Polar Peace Tag

Hi, everyone!  Today I have a tag to share. I have been inspired by Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, specifically Gayatri Murali's tag on Day 3. I like the background she made with distress inks.

I was also inspired by Jennifer Grace's Frosty Festivities - Be Inspired challenge. On her November 3 inspiration, Jennifer used ink blending on her layout, and I've used ink blending to create a sky.  

The image is called Polar Peace and is this month's progressive challenge image at Deedee's Digis. Since I participated in Deedee's challenge last month, I received this month's digi for free! I coloured the image with Prismacolor pencils and fussy-cut.

I began by die-cutting a tag using MFT Stitched Traditional Tag Stax and then created a snowy sky with Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, Versamark, and white embossing powder. I inked the tag with Milled Lavender, Wilted Violet, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks (thank you, Becca at Damsel of Distressed, for my new Wilted Violet!). I adhered the image to the bottom of the card and inked the edges of the water with Broken China Distress Ink.  I heat-embossed a sentiment from Poppystamps You Melt my Heart in white on a black scrap and hand-cut a fishtail on each end.  I added a die-cut snowflake (Impression Obsession).  I used a hole-punch at the top of the tag and tied seam-binding ribbon (thank you, Karen at Little Scrap Pieces!) and baker's twine (American Crafts).

I would also like to join the following challenges: A Snowflake's Promise AG Christmas 2/3; Aud Sentiments Bingo and Sentiment (heat embossing, rubber stamp or digi (both), die cut) 1/5; Clique Kits November AG 2/3; CRAFT Christmas 1/5; Craft Rocket November AG 2/3; Craft Your Passion Always AG 2/3; Crafts Galore Encore Use a Stamp or Digi (used both) 2/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra AG Christmas UE; Creative Fingers AG 2/3; Creative Inspirations AG Option Sketch UE; Crop Stop Linky #10 (distress inks sold at Crop Stop here) 1/5; Cupcake Inspirations Tags 2/3; Cute Card Thursday Birds/Animals UE; Die Cut Divas Warm and Cozy (the scarf is keeping the polar bear warm and cozy) 2/4; Digi Designs Tic-Tac-Toe (Die-cut, Digi Image, Hand Colouring) 1/3; DL.ART November AG UE 1/D; Incy Wincy Winter Activities 2/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Julia Spiri AG Add a Sentiment 1/3; Just Keep on Creating November AG UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 2/3; Natalie and Amy's Winter Scenes 2/3; Not Just Cards November AG UE; Paper Temptress Facebook Group Christmas No Red or Green 1/2; Papertake Weekly Christmas Critters 2/5;Penny's Paper-Crafty Use 3 of Something (3 words in sentiment) 2/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground Snippets used for tag and sentiment 2/3;Send a Smile 4 Kids Happy Holidays 4 Kids 2/3; Sweet Stamps November AG UE; The Corrosive Add a Sentiment 2/3; Wags n Whiskers Not a Square 2/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5;Your Scrapbook Place AG 2/3

Thank you for looking at my tag! Wishing you a joyful day!