Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Christmas Sled for 25DOCT


Okay, I'm not sure if anyone is using the acronym, 25DOCT, but it's my friend Tracey McNeely's fabulous 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  She has an amazing line-up of guest artists each day, plus her own wonderful creations to share.  It's all so inspiring!  Yesterday I saw my friend Jill Norwood's tag and my idea sprung from there:
Here's Jill's tag:
I loved that Jill made a shaped tag, and that's how I decided to go with the sled.  I think the kraft color also helped point me in that direction.  I embellished with holly, like Jill, but put the white into my swirl.
I cut the sled out with my Silhouette on both regular white cs and partially from some SSS woodgrain paper.  I colored the bottom sled with Copic R29 for the rails, and used DI Gathered Twigs for the wood parts.  I ink blended the woodgrain with DI Gathered Twigs and adhered it on top of the base sled.  The flourish and holly leaves were also cut from the Silhouette.  The leaves were ink blended with DI.  The berries are pearls colored in Copic R29.  The plaid paper is from Southfield Tartan Craft Papers, and the white embossed sentiment is from LOTV (retired).  Twine from Michaels.   The back side has the words To: on one panel, and From: on another.

Thanks, Tracey and Jill for the inspiration!  I think I'm hooked! 
 
 
Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Kara Lynne
 
 

34 comments:

  1. I mean, seriously. I have no words other than THUD!! Hugs, Darnell

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  2. What a clever idea Kara! LOVE it! Have a lovely day! Hazel xx

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  3. Oh WOW!! This is absolutely STUNNING!! Great design!!

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  4. Genius! Love the idea of a sled for a tag, and so beautifully created Kara Lynne!

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  5. Love the sled! This is an awesome idea for a tag and so adorable!

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  6. Oh my goodness Kara Lynne I am so touched to have inspired your wonderful sled tag! Shaped tags are so fun and I adore sledding! What a wonderful design!!! :) I love it!!! I need to remember that I can color pearls and bling with my Copics!!! I was searching for red pearls last week and I could have colored the ones I had! Lol!

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  7. Kara Lynne...these are so beautiful, makes me wish we got snow where I live.

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  8. What a cute idea for a tag Kara Lynne, love this!!

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  9. Kara Lynne this is fabulous! I love your sled and you may have started something with 25DOCT!! I love it! Thank you so much my friend for joining the fun at the 25 Days of Christmas Tags! xo

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  10. OMG Kara Lynne!! I thought this was an actual little wooden ornament when I first saw the picture! Can't believe you made this all out of cardstock...it just blows my mind away! The attention to detail is just fabulous and you are really going to WOW someone when you put it on their package! LOVE it!! :0)

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  11. Wow, this is amazing, Kara Lynne! It really does look like a real ornament to hang on the tree. I'll be happy to send you my address. 😉

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  12. OMG!!! your tag is absolutely amazing, kara!! totally love it!! (you should make some to sell at a holiday bazaar... I bet they would sell like hot cakes!)

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  13. AMAZING
    FUNTASTIC
    GENIUS
    and I dont have any other words
    to clever to make your tag like this
    WINNER TAG my dear
    love love love this much

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  14. Love love love your tag Kara! It's such a pretty tag and fun too!

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  15. OMG! You are so creative by using the sleigh as a tag, Kara Lynn! This is a winner to me!

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  16. FABULOUS tag Kara!!! Super creative, just gorgeous!

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  17. Pure genius ;) a sled for a tag superb! Love it

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  18. Sooo cute!! Its so unique!! I love it!!

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  19. Wow! Your tag is something else! I don't think I've ever seen anything like it and I LOVE it!

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  20. Wow! I love this idea for a tag! Your sled is amazing! This is so creative and really fun!
    Take care!
    Michele

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  21. Fabulous! As some else commented, I thought this was an ornament at first class!

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  22. This is an amazing tag. I love that it is shaped like a sled. Perfect for Wisconsin and all that snow I'm sure you get. So nicely done.

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  23. What amazing sled tag, Kara! So many beautiful details! I also love the you acronym, so much easier!

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    1. LOTV stands for Lili of the Valley stamp company (www.liliofthevalley.co.uk)

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  25. How fun! So elegant! Love the embellishing and your great, plaid sentiment!

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  26. That sled tag is just so perfect and unique!

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