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Sunday, 6 December 2015

12 tags of christmas week 10

Hello lovelies! Well how are you? I hope you've managed to survive the floods - its been awful here - I can't believe the water level - I hope that things have improved by the time this post goes live:



This is the river in my village yesterday - as is this:



I've never ever seen anything like this - It certainly is very scary.

Despite the weather we did manage to make it to the school fair yesterday and I think we will have a bumper result too! Here's a nicer picture from the fair yesterday - my lovely Lucy!



She was very lucky and won a raffle prize - its unusual - its usually Penny who's the lucky one!

Now I want to share with you my tag 10 for thefunkiejunkie challenge-12-tags-of-christmas over at the Funkie Junkie sponsored by thefunkiejunkie boutique.


I started by painting the tag background with brushed pewter distress paint - once dry I added snowflakes using a TH layering stencil and silver wendy vecchi embossing paste. The snowflake was diecut in gold card using a TH die and embossing folder. Finally I added the bow and words.




As well as entering this for the thefunkiejunkie challenge-12-tags-of-christmas
I would like to enter my tag for:



Hope you have a good Sunday - we're hoping to take Lucy to grading for jujitsu but I'll have to wait and see what's happening with the weather first!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

37 comments:

  1. Beautiful tag Rachel, love all the texture. Hope the weather settles for you soon as I agree that water does look pretty scary! Cathy x

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  2. Oh! My! Word! Rachel, I hope you and yours are all safe.
    Your Tag is beautiful, love the colours and all the texture.
    Have a good day and stay safe.
    Patricia X

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  3. I pray the weather subsides Rachel, we have just the gales but know from the news you have the rain to go with it and it looks dreadful in some parts.

    Super tag.

    B x

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  4. I pray the weather subsides Rachel, we have just the gales but know from the news you have the rain to go with it and it looks dreadful in some parts.

    Super tag.

    B x

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  5. Oh Rachel, I hope your weather improves...it makes me realise how lucky we are. Love your Tag and Lucy's photo...it really made me smile :) My gorgeous card arrived yesterday, thank you, so thoughtful. I'll be in touch soon. xxx

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  6. Stay safe, Rachel.
    Lucy is looking adorable with her face painted :) cute snowman!
    Your tag is lovely and I am amazed to see your consistency for 12 tags of Christmas challenge.
    Tag is lovely, brushed pewter with texture looks wonderful!!

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  7. Hi Rachel
    It certainly looks scary.... Thinking of you Rachel... Love Lucy's face painting very effective... You have made another gorgeous tag....
    Hugs Sylvie xx

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  8. A beautiful tag Rachel, so elegant.
    I hope the weather has improved today.
    Pauline
    x

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  9. That is scary what you're going through. I've seen water that high before, but never around or so close to homes. I hope this has resided more since you took the photos. Congratulations to Lucy for the win and WOW what a stunning tag! You've captured all the best elements of the tag.
    hugs,
    Lisa x

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  10. Oh my, this water is quite scary! I have told you you that you needed a boat :-D
    Nice tag, Rachel!

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  11. The water looks so scary and hope you are okay. Gorgeous tag and Lucy's face looks gorgeous.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  12. Oh Rachel I do hope you are all safe. That river does look very scary. The tag is lovely. Well done Lucy for winning andher face does look pretty. Barbxx

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  13. Oh wow Rachel it's been the same around us up North! it's so scary. Love your tag and well done Lucy and thanks for your Christmas card! huggles Sue xxx

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  14. Hi Rachel I hope the river keeps contained, how scary for you all, keep safe. Your most recent FJ tags are gorgeous, this gold one in particular. I also love the scene you created for CV for Dec, such a great theme and your card showcased it beautifully. Enjoy your trip to Centre Parcs, we had such fun and I highly recommend the archery and the pottery painting. We laughed so much. Hugs xx

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  15. Hi Rachel I hope the river keeps contained, how scary for you all, keep safe. Your most recent FJ tags are gorgeous, this gold one in particular. I also love the scene you created for CV for Dec, such a great theme and your card showcased it beautifully. Enjoy your trip to Centre Parcs, we had such fun and I highly recommend the archery and the pottery painting. We laughed so much. Hugs xx

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  16. Oh Rachel, it looks terrible to see the river so high, I know you live on a hill so I hope you have escaped the worst. So pleased to hear from FB that your dad is safe too.

    Your tag is beautiful, I love the snowflake! Hugs, keep safe and warm, Anne xx

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  17. How dreadful for your town, sure hope you manage to stay dry! Love your gorgeous tag, absolutely beautiful!

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  18. Hope you manage to stay dry. Your tag is gorgeous, I love the Snowflake. Big Hugs Marlene

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  19. I hope the water is receding now Rachel and you all stayed dry. Love your tag, it looks beautiful in silver and gold. Carol x

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  20. Thankyou for the lovely card . I hsve it in pride of place in the dinning room. Hope you are all safe from the flooding. We have had high winds and rain today but not enough for the flood pond to fill up by the side of our house. Hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  21. Loved seeing the picture of your little sweetie. She is just such a pretty young lady, and easy to see she had such fun - cute face painting. Hope the high river does not cause problems for your family...scary. And that wonderfully gleaming tag...breathtaking. The silver & gold look so rich together on this tag, and I had no idea there was silver embossing paste! It gleams against the brushed pewter background. TFS & stay dry. Hugs

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  22. Great choice of colours and papers in this fabulous design. The floods look terrible but your gorgeous little girl makes up for it. x

     { aNNie}

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  23. That river looks scarey! I hope the level has sunsided a bit now!
    Love the face painting & your beautiful tag!
    Hugs to you & the girls!
    Dawn xx

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  24. A gorgeous tag, Rachel. Thank you for joining us at the Craft Stamper Challenge :-)

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  25. LOVE your creation for our challenge!
    Thanks for joining in with the TIMI challenge...

    xxx Ellie Knol xxx

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  26. Thinking of you all in the North, the floods are awful! We were up in Cumbria in November, experienced a few flooded roads, but nothing like this. I hope things get better for you.
    Your tag is a stunner Rachel, & I love little Lucy's happy smiling face!
    Alison xx

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  27. Good grief - that really is scary, but I'm glad to hear it didn't put a stop to the school fair!

    Fabulous take on tag 10 - that golden snowflake is gorgeous.
    Alison xx

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  28. Beautiful tag and congrats to Lucy for her win and great face paint-the floods look pretty scary and hope it doesn't get any worse
    Carol x

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  29. Wow! Amazing tag - Love it! Your gold snowflake is amazing - Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

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  30. Love the look of the silver snowflakes over the silver background. Your golden snowflake looks fabulous against that background. Super take on my tag!

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  31. Oh wow, this gold snowflake really looks FABULOUS! I love this tag!!!

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  32. This is a wonderful project. Thanks for participating in the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  33. Beautiful tag! Please note we ask that you add our challenge photo to your post when you play with us. Thanks so much for playing at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

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  34. Lovely tag - the background is stunning! Hope the waters have abated - and wishing you and your family a safe and happy 2016. xx Lynn

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  35. Our village was flooded Boxing Day (Croston), and we're holding our breath that another local river doesn't breach. Hope you don't get any more flooding with this bad weather! Love the silver and gold snowflake tag. Thanks for playing at Craft Stamper Take It Make It :)

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  36. beautiful winter tag. the snowflake is so impressive! hope the water has gone down for you and your town. stay safe. Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge! Happy New Year!

    -Rachel
    rwkrafts.com

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  37. Beautiful tag .... love that snowflake! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge. Linda xx

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