Sweet Shoppe Designs

TraceyM · #1 01-01-2025, 01:09 PM

Welcome 2025 and welcome to my monthly tag challenge.

WINNER: Thank you all for playing along this month. The tags you all created were so much fun and so inspiring to see, so I hope you'll be back next month and ask your scrappy friends to join us. I'm about to create the new month post. But first.............
I counted 33 qualifying tags. Number 30 wins it. AshleyMilfd's our winner with her last tag - the piggy one. ashleymilfd - look for a PM from me! (and yes you really listened to advice given and made a great tag on that piggy one! If I remember quickly, it may have been one of my CT that offered up advice)

Each month you will make a tag and post it to the challenge page. The tag should represent something to you for that month. At the end of each month I will count the submissions and use a random number generator to choose a winner. If the winner has used my products to make the tag, they will receive a $10 gift certificate to my store. If the winner has used other designer products in their tag, they will win a $5 gift certificate to my store. To post in this thread, I suggest you load to the store gallery and use that link to post in this thread. You are allowed 5 official tag entries each month but please put them all in the same post - just keep coming back and editing it.
Monthly tag challenge will end at midnight East Coast timezone on the last day of each month. Most likely, I will pick and post the winner the next day.

Each month I will give you a link to a tag base. You may use that, or a previously posted one, or simply grab a tag from a kit or create your own tag. By the end of the year you will have collected 12 tag bases to play with.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A FREE TAG FROM DROPBOX

Myself and my creative team will show off some fun examples at the beginning of each monthly challenge post.

Creative Team member Melinda created tags all December and she was my inspiration for this challenge. Here were her thoughts on tag creation that she followed, but you do you. The idea here is to have some fun and maybe even create a tag that you plan to use in a layout.

"...-My tags were very 'element driven' - there was a cute element or word phrase that I wanted to use on the tag and I built the other tag components around that one thing.
-Keep it simple, less is more. Tags are small, you don't need a whole lot to fill the space. 1 background paper, 1 focus element, 1 word phrase or title word, 1 small cluster to accent your main element
-Pre-made journal cards from a collection can be a great starting point, or even the main focus, for a tag.
-I challenged myself to only use things from 1 kit/collection for a tag as much as possible to keep it simpler.
-A photo on the tag is welcome, but is not necessary
-I added a fun ribbon, or other accent piece, to the top of my tags each day but that is not necessary if you don't want/need one."

Here are some January samples to get you started from me and my creative team:

tammybean04 · #2 01-01-2025, 02:10 PM

What a fun challenge!!

fruitysuet · #3 01-01-2025, 03:58 PM

Great challnge - I loved seeing the ones created for the December challenges.

This is mine for January.

crazsquaw · #4 01-01-2025, 05:03 PM

What a great challenge Tracey!

Scrap-therapy · #5 01-01-2025, 06:16 PM

Seems super fun and so different from what I used to do! Love this idea Tracey!
Happy New Year to you and your family!

Here's my first try:

My second try:

scrappinnewbie · #6 01-01-2025, 07:00 PM

Fun! Love trying new things.

AmieN1 · #7 01-01-2025, 07:01 PM

January for us means a lot of hockey in & vs British Columbia, Canadian teams!

LynnZant · #8 01-02-2025, 12:01 AM

Winter break is over, and it's back to school. Thank you for the tag!

mrsashbaugh · #9 01-02-2025, 12:33 AM

What a fun idea, Tracey! Such great inspiration of all the tags in your post!

Saar · #10 01-02-2025, 01:24 AM

What a fun challenge!

EvelynD2 · #11 01-02-2025, 01:30 AM

Thank you o much for this fun challenge!

nietis · #12 01-02-2025, 04:05 AM

This is so fun! I'll be back with my tag soon

mmbstaley · #13 01-02-2025, 11:05 AM

January is my birthday month! happy birthday to me!
I'm excited to see others playing along and making cute tags with me! thanks for hosting this new challenge, Tracey!

It snowed and today we made a snowman! made with Studio Liv's Brry Cold Bundle

Leablahblah · #14 01-02-2025, 11:18 AM

I was oohing and aahing at Melinda all December long and really wanted to do something like that one day but didn't want to be a copycat

so this challenge is so welcome!! I'll come back with my January tag.

mmbstaley · #15 01-02-2025, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Leablahblah

I was oohing and aahing at Melinda all December long and really wanted to do something like that one day but didn't want to be a copycat

so this challenge is so welcome!! I'll come back with my January tag.

Copy away, Lea!

stephc777 · #16 01-02-2025, 01:56 PM

Romajo · #17 01-02-2025, 04:41 PM

Thanks for the tag, let's see if I can get something done with it.
I am with Lea, loving all those tags by Melinda! It gave me the idea of using both prompts during the December challenges: 1 for a Christmas themed layout and 1 for a Barcelona album (in the end I didn't manage to create them all for the Barcelona album, but I had the intention of doing so).

tam65 · #18 01-03-2025, 02:06 AM

I like this idea. It is the summer holidays here so I will be back with something.

TraceyM · #19 01-03-2025, 10:10 AM

I'm seeing some awesome tags so far!!!

bienejen · #20 01-03-2025, 06:14 PM

With your Stay for the Stuffing Bundle:

With your Purrfect Kitty Bundle

hichchei · #21 01-03-2025, 10:49 PM

What a fun idea!!

Robin Carlton · #22 01-04-2025, 11:12 AM

These are turning out sooooo cute! Love watching this thread and seeing these pop up in the gallery. Keep 'em coming!

Romajo · #23 01-04-2025, 04:50 PM

Thanks for the fun challenge, it's a different way of scrapping. This was my first attempt of creating a tag.

Tag for week 1:

Tag for week 2:

Tag for week 3:

Tag for week 4:

Tag for week 5:

Leablahblah · #24 01-05-2025, 03:44 PM

Made with CMG's part of Everyday is Joyful collab

Using Tracey Monette's part of Warm and Cozy by CMG and Amanda Yi

Go Van Gogh by Clever Monkey Graphics

Using Clever Monkey Graphics part of Silly Sassy Happy Spring (collab with Amanda Yi)

Using Clever Monkey Graphics part of Keep On Keeping (SSD collab)

Brendazzle · #25 01-05-2025, 05:31 PM

What a fun challenge! Who knew making tags was so much fun?

This one is made with your Celebrate You - Planner Nerd kit

cinderella · #26 01-05-2025, 06:51 PM

Electra · #27 01-07-2025, 12:05 AM

Great idea. Here is my first one.

Ginette · #28 01-07-2025, 08:49 AM

Thank you for this fun challenge

here is mine

AshleyMilfd · #29 01-11-2025, 01:00 PM

Oh my, this is along the lines of something I have been wanting to do but needed creative guidance (and template lol) let's see what I can do or "Pinterest fail"
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Meh, not feeling the first one and Meh on the second but I'm enjoying making them so that's what counts right?

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My small ones just looked so.. Yuck so I shared this one from an external source but didn't realize it was so BIG. But the one I uploaded to SSD is SUPER yuck. Sorry for the EXTRA LARGE tag. I think I did better though. Took some advice from a very talented someone. (ty btw)

TraceyM · #30 01-18-2025, 11:26 AM

I'm back in for a peek at your cards ladies and I am going to love this year with this challenge ongoing in it! Thinking about what kind of card template to make you for the February addition! I'm working on creating a Valentine's Kit for next week's release... Would you want a heart shaped tag? Decisions decisions.

LynnZant · #31 01-18-2025, 12:26 PM

Heart shape sounds fun. It would be a little break from the usual square and rectangle scrapping.

Brendazzle · #32 01-18-2025, 12:44 PM

Yes please! I don't know that I would make a heart tag otherwise but with the challenge, I think it would be fun.

CathQuillScrap · #33 01-19-2025, 12:00 PM

Hopefully I did this correctly. Added ribbon, photo with frame, washitape, wordart and control tower to my tag...as well as paper for the background.

Romajo · #34 01-19-2025, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TraceyM

I'm back in for a peek at your cards ladies and I am going to love this year with this challenge ongoing in it! Thinking about what kind of card template to make you for the February addition! I'm working on creating a Valentine's Kit for next week's release... Would you want a heart shaped tag? Decisions decisions.

With your challenge I thought it would be fun (and might be a challenge too) to create a tag every week for this year. Wouldn't it be fun to look back at the end of the year and see 52 different tags?
With that in mind, I would love a heart tag for February, but not sure I would create 4 heart shaped tags. If it's possible, could you add a 'normal' tag as well, so people can choose which one to use? If that's too much trouble, just 1 tag would be great (I can always use the January tag again, right?).

lovely1m · #35 01-19-2025, 11:28 PM

Mine:

mmbstaley · #36 01-20-2025, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by AshleyMilfd

Meh, not feeling the first one and Meh on the second but I'm enjoying making them so that's what counts right?

Yes enjoying the process and trying new things is all that is needed!

Can I make a suggestion for something to try with the first one? Make the snowman and tree bigger on the tag so they fill most of the space and move them to the right side of the tag making an element cluster from them. Move the flower cluster next to (behind and peeking out?) the snowman, but leave the word phrase small and up in that top corner to fill in any blank space up there.

I like the list one pretty well - maybe try moving the flower cluster down to a bottom corner? don't be afraid to leave some blank space in a spot - that gives some visual balance as well.

Scrap-therapy · #37 01-21-2025, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TraceyM

I'm back in for a peek at your cards ladies and I am going to love this year with this challenge ongoing in it! Thinking about what kind of card template to make you for the February addition! I'm working on creating a Valentine's Kit for next week's release... Would you want a heart shaped tag? Decisions decisions.

It could be fun and challenging too!

basicbear2 · #38 01-25-2025, 01:39 PM

I LOVE these tags! I've made a few but can't figure out how to post them!

TraceyM · #39 01-25-2025, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by basicbear2

I LOVE these tags! I've made a few but can't figure out how to post them!

You can straight upload a png to the gallery but you will get a black background. If you need a different background to showcase your tag, place it on a small paper just larger than your tag and flatten a copy. Now upload that jpg. Next, go click on your gallery post to open it. Holding mouse over the image, right click and choose copy image link. Now when you come to this or any forum here that you wan to post your graphic, hit the image button above and paste your image link there. Do it all once or twice and you'll have it down.

TraceyM · #40 01-25-2025, 01:51 PM

For those wondering, yes a heart tag is indeed coming! For posting multiple tags, feel free to use the January base or any of the tags in my kits as your base. Using tags from other kits may lower the amount of spending money you get if you win - but I don't want to halt your creative fun.