#10 Deck the Halls with boughs of HOLLY

Oh what fun it is to ride... no... I can't sing that again.... I need a new song...  How about I am dreaming of a White... no that has the word SNOW it in... and that is one of those 4 letter words...  not something we need...  okay...  how about Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly....  that is a good one... and it goes with my super large tag... 

 

Well I am back again for the #10 tag of

the 12 days of Christmas

at the

FUNKIE JUNKIE...

 

and Linda has done it again... 

totally created another WONDERFUL tag...  

 

and this time the inspirations were many... 

I loved every bit of this tag Linda... it is yummy plus... 

But the heart... wow... love it.. and the holly... 

and then to create an Astrid look alike... 

not a problem there.. as I LOVE her work...  

She creates one stunning piece after the other... 

 

So here is what I created...     

 

 

 

 

When I was a little girl, my Mom use to tell me how she and her father use to collect Poinsettias on Christmas day to decorate the banister...  it was a special day in all ways... they would take a match to burn the ends of the poinsettias so that the 'milk' wouldn't get all over everything...

 

My Mom grew up in Florida, and lived in a beautiful large home...  and from the pictures I have seen of the house, this must have been magnificent. 

 

Anyway... This is for my Mom and her father, my dear Gramp... 

Thanks for the memories to both of you... 

 

As we go along here, you will see that I have created a holly branch... using Martha Stewarts holly leaf... and then some wire... and of course liquid pearls for the berries... 

 

The Poinsettias, I used Tim's Tattered Poinsettia and

added an extra medium size flower...

just to make them full...

and used my favorite color right now....

 

PICKLED RASPBERRY...

 

and some aged mahogany ,

and some black and about 10 other colors...

 can't really remember all..

but you get the idea...

it was a lot of different reds, etc... 

and PINKS... 

wanted the poinsettias to JUMP out off this large tag... 

speaking of which...

it is 4.25 X 11  HUGE... 

but it is for the front of a special bag...

and it needs to be large... 

 

maybe I will use it for something else...

anyway...

you get the idea.. 

 

Used a piece of corrugated cardboard and ran that thru the die cut for the top right piece...

And then.... 

 

Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly....

 fa la la la la la la la la... . laaaaaa....

 

 

I used daffodil liquid pearl in the centers... 

as I really wanted a contrast here...

 

Oh...

I should tell you how I did my background...

I sprayed some pine needle on paper...

then stamped the word stamp..

Christmas, joy, festive etc...

and didn't like the way it was...

so I added some gold...

and then clear embossed..

 and more colors...

Really didnt' like it...

so I made another one...

didn't know which I was going to use...

but used the first one...

LOL.. funny huh???

I have a lot of those papers in my studio...

big container filled to the brim... use them a lot too..

 

Then I took some textured paste and colored it...

using about 4 different green inks on it... 

finally got what I loved

and used my holly stencil and created the back ground...

a la Astrid... 

 

Of course the green from the back ground and the green leaves

do give a nice contrast...

and then the gold...  

Oh I love it...

  

 

Then I added a wooden cut out holly leaf... 

a few years ago our dollar store had these...

and wow I wish I had bought more... 

I am not sure who they are made by...

as the package had to go... too much bulk for my Christmas bin...

but I do love these.. 

You can finally see a leaf a la Astrid style...

 

 

The whole tag again...

I really love the contrasts on all the levels here...

texture and colors... 

thanks for all the lovely comments I have been getting on my blog and also all the personal ones...

I really appreciate them all...

thanks for stopping by for a visit...

I really would have liked to serve some Winter Ciders...

but didn't think I could serve them properly... 

 LOL.. 

A little messy on line...

 

Hope you have a great day...

I have one more tag... 

yikess

this is so very much fun...

hope you have joined in...

and are making tags crazy like me...

I think I will get them all done... 

I was worried there for a while... 

but can see the end of the tunnel now...

and these are some fun ones...

Oh they all have been fun.. 

 

Thanks to Linda and all these creative inspirations

there are a lot of very creative entries too...

hope you will take a look and see them all too..   

 

Just go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE... 

12 Days of Christmas ...

Also please visit the BOUTIQUE...

so many wonderful toys and things that we all need...

 

I am also entering this into the ART WITH HEART December challenge over at Eileen Hull's blog... 

 

The challenge is to use Sizzix die cuts... 

wow... not a hard challenge for me...

on this tag I used the tattered Poinsettia and also the lattice die cut on the top right...  both are so very pretty together... 

 

Please make sure you go to the FUNKIE JUNKIE

and see all the wonderful work of all that are creating these

12 days of Christmas Tags,

and also go and view the

 FUNKIE JUNKIE BOUTIQUE….

Lots of fun there too… wow…

you name it…

It is a wonderland all unto it’s self…

 

 

 

Hope you have a wonderful day, evening and end of the year... 

it is a very special time of the year...  and soon it will be the shortest day of the year...  Solstice ...  once again a time for love, peace and good will to all on the face of this earth mother. 

 

Love, Light and Peace...

Bonnie