Tag Tuesday News -- A Brief Interruption

In lieu of the fact that tomorrow Tim Holtz is beginning his annual 12 Tags of Christmas, I am planning on taking a small break from my Tag Tuesday challenge.  I love playing along with Tim's challenge! Last year I had much more of his product as I had just been on his cruise. This year should be a lot more interesting trying to substitute materials.

****I'll be back on December 14th with another Tag Tuesday challenge.****

Until then, leave a comment and let me know whether you too will be playing along with Tim's challenge so I can come and check out your tags.
 Everyone who leaves a comment (either yes, they'll be playing along with Tim's challenge or no, they won't ) before Friday will be eligible to win a very cool Christmas RAK to help them in their Christmas creating.   I'll be giving two of them away and will announce the winner early on Friday morning.

Tag Tuesday -- Colors of Christmas

It's time to revisit our "Colors of Christmas" series from last year.  Yes, Tag Tuesday is celebrating its second Christmas season!

Our color scheme for this week is Navy, Turquoise and Red.

Create a seasonal tag using that color scheme this week.

My thanks again to Pam, our guest hostess last week.  So glad to see so many jumping in for that challenge.

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Craft Fair Season

I've been busy the last few weekends with craft fairs, so I thought I'd share some of the things I have made for sale.  

Lots of mini chipboard albums as you can see.

These are the premade scrapbooks I've made as well.

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Thanks to Pam this week for filling in as guest hostess for the Tag Tuesday challenge.  It certainly appears that many of you have enjoyed the challenge.

I'll be back this coming Tuesday as we revisit last year's "Colors of Christmas" challenge.  We've got to get busy on all those Christmas cards, don't we?

See you then!  Oh, and if you have a minute, drop by Sarah's blog to follow along in her guest hostess duties which is a cool synopsis of our trip to Stampland.

Tag Tuesday -- Guest Hostess

I'm busy with craft fairs this past and then next weekend, so my friend Pam from Scrappy Pam Designs has agreed to be our guest hostess for this week.  Pam creates some of the most beautiful backgrounds, so it was no surprise really when she chose that as her theme. Pam's tag shown below reveals her knack for backgrounds.

Here's what Pam is asking you to do this week:

Backgrounds are the basis for any tag or project, but often backgrounds are beautiful in and of themselves. This week, create a tag that highlights the background that you've created through ink, stamps and inky techniques. Remember, don't cover it up! Use a minimum of embellishments, if any. We want to see that background shine through.

For more info on how Pam created her background, check out her blog at Scrappy Pam Designs.

Tag Tuesday Challenge -- Bingo!

I love Bingo cards and have noticed that my collection is growing and growing.   So I used one up by creating this Bingo themed tag.  And I've also made that our challenge for this week -- Bingo!   Please feel free to interpret the theme however you'd like and use whatever materials you prefer.

Note about this week's sampler:  There were so many very creative and cool "Front and Back" tags last week.  I really enjoyed checking each one out.  Due to time constraints and the way the slideshow would appear, I didn't include those that were shown in two separate pictures and had to choose from those that showed both front and back in one picture.

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Tag Tuesday Challenge -- Front & Back

Well, I'm thinking with the two weeks we had since the last Tag Tuesday post, everyone should be really ready for a challenge!  I hope so, because I've got one for you this week.

Inspired by one of the new stamps I acquired on our visit to Stampland (see post below), I tried stamping half of a stamp on the front of the tag -- and then continuing with the other half of the stamp on the back of the tag.   In my case, it was a two-fold process because the stamp I used of the woman painting came with a blank canvas.  I had to then insert another image (the two girls) and carry that over to the back of the tag, too.

I had quite a lot of fun creating this tag and am pleased with the way it turned out.

So this week's challenge is to include something on the front of your tag that runs over to the back of it.  It doesn't have to be stamping -- it just needs to go beyond the front to the back of the tag.
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