Whimsical Wednesday

Hello Whimsical Friends. The Whimsical Design Team is taking this week off to catch up with Holiday stuff. You still have time to enter the "Winter Fun" challenge, and I have a little something fun for today that you can enter, and a yummy Timmy Die for a prize. At the end of the post I will be announcing the winners from all the combined four challenges, and the "Layer It" Challenge.

I have been following along with Tim Holtz 12 Days Of Christmas. Tim finished his last tag on December 12 but you have until December 31 to upload your tags onto his blog. If you have not checked it out you really should..there are so many techniques and ideas packed into the 12 days. Tim never disappoints:) I would like to share with you my take on the Day One Tag:

I guess the idea of the 12 days of Christmas tags is to get as close as you can to Tim's tags. The only Tim Holtz item I had in my stash for this tag is the Holiday Collection of Distress inks, so I needed to make it work with what I have. I started out by inking up my embossing folder, Cuttlebug-Snowflakes, with versa mark, and then running the tag through my Big Kick. Then I quickly applied Stampin' Up White Embossing Powder, and heated it with my heat tool. I used Core'dinations Cardstock for the tag, so after embossing I sanded the raised areas. I used my Silhouette to cut all the greenery. The set is called  3D Wintergreens. The pinecone is also from that set, and is cut out using Kraft Cardstock from the Kraft Outlet. I used picket fence Crackle Paint to paint the ends so it looked like snow. I really like the pinecone, however, I think it was designed to be cut out on the bigger side. Since mine was going on a tag, I needed it to be small..needless to say it was really hard assembling it. I really wanted it to be smaller so that I could have two, but there was no way that was going to happen. I feel like my tag does not do them justice, I know they would be perfect if they were cut bigger. I added flower soft to the holly leaves, and distressed them with Tim Holtz Iced Spruce (also went over the entire tag with the same ink). The letters come from Plantin SchoolBook and the Swirl is from Home Accents. I glittered them with Martha Stewart glitter. The Shabby Crinkle ribbon is from the Prairie Bird Boutique. I put some pearls on a pin and attached a jump ring so that I could hang it from my ribbon. That sentiment "Tis The Season" is from my stamp set called "Snow Much Fun". I embossed it with silver embossing powder and then inked over it with the iced spruce distress ink. All four sets in my new stamp line can be found at my shop by clicking the top tab or by clicking here. Here is a close up:

Even though this is technically not a challenge I thought it would be fun to see what others have been doing with the 12 Days Of Christmas tags. So go ahead an upload your Tim inspired tags..or any Christmas tags that you have made. It is okay if its an older post. There is really no rules for this. Just make sure you put in your post that you entered your tag here, with a link to my blog. You can enter as many times as you would like just make sure it is a different tag of course. I really like Tim's Tattered Pine Cone die that he used on his tag. The big reason is because you can also make beautiful roses with it. Here is a gorgeous altered frame that Tim made using the die:

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Gorgeous, the roses are the pinecone!! Since Custom Crops had the die on sale, I purchased two: one for me and one for one random winner that uploads their tag to the linky. I will keep this opened until December 31 at midnight.

 WINNERS

Now for the winners! The random winner of the "Layer It Challenge" is #2 Holly. The random winner of the combined last four challenges is Chris Olsen. Congrats ladies. Please email me your addresses so that I can get you your prizes. E-mail is under the contact button.

Looking for more challenges? Stop by  Cindy's Scraptastic Designs for some Christmas Ornament fun! While your are there don't forget to check out her shop for some of the cutest digital stamps:)

The Whimsical Designers will back next Wednesday with a brand new challenge. You will NOT want to miss what these gals have come up with. Just when I think they can't outdo themselves they do it again. I think that is all for now. Thank you for checking in today. 

I am entering my tag/tree ornament in the following challenges (click on the purple text to take you directly to the challenge):
1. Fantabulous Cricut: Challenge Me Monday- Add Ribbon
2. Jingle Belles-Wrapping It Up-Anything Christmas
3. Hooked on Craft Challenges: Christmas Theme-Must include a punch or die cut
4. The Pink Elephant: Create anything you like just be sure you include a snowflake and sparkle
5. Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Optional Tags For Christmas