I remember as a child how long it seemed to take the holidays to arrive. Now, they seem to approach in a blink of an eye.
My good friend Judy starts making her holiday gift tags early and always has a beautiful selection to choose from when she is wrapping her gifts. I love creating miniature items and decided to start stamping a few myself.
This pair of cling stamps called Christmas Giving had the perfect images to get me started. Fun and quick to color!
My first tag I wanted to be colorful with a bit of an antique touch.
The smallest piece of white cardstock was rubbed with Tim Holtz’s Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks with a few snowflakes from the Crystalline set stamped afterward with Antique Linen. The distressed cardstock was matted with white and red cardstocks. The hanging tab is a 1” inch circle with a ¼” hole.
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I stamped an extra scarf and slightly tilted it on the main image to make it appear that it is wrapped around Frosty’s neck. Copics were used for coloring. I also added dimensional foam between the layers and Crystal Stickles to the snowflakes.
This tag could also be made into a small tent card and used as a name plate for seating at the holiday dinner table. Just omit inking the “to” and “from” portion of the stamp.
Here are a few upcoming items planned for the studio----
* Tomorrow I will share a tag made with the holly leaf that is part of this cheerful set.
* On Friday I will announce the winner of the “Halloween Blog Candy”, which there is still time to enter if you haven’t had a chance.
*World Card Making Day is this Saturday, October 2, and I have a “world” of thanks to share with you.
Thanks for visiting the studio and have a great day.
Elizabeth