Tis the Season for Gift Giving at the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog

The Challenge  

Are you ready for a new challenge on The Frillie and Funkie Blog?  I'm hosting this time around and I've got a good one for you, something fun and useful! I know we're all busy making gifts, cards and cooking this time of year.  So, for this challenge, you can do something you've probably got on your schedule anyway, and that is create a vintage or shabby chic gift for a special someone in your life. Your gift could be as simple as a handmade card or tag, or an elaborate piece of home decor. Maybe you like to place your gifts in handmade boxes? That works too, your imagination is the only limit on this challenge!

My Inspiration Piece

It's that time of the year where we're looking for the perfect gift for our families, friends and neighbors, right?  One of my favorite gifts to give is home baked goodies and of course, those goodies need to be placed in a festive box adorned with a special tag. 

I used a #8 Tim Holtz Etcetera Tag and Stamperia Christmas Vintage paper for my tag.  I'll bake some cookies and put them is a simple container and then dress it up with this pretty tag. I first covered the tag with design paper and then added two die-cut layers that I popped up with dimensional foam tape. 

Best of all, I can write the recipe on the back of the tag.  I must admit, I do bake some delicious cookies and people always ask for my recipe so this takes care of that!

Back to the front of the tag, in this photo you can see that I fussy cut that cake and gingerbread man d don't they look yummy?  I die-cut a border and medallion from Tim Holtz metallic paper using the new impresslits dies that cut and emboss all in one step and tucked those in at the top, bottom and side. I am loving those dies!

I am also loving the Thinlits word die that I used to cut Noel.  That font is so pretty!  I cut it from white cardstock because I wasn't sure what color I wanted and finally inked with a blend 

of Fired Brick and Candied Apple.  

I love to "hide" little things here and there on my tags and on this one I tucked in a Christmas Typed Token near the bottom.  I think little details like that add so much.

The pretty bow is not Christmas ribbon but I think it looks great with this tag.  I added 3 tiny jingle bells to the center of the bow.

Here you can see the dimension in this tag with the popped up layers and pretty red blooms!

How to enter the challenge

Create a vintage or shabby chic gift project and link it up to the Frilly and Funkie Challenge any time between now and 11:55 Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 3th, 2018.

The Design Team will choose their top four picks, with the winner being invited to be a guest designer in one of our Frillie and Funkie challenges. The other three winners will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into a draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Be sure to take a look at the creations of my talented teammates, you can see their creations here, at the Frillie and Funkie Blog.

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Etcetera #8 Tag Thickboards	Stamperia Christmas Vintage	(LATE NOVEMBER PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic 2 Kraft Stock	Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Provincial	Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Medallion
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Iced Spruce	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Fired Brick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Candied Apple	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen TIM19497	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Vintage Tidings by Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Typed Tokens TH93203	Seasonal Stickles & Liquid Pearls Sets - Merriment SGP54207	Tiny Bronze Jingle Bells - Set of 15	May Arts 1.5 Inch Solid Plaid Wired Ribbon - Rose/Pink/Ivory