Textured Plaid Christmas Tags
Hi friends! Heather Hoffman here today to share a couple of festive holiday tags that I created with some fun pattern paper and textures, and all die cutting – no stamping at all!
I cut the largest Luggage Tags die twice from Simple Stories Vintage Flannel pattern paper, and twice from white cardstock. That way I could l layer them together, since the pattern paper really wasn’t sturdy enough to stand alone as tags. But before I adhered them together, I wrapped around a couple pieces of vellum. I tore the edges on them, and varied the width, then adhered them behind the pattern paper, then sandwiched the pattern paper and white tags, so the ends of the vellum were sandwiched in the middle.
Next, I cut two of the lovely Large Snowflake dies from Tonic Sugar Crystal glitter paper, added foam adhesive strips to the back, and then layered those over the top, trimming the excess off the edge on one side. They are so pretty and sparkly cut from glitter paper!
For the sentiment, I die cut one of the sentiments from Holiday Duo die – using Honey Gold cardstock for the main layer, and black cardstock for the shadow layer. I originally was going to cut the shadow layer from vellum or white cardstock, but it just didn’t pop on the background, so I tried it with black. I ended up loving it! I layered those over the top with even more foam adhesive strips – since they are tags, I figured I couldn’t have too much dimension, right?
And finally, I added some May Arts white ribbon at the top, held in place with my Tiny Attacher stapler, then tied a little bow from Black and White Baker’s Twine, and adhered that with liquid glue. Then it was time for some sparkle – lots of Dazzling Gems in Gold layered on the snowflakes were the perfect way to do that!
Do you make holiday tags for gift giving? Or do you tend to stick to Christmas cards?
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EZ with CZ: Tips for Grid-Based Designs
Hi friends! Happy Wedesday! Please join me in welcoming special monthly Guest *CZ herself*, Cathy Zielske in the latest of our EZ with CZ blog series! Be sure to watch the video to learn all the details on this pretty card and enjoy!!
It’s Cathy Z. Here and today I’m sharing some fun tips for lining up die cuts and repeated exact patterns on multiple die cuts. My A2 Grid dies cut out many basic shapes, along with a delicate grid designed to be placed onto a card panel. I’m using the die to emboss onto the card panel to give me an easy placement guideline.
Then, I’m using a little template to stamp the exact same pattern onto all of my heart shapes. Check out the video to see how these work:
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Using the embossed panel to place the delicate grid die is so helpful! It was actually someone on my YouTube channel who saw me using this die set who suggested that I try it.
Also, if you have some pattern stamps you love, try stamping on die cut shapes as I did for this card to give new life to your stamp and to add a little something extra to your die cuts.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you back here next month!
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ENDS TONIGHT!!
One Stamp, Five Ways: My Boo
Hi friend! Please join me in welcoming back special monthly guest Suzy Plantamura with another fun rendition of “One Stamp, Five Ways” featuring our newly released My Boo set! Read on and learn more! Enjoy!
Hello friends! It’s Halloween today so I decided to use the cutest Halloween stamp set ever created for my “one stamp, five ways” post today called My Boo. I’m not a fan of scary Halloween so this darling set was perfect for cute cards! Here are my five cards I’ve made to share with you today.
For the background of this card, I reached into my Halloween product bin and pulled out the Cute Ghosts Embossing Folder. I embossed it with white cardstock and then added some outlines to each ghost with a fine tip black marker. I used Copics to add cheeks and some gray shading.
I stamped the frame, the ghost with his hands up, the hat, and the word boo with Versafine Ink. I coloerd them all in with Copics. I attached them over the background. I added the Little Boo Die over the ghost.
I die-cut the Twisted Tree Arch Die from white cardstock and colored it with a black Copic (I should have just cut it out of black cardstock!). I made the background of the card with Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper and applied Nuvo Shimmer Powders. I used Meteorite Shower for the sky and Storm Cloud for the ground. I flicked lots of the SSS Opaque White Splatter over the background. I attached the tree over it.
I stamped several of the stars and three of the ghosts from the stamp set with Versafine black ink. I added some gray shading and cheeks to each ghost and die-cut them out. I colored the stars with a silver Uniball gel pen. I put stars in two of the ghosts hands. I attached three ghosts to the front of the tree and the other stars around the background. I stamped the large BOO and Happy Halloween greetings using the CZ Design Basic Halloween stamp set and die-cut them out with the matching dies. I added these greetings to the bottom right side of the tree.
This was my favorite card of the 5. I used an embossing folder released a couple years ago called the Halloween House Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies. I colored the sky and ground first with Copics. I then colored the house in bright pinks (because why not?!!!) and glued it over the background.
I stamped three of the bats and some stars and a heart from the stamp set with black ink. I added some shading and cheeks with Copics. The good news is ghosts don’t take a long time to color! I arranged them over the house. I stamped a sentiment from the CZ Design Halloween Basics stamp and die bundle with black ink and added it to the center of the card.
I went with my “random stamping technique for this card. I stamped several of the ghost images in the stamp set over a piece of white cardstock with black ink. I colored around them with a black Copic. I added some orange and pink shading on them with Copics (because again, why not haha!).
I stamped another one of the ghosts with his/her hands up and colored “it” the same way. I attached it over my ghost in the center with foam tape behind it. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with black ink and fussy cut it out. I glued that over the center of the ghost. I used some white Nuvo Drops around the background.
I embossed the new Dotted Spiral Embossing Folder for the background. I die-cut the Layered Pumpkin Dies and colored them with Copics. I glued the big pumpkin over the bottom center of the card. I die-cut the Trick or Treat 2 die three times from white cardstock and glued them together for depth. I glued them over the top right side of the large pumpkin.
I stamped the ghost with the pumpkin and a hat from the stamp set with black ink and colored them with Copics. I attached him over the bottom of the large pumpkin with foam tape behind him. I die-cut three of the EZ Strips Halloween and Reverse Halloween Sentiment Strips with the new EZ Strips Rounded Rectangle Dies. I added one below the trick or treat and two others to the top of the card. I have never used four greetings on one card before haha!
I hope these 5 cards using the My Boo stamp and die bundle have gotten you in the mood for Halloween night! Maybe I even motivated you to dress up like a ghost! This cute little stamp set was so fun to make my type of cutesy Halloween cards! Thanks so much for visiting the SSS blog today! Suzy
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