LEON Day! Challenge #406 Week #1

Hello Ai fans and welcome to our latest challenge!

LEON Day!

You might be asking yourself "What is LEON Day?"

I just recently learned myself.

Leon Day takes place on June 25th. Leon is Noel spelled backwards and June 25th is halfway to Christmas. So, we're asking you to make something Christmas or winter themed for our challenge.

June 25th will be extra special for me next week because my daughter's birthday is June 25th and she's turning 25, it's called a Golden Birthday. This is because the day of your birth (25th) matches the age you are turning (25). She even has an extra 25 in hers because the year matches as well so hers is called a Beddian birthday. Super cool.

Lynn is our Featured Artist for this challenge and she created the cutest little gift tags and has a wonderful video tutorial for you. 

Be sure to scroll all the way down to find the winners of our last challenge.

Now, let's look at Lynn's fabulous Christmas gift tag project!

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Hello Ai Fans!!!

Watch video tutorial here!!! 

I know it's only mid-June but... today's tags were inspired by the current Ai "LEON Day!" Blog Challenge! Leon is Noel backwards and is a great way of celebrating the half-way point to Christmas and the holidays!

I thought this would be a fun way to get a bunch of holiday gift tags done and ready to add to Christmas gifts! We will create 6 tags, and I will talk a little bit about mass producing these tags in an easy and efficient way in today's video!

We will be using the Ai Mini Christmas Village Set (5977) to create all 6 of these tags. These tiny little images will be perfect for some quick and easy coloring and cutting. This set is part of the Ai Village Series and will coordinate perfectly with your Village Freebies, and the three add-on sets (Ai Village Signage, Ai Village Vehicles, and Ai Village Accessories).

Let's begin by stamping and coloring all of the images using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Deep Red, Scarlet Red, Peach Pink, Yellow, Lt Green, Green, Ice Blue, Lt Blue, Cobalt Blue, Violet, Lt Brown, Beige, Mid Brown, Dk Gray.

For the tags we will be using the stitched label die from the Ai Decorative Journal Page 1 Set (5768). Let's die-cut these from some Kraft 100lb cardstock.

Next, we will add some white ink around the edges of the tags, to soften the look a bit. Then we will use the Dr Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White Ink to spatter some "snowflakes" around each of the tags.

Now let's stamp a bunch of sentiments from the Ai Christmas Sentiments Set (5566) and cut these into thin sentiment strips. We will be attaching these to some pretty holiday papers from the Ai Christmas Paper Pack S2 (5812). This is the fun part.... just selecting some fun patterned papers to go behind each of the sentiments! We can attach these to each of the tags!

Let's pop up each of the images on our tags and then for some sparkle and bling we will add some clay peppermint candies and some pretty gems.

Finally, we will add some red/white baker's twine to each of the tags. These are an easy and fun project to make ahead and to have on the ready for the holidays or to give as a gift to a friend!

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!

Ai Mini Christmas Village Set (5977)

Ai Christmas Sentiments Set (5566)

Ai Decorative Journal Page 1 Die Set (5768)

Ai Christmas PP S2 (5812)

Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White Ink

Signo Gel Pen - Gold

Signo Gel Pen - Silver

Signo Gel Pen - White

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We hope you love Lynn's little tags and tutorial as much as we do!

Not quite ready for Christmas? This idea could be changed up for any occasion.

Now let's see who won our Blossoms & Blooms challenge.

Our Top Spot went to Betty Crunk for her FABULOUS window sills lined with flowers.
5511 – Floral Truck Set

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Our Lucky Random Winner was Gabriella B.

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Be sure to enter your creation for the chance to win a free stamp set from Art Impressions. 

We award one Top Spot and one Lucky Random Winner and each will win a free stamp set from Art Impressions.

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

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