It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our house, with this tag being my fourth Christmas piece this year.
This layered tag was started with a sheet of woodgrain cardstock from the Kaisercraft Base Coat 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" paper pad ... it is filled with gorgeous designs, love it so much that I have several in my stash. The tag die is the largest from the Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Tag Collection die set.
I have used the same colour combo I used for my Christmas cards shared in earlier posts, the link is attached below. The colours for the challenge are coral, lime and aqua, so I used American Crafts weave cardstock in Salmon (coral), Limeade (lime) and Mediterranean (aqua), along with the aqua in the patterned paper.
I have used the same colour combo I used for my Christmas cards shared in earlier posts, the link is attached below. The colours for the challenge are coral, lime and aqua, so I used American Crafts weave cardstock in Salmon (coral), Limeade (lime) and Mediterranean (aqua), along with the aqua in the patterned paper.
The layered wreath is from the Winnie & Walter In Bloom - Paulina's Greenery Cutaways. They are such fun to mix 'n match and layer together. I layered four of the delicate, open leaf wreaths together, curling the leaves for dimension.
I die cut "merry" using the Winnie & Walter In A Word - Merry Cutaway in Mediterranean, Salmon and Limeade cardstock, with each one layered together, slightly offset so that you can see the gorgeous colours together, then I added foam dots for extra pop.
I confess that I felt a bit guilty using another brand sentiment die in my previous Christmas cards, as they were for a Winnie & Walter Challenge and it was wonderful that I did, because it encouraged me to think about my stash with different eyes. I have several W&W digital files and when I looked through my them I found some Christmas ones - YAY!!! I took the "merry & bright" file from the FREEBIE Winnie & Walter The Daily Grind Collection Volume 1 Holiday Mint Addon and printed the "& bright" faintly on my tag. (The printing was another learning exercise that I will share one day, as it ended up being a handy technique that I will be using again.)
The new-to-me techniqe was to print on patterned paper. I traced over the sentiment with a glue pen then smothered it with American Crafts WOW! Citron glitter. WOW - my "& bright" sparkles so prettily and the font looks fabulous in combination with the "merry" cutaway.
I confess that I felt a bit guilty using another brand sentiment die in my previous Christmas cards, as they were for a Winnie & Walter Challenge and it was wonderful that I did, because it encouraged me to think about my stash with different eyes. I have several W&W digital files and when I looked through my them I found some Christmas ones - YAY!!! I took the "merry & bright" file from the FREEBIE Winnie & Walter The Daily Grind Collection Volume 1 Holiday Mint Addon and printed the "& bright" faintly on my tag. (The printing was another learning exercise that I will share one day, as it ended up being a handy technique that I will be using again.)
The new-to-me techniqe was to print on patterned paper. I traced over the sentiment with a glue pen then smothered it with American Crafts WOW! Citron glitter. WOW - my "& bright" sparkles so prettily and the font looks fabulous in combination with the "merry" cutaway.
I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:
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Belated 2nd Birthday Bash Challenges
- I created a tag
- the challenge is to use coral, lime & aqua together
- my wreath and sentiment go over the edges of my tag
- not sure if I'm stretching the "two" a bit too much, but I used two W&W die sets,
W&W In Bloom - Paulina's Greenery Cutaways
W&W In A Word - Merry Cutaway
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my holiday is Christmas
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You are so funny, Tracy! Don't feel bad about using another company's sentiment ... we love combining products at Winnie & Walter! In fact, there will be a collaboration with another company coming at the end of this month. That said, I do love how you used the free digital file though ... it turned out so well on your tag!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tag, love the multi color wreath
ReplyDeleteVery cute card!! Love the dies you used
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Cheers Jennie DTM
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Very cute card!!
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Cheers Jennie DTM
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