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Christmas Tag Inspiration + Video

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather Hoffman here today with a fun and festive Christmas tag to share with you as part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags! I absolutely love the gorgeous Stitched Poinsettia Dies – and for this project I’m sharing a fun inky technique to color them!

Here is a video for this tag, so you can see how it all came together.

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube

I die cut all the layers of the Stitched Poinsettia dies from watercolor paper, then used an assortment of distress inks for a smooshing technique. I smooshed some ink on a non-stick mat, misted with a bit of water, then dipped each of the pieces into the colors, layer by layer to add fun variation in colors. For the petals I used Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose, and Worn Lipstick. The leaves use Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint, and the center of the poinsettia are colored with Fossilized Amber.

While those layers dried, I did some ink blending with the Fossilized Amber ink on the tag which was die cut from Stitched Duo 1 dies. This helps tie all the colors together from front to back, and adds a bit of interest behind the poinsettia. I also stamped my sentiment from Holiday Greetings on there before adhering the poinsettia in place.

A touch of sheer ribbon on the top after punching a hole with a hole punch, and some sparkly Buttercream jewels finish this tag off. Once all the layers dried thoroughly, I also curled up the edges of the poinsettia and it’s leaves to add even more dimension to the finished tag!

In addition to my post, the design team has been working on some tags as well. Click on the photos to see more details.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We hope you were inspired by these tags!

19 Comments

  2. The poinsettia tag and video are GORGEOUS! I LOVE your tag dies!!!

  4. Your poinsettia tag is absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for the inspiration!

  7. Lovely tag! Thanks for the video- fun and helpful to watch smooshing technique.

  8. Wow! Your tag is gorgeous! I love the way you watercolored it!

  9. I love poinsettias – one of the perks of
    the Christmas season. Your flower
    is gorgeous. thanks for sharing
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  10. Fantastic tags team! Love the pretty images, the shakers, the soft pink background with the snowflakes… Heather, your poinsettia is lovely! The coloring looks amazing! Love it! Thanks for the inspiration! Happy Thanksgiving!

  11. Your art is always so lovely, Heather. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous tags in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags. Your inspiration is always wonderful. and you really showcase Pretty Pink Posh so sweetly.
    Blessings.

  12. GORGEOUS! Can’t wait to watch your video, the tags are so very pretty!

  14. This is a georgous tag and a great technique to use for those beautiful Stitched Poinsettia Dies I just love Pretty Pink Posh products they have a lot of amazing products thank y’all so much for sponsoring the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event I’m so glade that I’m able to see all of these amazing products that y’all have in action on all of these fantastic tags

  17. What amazing tag and colouring!
    Thanks Paulina to sponsoring this beautiful, inspirational and funny event!!!

  18. The poinsettia in the gorgeous pink is so inspirational!! I’m having so much fun being inspiration!!

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