Festive Delights

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the festive period despite the murky and misty weather we’ve been having the past couple of days here in the UK. I said in my Christmas Day post that I would be taking a blogging break until after New Year, but a quiet day yesterday gave me the opportunity to make some last minute ATC’s for Tracy Evans December FB ATC swap on the theme Festive Delights.  

I have really enjoyed taking part in this swap all year, but the past couple of months have been both very busy and punctuated by bad colds, storm damage and various other problems in the run up to Christmas which resulted in me getting a bit behind with things, so I haven't made any ATC’s since October. I didn’t think I’d manage to make any for this month either, but happily I’ve managed to pull something together just in time … and here they are.

I cut 6 pieces of kraft card each 3.25” x 2.25”, and stamped each one randomly with tiny script from TE11 Background Elements using Sand Dune Versafine Clair, then stamped the number 25  in the top right hand corner using Portobello VFC. I stamped the tag 6 times onto a mid size snippet of cream card using Portobello VFC then stamped the holly and berries onto each one using Distress Oxides, and the word “Joy” in Sand Dune VFC. I’m sure I saw the idea of stamping the holly and berries onto the tag somewhere on FB but sorry I can’t remember where. 

 I cut 6 pieces of brown linen card stock each 3.5” x 2.5” from various snippets and matted the kraft card panels, then fussy cut the tags, punched a hole in each one, edged with blended Scorched Timber Distress Oxide and attached to the ATC base. I highlighted the holly and berries with gold Posca pen, added white Posca snowfall to the number 25 and snowflakes to the tags, then finished off with a jute twine bow on the tag repurposed from the packaging for one of Tracy’s orders. As they are all the same I also hand wrote a teeny identifying number 1-6 on each one with a brown fineliner pen.

Here’s a closeup.

Stamps: AALL & Create #984 Tag O Tag; Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE21 Holly & Berries, TE19 Decorations, TE11 Background Elements, TE22 Christmas Wishes;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Barn Door, Mowed Lawn, Iced Spruce, Scorched Timber); Versafine Clair (Portobello, Sand Dune); Posca pens (gold, white);

Other: jute twine from Tracy Evans packaging.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Christmas Crafts All Year Round (December) - Bows, Gifts or Decorations (3rd entry)

Crafty Calendar (December) - Christmas (3rd entry)

Creative Crafters #83 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Dream Valley #327 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Fab ‘n’ Funky #607 - Anything but Square

Outlawz (December) - Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone (3rd entry)

Simon Says (Monday) - Cold and Frosty (2nd entry)

Simon Says - Celebrating 20 Years of Distress #SSS20YearsofDistress

Snippets Playground #496 - Use Snippets

Word Art Wednesday #679/680 - Anything Goes (4th entry)

That really is me done now crafting-wise for 2024, so here’s wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

Take care, and thanks for visiting,

Hugs,