Happy smiles, twinkling eyes

Hello all... well, after a quiet November of encores and echoes, it's a bit of a snow flurry of projects here at the start of December.

We've already had the Winter Woodland Wonderland (for the Winter Wonderland challenge at A Vintage Journey, as well as being the first of my Funkie Junkie 12 Tags of Christmas), and a Wood Look Yule Book for the new Mini Album Makers challenge.

And now we're already on to Tag 2 of the Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Christmas.

Linda started sharing her inspiration tags at the beginning of September but, what with one thing and another, in addition to my constitutional dislike of crafting for Christmas before December (I guess that whole handmade Christmas card thing is never going to happen!), I'm now aiming to get all twelve done in just 28 days.  That should be fine, no?  It's not like there's anything else going on at this time of year...









Linda's Tag 2 is a neutral delight, and I've followed along pretty closely.

But for once the pure neutrals weren't quite working for me on my own tag, and I couldn't resist adding a touch of winter greenery.












I absolutely loved the starry crackly background of Linda's tag, so I copied that but with a couple of product variations according to what I had in the stash.













So it's DecoArt Crackle Paint through the stencil and Treasure Gold for the gilded waxing, but otherwise we're pretty much on the same page so far.

It's particularly good with a golden glow of winter sunlight...













I've been sorely tempted by the new Tim Holtz Classic Christmas stamps, but so far I've managed to resist, so this is an older one of his Father Christmas images.













I've followed the postage theme too, but as well as Tim stamps, there are some Darkroom Door ones here to fill in the gaps.

I love the little aeroplane stamp stamp (yes, I do mean two stamps in that sentence).














My snowflakes are pure white rather than white-washed kraft.  Somehow I needed the lift... 
















Maybe because it was a very grey morning when I was making this tag.  I waited for a bit more light for some of these photos.













It was an overnight idea to add the greenery.

I like having a touch of continuity from tag to tag, and I really liked the fir branches on the Winter Woodland Wonderland so I decided to echo that here.









And I've gone for nestling the words amongst the fronds again - more of the Christmas Clippings by Idea-ology.

This tag provided some respite amidst calamitous computer meltdowns, so I was very grateful for the gentle time at the craft table without too much thinking involved - thank you, Linda!






Santa Clause has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
Victor Borge

I'd like to enter this as Tag 2 in the Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Christmas, sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique