I remember playing tag with my brothers and the other boys in the neighborhood when I was little…no girls around so I was fast and pretty tough. At the beginning of the game someone would inevitably yell, “No tag backs!” Meaning if the “it” person tagged you, you couldn’t immediately turn around and tag them back. You had to tag someone else! “No tag backs!”

Now I’m grown up and I spend much of my day chasing down ideas and seeing what I can catch. I’ve concluded that tag backs are an essential part of the creative process. They often bring inspiration. “Yes tag Backs!”

Today, I’m tagging Margie Higuchi back from her Savvy Saturday post: Tag~You’re It. Then I’m off to tag Sherry Cheever with her video tutorial post featuring her Faux Porcelain Flowers:

I created a tag (like Margie) and covered it in Beeswax, echoing Sherry’s UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel Powder) technique.

Here is my version: imagine it hanging from the tree, or maybe on a bottle of wine as a gift tag—so many possibilities.

Supplies: Spellbindersâ„¢ Wizardâ„¢, S4-219 Nested Poinsettias, S4-143 Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles LG, the largest in the series, S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities® Petite; My Mind’s Eye Penny Lane papers; Chatterbox green gathered ribbon; Tattered Angels Black Cherry Glimmer Mist; Sparkle N Sprinkle Green Nugget glitter; Hero Arts Christmas Collection Stamps; Creative Impressions mini green brads; Miscellaneous small pearl beads, clear craft glue, mini crock pot, beeswax

This technique is fun and I love the smell of melted beeswax. It gives off a faint honey smell. Perhaps the most time consuming part of this technique is actually waiting for the beeswax to melt in the mini crock pot. When my patience is running thin, I pull out my heat tool and help it along. But you can always work on the other tag elements while its melting.

Cut three S4-219 Nested Poinsettias #1 and #2 (count from the center) from white patterned paper. Shape the petals for dimension. Cut/emboss S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities® Petite from the same white paper as the flowers. Cut/emboss S4-143 Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles LG from pink patterned paper. Lightly spray the scalloped rectangle with Black Cherry Glimmer Mist. Attach the green gathered ribbon to the top of the tag, using brads.

Once the beeswax has melted in your pot, dip one of the #2 S4-219 Nested Poinsettias into it to cover. Lift with tweezers and set on a non-stick mat to dry. Dip to cover a #1 S4-219 Nested Poinsettias, remove with tweezers and layer directly on top of the first dipped flower. As the top flower cools, it will fuse and become one lovely flower.

Finish and embellish three flowers.Once in a while you might get wax that beads up or gets too thick in an area. Just take your heat gun and give it a little blast over the crock pot to allow some of the excess to run off.

Add liquid glue to the center of a flower, add pearl beads, and before it dries completely sprinkle with light green glitter.

Assemble the tag: Stamp a sentiment, add the flowers and trim the S4-224 Snowflake Borderabilities® Petite and add it to the bottom. Enjoy!

Here are a few of our Design Team Members ideas of how to use the Poinsettia die templates (Remember, it is one of our Limited Edition die templates that are no longer in production…get them now before they run out.)

Terre Fry’s Festive Recipe box is the perfect collection of classic Christmas colors

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Karen Taylor’s layout, Santa Paws, features blue patterned paper on this Poinsettia. Meow!

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Linda Duke’s classic take on the Nested Poinsettia brings beauty and elegance to her stunning wreath.

Thanks for playing today and hey, “Tag, you’re it!”
Eli

Tags: Beeswax, Chatterbox, Eli, Hero Arts, Karen Taylor, Linda Duke, Margie Higuchi, My Mind' Eye, S4-143 Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles LG, S4-219 Nested Poinsettia, S4-224 Snowflake Border Petite, Sherry Cheever, Sparkle N Sprinkle, Tattered Angels, Terre Fry

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