Good Friday morning!  Is it cold and snowy where you are?  Here it’s just down right cold . I’m just not cut out for this cold weather.  I prefer shorts and sandals over sweats/jeans and boots.   I think maybe I need to find a way to purchase that private island (including cabana boys) that I want . . . OR  . . . move to somewhere that’s warm year round. 

I hope you’re not tired of all the Christmas tags by now, because I’m continuing on with T!m’s 12  Tags of Christmas today.  Here’s T!m’s Tag 8 and mine below.

Since I didn’t have a light pole stamp, I improvised and made one using different elements of the Hardware set from Crafty Secrets.  I hand drew the actual lamp part since the Hardware elements didn’t fit that part of the lamp pole.  For the music background (even though I do have vellum) I decided to photocopy a page from one of my old hymnals, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.  Yes, there was a bit of irony with the hymn and the light pole!  I thought the tag needed something else so I added a top and bottom border and the big red silk bow.  The borders were die/cut embossed with Spellbinders™ Fleur De Lis Borderabilities.   The holly swag from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps was cut down to size and then covered with Distress Stickles.

• Stamps:  D2762 Holly Swag from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps; Hardware from Crafty Secrets; Holiday Script from Lizzie Anne Designs; Pollen Dust from Fancy Pants Designs
• Paper:  Manila Shipping Tag; Printer Paper; Bronze Ore Prism Metallics
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Antique Linen, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap, Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders™ S4-213 Fleur De Lis Borderabilities and S4-081 Tags 5; Ranger Fired Brick and Peeled Paint Distress Stickles, Matte Accents, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tools; Tim Holtz idea-ology Grunge Board; 7 Gypsies Paper Fasteners; May Arts Ribbon; Gold Cord; Foam Mounting Tape; Rusty Bells; Hobby Lobby Ribbon; Copic Markers Multi-Liner

It seems I got quite a bit done yesterday  . . . I not only got Tag 8 done, but also Tag 9!  This doesn’t happen.  Here’s T!m’s Tag 9 and mine below.

The photo is from 1997 when my sister and I thought it would be great fun to have our picture made with Santa and give it to our mother!  So nothing would do but drag my girls along and go sit on Santa’s lap.  I think maybe it’s time we have another made  . . . we’ve all changed some since 1997!  No stamps on this card.  The paper is My Mind’s Eye – The Merry Days of Christmas and the ribbon is some of that gorgeous silk May Arts Ribbon from my friend, Sharon.  I have a few extra rusty jingle bells that I attached with Tim Holtz idea-ology Jump Rings and a Trinket Pin.  Oh one more thing  . . . I printed out the photo and mounted it on illustration board, then sponged the edges of all the paper with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I’m getting ready to tackle the next few tags.  Patti (NWLady) asked me yesterday if I was going to put these tags on gifts.  Oh for pity sake’s no!!  They will become decorations and I’m thinking that I might pass them on to Kate.  She just purchased her first home and if she wants these tags, then they’ll probably be hers.  I’m thinking tree, wreath or swag decorations!

I hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for joining me on the BAD Side for a few minutes!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I just found that smiley and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!!!  Reindeer or damned old train?  I’ll pick reindeer any day of the week!