Christmas Tags 2013

Can you believe it's almost Christmas? Yikes!

Luckily for me, I did strike while the iron was hot last year and made these Christmas tags for this year...

And here are some of the tags already in use on presents under our Christmas tree...

To make the tags I used the Two Tags Die to cut the tags out of Crumb Cake cardstock, and various Stampin' Up! stamp sets; Dasher, Tree Trimmings, Welcome Christmas, Holiday Lineup, Many Merry Messages, Stitched Stockings, Many and Type, Greetings of the Season and Jolly Bingo Bits. I think that's all of them. All  other supplies used are from Stampin' Up!

I have another Christmas tag project to show you as soon as I get around to taking the photos. So many things to do and so little time. :(

Stay tuned. :)

Andrea

Tree Trimmings Christmas Cards

Some more Christmas cards a to show you today. There were very quick to make, and feature the Tree Trimming stamp set.

This Crumb Cake card was stamped with the snowflake from the Winter Post stamp set in Versamark ink to create the background. The sentiment on the card is from any Merry Messages and the sentiment on the tag is from Merry and Type. They were stamped with black StazOn ink. The "to/from" stamp is from the Winter Post stamp set. The thread was drawn on with a Basic Black marker.

Believe it or not, these first lot of cards were a bit of a trial run for next year's Christmas Cards and tags, as I plan to change the colour scheme of my Christmas tree, and I want the gift tags to match when I place the presents under my tree. I have already bought a complete set of new baubles and decorations (at half price of course!) in pale pinks and plum/burgundy, hence the Bravo Burgundy baubles. And I usually wrap my presents in brown craft paper, hence the Crumb Cake base. Anyway, here they are...

This next card card is very simple indeed, which goes to show that you can create pretty Christmas cards quite quickly. This sentiment is from the Greetings of the Season stamp set. It was stamped in black StazOn ink.

 

The last card features a snowflake embossed Bashful Blue background with baubles "rock 'n' rolled" in Bashful Blue and Night of Navy. The baubles are "hanging" with linen thread.

For those of you who may not have heard of the term, "rock 'n' rolling" is the process whereby the stamp is inked with a lighter coloured ink, and then the edges of the same image are inked with a darker coloured ink by "rolling" the edges of the image on the ink pad.

 

 Not bad for one crafting sitting. :)

 

Well, see you all again soon.

 

Take care.

Andrea



More Chrissy Cards

Hi everyone and welcome to the school holidays! Welcome to no-rush mornings, staying in PJ's all morning, no more school lunches and welcome to no more homework. Aahhhh....

I managed to get some more Christmas cards done today. I think this should be the last of them for this year. :(

Here they are...

For this first card I used the Lovely As A Tree, Welcome Christmas and Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp sets with a sponged background and lots of Dazzling Diamonds.

For the second card I used a stamp form the Merry and Type set stamped in Real Red and accented with red ribbon and Dazzling diamonds. The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages.

For the last card I used the tree from Lovely As A Tree, stamped in Craft White ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The greeting is also from Many Merry Messages. I made the the holly with the leaves from the Two Step Bird punch and some red half-pearls.

Which one do you like the best?

Andrea