Christmas Tags Redux!

I dig the word "redux." Ever since my bro-in-law pointed out that it sounds more badass than "revisited" because it has an "x" in it, I find that I must use it at every opportunity presented.

Redux. Bad.Ass.

Anyhoo, I digress. So today are MORE holiday tags. I made these for my MIL to use for whomever she feels like using them for - possibly for the peeps receiving one of those stationary sets I made for her.

On a recent CD with Jamie, we were super productive. It most likely had to do with her predetermined decision to kick me out of her house by 5pm* that lit a fire under our butts to crank out all the images and shapes we wanted from the other's stamps/dies. I even brought my own Cuttlebug so we wouldn't have to wait and take turns using her's. We can't share, can you tell? heheh...

* Note: She wasn't being a hardass...she had a concert to go to that night. :)


The tags below are influenced by the fabulous Dawn McVey. She came up with these great Vintage Ornament dies to coordinate with her stamp set from last year and Jamie was SOLD. And I benefited from it by cranking out a stack of these shapes in awesome Memory Box Xmas paper. I digs... *sigh*

So since I was giving these away and would most likely be used on people who would just toss them, I decided to keep them simple - but still cute! I stuck to a single color scheme for the tags using aqua ornaments (aqua/red/kraft), and a different color scheme for the tags using red ornaments (red/green/kraft).

I came up with 3 different layouts for the aqua ornaments:




Then I mimicked 2 of the aqua layouts for the red ornament layouts below.

I did go a bit overboard with the red jewel stickers (below) but dude, it looks sooo pretty! So blingy! So shiny!

Details
Stamps: PTI Holiday Tags 2010, PTI Tin Types, Memory Box Vintage Ornaments (stamp image on ornament), TCP Give a Little (sentiment)
Paper: October Afternoon Very Merry, PTI kraft, Memory Box Xmas paper
Ink: VersaFine black, Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate
Accessories: PTI Vintage Ornaments dies, PTI Tag Sale #2, Martha Stewart baker's twine, Memory Box crystal stickers (red, clear), Nestabilities Jumbo Scalloped rectangles, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder, pinking shears, Michael's red satin ribbon, Kaiser pearls (red)