Cheers!

If you are anything like me, you bring a bottle of wine with you when visiting friends and family during the holidays. And, if you're like me, you forget to ask the liquor store for a cello bag and red woolie to wrap your hostess gift. I can't even begin to count how many times I've had my coat on ready to leave the house and have been scrambling for a bow to put on the wine bottle. So, this year I decided to make gift tags especially designed for a bottle. Here it is:

I cut the main tag using Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 4 and then cut the hole for the neck of the bottle using the circle Nestabilities. The collar was then cut using a die from the circle and scallop circle sets. The rest is Hero Arts stamps, Tim Holtz distress inks and LOTS and LOTS of Perfect Pearls mixed in water to give it a beautiful shine!

I do have one helpful tip to share with you. Score the tag before you start spraying with Perfect Pearls otherwise your paper might be damp and you won't get a crisp score line.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink;

Stamps: Hero Arts (Merriest Wishes; Outline Bold Flourish);

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Fired Brick; Antique Linen; Vintage Photo); Ranger Black;

Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities (Label 4; Classic Circle: Classic Scallop Circle);

Tag, I'm It!

A few months ago, I was looking for some inspiration over at pagemaps.com (http://www.pagemaps.com/) when I noticed that the talented Becky Fleck was also looking for something. She put a call out to scrappers to contribute samples based on her sketches. If picked, your work is included in her monthly newsletter alongside her beautiful sketches. Of course I threw my name into the hat. And, to my surprise, I was contacted last month and asked to create a tag. Everything had to be on the hush hush and I couldn't post a picture of my project until Becky published her February newsletter. Well, thanks to Super Bowl Sunday, Becky posted her newsletter a day early so, at long last, here is my tag:

Have I told you how much I love the Martha Stewart butterfly punch? In case you missed my last post about it, I double punched each butterfly. The bottom layer was glued down flat to the paper, while the top layer was only affixed in the center. I bent the wings upwards to give it a little dimension.

Make sure you visit pagemaps to see all the great sketches Becky created for February!

Ingredients:

Paper: Creating Keepsakes (cardstock and patterned paper)

Embellishments: Creating Keepsakes (rub-on letters) Queen & Company (felt border) Michael's (pearl stickers)

Ink: Signo (white)

Tools: Martha Stewart butterfly punch