Monday 20 December 2010

Hels Tag of Christmas - #3

Goodly Morning... as promised, I am back with Hels' Tags of Christmas Tag #3 to giveaway... another one totally inspired by all those amazing ones by the Duke of Distress... oh and while I think about tags... did you know that Jennie is running a Tag Withdrawal competition??? Deets are all HERE and the linky-thingy is in the sidebar :O))



On with my tag and how I made it... it is up for grabs to one randomly chosen comment :O)) The winner will be announced on Thursday 30th December 2010. Anyways, how I made this... firstly, I smooshed Frayed Burlap DI onto the craft sheet and spritzed with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearl Mists and dipped the tag into the inkyness, drying with a heatgun and re-dipping until I had the look I wanted. Next, I added a few drops of Fired Brick Re-Inker to a Mini Mister of water and lightly spritzed the tag. I popped a generous layer of Fired Brick Cracklepaint and allowed this to dry. Once dried, I stamped the music score in Walnut Stain DI and wiped off the excess from the Cracklepainted bit. (this is a nice look as the smudged DI goes into the crackles making it look a bit... erm... like me... old that is ROFL) I made a paper rosette using the Seasonal Paper Stash and the Rosette Alterations Die and popped an Idea-ology Crown into the centre. Behind the rosette is some mini tinsel from my own stash and... some dyed elasticated Idea-ology Trim - this was coloured with the Fired Brick Re-Inker mix and then dried on a radiator... drying with a heat gunmakes it shrivel up!!!



Along the bottom of the tag I added some of the flowery Trim, which had been coloured with the Fired Brick Re-Inker mist I had made. I popped a bit of tinsel behind this for a bit of extra bling. Next I made a little postcard using a Seasonal Sticker, mounted onto mountboard, sanded, edged with Walnut Stain and then stuck into a Memo Pin. The Facet at the top of the tag was stuck onto some Seasonal Stash paper using Glossy Accents and then fastened with a Jump Ring. Finally, I used some White UTEE on Grungeboard numbers, heating it til it bubbled and then adding smidges of Black Dabber to age it.




So, would you like to own this tag??? I hope you like it and... I just need to take this opportunity to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has joined in with the monthly Challenge this month - WOWZERS we have had a seriously huge amount of entries so if I haven't got around to yours yet, please bear with, I am on my way LOL Thanks for looking and have a grand day! TTFN

Hels x

11 comments:

Glennis F said...

I am the first to see your beautiful tag - love how you have used different techniques - thanks for the chance to win it. My fingers are crossed

Lori said...

Scrumpdillicious! Love the colors, and that fab rosette!

Kathy Eddy said...

This is just smashing Hels! I love it and would be honored to add it to my tag display.

Helen said...

Gorgeous tag, Hels. That rosette is so pretty!

Joanne said...

The colours are really lovely on this fabby tag. As it's my birthday today, I reckon my name should be entered 62 times to win it. (by the way, I'm 22 not 62!!!)lol - I wish.
xxx

Kat said...

Hi Hel's,
how gorgeous is this tag,
love the flower trim,
the colours are stunning,
and that rosette is to die for,
love it,
have a good one, Kat.

Rainbow Lady said...

Wow this is seriously gorgeous Hels -what a super rosette love it. Thanks for the chance to win love and hugs xx

Anonymous said...

This is a real beauty Hels! Love your rosette! xx

Minxy said...

Tra mag-nif-ique!

jude said...

Herls ...This is really beautiful and i love the rossette,and what youve done with the numbers .Would love to have this stnd on my desk.So fingers crossed it willbe coming to a new home..lol
hugs Judex

Unknown said...

Your tag is a beauty! Keeping my fingers crossed:::: please hurry and chose a winner soon::: getting finger cramps::::LOL