how different the same tag can look with just one change.  The first tag above I used the Martha Stewart "Double Loop" punches to create a border.  It sure gives the tag a dresser look doesn't it. 

This tag was created with two JustRite stamp sets:  "Backyard Birds" and "Just a Note".  The bird was stamped and cut out with a circle Nestie.  The border, from the same set, was stamped, colored with Copic markers, then cut out with scissors around the design.  These pieces were then layered over an aqua Spellbinders "Lacy Circles" die. 

The border was punched and a piece of white card stock that was embossed placed in the center.  The sentiment from the JustRite "Just a Note" set was stamped and die cut with the new Spellbinders "Parisian Accents" tag.  It was sponged prior to taking it out of the die.  A piece of trim was attached to the bottom of the card with ScorTape and a bow added at the top to complete the card.

 

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

Time for another tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  This week I have used a new Sizzix embossing folder "Birds & Wreath" set to create my tag.  There are two embossing plates in this package.  A brayer was used to add blue ink to the inside of the embossing folder so the background would be colored and let the embossing stand out.  Oh no -- just remembered I forgot to clean the ink off the embossing folder with a baby wipe.  Will go do that as soon as I get this posted.

The lace along the bottom of the tag was die cut with the Spellbinders "Parisian Accents" die.  The top flourish, and the frame for the sentiment were die cut with the new Spellbinders "Floral Doily Motifs" dies.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Elegant Frames" stamp set and the little flourish above and under it are from the JustRite "You Inspire Me" set.  The sentiment was attached with a dimensional.  Three small flowers were punched with the small "blossom" flower punch and shaped with the tools from the Flower Tool Kit.  The stamens were punched with the small sun punch.  A small yellow pearl was added to the center of each stamen.  A Martha Stewart Butterfly was added, and a bow at the top, to complete the tag. 

A new Tag Challenge begins every Tuesday.  Hope you will join us this week.  There are no special requirements - create any style tag and enter it at Joan's Gardens.

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge #11

Tag created for Joan's Garden's Tag Challenge

Box with matching tag

It is time for another Tag Challenge and I want to Congratulate Glenda Brooks who is the winner for last week's challenge. Your tag is gorgeous Glenda. When Joan first started the Joan's Gardens Tag Challenges, I thought I would have a hard time creating one every week.  Boy was I wrong.  Now I look forward to creating tags and love looking at all of them in a box ready to use when birthday times come.  Almost all my family has a birthday in the summer so I will be ready with tags.

This week I decided to create a tag to match the box I posted yesterday.  This tag was created on a large manila shipping tag.  You can purchase a whole package of these from Joan.  They are always so easy to use for the base of your tag and are a great size to add plenty of embellishments.    A piece of the Graphic 45 design paper was added to the body of the tag with a small piece of striped paper at the top.  I did use a Martha Stewart punch to create a border along this piece.  It doesn't really match the lace on the box but does have points like it.  The same flowers were created and layered up the tag.  The sentiment is from JustRite Stamps "Birthday Sentiments" and the frame from "Just A Note".  These sets are 1 5/8" in diameter and I find I use them constantly.  They are just the perfect size to tuck in a little sentiment on either a card or tag.  Coral sheer ribbon was added for the hanger. 

Hope you will join in on the fun at Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge this week.  Anything goes so you can create a tag with supplies you have, for any occasion. Joan created a gorgeous tag today using one of the new Doily Dies she now carries.  You won't want to miss going over to see it here.  I want to thank all of you who join us in this challenge and also thank everyone for voting on your favorite tag.  Will you be the next person to win the tag challenge.  Hope so!

Joan's Tag Challenge #9

It's time for another tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  I'm posting my tag early but want to remind you to go to Joan's Gardens and vote for your favorite tag in last week's challenge.  You have until 9 pm tonight to vote.

EDIT: I want to congratulate PATTI PAINTER who is the winner of last week's Tag Challenge.  You can see her beautiful tag here.

I have never really made many tags, except for Christmas, and I am having so much fun participating in the tag challenge Joan has every week.  This week I decided to use one of the flowers from the JustRite Mother Nature's Gifts Set.  I stamped the flower with Versamark Ink on white vellum four times.  I cut it out with scissors, making each layer smaller so it would have lots of layers like a real flower.  The vellum was colored on the back with  yellow and orange markers.  I forgot I wanted to spritz it with water and layered it using small pop dots before spraying it.  I wasn't sure how it would work, but spritzed it after it was layered.  It did help to curl the petals, but think it might have looked better if I would have spritzed each layer prior to assembly.  I used the heat gun to dry it before placing in on the tag.

I used a manila shipping tag and cut a piece of design paper from a "My Mind's Eye" paper pad.  The colors were a perfect match for my flower.  The bottom edge of the design paper was punched with the Martha Stewart "Daisy Dot" border punch.  I saved the little flowers that were punched out and added them to the top of the tag.  Several Sizzix branch leaves were die cut and tucked in under the flower. 

The sentiment is from the JustRite "You're So Sweet Set".  It was stamped using Black VersaFine ink and clear embossed it.  Using scissors, I cut around the frame then sponged it with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Ink.  A Cuttlebug border, that I have had for a very long time, was embossed on a narrow piece of vanilla card stock.  I pierced holes under each point of the zig zag design.  This border and the edges of the tag were sponged with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Ink.

I hope you will join us this week in the challenge and start your collection of tags.  I have placed all my tags in a box and now I'm thinking they might make a great gift for someone.
 

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

This is the LeBlanche Stamp Set used for this tag:

Tulips On Script

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It is time for another tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  I have something very different from my normal style but it was a lot of fun.  I receive this pretty LaBlanche stamp from Joan's Gardens called "Tulips on Script" and decided to try my hand at a vintage style tag.  I used a manila shipping tag and used Tim  Holtz Green, Orange and Yellow Distress Inks to press directly onto the tag to give it a multi colored background.  The LaBlance Tulip was stamped with Memento black ink  then colored with Copic Markers.  Just the head of the largest tulip was stamped again and part of it cut out to apply over the one on the tag, to give it some dimension.  A few pieces of black pearl swirls were added.  A piece of green and orange trim was wound around the bottom of the tag then copper cording wound on top of it.  Joan sent me a package of the Tim Holtz Idea-ology "Philosophy" tags so I tied one around the trim on the bottom.  Three rows of the copper cording were added around the top of the tag and a few K&Company puffy embellishments were added.  Some "frilly" green and orange trim was added through the hole in the tag.

Joan has posted some more new LaBlanche stamps on her blog.  You can see them here.

I hope you will join us in this fun tag challenge.

 I want to remind you that you only have one more day to enter a card in Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge for a chance to win that grand prize donated by JustRite stamps worth $192.  Have you entered your card?

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge #8

It is time for another tag challenge over at Joan's Gardens.  I have been wanting to try making a rose with "pear" punches and that is what I did for this tag.  I used three different size pear punches and I love how it turned out.  I believe it is the most realistic rose I have made so far.  These punches can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.  Joan created a beautiful tag using punches to create violets.  Using punches to create flowers is so much fun.

As before, I used a manila shipping tag to work with.  A piece of design paper from my "scrap" bin was used for the background.  Making tags is a great way to use these smaller pieces of design paper up.  The edges were distressed with the Zutter Distrezzer.    A piercing tool was used to punch holes all the way around it then a black maker used to draw "faux" stitching.   The very top of the tag was embossed with the Cuttlebug dotted Swiss embossing folder to give it some texture.  A small piece of white lace was sprayed with Walnut Ink to give it an antique look.  Two Cuttlebug leaves were die cut, colored and shaped, then placed under the rose.  A couple of K&Company embellishments and a silk bow were added to complete the tag.

I hope you will go over to Joan's Blog and enter the challenge.  You may use anything you want for making your tag and you have a chance to win a prize from Joan's Gardens.  . 

Do you like how my rose turned out? 

Bachelor Button Tutorial and Tag Challenge

Yesterday I had an over whelming response to my bachelor button card and received many emails asking me to do a tutorial.  Joan has not had time to create a tag this week because of having to spend a lot of time with her mother, so I have incorporated the tutorial with my tag.  I am not very experienced at doing tutorials,  but hope I am giving you all the information so you can create your own pretty flowers.

This picture shows the tools to get you started.  You will need dark blue vellum paper, a cornflower punch, a medium and small sun punch, shaping tools, and a thick mat for shaping.  All these products can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

For each flower you will need 4 punched cornflowers.  For the top layer, it is best to cut small slits toward the center as shown above.  The reason for doing this is that the center will curl up tighter to give you a very dimensional flower.

This picture shows two flowers - one before shaping and one getting shaped.  I don't know why one looks white - it isn't.

You need to use the stylus with the largest ball.  You go around in circles to weaken the center then push it down into the thick black mat to shape it.

Here you can see the difference in all the flowers compared to the one towards the top that has not been shaped.

You will need one small, and one medium, punched sun.  You need to use scissors and cut down each "ray" of the sun to create very small stamens. You do this on both sizes of suns.

You will need to use one of the smaller balls on your stylus and go around in circles in the middle of each sun then push it way down in the thick black mat to shape it.

When you put your flowers together, add just a small drop of liquid glue to the bottom of the flower.  You will press it into another shaped flower and press it down in the thick black mat.  You will be doing this with each layer.

I used four shaped flowers to create my bachelor button.  When you layer them, try to alternate the petals, on each layer, like you would find on a real flower.  I find if I push the glued flower down and hold it for a count of 10, that it holds the glue long enough to let it dry.  If they should pop apart, just had a tiny bit of glue and press it back down in the black mat.  You always need to press each layer into the black mat in order to be sure you keep it shaped.

I have had a lot of questions about this tool kit so thought I would show you why this tool kit from Joan's Gardens is so valuable to me.  You can use it for SO many things.   It includes everything you need for shaping the flowers and more.  This kit includes 5 interchangeable stylus balls, 3 different sizes of piercing points and a bottle of knife blades that also fit in the handle.  It also includes the large white flower shaping tool, and self-closing tweezers.  Everying in one little kit.

After you get all your blue flowers glued together, you glue in both sizes of the black "stamens".  Now your flower is complete.

 Here is a close up of the flowers on my tag shown above.

I hope this tutorial is helpful to you.  If you have any questions, just let me know.  I have tried to cover every step to make it easy for you.  Let me know what you think.  I always love to read your comments. 

Don't forget to go over and vote for your favorite tag in the current tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  The new challenge starts tomorrow morning.