Merry Christmas

I had a few more Gift Tag ideas to share and I have not been that on the ball with posting this year so, I will probably be doing some catch up posts to clean out my to uploads folders by the end of the year ha ha. Not that it probably makes much difference but, I guess its a little tidier to post things made in one year in that year. So, today I decided on the rest of the gift tags that never made it online. 

The boot here is from Sizzix ( its an old red sized Originals die) the sole has some watercolor paint on it as does the stitching. The enjoy is an Impression Obsession word charm die done on watercolor paper and painted. The Just for you is an Impression Obsession stamp that was heat embossed with some distress powder ( probably barn red) and cut out with scissors. The base tag is a Memory Box Tag you're it die. That chocolate satin ribbon I think is Papertrey Ink. 

This scalloped round base tag is from Mama Elephant the round tag wishes dies, the letter J is from Ellen Hutson and cut from cardstock that was previously sprayed with red inks. That stitched snowflake die is from Lawn Fawn cut on some sparkle cardstock. That ribbon is wired, and very soft in real life. I liked the contrast between that softness and the crunchy snowflake. 

Way back when these charm dies arrived from IO I did cut a few with scrap watercolor papers and add some paints to them. 

Which lead to cutting other word dies and giving them the same treatment. This die is from Simon Says Stamp.

This one with first layers of paints on it, it took a few as I used I am thinking now the cheaper paper. the paint looks pooled up on it. 

The base tags here are Memory Box Tag You're it dies. and they cut a frame and a mat piece so, I have on the back sides of these taped that together and then used a stitched square die to cover up the whole back of it and make it a little more stable if that makes sense. there is some stickles glitter glue added to the laves and berries on these. This is Cheery Lynn designs sentiment. 

What they looked like finished. the gingerbread charm is something I found on Amazon, There are heart brads and jingle bells tied on with the hemp string and that ribbon is really old it is one Martha Stewart used to make and sell at Micheals years ago when our little store first opened. 

The round base tag here is from Papertrey Ink called Tag Sale 4 die, The stitched letter B is an My Favorite Things die and that heart frame is from shoot I want to say cuttlebug but, it may be a really old Sizzix originals die. ( I have envelopes of previously die cut scraps, some are just all hearts and some are just one mfg and those are labeled) Same thing with those bitty poinsettias they probably are Spellbinders from one of the Christmas frame style dies where there is a busy frame with bits and pieces to layer on it. The with love is an lili of the Valley tag stamp and cut with scissors. The little metal made with love charm I have some that came from Joanns and some from Amazon ( bulk) so, I don't know on that one anymore. 

At one point I continued with that whole idea of Happy Gift wrapping season and did some of the scraps as little 3" Square folding cards and this was the first 3 one day 

And these were the second 3. I chopped up some printed papers for those Santa's and the girl. The sparkle 3-d Santa hat is a sticker. I have not actually done the "happy gift wrapping season gifts yet" I think that it may be more fun to gift them early in the fall for the all year long shoppers and I want to have a big stash built up first to do that. 

Some time last summer oh last August one of the Inspiration Challenges I found some Gingerbread Napkins that made me think of doing this, shiny metal looking tag bases for Gingerbread cookies on them. And so for me I was not sure what I wanted to do scale wise and I played with these bits and pieces, and most of them are in an envelope.

But one did end up finished here. The small gingerbread is an Impression Obsession die cut from watercolor paper and painted with Daniel Smith watercolors, the Sheet is an My Creative Time Cookie Sheet tag die and the Enjoy is a word charm die from Impression Obsession. 

 Also around that same time in August there was a free for all challenge to do something Fall, and I had this bird stamp out so, I painted one and then looked for fall colored printed paper to use with him as I thought he turned out kind of fall colored. The bird was cut out with the My Creative time cookie sheet (insert part) of the tag die. The base tag is a Mama Elephant Tags a lot die. 

This one the base tag is oh shoot, something that is not labeled a "tag die" in the files I have started in my computer. Its searchable but, only if you name the photo as a tag die ha ha. This has stitches I can see that but, I am not sure. The noel I do know its a Vintage BigZ die from Tim Holtz. That Primitive star is one of the Impression Obsession ones and looks to be cut from some sprayed red card. The metal little B charm is a Tim Holtz one as is that metal pin it is on. And that has caught me up with the gift tags I had not shared as of yet. Merry Christmas & thanks for stopping by.