Morning all!
I'm starting the week with a real festive bang!
This is a design I use year in and year out and just switch up a few of the elements.
It's super simple to make multiples, and well, just mixing up the papers creates a different look each time:
Paper: American Crafts - Merrymint (r), Crate Paper - Busy Sidewalks (r), Crate Paper - Peppermint (r), MME - Sugar Plum
Stamp: Avery Elle - Santa Tags
Dies: Hello Bluebird - Holly and Pine, Poppy Stamps - Whittle Santa (r), PTI - Tag Sale #10, The Greetery - Crimped Slimline
I went ahead and selected a bunch of similar festive papers for the backgrounds - these first few cards feature candy canes and stripes from Crate Paper Busy Sidewalks.
Then I found some nice aqua papers from a very old American Crafts collection called Merrymint. The snowflakes are actually glossy in texture and glittered already, which is a nice touch.
They provide a great contrast to the red and pink tones of the background and cut nicely with the tag sale die.
There's also a tiny piece of really vintage Crate Paper Peppermint paper behind Santa inside the tag.
For these last two cards, I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Sugarplum collection - I would love it if My Mind's Eye released some of their new prints for partyware as digital papers too! I miss them in the scrapbooking industry.
I used two designs - combining the 12x12 versions for the background with the 6x6 versions for the tag.
And I simply swapped the designs round for a different look:
Finally, all the cards were decorated with a festive bow in Aspen green:
And the Poppy Stamps Whittle Santa looks most jolly framed in the tag.
So of course I had to use the perfect sentiment from Avery Elle's Santa Tags set, stamped onto one end of a large sentiment strip from The Greetery and cut to size with a bit of clever die-cutting. ;)
Until next time, happy crafting!
 Avery Elle - Santa Tags stamps Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Hello Bluebird - Holly and Pine dies Shop at: MISC |
 Poppy Stamps - Whittle Santa die (r) Shop at: MISC |
 PTI - Tag Sale #10 dies Shop at: MISC |
 The Greetery - Crimped Slimline dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG |
 Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | MISC | SBC |
 Simon Says Stamp - Ivory cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 The Stamp Market - Forest cardstock Shop at: MISC |
 Crate Paper - Busy Sidewalks - Candy Cane Christmas paper Shop at: SBC |
 Crate Paper - Busy Sidewalks - Holiday Glow paper Shop at: SBC |
 Bearly Art - Precision Craft Glue Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: SBC |
 Waffle Flower - 6.5 x 8.5 Grip Mat Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK) |
 Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK) |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
 Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC |
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