Funkie Junkie tag 12

Hello everyone, thanks for dropping in and just in case, I'll say it again, a happy, happy new year to you all, - may it be your most creative year ever!!

Today I am sharing my last tag of the Funkie Junkie's 12 tags of Christmas. Just in case you don't know about it, you can read all about it here. I was lucky that Linda extended the deadline, so now I could manage to finish all of mine!

You can see Linda's original here. You'll see just how much I was inspired my Linda for number 12, this is probably the closest I have come to casing hers. I was inspired by the sideways view, the stamp she used and the stars at the top, in fact the whole lay out of the tag just really spoke to me. Of course like usual I did not have all the materials she used, so had to substitute here and there, but all in all it's pretty close I reckon. Though on the photo mine looks brown, in real life it is much more gold, but the light is so bad here that on the photos it looks brown sadly, ah well...

Here are some close ups still

 The lovely Tim Holtz stamp and gold embossed stars using one of his stencils. I used grunge paste and while still wet sprinkled Wow gold embossing powder and then embossed.

 A seam binding bow, little rusty bell and some flower and leaf embellies made to look frosty with some gesso.

More seam binding, burlap ribbon and a die cut snowflake covered in Distress Glitter.

Linda meanwhile has posted two bonus thank you card projects, and as we now have until the 8th of January, I'm going to try and do these too. There are of course wonderful prizes to be won sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique, so what are you waiting for? get those tags done!!

I'm off to start now, but not before saying a huge big thank you to Linda for all the inspiration she has provided with this challenge, I have loved every minute of it!

Before I sign off however, I want to share a wonderful poem my lovely friend Brenda posted on her blog the other day. I loved it so much, I simply had to share it:

Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!

- William Arthur Ward

Thank you for visiting and hopefully see you soon again!