Beachy Christmas Tags

I have just made some really fun beachy tags for Christmas and I have to explain, in case you don't know, that I live in Florida and my Christmas tree ornaments and some of my decorations are a tropical theme. I have quite a few beachy stamp sets by Flora and Fauna and I got them out today to play...and I'm happy with the results! Since I made (cut with scissors) my own background stencil for the clouds and waves in these tags, I am playing over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Make Your Own Background here. I am also playing along with Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge here.

All stamping done here was with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink. Ink blending was done with  Stampin' Up Classic inks. I made my own wave/cloud stencil (just turn it upside down and it becomes the cloud or the waves) and I used Prismacolor colored pencils to color the mermaid tail stockings and the Santa shell and crab. I added Glossy Accents to the bear's sunglasses and some white fluff material to Santa bear's hat. The stockings and Santa hat starfish and crab are popped up on foam tape. The bear is an all time favorite stamp and die from Ellen Hutson called All Inside but his cocktail is from Flora and Fauna Flamingo Pool Party. I also borrowed some tiny shell dies from a friend for the Santa Bear tag but I am not sure who makes them! Cute little shells!

I reach for this favorite Reverse Confetti tag die all the time, but this time I partial-cut it by placing my cutting plate only on the top half of the tag die to cut it, moved the die down a little, placed the cutting plate only over the bottom half of the die, then cut it again to make the bottom half of the tag longer. Hope that makes sense!

Hope you are having fun crafting at this time of year...I sure am!

-Carol