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                           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…

                                               Simon Says Stamp Let it Snow ChallengeToday Simon Says  Stamp is focusing on one of my favorite companies, Art impressions.This stamp and die set are from their Window of the World series….

                            Day 2 Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine TwistKitty Caracciolo is my die cut hero!  Her tag in day two post is just beautiful!  My tag was inspired by hers.  The tag is die cut with a Tim…

Ellen Hutson’s annual 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist has begun!!!  I look forward to this every year.  Day One there was a tag by Carolyn Peeler.  That was my inspiration for this tag.The sentiment is by Ellen Hutson.  It’s stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder on kraft cardstock….

My Favorite Things’ color challenge was to use pink, navy, green and white.  These are not normal Christmas colors but I think it works!  The stamp, sentiment and dies are from MFT.    The striped paper is from Making Memories.  Most stamping is done in Memento and colored with Copic Markers.  The tree is stamped…