I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and appreciate the kind comments and wishes from you. I finally finished my twelfth tag for The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas challenge and I am quite relieved, just in the nick of time! For my final tag, I decided to create a triptych rather than do a side fold like Linda did because all along I couldn't wait to line my tags all up and photograph them! Ha! So I wanted the size on this one to be the same as the others. (Thanks for the idea, Sara Emily! ;0)
I decided to go for neutral since the Christmas season is winding down. I used layers of DI and a crackle stamp for my background, with a spritz of glimmer mist. I loved Linda's plaid, but was in the mood for dots, so I used a new stencil and dropped gold EP into the wet paste to create this texture.
I used Tim Holtz' Tattered Poinsettia in a new way, which I was very pleased with. I scored each distressed petal. The cardboard and dies are all dripping with puff paint snow.
I decided to stamp a scene inside and used a mix of Stampendous and SU! stamps for the silhouettes. The flourish is Penny Black and the poinsettia is a great find on a recent adventure out into the country to a forgotten about stamp shop. JOY! It is by Judith.
The sentiment banner is from Verve over a MFT doily.
Sorry that the details are lacking, do ask any questions. I'm so tired today...
I'm ever so pleased with this tag and will be creating these triptych tags again soon! Thanks so much to Linda for the challenge and win or lose, I'm sure we all have completed our wish lists from her lovely shop, The Funkie Junkie Boutique. Mine is getting longer with each tag added to the linky. So much inspiration!!! I'll leave you with my favorites from my 12 Tags of Christmas 2015.
Click HERE for all of my 12 Tags of Christmas posts.
I'm sharing with The Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas HERE, with A Vintage Journey, A Vintage Christmas HERE, with SSS for their Winter Wonderland challenge HERE, with SSS for their Make It Sparkle challenge HERE, with Emerald Creek Dares for their Christmas challenge HERE, with Our Creative Corner for their Stars challenge HERE, with The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge for their Silver & Gold challenge HERE, and with Country View Challenges for their Create a Scene challenge HERE. To every one of you, I pray the spirit of Christmas will find its way into your hearts all the year and the great gift from our Father will overwhelm you with His love.
Ooo goosebumps! I LOVE this twist on the tag. And such a beautiful tribute to Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWow! It's great to see all your fabulous tags lined up like this, but I truly think you saved the best for last. I really think this last one, in the neutral tones, with all the gorgeous texture is the prettiest of all of them. I liked your idea of the triptych too. The scored petals of the poinsettia created so much additional interest & dimension. I wonder if you went to The Mercantile on your trip to the country? That's a fun shop to visit, with lovely owners. Glad you were able to have a wonderful Christmas. Hugs & TFS
ReplyDeleteI had such fun with you and Char while we made Christmas tags! All of your tags are so beautiful in person! I have 4 of my own done now and took Claudia her tag banner on Christmas eve along with earrings that I made for her. We had a great time together!
ReplyDeleteBeautifulness! Just gorgeous! And I love that you took a "class picture"!
ReplyDeleteYou win, my friend!
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is stunning! I love your use of neutral colours and your tattered poinsettia is gorgeous. Love! Love! Love!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this at Emerald Creek Dares!
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Thank you for sharing these Autumn - love your final one - it is stunning, and the photo if the twelve is a fabulous review.
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Maxine
What a fabulous tag, autumn! I love the colours and the flower is beautiful. Such a beautiful collection of tags! Thanks for joining us at Our Creative Corner!
ReplyDeleteLove the neutrals! An amazing tag to finish up your 12 Tags of Christmas. The poinsettia is gorgeous! Thank you for sharing over at the Emerald Creek Dares Challenge1
ReplyDeleteCathy - DT Member at Emerald Creek
Your last entry is really fabulous! Love colours and background and when you open it... wow what a beautiful scene! Gorgeous project!
ReplyDeleteI hope your Christmas day was merry and bright!
Those are gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW, WOW, WOW Autumn this tag is spectacular, what a beautiful flower the colours and design are superb so is the fact it can be opened up, what a brilliant idea, the picture showing all your 12 tags is awesome.
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lorraine x
Always gorgeous at your blog. Merry Christmas ( a little late)
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful, beautiful designs on ALL of your tags Autumn - I really love this last one in the neutrals with that gorgeous poinsettia and all the lovely layers of die cuts - thanks for joining us in the A Vintage Journey Christmas challenge! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteThis exudes elegance!
ReplyDeleteI so love the gorgeous flower on the first tag, beautifully shabby and then to reveal the inside with the silhouette stamps so striking against the beautiful background. It all cumulates to something so beautiful.
Wishes
Lynne
Absolutely fabulous triptych tag! Autumn. Love the bold black silhouette stamping along with the duskier tones against the neutral vintage shades on the inside.
ReplyDeleteAs for the front - fabulous texture and detail and your Poinsetta is stunning ! It really is a striking showstopper . thank you so much for joining us at A Vintage Journey x
Your textures and patterns were unified beautifully through your subdued, but very elegant, color scheme. I especially love the way it reveals the blessed the Nativity Scene when you open the tag to reveal the triptych. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteI am speechless! This is just absolutely stunning, Autumn. The textures, layers, colours... everything is so perfectly done. A true work of art! Hope you had a lovely Christmas. Wishing you an amazing 2016, friend.
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WOW!!! Absolutely gorgeous and breath taking!!! I have to say that all the tags in the last picture look amazing!!! Gorgeous work!
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Samra
Paper Talk with Samra
Thank you so much for playing along with my challenge 'Wish Upon A Star' over at Our Creative Corner! Wonderful colour scheme Autumn! Trish x
ReplyDeleteStunning! Love all the texture and gorgeous Poinsettia! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteAll of your tags in this series were gorgeous, but this might be my fav! Super stunning!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous tag! Thanks so much for playing at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tag Autumn! I absolutely love all the beautiful details, it's all so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx
This is one of my favorites, Autumn!! And really LOVE seeing your entries all together - wonderful display of your creativity and diversity! Thanks so much for your visits and comments - and look forward to seeing what you come up with in 2016 - Happy New Year! xxx Lynn
ReplyDeleteAutumn, every single one of your tags exudes the love of crafting you have, and they are made with such care and skill. I love this one in particular for many reasons...the neutrality, the poinsettia (one of my favorite flowers), the verses, and the thought that you put into it. Absolutely lovely in every way! Your compilation of tags is truly amazing; wish I had done that, but they are all in someone else's pile of Christmas cards, mostly sent out as soon as I made each one.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sweet shout out, and am happy I inspired you in some small way. I really hope you are one of the lucky winners! I think we all won...challenging ourselves with new techniques and of course there's that coupon to use at Linda's shop! Have a great day! Hugs!
This is gorgeous and so luscious! Awesome sauce design and use of the poinsettia die, what a neat idea to score the petals! Rich textures abound in this stunning tag! The fact that it opens makes it even better! Hope your Christmas was fantastic! Hugz. ~Niki
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Christmas triptych Autumn! Lovely to see all your 12 tags together too!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year xxx
absolutely lovely ... a glorious scene inside your beautiful tah tryptych. love it! thanks for joining my challenge at cvc this month and good luck. hugs rachel x
ReplyDeleteHuge WOW, Autumn! Your triptych tag makes a stunning finale to a glorious 12 Tags - completely fabulous. What a wonderful post celebrating your gorgeous creations. Good luck in the draw!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
your tag is just beautiful. love it even more that its a triptych... what a fabulous idea. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge! Happy New Year!
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rwkrafts.com
GORGEOUS! I love the cover with the beautiful silver and gold poinsettia and then to open it up and see the beautiful nativity scene was a lovely detail! Thanks for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteGracious, girl! You're ever so talented and inspirational! Love this bloom and the snowy edges and the neutral palette and the tri-fold design and the scene and... Well, I just love it ALL! Stunning! So many beautiful, BEAUTIFUL tags... Each and every one is a gift in and of itself. Happy New Year, love!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tag......love your mixed media creating, what a fabulous collection.
ReplyDeleteHoly moly, April, you have outdone yourself with this one. Definitely saved the best for last. I love EVERYTHING, absolutely EVERYTHING about this piece. Gorgeous colors, beautiful poinsettia and incredible stamping. Such a wonderful design too.
ReplyDeleteSo happy you played along with me for my annual 12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style. Congratulations on making it to the finish line. I hope you will come back and play along with me again next year!
Wishing you and your family all the best in 2016.
Hugs,
Linda
Spectacular! Perfect proof of just of wonderful handmade creations can be.
ReplyDeletethese are gorgeous!!! Happy New Year!!!
ReplyDeleteHey, you! CONGRATS on your Funkie Junkie fortune! Wheee! You'll have to show the folks in Bloglandia what a crafter like you ordered :)
ReplyDeleteTruly beautiful. Thanks for joining us at A Vintage Journey.
ReplyDeleteWow! Absolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! And thanks for letting me know about the SSS Spotlight! I totally skipped my name! =)
ReplyDeleteLilian
The Leaf Studio
This is gorgeous! I love it!
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