Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas - Day 1

Well, Tim certainly packed in some techniques to his first tag! When I saw it at work, when it posted around 8 o'clock, I was stumped - I mean, I don't have any of the major items he used!

So, when I got home (early, because I have a stinking cold, - honest I do, it isn't an excuse - if you will pardon me saying, I am dripping everywhere!!) I couldn't wait to get started.

This is what I came up with.  It is a very wonky photo, sorry!

 I don't have the rickety house or the picket fence die, so I used a Paperartsy castle stamp which I coloured with distress inks and put through a cuttlebug folder "branches" I think it's called - to create some texture.  I found my mica tiles - I knew I had some and suddenly knew which drawer they'd be in - so that was the "window" created - Leandra's castle doesn't have a window but I cut out one of the "walls" to improvise!   I used a white Inkessentials pen in the embossed grooves, as I forgot to paint the grunge white before inking it.  The fence is an Art Impressions stamp, I should have used grungepaper but used card so it's a bit fragile!  I cut the holes with a craft knife and covered it in picket fence distress.  Improvised the wreath with a stamp, used Tim's pine trees stamp instead of his fab branches. There is meant to be fluffy stuff along the fence and the top of the roof,  for snow, but I forgot, till it was all assembled!  Blame the cold.

  

The background is made more or less as Tim did, although I used marshmallow glimmer mist on the inks on the craft mat as I don't have any perfect pearl sprays (yet...) and his small snowflakes stamp

Here's the "house" stuck to the tag, with the ticket in the backgrouund, ready for attaching.

I hope I do better with tomorrow's (if my cold is better, as at the moment I feel rotten, so will be going to bed early and hope I get a decent night's sleep, unlike last night)