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LOVE, SANTA TAG KIT – MORE ALTERNATIVE PROJECTS

I had so much fun making the easel cards I shared with you yesterday. Today I have three more projects to show you – two cards and a gift bag/box.

These projects all started after I made the four Christmas gift tags designed for the Love Santa Tag Kit. I wanted to create alternative projects to show you what is possible.

The last card I shared yesterday was an easel card with Santa and a pile of gifts. I commented that I had trimmed the gift boxes from the top of the taxi tag. This is how I used the remaining taxi. The yellow taxis remind me of New York.

This Night of Navy gatefold card is a great background for the Christmas tree carrying yello taxi.

The tree has been fussy cut from a piece of Gingerbread & Peppermint 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I placed the tree on top of the taxi then added the stamped panels and red strip.

The scalloped rectangles are cut using two of the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. These elements were layered together and attached the left half od the card front. TIP: If you use your bone folder and burnish the left hand fold very firmly that side will sit flat.

The gift box image was stamped on the card insert and envelope.

I thought the Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels was the perfect way to finish this card.

For this card I took a Basic White card base and teamed it with a panel of Polished Pink paper from the Whimsy &Wonder 12″x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. Before attaching it to the card base I wrapped a length of the Basic White and Polished Pink Baker’s Twine around the DSP and tied a bow.

By adding Stampin’ Dimensionals I was able to lift the Christmas tree up adding height to the card.

The greeting is from the Tidings & Trimmings Stamp Set and was stamped using Polished Pink ink. I trimmed the stamped greeting down to this small rectangle.

A second greeting was stamped on the inside of the card and a gift box stamped on the envelope.

What is the last thing I usually comment on? You guessed it – I added some embellishments to the card to finish it off. These gems are supplied in the Love, Santa Tag Kit.

For this 3D project I used the last two tag shapes.

I created the Bumblebee box base to attach the two tag to each of the 3″ sides.

On this side I attached one of branches from the kit.

I stamped the greeting using the Love, Santa Stamp Set using the Night of Navy ink spot that is supplied in the kit, as well as Poppy Parade from my own Classic Stampin’ Pad collection. It was cut out using one the Tailor Made Tags Dies and tied it to gift box using a length of Bumble Gingham Ribbon.

With one Santa remaining it seemed a perfect way to finish off this Christmas gift box.

Another product that is available with the Tag Kit are the Love, Santa Treat Bags. There are four designs in this collection of food safe treat bags. I chose the one with the leaves that match this kit. When the bag is filled with Christmas treats it can also be tied using the same Bumblebee ribbon.

One tag kit – so many possibilities – tags, cards, gift bags/boxes and even scrapbooking is possible. You are only limited by your imagination.

Until next time, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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3D STAMPING BLOG HOP

For this week’s Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop, the theme is 3D STAMPING.

Those of us who are hopping along, post our links to this private group – but you can see everyone elses’ projects by clicking on their links below.

To be totally honest, I had to find out what that was because it wasn’t a familiar technique term. Thanks to Google, I discovered very quickly what the technique is (and I have used it AGES ago). It was nice to have the opportunity for a refresher.

This technique involves creating a 3D look by overstamping a solid, stamped image with a slightly darker ink. Sounds easy – and, it is.

For this project, I decided to use the LOYAL LEAVES STAMP SET. I thought the intricate leaves designs would look amazing with a 3D (shadow) effect.

Here is the end result.

I positioned each of the leaves stamps onto my Stamparatus. The next step was to ink up the stamps with a refreshed/reinked Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad. Once the craft ink was dry, I slightly adjusted the position of the cardstock – a little up and to the left.

After cleaning the stamps, I reinked them with Mossy Meadow and stamped again.

You cannot help but admire the detail in these stamped images.

The reason that I didn’t use my F Block was because I made a number of these cards and also repeated this for the front of another project that I will show you soon.

The OLDER AND WISER greeting is a fun way to remind someone that are, in deed, getting older.

And, when someone is being teased about getting older, that person may need to be comforted with chocolate.

In keeping with the card concept, I decorated a 3D slider card in the same way.

The BRAIDED LINEN THREAD and MOSSY MEADOW BRAIDED LINEN THREAD are perfect for this project.

And, by pulling gently on the tab the sweet treat is revealed.

If you are going to give chocolate, always make sure it is a good one.

This project, like many of mine, uses just three colours – CRUMB CAKE, MOSSY MEADOW and WHISPER WHITE – just keeping it simple.

What do you think? Who is ‘older and wiser’ that you would send this to?

Thank you for popping by my post – please make sure that pop over to see the other 3D STAMPING posts – just click on the links below:

Happy stamping!

These are the products I used to make these projects. If you live in Australia, I would be happy to help you place an order through my online store.

Product List
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Whisper White Craft Stampin’ Pad
[101731]
$14.00
Stamparatus
[148187]
$85.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00