Embellished Tag #3(Click to see the details!)When something had to be done for the holidays, my wonderful sister-in-law, Ginny, had a saying that she used with great frequency: "Work smarter - not harder!"
I can still see her standing in her kitchen fixing beautiful party platters made by mixing homemade treats and store-bought goodies. Always the gracious hostess, she'd flash a dazzling smile of thanks when compliments were received.
Tag #1Having received some great digi-tags from my dear friend, Lynn at
Her Creative Spirit, I printed them onto cardstock and took them to the printer. After having several color copies of the original tags made, embellishing began. (If you'd like to see more or purchase some of Lynn's digi work, click
here to go to her Etsy shop.)
Tag #2I started by adding just a little distress ink around the edges and then edging the tag with a gold metallic marker. Then I got a little bolder and dabbed a little more distress ink around the edges, used Prismacolor pencils to "brighten" the image, and added some glitter for the "fluffy" effect on her muff and coat. I went "all out" on my last tag and added some flourishes with black Stazon ink and dots with the gold marker in addition to the previous additions.
Although these tags are so pretty "as is", it didn't take much time to make them my own, and they'll add a very special touch to my Holiday gifts. Thank you, Lynn, for helping to make my Holidays a bit merrier and lot easier too!!!
May your Holiday preparations be easy and fun!