Saturday, 28 June 2025

Snowflake Grunge


Hi everyone, I don’t generally make tags, but I was sitting at my craft table after completing another project when I spotted a die cut grungy tag in my bag of offcuts and a Christmas tag idea popped into my head. It spurred me on to gather up various card snippets and have a play … here’s the result.



I die cut a tag from white stamping card, and created a smooshed background using Blue Lagoon and Violet Chalk Elements inks. I then stamped a large grungy snowflake off the edge and heat embossed with Snowflake Tinsel embossing powder, then stamped a couple of smaller snowflakes and grungy wording in Medieval Blue VFC. I cut a second tag to form the back of the finished tag, and stamped with a grungy Christmas greeting and more small snowflakes. I die cut  a larger matting tag from dark blue card stock and attached the stamped panels. To finish I punched a hole, edged both front and back with a die cut silver mirror card ring, then threaded with silver tinsel twine.

Here’s an angled pic to show the sparkle …

… and for once I have even captured a picture of my snippets!


Stamps: Visible Image Let It Snow, Poinsettia Grunge (sentiment); 
Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Blue Lagoon, Violet Chalk); Versafine Clair (Medieval Blue, Very Peri, Lilac Bloom, Arctic); Versamark; Snowflake Tinsel embossing powder; 
Tools: AALL & Create die set #30 Taggletastic.

Challenges I would like to enter:

12 Months of Christmas #123 - Anything Christmas Goes
Everybody Art #582 - Christmas In June
The Holly and Ivy #187 - Anything Christmas Goes
Peace On Earth #90 - Anything Christmas Goes
Rudolph Days (June) - Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #704/705 - Anything Goes (6th entry)

That’s all from me for today. Take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

21 comments:

Aquarius said...

Excellent use of your snippets to come up with this lovely Christmas tag - just love that tag die set.

Diane said...

Beautiful way to use up those snippets!! I love tags!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Peace On Earth!
Diane POE Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Peace On Earth}

crafty-stamper said...

Both beautiful tags and love the fabulous tag die.
Carol x

Chris said...

Gorgeous tags Pauline- such beautiful colours. xx

Sarn said...

A smashing Christmas tag in lovely colours.

Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you at the paddling pool shortly. xxx

Renee Matarese said...

These are so pretty! Thank you for joining us at Art Impressions.

HilaryJane said...

That idea was a good one. It looks great xx

Liz said...

Two super tags, Pauline. Great designs and I love the shape of the tags.
Liz xx

Deanne Saunders said...

Gorgeous tags!!! Thanks so much for participating in our HEART'S QUEST SHAPED CARDS AND TAGS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

Barb Finnical said...

Wow Pauline! All of your hard word really paid off. I love how wintery this feels and the grunge fits that perfectly! I love it when something like this just seems to come together when you weren't really planning it. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday! We really appreciate you!

Elaine aka Ellapu said...

Beautiful design Thanks for sharing over at Peace on Earth Christmas and hope to see you in future challenges.
Elaine DT

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Sharon Caudle said...

Gorgeous work, Pauline! Thank you for joining our LEON day challenge at Art Impressions!

Anita van Deur said...

Wow great tag thank you for joning The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge! Anita DT

Di said...

Gorgeous tag Pauline - such pretty colour and so perfect for Christmas. Nice work!
Hugs
Di xx

Susan B said...

Beautiful colours and snowflakes! Love the grungy edges of the tag. Thanks so much for joining us at Peace on Earth!

Jules said...

Hi Pauline
What a beautiful way to use your snippet .. .. loving this very much! Gorgeous colours!
Sorry I have missed so many of your wonderful projects. I have had a scroll back and can see you have been being super productive!
Thank you for your lovely comment on my blog.
Love Jules xx

Martina said...

Beautifully shaped tag with a winter theme. Great! Thank you for joining HQFSCAT. Martina - DT

Crafty Pink Pixie said...

Awesome holiday Tag! Love the colors and snowflakes! Thanks for joining the Art Impressions challenge!

Helen said...

Beautiful tags - love your colours.

Thanks for joining me at the Rudolph Days Challenge.

Helen x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Well your spurring, certainly produced some lovely tags Pauline, beautiful work. x

Uschi said...

Great work! Your snippet is beautifully used! I love the great die-cutting of the tags and the beautiful blue and purple background. This amazing embossed snowflake in silver looks simply stunning, as do the snowflakes on the second one. Brilliant lettering and a gorgeous ribbon. A great Christmas gift, perhaps paired with a beautiful book.
Thank you for participating in the current Everybody Art Challenge.
Hugs, Uschi