Month: December 2015

                          Day 9 of Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine TwistToday there is a sketch challenge.  Melanie Deasy from Avery Elle was my inspiration.This tag is for my niece who is a math teacher.  The Avery Elle stamp set is…

                           Day 8 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Ellen HutsonToday’s focus was texture and non-traditional Christmas colors.  My inspiration for this tag came from  a star snow person tag on pinterest at Annettes Paper Bistro. The star is die cut…

                                    12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Ellen HutsonThere were a couple elements in the challenge today.1)Texture2)Using non-traditional colors.My elf and snowflakes are from a stamp set from MFT.  The elf is stamped in Memento Ink…

                                         Day 7 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine TwistMiriam Partner used Ellen Hutson Elements and sentiment to make her tag on Day 7.I added Tim Holtz’ bell stamp and real jingle bells.   Because…

                           Ellen Hutson 12 Days of Christmas Tags with a Feminine TwistNow my studio looks like a glitter bomb went off.  Jennifer McGuire, I need you to come here and help clean up with an industrial sized Swifter!!!Once I had the glitter out…

I have a lot to say about Glitter.  Only Jennifer McGuire could entice me to bring out my box of glitter.  And I have A LOT!  Years ago I took some Holly Berry classes and liked it so much I started teaching Holly Berry classes myself.  One cold snowy winter night I came outside after…

Carissa Wiley posted a tag that featured glitz.  She used the Ellen Hutson stamps for the branches, ornaments and sentiment and I did too.  But I wanted a moose on the tag!!!  Can glitz and a moose go together?  The moose is from Avery Elle.  The ice is from Lawn Fawn.  I did a little…

                   Day 4 of Ellen Hutson’2 12 Days of Christmas Tags with a Feminine TwistJulia Stainton posted a beautiful snowflake tag that was done almost all in white.  I had been wanting to try an all white card or tag, so here’s my version.  The background is…

Day Three in the Classroom blog by Ellen Hutson Laurel Beard made a tag in the shape of a mitten.  My mitten die is from Papertrey.  I used white embossing paste tinted with distress ink on the the snowflakes stencil by Studio R12.  SU white glimmer paper is used for the cuff of the mitten….

On Day 2 of 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist at the Ellen Hutston Website I looked at Dina Kowal’s tag and thought about . . .  A BIRD CAGE!!!  (Sometimes my imagination goes in strange directions, but I went with it!!!)  I had just gotten the darling bird dies from Paper Smooches…