Saturday, November 9, 2019

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


24 comments:

  1. I love everything about this happy tag.

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  2. Darling shaker! I Love the colors and red twine!

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  3. The birds are especially cute! THANKS.

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  4. Sweet shaker tag. I love how you put the birds on each side of the snowman....prettiest colors used too!

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  5. The color combo is great and I love the twine you added to your shaker tag. [Bunny]

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  6. Your shaker tag is EVERYTHING, Nicky. What a darling and delightful design. Thanks for sharing your talents to inspire us all.
    Blessings,
    karen L

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  7. This is such a cute and happy tag. Love the use of browns.

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  8. Nicky what a fun shaker tag, I love the cute snowman! Thank you for being my guest today!

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  9. Darling tag. Love the glitter
    behind the snowman. The little
    birdies and the snowman make
    cute friends. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  10. This is such a sweet shaker tag!

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  11. Such a sweet tag, Nicky! I used your tag as inspiration for my Day 6 tag. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.

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  12. Such a lovely tag, love those tiny details and coloring.

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  13. Adorable tag - that has to be the happiest snowman ever!

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  14. This shaker tag is fabulous! You can't help but smile when you see this tag and that adorable snowman!

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  15. Gotta have snowmen and birds for Christmas - lovely work! TFS

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  16. This tag is too stinkin' cute. Love your coloring. TFS

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  17. Very cute and festive! Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  18. I love shakers. Your tag looks great. The images are very cute.

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  19. Love the cute little scene and the whole shaker tag idea.

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  20. Hi Nicki! I absolutely love this cute and sweet tag with beautiful snow shaker!Love the coloring, you inspire me to create like this!

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  21. Sweet, festive and perfectly fabulous tag! Love the pops of pink and fun shaker element.

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