Tag You're It! #100

Yes, it's true.  Tag You're It! is celebrating its 100th challenge.  This will be a special one as both teams will be making Christmas tags to coincide with the beloved Tracey McNeely's 25 Tags of Christmas.  Any tag you post on the TYI challenge blog can also be posted on Tracey's blog where there will be lots of giveaways.

For my tag I used a NBUS set from STAMPlorations.

I heat embossed them in gold on Neenah #110 and forgot that little bit of info when I began watercoloring with Distress Ink.  Fortunately it worked out by using little water and the colors came out vintage-y just like I wanted them.

I hope you'll join us for both the Tag You're It! Challenge and at Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  There will be lots of wonderfully creative tags to inspire you.

Tag You're It! 99

I have the honor of being your host for this challenge at Tag You're It!  Here's is what I have chosen for your inspiration.

And here is what I made:

I combined a tag from SSS, the burlap background stamp from MFT, a sunflower from PB and a pumpkin from my NBUS set from HoneyBee, both colored with Zigs, and a sentiment from Jillian Vance.  Isn't it nice how all those companies play so well together.

I hope this photo and our Design Team inspires you to play in our Autumn Fest challenge at Tag You're It!

Tag You're It! #97

It's time for another challenge at Tag You're It!  and this time Kara is our host.  She chose this as our inspiration.

This is so colorful and it will be fun to use up those scraps of patterned paper although I made mine from an ancient 6 x 12 pad from Provocraft.  I just checked.  It's dated 2005.

I used layered tags from a company that it out of business and that is where the sentiment came from too.  I placed them on a PTI tag with some black hemp glued with matte medium. 

The Design Team had some fun with flags and their tags are available to see on the blog so please check them out.  We hope you'll be inspired to make a tag for the challenge.

Tag You're It! #95

Kim is our host for this challenge at Tag You're It! This is her theme choice.

The only Barbecue stuff I have is from EBE Bearware but it worked great.

Distress Inks were used for the background and grill, which also has a coating of Glossy Accents. The sentiment and apron were borrowed from Michele's Bearware 4 set.

The Design Team would like to show you what they made to inspire you.  Check out the blog and then make a tag based on BBQ.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Tag You're It! #93

The new Tag You're It! challenge is "Bookmarks".  I don't have any kind of book or reading stamps so I opted to make a bookmark.

I used the C9 bags and tags die to make my bookmark from Bristol and then stamped it with the little giraffe from CB.  After masking him, the background was inked with DOX.  He was colored with Zigs as were some branches from Altenew.

Why not check out how our TYI! Design Team was inspired by this challenge and then enter it yourself.  We'd love to see you there.

Tag You're It! #91

We have a luscious inspiration photo for you at Tag You're It!

Since it's Cherry Festival time in northern Michigan I decided to make cherries my summer fruit.

I stamped a background grid from HA onto a scrap of white cs and cut my Frantic Stamper tag, adding a polka dot top. The cherries from Sunny Studio are layered with Altenew ink and covered with Glossy Accents.  A PB sentiment and some red ribbon finish the tag off.

The Design Team would love to see what summer fruit(s) you use for your tag. 

Tag You're It! #89

It's time for the next Tag You're It! challenge and your inspiration is this:

My umbrella is a die from MFT cut in patterned paper that was a gift from Nancy.  I originally thought of placing the umbrella on the pink plaid from the same paper pack but it got lost so I cut another SSS tag in green and layered them. A heat embossed sentiment from HLS finishes it off.

How does the photo speak to you?  Why not check out what the Design Team has made. We hope you'll make a tag for our challenge.

Tag You're It! #87

Nancy is the host at Tag You're It! 

and this is what she has chosen this for challenge.

I started out with a different design and then decided maybe I was to use the colors on the banner so I changed it up a bit and ended up with this.

The flowers are from Altenew's Wildflower Garden, stamped in a variety of Altenew inks and die cut.  I placed them on a PTI tag tied with pink and white twine.

We look forward to seeing what you make in Spring colors.  Head on over to the blog for more inspiration from the Design Team.

Tag You're It! #85

Bobby here and I'm your inspiration host for Tag You're It! this time.  I thought Easter would be a great theme as there are a wide variety of images you can use.

For my tag I used some darling critters from Gerda Steiner.

I stenciled clouds in the background and then added the images that were colored with PolyChromos pencils.

Please check out the rest of the Design Team's tags and hopefully you'll be inspired to make one for our gallery.

Tag You're It! # 83

Kara is the host for this challenge at Tag You're It! and this is her prompt.

I was playing around with my Altenew Dainty Swiss Dots background stamp for another challenge and used the discard for my tag.

You are supposed to be able to turn the stamp 90 degrees to do another color dot but I didn't think they lined up as well as I would have liked.  It still works for the background of my tag featuring Altenew tulips and a sentiment from Penny Black.  I wish the sentiment were true. ;)

We' d love to see your tags featuring polka dots.  For inspiration please check out what the Design Team has done.

Tag You're It! #81

By now you've probably heard that the Tag You're It! challenge is back.  This week our challenge is the Pantone color of the year - coral.

I cut the tag from mixed media paper and used an acrylic sheet to transfer watered down Abandon Coral and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.  While that was drying, I stamped and die cut the Altenew flowers and leaves.

There is a lot of wonderful inspiration from the Design Team on the blog.  We hope to see your tag in the gallery.

Tag You're It! is bowing out.

Unfortunately this will be the final post for Tag You're It!.  Our fearless leader Tracey has decided that the time has come to end the challenge but she asked present and past Design Team members to post their favorite tag or tags during their time on the team.  I have a few that I'm rather fond of.

Please take the time to go over to Tag You're It! and say goodbye to the Design Team and see what tags they picked as their favorite.

Tag You're It! #78

Jessica Frost-Ballas is the featured artist on this week's Tag You're It! and here is her inspiration.

It' so soft and pretty in pink.

I heat embossed the stag from CP and inked the tag with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, going heavier around the head.  Instead of snowflakes I added some pink bling that has been in my stash forever.

How are you inspired by Jessica's tag?  The Design Team has some lovely ones to inspire you too. We'd love to see you in the gallery with one of your own.

Tag You're It! #76

Welcome to another Tag You're It! Challenge.  Emily Midgett is our featured designer and has this delightful tag for our inspiration.

I had a tag die just like Emily's so that was my starting point.

The deer, two layer tree and embossed sentiment are all from  PB.  The greens and berries are from TH.

The Design Team has some lovely tags over on the blog.  Hopefully one of us will inspire you to make a tag and enter it into the gallery.

Tag You're It! #74

Tag You're It! is back again, this time with a bi-weekly challenge.  If you missed challenge #73, here's your chance to get in on the action with #74. Our featured artist is Bev Buenker and this is the tag that she has to inspire us.

Isn't that bathing suit darling?  It reminds me of one my mother had back in the 40's.  I took my inspiration from the black and white stripes and the red accents and came up with this tag.

The candles are from PTI that I cut from striped paper and  added some Stickles to the paper pieced flames.  The sentiment is from CF.

Check out how the design team was inspired and then make a tag for the challenge.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Tag You're It! #72

It's week three of the monthly Tag You're It! challenge and I have some inspiration for you based on this wonderful tag by Lindsey Larsen.

I love the lacy look and the non-tag shape.  Here's what I did.

I already had this die cut from SSS inked in the perfect colors for the challenge.  All I had to do was mount it on a circle, punch a hole and tie on ribbon that was the right color and free gift from Ellen Hutson with an order.

You still have time to make a tag to enter in the challenge.  Head on over to Tag You're It! to see what the rest of the Design Team has made each week to get inspiration for your own.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Tag You're It! #71

You should have heard by now that Tag You're It! has gone to a monthly format.  Each month there will be a featured artist to inspire your tag.  A guest designer and different members of the design team will have other tags to inspire you each week.  This is week three and here's my tag based on this one by Lindsey M-P.

The PB rose is stamped on a tag cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks with a little Inktense pencil added for darker shading. The sentiment is a die from SSS.

We hope to see your tag in the gallery this month.

Tag You're It! - New Format

Tag You're It! is announcing a new format beginning with today's challenge.  It will be a monthly challenge beginning on the first Friday of each month and ending on the last Wednesday.  The Design Team will have new inspiration for you each Friday and the Guest Designer will be participating on the first and third week.

I know some of you say you don't make tags but remember you can always make them into a card at a later date.  We're hoping that with more time to create you'll be joining us.

For Challenge #71, we have a tag from Lindsey to inspire you.

We also have the winner of challenge #69 Marcia Hill as our Guest Designer.  Please go check out the tags that Marcia and this week's Design Team made at Tag You're It!  We'd love to see your tag in the gallery.