25 Days of Christmas Tags 2019 Event - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello!   Today is Hello Bluebird Stamp's turn for their Design Team to share their tags for the big 25th Days of Christmas Tags event hosted by Tracey McNeely whose blog you can find HERE.

I have made a trio of tags using Hello Bluebird's Stitched Tag Builder Die.  These shaker tags also use Skating Party and their coordinating dies and the silver branches are from Littles Holiday Extras.



I worked with a limited colour palette of white, pink and red with just a touch of silver and enclosed some starry shaker mix in each shaker that also features an ink blended background created using Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink.

The Skating Party sweeties were stamped and watercolour painted using Kuretake Zigs in Deep Red, Light Pink, Beige, Mid Gray and Warm Gray 2, they were then die cut and applied over each window opening.  Points were highlighted with a white gel pen.

The silver branches were stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed in silver, die cut and adhered to frame out the little scene below.



The finishing touch was to tie 3/8 of an inch of red and white gingham ribbon.

Thanks so much for coming by to view these tags, I hope you're inspired.  Happy crafting!

Nicky x

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Avery Elle

Hey there!  I'm representing Avery Elle today with this shaker gift tag for the 25 Day of Christmas Tags - month long event organised by Tracey McNeely and her blog found HERE.



To create my shaker tag I die cut the Classic Flag die from this set 3 times.  Twice in light grey cardstock and once more from white cardstock.   I stencil ink blended a background of clouds on the white die cut and adhered it to one of the grey ones to form the back of the tag.  I set this to one side.

Next, I cut a window out of the remaining grey die cut using the Large Pierced Scallops Die set.  I backed the opening with a piece of acetate and built a shaker until around the window with dimensional foam tape.  I filled the shaker portion with a selection of 'snowy' sequins that I had then adhered the back to the front sealing the contents in.



I used a 1/8 inch hole punch to make the opening for my baker's twine and threaded through a double strand.

I die cut the larger of the two sentiment strips in the Classic Flags die set and I stamped the sentiment from Snow Fun with Versamark Ink then heat embossed in red.

Taking centre stage are some cuties also from the Snow Fun stamp set.  These were stamped with Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil on to Bristol Smooth cardstock then watercolour painted using Kuretake Zigs in Wine Red, Haze Blue, Light Pink and Bright Yellow.  Also a Tombow ABT was used in shade 969.  Some points were highlighted with a white gel pen then all images were die cut, backed with foam tape and applied to the top of the shaker window and the sentiment strip was applied underneath them to ground them.



A few Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh were adhered to the outside for a final twinkle.

Thank you for stopping by to read how to make this tag today and I hope you are enjoying all the gift tag inspiration this event is bringing.

Until the next time then, happy crafting!

Nicky x

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Hello Bluebird

Hi, I'm excited to be participating this year in the big 25 Days of Christmas Tags event hosted by Tracey McNeely.  All month long designers from a plethora of stamp companies who are sponsoring this fun event, hope to inspire you with handmade gift tags for the Christmas season.  Today I am proudly representing Hello Bluebird Stamps with this trio of cute tags.



I took some tag dies that I pre-owned and die cut 3 tags and the top trim piece to go with each.  I used Bristol Smooth cardstock since the ink goes on like butter!  I then splashed on some white acrylic paint watered down with a dot of water to loosen the mixture.



I used the Hill and Dale die from an additional 3 die cuts of the tag so that I got the matching inverted V pointed bottom but had a curvy snow-line at the top, setting the scene for my characters.



I adhered the 'snow' die cuts to the main tags and the trim piece at the top with glue.



On more Bristol Smooth I stamped out my characters from North Pole Littles using Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee.  I watercolour painted them with my Kuretake Zigs and die cut the images.   I decided on a design for each tag with the lightest background having the lightest painted images progressing to the bolder coloured tag.  I wanted a related set that wasn't totally matchy matchy!  The images were adhered with foam tape.



Time to finish out the tags.  I stamped the sentiments from North Pole Littles with a toning ink colour using my Misti.  I then stamped a second time with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed the sentiments using Clear Embossing Powder.   The sentiments were also applied with foam tape.

I used white Nuvo Drops to add in some dimensional snow and then used toning baker's twine to finish each tag.

Little labours of love - but the right people will appreciate them on their special gift!

Thanks for stopping by!

Nicky x

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Pretty Pink Posh

Hi, I'm excited to be participating this year in the big 25 Days of Christmas Tags event hosted by Tracey McNeely.  All month long designers from a plethora of stamp companies who are sponsoring this fun event, hope to inspire you with handmade gift tags for the Christmas season.  Today I am proud to be representing Pretty Pink Posh with this trio of pastel tags.



Products used in the making of these tags are - Scallop Square Tags for the dies.  Pink tag uses stamps from Winter Woodland.  Blue tag uses stamps from Winter Wonderland and the Green tag uses stamps from Holiday Pals for the background and the little girl is from Winter Woodland again.



As you can see from the image above for each tag I die cut the smaller tag 3 times.  They might be small but they are mighty!   I softly ink blended each die cut both front and back because you can see in the side.  The top die cut was stamped and heat embossed in white for the snowfall and then I used the little hinged flap die included in the set to die cut an opening.



Each little tag was stamped with its own Pretty Pink Posh sentiment - the one above is from the Winter Wonderland stamp set.  This was stamped on to one of the solid die cuts, making sure it would nicely align with the flap opening.   Each die cut was then adhered to the next, layered up on dimensional foam tape, providing such a pleasing affect when viewed from the side.



To finish each tag I stamped my images on to Bristol Smooth cardstock with Ranger Archival Ink in black,  I watercolour painted the images using Kuretake Zigs and highlighted a few points with a Uniball Signo White gel pen.  I then die cut them and applied them with more foam tape making sure the flap would still open up to reveal the sentiment inside.

The final touch was the addition of Pretty Pink Posh sequins and I used some cream and silver baker's twine tied through the top.

Such a fun little project!  Thank you for coming by my blog to read.

Nicky x

Layered Tree Die with Caroling Critters - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello, thank you for coming by to read about my latest card for Pretty Pink Posh.  This card introduces you to the wonderful new Layered Tree die which I think will become a fast favourite for quick cards and scene building.  I've paired it with the Caroling Critters I have previously created a card with and blogged here (use search function to find that post).



For this card I created a background panel and gave it a faux stitched edge and stamped it repeatedly with a little snowflake die from another Pretty Pink Posh stamp set.  I've used Distress Oxide Ink in Peacock Feathers for this stamping and each snowflake was a second generation stamp so that it wasn't too bold.  I adhered this panel to the 110lb Neenah cardstock base.



On more white cardstock I die cut the 4 portions of each tree, three times each.  I ink blended the portions I wanted to add colour to (not the top portion) using Peacock Feathers again and adhered each layer to the next.  Once dry I arranged the three trees on the card base, the top tree has dimensional foam tape underneath it in order to lift it up and sort of thrust it forwards in the scene.



On Bristol Smooth cardstock I hand stamped the Caroling Critters image using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil.  I watercolour painted the characters with my Kuretake Zigs and highlighted some points with a Uni-Ball Signo white gel pen.  In order to make it appear that they are standing on a snow bank I fussy cut only the top of the image and then I die cut the bottom to match the faux stitched edge to match the background panel.  I adhered the Caroling Critters to the card with more adhesive foam tape.

The final touch was the addition of a generous quantity of 'jewels' which I took from the new Starry Sky Mix.  I added them to the tips of the trees and through the background.  I chose to only stamp a sentiment  on the inside of the card - which I did using Peacock Feathers again so that it all linked up!

If you need me I'll be at my craft table making another card!  Thank you for coming by, see you next time!

Nicky x