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Hi everyone!
Daisy's issued a brand new challenge to the E-Team:
Make an ATC or Tag (ie., ornaments, gifts, packing) using any of your favorite holiday stamps and/or papers.
Hmm. It took me only a few moments to decide to use the Tim Holtz Mini Holidays stamp set. I love every image in it! And they're the perfect size for tags and ATCs!
Here are few more details about the blog hop before I get started telling you about my projects:
* Going to randomly give away 3 Be Merry Goody boxes
* Comments can be left Nov 15 - Nov 17 on all participating blogs
* Winners will be chosen and posted on eP Blog, Fri Nov 18th
* Also going to give away two $20 eP gift vouchers on the eP blog. Commenters should leave comments about what their favorite Thanksgiving dessert is.
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For my projects I decided to go for 2 completely different looks. The tag is pretty & feminine, and soft & sugary sweet.
{Be sure to click on all the images to see them larger and in more detail.}
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I started with a manila tag, of course, and used an old index card to draw out a pattern for a little house and roof. After I was happy with the size of the house, I cut it out, scored along the lines.
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I embossed the tag with the Sizzix Snowflakes folder, painted it with Gesso, then sponged on some Ranger Distress ink in Tumbled Glass. I decided to keep the seam binding the original ivory color, but still spritzed it with some water using a Ranger mini-mister, then scrunched it up to get the wrinkled look.
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I used a paper dessert doily (from Olive Garden), some old eyelet lace, gesso and glitter for the background of the house and tree. The tree was cut with a Quickutz die 3 times and all 3 pieces were layered on top of each other. Star Dust Stickles were dotted onto the top layer. And don't you just love those beautiful Maya Road decorative pins?
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The tag was cut using a Spellbinders Fancy Tags die and sponged with Ranger Distress ink in Spun Sugar while still in the die. I guess you've noticed that EVERYTHING has been covered with some Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter!
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I added a double bow using the scrunched seam binding and topped it with a bow using Caribbean, Blossom, and Honeydew twine from the Twinery. I also added a small jingle bell, flanked by 2 tiny ones.
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For my ATC, I went with a more masculine, rustic look. I used a sticky-back canvas ATC and attached it to a piece of soft suede cardstock. I stamped the snowflakes from the same Mini Holidays stamp set in Versamark and heat embossed it with my Heat-It craft tool. Then I stamped them again and embossed them with white detail embossing powder. I stamped the evergreen bough a couple of times using Ranger Distress ink in Bundled Sage.
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I added some seam binding and the mini calendar from the same stamp set (which was stamped on some soft patterned paper). The corrugated numbers are from Jillibean Soup.
The reindeer was stamped in Versamark and clear embossed onto soft suede cardstock. I cut it out by hand. Everything was adhered using Scor-Tape and foam mounting tape.
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Ok, now it's time for you to visit the rest of the awesome E-Team and see the fabulous creations they've come up with for your viewing pleasure!
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Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

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