Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 2

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. Week 2 is hosted by Melissa and she has chosen 'create tags'. A really fun and useful theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.

I really enjoyed this week's challenge as I don't tend to make many tags.  Also it took my mind away from all the chaos and mess in my house currently lol!.  I used lots of different brands of dies and stamps and went all out and made a shaker tag.  My photos are not the best again this week but with everything everywhere I couldn't find a bright spot to take them.  I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

A closer look at the front:

And a closer look at the back:

I began by die cutting two tags from white card and 1 tag from red card and die cut the word merry from one of the white tags.  I die cut some holly and leaves from various colours of green card, some berries from red card and a bow from red card.  I arranged the foliage at the top of the tag and adhered them with liquid glue.  I added the bow with tiny foam squares and placed a red pearl in the centre.  I stamped a sentiment in black ink and die cut it with a sentiment strip die.  I adhered some acetate behind the merry word with liquid glue and then added thin shaker foam strips.  I sprinkled some clear sequins and then stuck this to the red tag.  I added the sentiment at the bottom of the tag with foam tape.  For the back of the tag I add two more sprigs to the bottom with liquid glue and added 3 red pearls in the centre.  I stamped a to and from word in black ink and a small sentiment above the foliage.  I then adhered the tags together with liquid glue.  I found some pretty shimmer ribbon and threaded that through my tag and also found a tiny gold bell and attached that to some red and white bakers twine.  I tied the ribbon in a knot so it could be hung from a tree or a present.  Not really a tag that could be mass produced quickly but if you took away the shaker element I think it would be fun to make multiples of.  

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas 

AAA Colourful challenge - mood board #10

ABC Christmas challenge - Y is for your favourite colours (red, green & gold)

Allsorts challenge - it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist happy holidays (any holiday)

Christmas Crafts All Year 'round challenge - bows, gifts or decorations

Christmas Kickstart challenge - if it's Christmassy, link it up

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist bells and baubles

Colourful Options challenge - red, green & gold (my bell is gold)

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - ATG optional twist make it merry

Cupcake Inspirations challenge - add a bow/ribbon

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - Christmas

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - Christmas

Hand Stamped Sentiment challenge - inspiration photo

Inspired By challenge - inspired by gifting (I was inspired by the colours and I made a gift tag)

Jingle Belles challenge - last minute Christmas makes

Little Red Wagon challenge - action (my tag is a shaker)

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

My Time To Craft challenge - anything but a card

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional inspiration board

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - use dies in diecember

The Four Seasons challenge - anything goes winter optional inspiration board

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - Christmas

Word Power challenge - challenge #12 (make the sentiment the focus)

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2024 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

 

tag ingredients:

Creative Dies Plus - wonky stitches nesting tags - not available

MFT - stacked merry die - oos

MFT - winter wreath die (for bow) - retired

MFT - itty bitty holiday clear stamp - retired 

Spellbinders - stocking full of joy die set (for holly & berries) - retired 

Spellbinder - seasonal cupcake toppers die set (for leafy sprigs) - retired

Spellbinders - fashion poppy self adhesive embellishments

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - sketched wreath builder (for to & from)
Gina K Designs - Christmas Cheer clear stamp (for small sentiment on back)

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available 

red card from stash

ribbon and bell from stash

clear sequins from Little Things from Lucy's Cards - store now closed