Tag Swap

This is my tag for my very first tag swap I participated in. I can see where joining in these swaps could become addictive. It was tons of fun! The tags I received are shown below.

In this particular swap there were ten people. There was a Christmas/Hanukkah and a Winter group. When those two filled up a second Christmas/Hanukkah one was organized. That's how I was able to join. I was leery to join and kept dragging my feet.

I really love these Vintage/Retro Stamper's Anonymous stamps. I'm getting better at making things grungy and my inking technique is getting better with practice. In the photo above I inked some grunge paper with Distress Stain to use for my sentiment. I also adhered some Kraft colored tissue paper to my tag and stamped the music notes on it.

Here I used some tulle for my bow and hung charm pin up brad to hold the mini bell.

You can't see it very well in the photo, but I used some Distress Stickles on the top of the tag. In these photos you can see how adhering the sentiment this way really adds some nice dimension.

 

 These are some of the products I used for this tag. Not shown are: Red Tulle, Mini Bells and Kraft Tissue Paper.

Tim Holtz Barn Door Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD VINTAGE PHOTO Brown Ranger	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEELED PAINT Green Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Stickles 1.1 OZ. ROCK CANDY Glitter Glue Jar
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2012 MINI HOLIDAYS 4 CMS142	Tim Holtz DISTRESS Ink STAIN PEELED PAINT Ranger	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 6 x 12 GRUNGEPAPER Grunge Paper	Mixed Media Glue	#8 MANILA TAGS 15 PACK Tim Holtz 12 Days of Christmas 6 1/4 by 3 1/8
Karen Foster Design - Charm Pin Up Brads - Vintage

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Here are the tags I received. They are all so beautiful! Everyone in my Scrappy Girl group is sooooo talented and creative!!

Sue's Tag

Connie's Tag

Andi's Tag

Evy's Tag

Lisa's Tag

Marsha's Tag

KK's Tag

Kim's Tag

Kathy's Tag

Tons of inspiration here! I just wish I would have been in the other group too. That way I could have seen all the tags from all the other gals! There's always next year :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Tag Giveaway!

Tag Package #1

Tag Package #2

It's the Holiday Season and I'm in a giving mood! I love to create tags, so I decided to give some away.

I'm giving away two packages. Each package contains 30 tags. There are multiples of some and just a single of others. I think each package has a great variety. I'm not going to make you jump through a ton of hoops in order to win. Here are the details:

• Become a follower of my blog if you aren't already. You can do that over on the right side of my blog by clicking on 'Join This Site".
• Follow my Pattitudes Facebook page. 
• Leave a comment letting me know that you're a follower of both and if you're a winner I'll choose which package I send you.
• This is optional: Follow me on Twitter and Pinterest.

Giveaway ends Wednesday, December 12th at Midnight CST. Winners will be announced on my blog  Thursday, December 13th. Winners will have 24 hours to contact me at patty.albertson@gmail.com with their address. If I haven't heard from the winners in the allotted time, I will choose alternates.

Here's a video I made of the tags in each package.

Good luck!

Tags

Today I'm sharing some new tags I recently added to my Etsy store. I just adore this Santa! It's one of my absolute favorites.

I created some sets of three different tags. 

I used up leftover holiday paper. I really tried to go through my supplies and see what I could come up with. Those little bits of paper are so perfect for these projects. 

I looking for some new Christmas/Holiday stamps. I love sentiments so that's what I''ll be searching for. If you get a chance go check out what else I have in my store. Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by!

Vintage Tags

My title should actually say "Vintage Tags Plus Two Non Vintage Ones" but that would be way too long! I have included two tags at the bottom of this post that are in no way Vintage. 

I've been a little absent in my blogging lately. I've been working on projects and just haven't had much time for my blog. I haven't even been doing much baking or made any new recipes. Gosh, I didn't even participate in Mom's Crazy Cooking Challenge this month. The 7th came and went and I completely forgot about it! This month the challenge was stuffing recipes. You can check them out here. I usually set up a board and pin all the recipes and I'm behind on that too! Next month's challenge is perfect sugar cookies. My sugar cookies don't always turn out very well so I haven't yet decided if I'll join in. I will set up a board and pin the recipes though. 

These are some tags I've created with a new stamp set I picked up last weekend. We made a trip to Minnesota for a 50th Wedding Anniversary party and I was able to sneak some shopping in. This set is called Mini Holidays from Stampers Anonymous from the Tim Holz collection. 

As you can see I've used the same stamp with different inks. The sentiment below is one of my favorites!

When I saw this stamp set from Technique Tuesday I had to have it. Although the "Keep Calm and...." is a bit overused, I think some of the sayings are quite humorous. This stamp set is called Twinkle On.

All of these tags are available in my Etsy store. I've just finished tags for a swap I'm in. I'll share my tag and the ones I receive in December. Now I'm getting ready to start on a mini book for a swap I'm in. I'm pretty excited about participating in both swaps. I can't wait to see the the creativity of the others in their projects.

Thanks for stopping by!

These are the products used to create these tags:

Technique Tuesday Clear Stamps TWINKLE ON	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2012 MINI HOLIDAYS 4 CMS142	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEELED PAINT Green Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD VINTAGE PHOTO Brown Ranger	Tim Holtz Barn Door Distress Ink
Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink	Red Twine	PaperTreyInk Vintage Cream Cardstock

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