12 Tags in less than 12 Minutes!

 

Like last year,  I made a quick video of highlights of how I made my 12 Tags of Christmas for 2020!

If you want details, please scroll back through my recent blog posts and you'll be able to find lots more information.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 12

It's Day 12 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: 12 Days of Christmas.

I had to think about this one a bit. I knew I couldn't fit all 12 days of gifts onto a tag, so I focused on "my true love gave to me".

I started with 2 panels I created during Day 2's video, with strips of coloured cardstock. From one I cut a tag, and from the other, I cut one of the Folk Hearts. I spritzed them both with shimmer spray. 

The heart fit perfectly, and added interest where the colours of the strips are different from the ones on the base. True love covered!

Then I simply stamped and die cut the gifts from the Bear Ware 5 set. 

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 11

It's Day 11 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: Deck the Halls.

I started by stamping Mondo Holly onto a 5.5x8.8 piece of white cardstock. I left the stamp on the door of the MISTI, and then I trimmed down the cardstock with the tag die and coloured it with Copic markers. I wanted to create a kind of stained glass look, so I coloured the leaves with a lighter green and then outlined each leaf section with a darker green. I chose a pale aqua for the background and coloured it with dots to create some subtle texture.

Then I fit the tag back into the piece of cardstock, and stamped the holly again, this time with Versafine Onyx ink. Then I embossed the outline with sparkly embossing powder.

To finish it off, I cut FA LA LA with the Tall N Skinny Alpha, from white cardstock, glued the letters on and then added Star Dust Stickles for sparkle.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 10

It's Day 10 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

I chose to focus on "as for me and Grandpa, we BELIEVE", and used the new hot foil stamp on Holographic cardstock with Alcohol inks on it.

I wish I had a darker foil colour to get more of a contrast, but this gold sparkle was the best I had.

I started by blending alcohol ink onto a panel of Lawn Fawn Holographic cardstock. I trimmed it with the tag die and then foiled the sentiment onto it with my Gemini Foil Press.

I had to use the medium temperature and 30 seconds of heating time to get a good impression. 

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 9

It's Day 9 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: Holly Jolly Christmas. 

You know I love Catherine Pooler inks. They are truly my favourites for all their properties. But Catherine's rainbow is missing a couple of colours (in my humble opinion! lol!) So when Concord & 9th released their inks which are also foam ink pads, I added a few to my collection. Aqua Sky is one, and this tag shows how pretty it is.

I also used a couple of last year's sets (Retro Holiday Greetings and Holiday Characters) to create a little wreath of Holly. I coloured the holly with Copics and added Nuvo Crystal Glaze and Studio Katia Chunky Glitter to the berries.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 8

It's Day 8 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

This tag is quick and easy to replicate. I stamped "Merry Christmas" from last year's Tis the Season in Cranberry Fizz ink onto a Desert Storm tag, and swinked some Enchanted Gold ink over for some shimmer.

Then I popped up two adorable snowmen from the new Made this for You set and added some Star Dust Stickles for sparkle.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 7

It's Day 7 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: A Marshmallow World.

I don't know this song very well, but the title makes me think of all the sweet treats we enjoy over the Holidays, so I combined images from Ginger House (doesn't the white embossing look just like white icing?) and a sentiment from Warmest Wishes (perfect set for tag making!) to make this card.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 6

It's Day 6 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: Home for the Holidays, and my tag is also for this week's Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper challenge.

Congratulations to this week's Featured Stamper, Gail (gl1253). 

I chose this card as my inspiration:

LIST: Colours (red, white, green), shaker, snowglobe, snowflakes, house, plaid, sentiment strip

INCLUDE: snowglobe, plaid, house, 

MODIFY: faux shaker with holographic stars, snowflakes cut into base

EXCLUDE: red

SPIN: die cut letters for sentiments

For my background, I started by spritzing a white tag with Distress Resist Spray and letting it dry. I blended two colours of blue Catherine Pooler ink over top for a night sky, and then I ran it through my Gemini Junior with the Twirling Flurries cutting plate.

I stacked up 3 of the Shaker Globe die cuts and added a holographic circle frame left over from my Day 1 tag. I cut one of the inner circles with a Landscapes die to create my hill. 

My house is from the older set Hearth & Home, cut from Slate cardstock that had been stamped with one of the stamps from Plaid Maker. I created the snowy 'roof' by cutting another house from white cardstock and offsetting it behind the gray house.

I cut the stars from Hearth & Home from holographic cardstock and sprinkled them in the sky for a faux-shaker look.

My sentiment was die cut with the new Tall N Skinny Alpha dies.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 5

It's Day 5 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: White Christmas.

I chose the new Mini Snowflake Frame layer set and cut all 3 layers, leaving the solid pieces around the snowflake in the base layer to form my tag.

I stacked them up and glued them together, then spritzed them with shimmer spray. To add some frostiness to the edges, I added some liquid glue and sprinkled Tim Holtz Mica Flakes over top.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 4

It's Day 4 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is: Sleigh Ride

I created a more masculine tag with a simple winter scene created with images from the new Santa's List, and my favourite forest image from Lil' Squatch.

I did some simple masking and stamped the sleigh first, then the deer and finally the trees, on a Tag Trio tag cut from Desert Storm cardstock. I coloured everything with Copic markers. I blended some brown ink around the edges for a distressed look.

I wanted the sac of gifts to stand out more, so I stamped it again on white cardstock, shaded it to give the look of dimension and then fussy cut it and glued it in place.

My final touch was some Stickles for sparkle.

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the annual 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is Here Comes Santa Claus.

This Santa from EBE Santa's List has his hands out and I combined him with a die from last year's Snow Buds, to let him juggle some sparkly snowballs! I positioned the snowball die so that the centre snowball was directly over the hole in my Tag Trio tag and then I filled in the other holes with Holographic cardstock from Lawn Fawn.

I spritzed  some Ranger Mica Spray in Brushed Pewter on my tag for a subtle snowy, shimmery background.

If you're looking for more tag inspiration, here's my 12 tags from last years 12 Tags of Christmas:

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 2

It's Day 2 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is The Little Drummer Boy - head to Ellen's blog to see how I made this fun tag/ornament!

Ellen Hutson's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 1

Welcome to the annual 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's song inspiration is Silver Bells.

I focused on the 'Silver' and used two kinds of embossing on Lawn Fawn Holographic cardstock. The tag base (cut from EBE Tag Trios) is embossed with a Crafter's Companion folder and the circle top is heat embossed with Wow! Silver embossing powder.

But I didn't forget the 'Bells' either. This Jingle sentiment fits the bill and was embossed onto the same Holographic Cardstock with silver embossing powder.

SUPPLIES:

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 12 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

This is it! The big finale! It's Day 12 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is Santa Claus is Coming to Town. I used the Speech Bubbles dies to create Santa's beard for this fun tag. 

I used a black strip with the sentiment embossed in gold to look like his belt, and I added a snowball from the Snow Buds dies as a button. Simple, but so fun!

I hope you've enjoyed the event this year! Here's a video of all 12 Tags in about 12 minutes.

If you missed any (or are looking for Supply Lists), here are the links

Day 1 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Day 2 Joy to the World
Day 3 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Day 4 Deck the Halls
Day 5 Jingle Bells
Day 6 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Day 7 Cool Yule
Day 8 Let it Snow
Day 9 Sleigh Ride
Day 10 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Day 11 White Christmas


Day 12 Supply List:

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 11 - White Christmas

It's Day 11 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is White Christmas. I used the Speech Bubbles dies to create my 'dream' (and this gave me my idea for tomorrow's tag....)!

I coloured Bear white, and left his present mostly white as well. 

Tomorrow, I will be premiering my 12 Tags in (About) 12 Minutes video on my YouTube channel at 9:30. Premiere means that I will be there watching it with you when it posts and we can chat about it (or anything else that comes up!)! I hope you will join me!

You can click on the video here to set a reminder if you want:

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 10 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

It's Day 10 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, and I'm afraid I went pretty literal. 

I stamped and die cut my tree and added the 'ornaments' (Colored Lights droplets). Then I popped it up with a wobbler (so it's really Rockin'!) on a base that had been blended with grey inks and then spritzed with Tonic Sparkle Spray in Morning Fog. The sparkle doesn't show well in this photo, but it's amazing in real life!

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 9 - Sleigh Ride

It's Day 9 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is Sleigh Ride. This penguin from Arctic Pals doesn't have a sleigh, so he's using his belly to go down the hill!

I used the landscape dies to create a mask for my snow hill - I blended Catherine Pooler inks above the hill for the sky and then I covered the bottom half with Nuvo Glimmer paste in Moonstone for some sparkle! I added some Stickles for the snow spray behind the penguin.

The sentiment is from Mountain Holiday and the banner is from the Parcel Box die set.

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 8 - Let it Snow

It's Day 8 of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is Let it Snow. I used just the dies (no stamps) from the Snow Buds set. I coloured the hat with Copics and then created my snowy background with both the Snowfall die at the top of the tag, and then I added some white Nuvo Crystal Drops for texture (and more snow!)

Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas Day 7 - Cool Yule

It's Day one of the Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas event - this year we are using our favourite Christmas songs as inspiration. Be sure to go to the Ellen Hutson blog for all the details and daily inspiration from the Design Ambassadors!

Today's Christmas song inspiration is Cool Yule. I took it to mean 'cool' design, and created a rainbow wreath with the snowball die from the Snow Buds dies. I cut it once, then turned it and made sure that the two end snowball cuts were overlapped with the same two snowballs in the die, to create a circle. Then I used copics on the snowballs and inlaid them back in.