Warmest Wishes Tag

Hello, everyone!  I have an update to share with you. The contractors for our insurance repairs have delayed the job until next April!  We've already been waiting since March!  I was very disappointed when I first found out but also relieved that we didn't have to move out of our house (yet!). My mojo has been missing for weeks, so I haven't been doing much crafting, but I plan to get my progressive challenge projects completed early this month, and hopefully my mojo will return soon!

Before I share my creation, I would like to welcome two new followers - Caroline B. and Jade Morrison - thank you for joining me!  If you would like to leave a comment with a link to your blog, I will pop over for a visit.

Today I am sharing a tag!  I have been inspired by Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags, specifically Lindsay Amrhein's tag on Day 1. I like the winter scene on her tag.

I was also inspired by Jennifer Grace's Frosty Festivities - Be Inspired challenge. On her November 5 inspiration, Jennifer used digital overlays on a winter scene photo, and here I've used a digital image on my winter scene.  

The cute little Mug Bear is this month's progressive challenge image at Gerda Steiner Designs. Since I participated in Gerda's challenge last month, I received this month's image for free! 

I coloured the bear with Prismacolor pencils, fussy-cut, and popped up with foam tape.  I die-cut a tag using MFT Stitched Traditional Tag Stax and inked the sky with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks. I added Fran-tage to look like snowfall.  I die-cut the snowy landscapes with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes and stamped a sentiment from Stampin' Up. I punched a hole using a punch and added American Crafts baker's twine.

I would also like to join the following challenges: A Snowflake's Promise AG Christmas 1/3; Brown Sugar Tag You're It 1/2; Clique Kits November AG 1/3; Craft Rocket November AG 1/3; Craft Your Passion Always AG 1/3; Crafting Musketeers Anything but Square 1E; Crafts Galore Encore Use a Stamp or Digi (used both) 1/3; Crafty Catz Winter 1/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra AG Christmas UE; Creative Fingers AG 1/3; Creative Inspirations AG Option Sketch UE; Crop Stop Linky #10 (distress inks sold at Crop Stop here) 1/5; Cupcake Inspirations Tags 1/3; Cut it Up Sweets for my Sweet 1E; Cute Card Thursday Food or Drink UE; Deep Ocean Coffee, Tea or Cocoa UE; Die Cut Divas Warm and Cozy (hot beverage on a cold day makes me feel warm and cozy) 1/4; Digi Designs Tic-Tac-Toe (Die-cut, Digi Image, Hand Colouring) 1/3; Digital Delights AG 1E; DL.ART November AG UE 1/D; Doodle Pantry AIMPDC11 Any Digi 1E; Fresh Brewed Lots of Lattes 1/5; Gerda Steiner November 1E; Incy Wincy Winter Activities (drinking hot beverage to stay warm 1/5; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep on Creating November AG UE; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday 1E; My Whmisical Little World AG 1E; Natalie and Amy's Winter Scenes 1/3; Not Just Cards November AG UE; Papertake Weekly Christmas Critters 1/5; Penny's Paper-Crafty Use 3 of Something (3 snow drifts) 1/3; Pixie's Snippet Playground Snippets used for tag and snow drifts 1/3; Send a Smile 4 Kids Happy Holidays 4 Kids 1/3; Sweet Stamps November AG UE; The Corrosive Add a Sentiment 1/3; The Outlawz Monday Greeting Keep Me in Stitches 1E; Wags n Whiskers Not a Square 1/3; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5; Your Scrapbook Place AG 1/3

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