Tag, You're It! is Celebrating it's 100th Challenge!

Today we are celebrating Tag, You're It's 100th challenge by collaborating with Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  Here's my Christmas tag for the occasion:

Here's the back of the tag, ready for writing out the gift recipient and sender's names.

The little fox was colored with Copic markers and colored pencils, fussy cut, and set on a Copic and white gel pen background.  The tag is really two white tags together with a pink scalloped circle between them, and the top of the tag was cut in the same pink color for both sides of the tag.  I added a silver frame cut with two circle dies together.

Stop by the Tag, You're It! blog for much more inspiration and join us in making a Christmas tag for the occasion.  You can link your tag to both events!  Thank you, Tracey, for this fun event and for all you do for Tag, You're It! 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Purple Onion Designs Grace (skating fox)
Dies:  LF Diagonal Gift Card Pocket, PTI Circle Tag, MFT Stitched Mini Scalloped Circle STAX, Sizzix Circle Nesting Dies
Copics:  BG000,01, W0,1,2,3, C0,1,2,3,4, B21 R05, E11,13,15, RV11,63,66,69

Prisma Color Pencils: 1032,944

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

Tag, You're It! #99: Autumn Fest

Today begins our 99th challenge over at Tag, You're It!  We're celebrating all that is autumn and I thought I'd pull out some colored pencils for the occasion:

The images are all from Purple Onion Designs.  I masked and layered starting with the pumpkins (it's all one image), then the hay bale, and finally some corn stalks peeking from behind.  Everything was first colored with Copic markers and then Prisma Color pencils.

The tag itself was cut from a Distress Ink blended panel.  A bit of ribbon, floss, and a partial die cut sentiment and it's good to go.

Supplies:
Stamps: Purple Onion Designs Gathered Pumpkins, Hay Bale, 2 Cornfields
Dies:  Studio Katia Dotted Shaker Tag 2, PTI Scripted Die
Ink: Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Memento Desert Sand
Copics:  B0000, YG61, E13,50,51,55, Y21,23, YR18,61,65
Pencils:  pumpkins: 917,918,921,1032, stems and grass: 988,909,911, hay: 950,946,917,941, corn stalks: 950,1085,1093

What speaks to you in this Autumn Fest inspiration photo?  I hope you will join us and please, check out the tags created by our guest designer and the other team members for more inspiration over at Tag, You're It!

Thanks for coming to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Tag, You're It! #97 Fun With Flags

Today starts a new challenge at Tag, You're It!, and we're having "Fun With Flags"!  Flags come in all shapes, sizes, and colors.  Your flag tag can represent your country or an important cause, or just be whimsical - your choice!  I went celebratory whimsical with my flags:

Supplies:
Dies:  Lawn Fawn Tag, You're It (I know, same name!), Happy Birthday Line Border, Flags from Scallop Box Card Pop-up, Berries from Mini Wreath
Paper:  LF Really Rainbow 6x6
Other:  Wink of Stella, The Paper Studio Bright Twine

I hope you will head over to the Tag, You're It! blog where there is lots of inspiration, and the gallery is waiting for you to have "Fun With Flags"!

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!
Kara

Tag, You're It! #95: BBQ Party

It's time for a new challenge at Tag, You're It!  We are headed outside for a BBQ party!

My tag, sentiment, and all the little BBQ elements are from SugarPea Designs.  The length of the tag was extended by adding the patterned paper.  I've had that little gingham in my stash since 2001 - so fun to use the old with the new!

Please join the BBQ party with us, and head on over to the Tag, You're It! challenge blog to see more inspiration from our guest designer and the rest of the team.

Supplies:

Stamps: SugarPea King of the Grill

Dies: SugarPea Backyard BBQ, Enjoy Tag Set

Copics: Y02, YR15, E04, G02,07, R30,32,35,56

Inks:  Catherine Pooler Grass Skirt, Lawn Fawn Jet Black

Paper: All scraps, gingham is from SU! 

Thanks for coming over to visit!  May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

 

Tag, You're It! #93: Bookmarks

Today starts a new challenge at Tag, You're It! and the theme is bookmarks!  I created this bookmark for my oldest daughter, Elizabeth, featuring two different bunnies by Stacey Yacula from Purple Onion Designs:

We hope you will join us in this fun challenge over at Tag, You're It!  Bookmarks are such a fun way to make someone smile!  For much more inspiration, and to join in the fun, please head over to Tag, You're It blog - come see the great bookmarks the team and our guest designer put together!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Purple Onion Designs Zoey, Bella, Floral End Notes, Flower Bed

Dies: PTI Basic Bookmark 3, LF Cole's ABCs,  SSS Basic Banners

Copics:  V000, RV63,66,69, YG11,13,17, C0, E40,41,42

Other:  PTI Scarlet Jewel, Satin ribbon scrap

Thanks for coming over to visit.  May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Tag, You're It! #91 Summer Fruits

Time again for a new challenge over at Tag, You're It!  This time it's summer fruits.  My friend, Marybeth chose our theme, which made me smile because she lives in the same area of California where my great great uncle owned an orange grove back at the turn of the last century.  I have a whole box of letters between him and my great grandfather, who stayed in Wisconsin.  Most of the news was about agriculture, weather, and politics - they were men. 

Our family loves to pick blueberries, strawberries, and cherries.  Well, as a mom, I like to think everybody enjoys it.  Perhaps they still do it just to humor me.  Anyway, We (or I) like to go up to Door County and pick tart cherries.  They are great in smoothies, and cobbler, but best of all is when my husband makes his own maraschino cherries!  They're so good, and taste nothing like the ones in the store.

I cut the cherries out on the Silhouette and colored them with Copics.  The little die cut tag was ink blended with Distress ink and spritzed with water over the white heat embossed sentiment.

What's your favorite summer fruit?  I hope you will join us for this fun challenge.  You can find the details and much more inspiration from the team over at the Tag, You're It blog.  Here's our delicious inspiration:

 

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT Stay Cool
Dies:  MFT Tiny Tags, PTI Circle Tag
Copics:  R30,32,35,37,39,81,83,85,89, YG06,61,63, G12,14,17
Ink: Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany, Spun Sugar, VersaMark
Other:  Kaisercraft Tea Party patterned paper, SSS white fine detail embossing powder, Signo white gel pen, Michael's twine

Thank you for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kara

Tag, You're It! #89 Umbrellas

Umbrellas are in fasion over at Tag, You're It!  I created a wedding shower tag for this fortnight's challenge:

I hope you will pull out your umbrella and join us for this fun challenge!  Please head on over to the Tag, You're It! blog for more information and fabulous inspiration from the team!

Supplies:
Stamps:  Altenew - Super Script 2
Dies:  Newton's Nook Umbrella Pals, PTI Basic Bookmark 3, Shakers and Sprinkles, MFT Grassy Hills
Ink:  Catherine Pooler - Lime Rikey, Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed
Paper: Bristol smooth white cardstock, vellum, PTI Lemon Tart, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz
Other: Newton's Nook Cloudy Sky stencil, Xyron sticker maker

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kara

Tag, You're It! Challenge #87: Spring Colors

Tag, You're It! has a new challenge beginning today and our theme is "spring colors".  I loved the whimsical image that Nancy chose for the inspiration photo, so I decided to play in that direction: 

For the life of me, there was no way to photograph this tag to its full potential.  The mushroom caps are coated with Glossy Accents and they would not cooperate with the camera without distorting the colors.

Isn't that a lovely image?  You can see all the tags inspired by it, and get the full details over at Tag, You're It!  I hope you will join in on the fun!

Supplies:

Dies:  LF Mushroom Border, LF Tag, You're It

Other: Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor 61,50,34,139, Making Memories fibers, Glossy Accents

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara

Tag, You're It! #85 Happy Easter

Tag, You're It! is celebrating Easter with an Easter tag challenge.  I created a tag to add to my daughter's Easter basket.  It is looking from inside the empty tomb out towards the Resurrection Sunday horizon:

I created a video demonstrating how I created this shaker tag.  You can view it here or on my YouTube channel:

I hope you will join us in this fortnight's challenge.  Head on over to the Tag, You're it challenge blog for all the details and to see the wonderful tags created by my teammates.

Supplies:
Stamps:  PTI Inspired: Savior
Dies:  Poppystamps Stitched Main Street Tags, PTI Scene It Skyscapes, MFT Spring Garden
Copics: W1,3,5, C2,4, E43,44
Paper: PTI Spring Rain, Green Parakeet, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Melon Berry
Other:  Sizzix Tim Holtz embossing folder, VersaMark ink, McGill Stylus and mat, 3 mm craft foam, SSS fine detail white embossing powder

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kara

Tag, You're It! Challenge #83

Polka Dots is the name of the game this fortnight over at Tag, You're It!  I love this stamp set from Picket Fence Studios called Sweet Dear Friend.  The sentiments are fun, and the girls are so unassuming!  I thought it would make a perfect wine tag!

Supplies:
Stamps:  PFS Sweet Dear Friend
Dies:  MFT Wine Tag, Wonky Stitched Rectangle
Paper:  Kaisercraft Tea Party
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:  E000,00,30,31,33,35,37, C0,1, Y02,08, YR00, B0000,000,00,01,02
Other:  Signo white gel pen

I hope you will get out your polka dots, or even make some of your own, and join us!  Please head on over to Tag, You're It! for all the details and amazing inspiration from the team!

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kara

Tag, You're It! #81: Pantone 2019

It's great to have the Tag, You're It! challenge back up and running!  The challenge theme will vary, and this time we have a color challenge to use the 2019 Pantone color of the year:  Living Coral.

I had a bit of a Pantone predicament, a coral conundrum, if you will.  I pulled out every coral coloring medium, ink, embellishment, and paper I could find, and quickly became overwhelmed.  I didn't realize I had so much coral in my midst.  I dibbled and dabbled with every bit of it, to the point where one would think I was decorating a room rather than making a tiny tag.  Slowly, I eliminated element by element and this little shaker tag came together.

Supplies:
Dies:  MFT Tag Builder Blueprint #4, PTI Wet Paint Cuts, LF Quilted Backdrop
Stamps: HA Dot Moire, HA Damask Background (background tag)
Ink: Lindy's Magicals Cosmopolitan Pink, Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral, Catherine Pooler Coral Cabana
Other:  Glossy Accents, Crayola coral/gold glitter glue, large flower sequins - brand unknown, Making Memories Funky Fibers

Are you up for the Pantone challenge?  Click on over to the Tag, You're It! challenge blog for all the details, check out the design team's tags, and come play along!

Thanks for coming over to visit!  I hope you have a wonderful day!
Kara

Tag, You're It! Challenge Highlights

Today, the Tag, You're It! designers are highlighting some of our favorite tag designs.  As I look back at the tags I have created, I am reminded of the many featured artists and how I was inspired.  Thank you to everyone who played along with us!

Here are some of my favorite personal designs from the challenge:

 

Thanks so much for coming over to visit, and for playing along with Tag, You're It!
Kara Lynne

Tag You're It! #79 with Leigh Penner

Today begins our final challenge over at Tag, You're It!  You will find all of the details over at the Tag, You're It! challenge blog.  Thank you, everyone who joined in the fun.  It's been a blast seeing all your mini "canvases" in the gallery.  We're ending the show on a high note with a wonderful tag by the talented Leigh Penner.  Here is how I was inspired:

Here's Leigh's gorgeous tag:

Leigh's tag is a CAS work of art.  I love her gold tipped snowflake and the beautiful white on aqua paired with a bold banner sentiment across the front.  My bold sentiment also lies across the front of the tag.  I patterned Leigh's curved tag top with my curve on the bottom.  I kept with Leigh's snowflake theme, color scheme, and metallic edging.  

Supplies:

Dies: Studio Katia Dotted Shaker Tag 2, Papertrey Ink Christmas Cheer, Mama Elephant Snow Flurries

Paper:  BoBunny Altitude 6x6 pad

Other: fun foam, organza white ribbon, PPP clear sequins, SSS fine detail silver embossing powder, VersaMark pen, acetate packaging

I sure hope you will join us for this final fortnight of fun.  You can find much more inspiration over at Tag, You're It!

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne

Tag, You're It! #77 With Hazel Kinvig-Paul

It's time for a new challenge over at Tag, You're It!  We're CASEing a dear blogging friend of mine, Hazel Kinvig-Paul of My Card Attic.  

When I CASE someone's work, I like to sketch out their card or tag first.  It helps me to look closer at the elements within the design.  Hazel has some remarkable details that I wanted to include on my tag:

Here's Hazel's tag:

There are several obvious similarities in our tags such as the baby theme, baby clothes, scripty sentiment and bow.  One less obvious element would be the connection between the clothing and the tag itself.  Hazel placed the neck of the onsie right on the hole of the tag, which was very clever.  I connected the clothing to the tag by hanging it on the sentiment.  Hazel also has hearts in the background to reflect the little heart on the onsie, so I used a star on the overalls and scattered some in the background as well.

Supplies:

Stamps:  MFT Denim Background

Dies: MFT Creative Clips, MFT Tag Builder Blue Prints 4, Bundles of Baby Clothes, SSS Hand-lettered Greetings

Other: Tumbled Glass DI, Brusho - Scarlet, Brilliant Red, Orange, Yellow, Copic C0, Sharpie - Metallic Silver, Nuvo Crystal Drops - Silver Lining, Strathmore Cold Press 140lb Watercolor Paper

Please stop by the Tag, You're It! blog to see how other DT members were inspired.  I hope to see your inspiration in the gallery!

Thanks for coming over to visit.  I hope you have a wonderful day!

Kara Lynne