Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tag Tuesday #30

Have you ever had one of those frustrating days when you just don't like anything you've created?  I had the best of intentions yesterday to make my Christmas cards to get them in the mail today. Everything I tried was just awful. I wound up in the backyard pulling weeds to use up my frustrated energy. Now today there is a peaceful vibe in my little work space, I'm liking what I'm doing and my little heart is happy once more. Go figure!
Thanks to Louise at Kard Krazy who's Tag Tuesday Challenge theme is to use punches on our tags, I found my creative mojo in my paper punch drawer. I still wanted to try the techniques from Tim Holtz Tag Day 1 so I combined that with some punched snowflakes and trees to make my tag.

I even made my own wired ribbon with blue and purple ribbons. Here are some close ups of the tree detail. I punched the trees out of the tag then inked and stamped the backing paper to show through. You can see the crackle detail if you click on the image.


 
 I started my day by assembling a card with random pieces laying around my work area. This one actually didn't turn out too bad.


Thought for the Day: Just a little excerpt from a book I like to read during Advent called "The Glory of Christmas". It's a compilation of writings by Max Lucado, Charles Colson and Charles Swindoll. This little gem is from Max Lucado's book "In the Grip of Grace":
"Where the grace of God is missed, bitterness is born. But where the grace of God is embraced, forgiveness flourishes......
The longer we walk in the garden, the more likely we are to smell like flowers. The more we immerse ourselves in grace, the more likely we are to give grace."

Grace and Peace to you all,
Nancy

22 comments:

  1. Pretty tag, Nancy! I especially like the punched out trees.

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  2. This is quite "heavenly", Nancy! I love the colors you use for these angel tags! Simply gorgeous!! Thanks also for sharing the message about God's grace and forgiveness. You have one of the COOLEST blog :)

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  3. Love all your angel creations today, Nancy! Always fun to see what you've done!

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  4. Gorgeous! I love your angel stamp....the whole design here is just lovely! Your card is beautiful as well.

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  5. Such gorgeous tags, Nancy. And thanks for the recommendation for good Advent reading: The Glory of Christmas.

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  6. Wonderful. Punched trees are fabulous.

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  7. Love your tag and your card - very pretty, Nancy!

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  8. So beautiful Nan...the colors are awesome and love all the different textures, layers and ribbon!!!!! Love love it! Hugs,Kathy

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  9. Nancy - these are just beautiful. Your tag is lovely and your angel card is just so special. Blessed Christmas to you and your family.

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  10. Beautiful!! So love the white/purple/vintage blue color scheme!! The black swirls just pop so lovely on this tag! Gorgeous card too! I will be back to meditate on your thoughts for the day! TFS!

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  11. Beautiful work, love the punched trees.

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  12. This is wonderful, Nancy! Love that you used that technique...and those colors are fabulous. Great use of punches, too.

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  13. Hi, Nancy! I was having a down mojo day myself today. But, I came online and visited some of my friends blogs and Flickr photostreams and mojo has returned! Glad Louise was able to provide some inspiration! Your angels are beautiful! :-)

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  14. Nancy, So glad you found your Muse! The tag is stunning in every way, your card is Lovely as well!

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  15. Lovely colors on your tag and the punched out trees are such a nice touch. Thanks for sharing the quotes. Very inspirational. I am glad you shook the non creativity. (I have that all the time) :)

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  16. WOW! Nancy- that tag is simply gorgeous! I love your card too- a true beauty!! Great thought of the day- love the garden analogy. Hope you're having a good week! :)

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  17. Mmmm...I'm really loving all the soft colors you used Nancy, especially that lavender, so appealing, wonderful projects!!

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  18. Beautiful tag! I especially like the angel.

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  19. Love the colors, great Idea actually punching the tag! TFS

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  20. The colours on the tag are wonderful and love the effect of the crackle!

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  21. Hi there, just wanted to pop by and thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave a lovely comment....means a lot!

    Abby:)

    P.S. I enjoyed perusing through your lovely blog:)

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  22. I like the use of the punched trees. Great job on your techniques!

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