Finished! Tim Holtz's "12 Tags of Christmas" Tag #12

It took almost three months but I can finally display this button proudly!

Yes, I actually FINISHED all 12 of the 2011 Christmas Tags and I learned something wonderful on each and every one.  Now I can move on to the "12 Tags of 2012" that Tim started last month.  It will be a little easier to catch up as there is just one tag a month, instead of a tag a day!

Here's a look at the final tag:

I had mentioned that my sister gave me some of Tim's tissue paper.  It was the one with the wording, not the music notes so I did the base of the card backwards:  I stamped on the music and used the word tissue paper over it! 

To make the paper flower, I also improvised.  I do not have a Tiny Attacher so instead I used the craft pick to poke a hole in the center of the tissue paper stack and inserted a brad to hold the folds.  I also snipped into the "v"s to make the flower have longer, more wispy petals.

I got out my aluminum duct tape (love that stuff!) and stuck it on cardstock.  The lettering cut beautifully on the Cricut!  Will definitely be using this technique again.  I also used my new Vintaj punch to put the hole in the snowflake. 

The foil trim was cut on the Cricut, again using aluminum duct tape attached to cardstock.  I used regular punches to get the clean holes.

Here they are in all their splendor!  I have this string running across my studio window and had clipped each tag up as I went along.  I think I will put them on a wreath for this Christmas.  Until then, I'm going to admire and enjoy them!  lol