Papercraft Star - Holiday Hop

Merry Christmas and welcome to the Papercraft Star Tags (and more) of Christmas Blog Hop sponsored by Catherine Pooler. We are so happy you could join us for this special event! You should have arrived at my blog from Tracy, if that is not where you arrived from, then please join us at Papercraft Star to start the hop from the beginning so you don't miss a thing! You must be a follower of Papercraft Star, visit and leave a comment on all the blogs in order to be entered to win our fantastic Grand Prize!

During this hop we hope that you'll find a wealth of inspiration among the beautiful projects our Designers have created especially for you! To add to the fun, we've got fabulous prizes along the way at many of our Designer's blogs and you'll be entered to win a full month subscription to Club InBox by our generous sponsor Catherine Pooler, if you visit every blog and leave a comment with all of our Designers! You have until midnight (Eastern Time) on Saturday December 25, 2010 to leave all your comments and be entered to win the Grand Prize. We'll draw the winners of the prizes and announce them beginning Sunday December 26, 2010.

Now for my Tag of Christmas....

I created this tag using the Baroque Sizzix die by Tim Holtz. I used the die to cut a baroque shape out of Crumb Cake card stock and Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper, both by Stampin' Up!

Then I stamped the music score with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Gold embossing powder. I stamped the tree using Whisper White Craft ink by Stampin' up! and then Heat embossed it with UTEE and then again with White embossing powder.

I used the negative from a chipboard letter from Stampin' Up!, ran my Walnut Stain Distress Ink pad over it, pressed it into my Versamark pad and then heat embossed it using UTEE. I backed the chipboard piece with vintage Christmas sheet music and cut a holly from the paper (I added Crystal Effects to it to make it sturdy) to add to the front corner.

I applied Olive Green and Timber Brown StazOn ink to the white tree using my finger to add some color and interest to the image. I did the same thing to the chip piece using the whisper white craft ink. I used the Scrollwork on the edge die as a mask and inked the tag using Walnut Stain distress ink.

Add a large Stampin' Up! Eyelet, some Kraft Taffeta Ribbon by Stampin' Up! and a grungy metal tag from KraftOutlet and your finished!

Merry Christmas to you and yours and thank you again for joining us for the Papercraft Star Tags of Christmas Blog Hop, your next stop on the hop is the talented Liz!

and now for the small print...

Supply List:

Sponsor Supplies:
Chipboard negative letter (retired)
Kraft Taffeta Ribbon (retired)
Crystal Effects
Whisper White Craft Ink
Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper
Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set
Warm Words Stamp Set
Large Eyelets

Other Supplies:
Vintage Sheet Music
White Embossing Powder by Martha Stewart
Gold Embossing Powder by Heat it up!
UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Powder)
Timber Brown and Olive Green StazOn Ink
Walnut Stain Distress Ink by Ranger
Heat Gun
Baroque Tim Holtz Alterations Die
Scrollwork Tim Holtz Alterations Die
Music Score Stamp by Stampendous
Grungy Round Metal Tag by www.KraftOutlet.com