Mixed Media Inspired Thanksgiving Tag

It's Canadian Thanksgiving Day this Monday and so here's a Thanksgiving tag I made that was inspired by a variety of mixed media canvases I've seen:

I used my Cricut Explore to cut the tag (Platin Schoolbook cartridge) and flowers (CTHM Art Philosophy cartridge). The leaves/branches are a die (Winter Branch) from Die-Namites Cutting Dies. I also used various papers, lace, glitter, some washi tape and rhinstones/half pearls. For texture, I ran the tag through my Cuttlebug with the Poppy embossing folder by Anna Griffin. The brick pattern on the right hand side was created with a stencil I cut with my Explore (CMTH Artbooking cartridge) from a transparency sheet and drywall compound. Colour was added to the cuts, the lace and over the "bricks" with Copics, Silks Acrylic Glaze and Momento inkpads.

 Hope you like my tag.

Valentine Tag

Over at the Die-Namites Blog, they are hosting a challenge for February with the following sketch with a "dare" to use a heart on the project:

I created a tag for the challenge using the Floral Corner Die-Namites die cut twice:

Supplies Used:

Cricut Expression 2 & Cricut CraftRoom Application
Cricut  CraftRoom Basic Cartridge (Scallopped Square)
Cricut  Close to My Heart - Artiste (tag)

Cuttlebug Machine

Cuttlebug Love Language Cut  & Emboss (heart die)
Die-Namites Die - Floral Corner
Bakers Twine
Celebrate It Ribbon
Recollections White Gold Shimmer Cardstock
Recollections Red Cardstock
Pink Cardstock from my stash
Patterned Paper - Martha Stewart
Rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas)
Memento Ink - Angel Pink, inking edges)
Self-adhesive foam mounts
Glue

I'm also submitting this tag for the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog's Challenge #196 Seeing Red .

Thanks for checking out my tag.