Tags with plaid backgrounds

About 10 days ago I posted a tag with a plaid background. And since I really liked that background, I decided to make more. So I made 6 different background with. I really enjoyed mixing the colours and creating my own plaid backgrounds. First I show you the tags then I give you a tutorial.

Well, here is the tutorial.

I cut out the three layers of the Sizzix Layered Plaid die set from different colours. Sometimes I didn't use one of the cut out layers because I didn't find that colour good enough for the other two.  Here you can see the layers before gluing them together.

Then I glued them together.

Then I cut out the tag shape from these background panels. I added white paint to the edges.

I also spritzed them with white paint.

The cookie forms are made the same way like here. But this time I used not just the gingerbread men but more shapes.

For the Fa-la-la-la-la text I used the Holiday Drawings stamp set. I also stamped on the back sides. For those texts, I used the Bold Tidings Mini stamp set.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked 1 by Tim Holtz (663100)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked 2 by Tim Holtz (663116)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Layered Plaid by Tim Holtz (666068)

Stampers Anonymous, Bold Tidings Mini (CMS440)

Stampers Anonymous, Holiday Drawings (CMS284)

Ranger Distress ink (Vintage Photo)

Ranger embossing powder (white super fine)

etc.

With my tags, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Use dies in DieCember

Gingerbread man Christmas tree ornament

Hello everyone, I'm here again with another Christmas tree ornament, a gingerbread man. For this, I used an old and retired die set, the Fresh Baked 2 (663116). 

And if you like it, here is the tutorial for you.

I cut the gingerbread man figure 8 times from a thicker cardboard. It was as thick as the paper of a roll of a paper towel. I glued them together one after the other. In the middle I also placed and glued a little cap that I cut out using another old and retired die, the Carved Ornaments 2 (657475).

Then I painted white both sides.

Then I painted gold with Emperor's Gold DecoArt Americana paint. Actually, I applied at least 3 layers.

Then I added a thin layer of Schmincke gold paint too, because it was less orangey.

Then I added flat back pearls for the eyes and the buttons. The rest of the decorations were cut out from glitter papers (black, red). The scarf is part of the Cool Yule die set (663099). Now this is one is not discontinued yet! 

And see how much fun Gingerbread man is having on the Christmas tree, under the little house. And yes, I also made the little house with another Tim Holtz's die, the Paper Village. And here is the tutorial for that one.

Tags with gingerbread man by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I'm not sure if I come back here with new projects this year, because I should be in the kitchen, not  in the craft room. 

Well, let me show you these cute tags, which was super easy to make and for me it was quick too. It was quick because I had so many things ready for these tags. 

For example, the starry background was ready. It was a ruined background, from which I saved the nice parts by cutting out little tags. I stamped the starry stamp repeatedly on white paper but after a few stamping the stamp fell off from the stamping platform, so the last part became blurry. As I said, I cut out tiny tags from this and coloured with Distress inks. Here you can see, the colours.

I chose Peacock Feathers, Broken China and Chipped Sapphire for the tiny tags and Cracked Pistachio for the big tag. For cutting out the tags, I used the old Tag Collection die set and the two smaller tag dies. 

The background was gold embossed with Princess Gold embossing powder.

The other thing that was also ready was the gingerbread men, the tiny ones and the big one too. I made them for a last year project, but I didn't use them. I just had to make the text strips.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Christmas Nostalgia (CMS207)

Stampers Anonymous, Holiday Drawings (CMS284)

Stampers Anonymous, Festive Sketch (CMS283)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text Christmas (CMS424)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Christmas Things (662418)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked 2 (663116)

Sizzix Framelits die, Tag Collection (658784)

With my tags, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Party Time

So if I don't come again, or if you don't come and visit my blog this year, I would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎄

Christmas card with gingerbread family

I've just realised that I've been silent for nearly two weeks! OMG! In the Holiday season! It's completely weird and pretty unusual from me! But here I am again with a Christmas card.

For making this card, I took a 300gsm watercolour paper and stencilled the rosette pattern using the Stampers Anonymous Rosette stencil (THS092). For this, I used the Ranger white embossing powder. 

Then I blended red inks onto the surface. First just Abandoned Coral and Festive Berries but later I added darker and bolder colours like Candied Apple and Aged Mahogany.

I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress ink.

And in the end, I spritzed with diluted Vintage Photo spray stain.

The gingerbread figures were cut out from 300gsm Kraft paper twice and glued them together to give them more dimension. Then I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

Next step was spattering them with Vintage Photo spray stain but this time I didn't water the liquid.

And then I spattered with white acrylic paint (Ranger Picket Fence).

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Freshed Baked 1 by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric 3/4" by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Colorize, Deck the Halls by Tim Holtz

Stampers Anonymous, Rosette stencil (THS092)

Idea-Ology Small Talk sticker book, Occasions

Ranger Distress inks (Abandoned Coral, Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain)

Ranger Distress spray stain (Vintage Photo)

Ranger Distress paint (Picket Fence)

Ranger embossing powder (white)

This was not the first time when I made a slimline card with red background and with these gingerbread figures. But this was the first time that I made the red pattern paper. Earlier I always used Tim's pattern paper from one his Christmas paper stash set. 

You can see my earlier Christmas card and my Valentine's Day card with the same figures.

With this card, I would like to join the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Food and/or Drink

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Love card with gingerbread man and woman

Hello everyone and happy new year! I'm so happy that I can be the hostess of the first challenge of the Country View Challenges in 2020! The theme I chose is Love but in a larger sense. Next month will be Valentine's Day but I think about those crafters who don't celebrate Valentine's Day, so I welcome in this challenge any projects that you make for your loved ones: husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter, son, dog, cat etc. But if you love your job, your life or your hobby that's okay too. I just want to see on your projects that you really love that thing or that special someone.

My first creation is a quite traditional love card with a gingerbread man and a woman.

For this card, I used my earlier card as an inspiration. 

And here is my tutorial.

The base is a folded kraft paper.

The second layer is a white 200gsm paper.

The third layer is from Tim Holtz 2018 Christmas Paper Stash. I inked the edges of this pattern paper with Walnut Stain Distress ink.

The gingerbread man and woman were cut out from kraft paper twice. Then I glued the pieces together. First I spritzed the figures with Vintage Photo Spray Stain, then with diluted Picket Fence paint but not with a splatter brush because I wanted just tiny splatters, so I used an ordinary brush. Here you can see:

When they were dry, I inked the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

With this technique, you can achieve I quite natural effect, your paper gingerbreads can look like real gingerbread cookies.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked #1 by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked #2 by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Label by Tim Holtz

Sizzix Bigz die, Village Gingerbread by Tim Holtz - for the pretzel

kraft paper

white cardstock

Idea-Ology Christmas Paper Stash 2018

Ranger Distress ink pads (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain)

Ranger Distress paint (Picket Fence)

Nuvo Crystal Drops, Simply White - I put this on the pretzel

I hope you like it!!! And if you have a project in the theme of love, please don't hesitate to join our January challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

Christmas card with gingerbread men

Hello Everyone, I'm so excited to show you my latest make, a Christmas card with these cute little gingerbread men.

The first layer of this card is a kraft paper. And I used the same kraft paper to cut out my gingerbread men with the gingerbread dies of the Fresh Baked #2 set. I cut them twice and glued the two pieces together to give them dimensions.

I spattered them with diluted white acrylic paint and Vintage Photo Spray Stain, then I inked the edges with Vintage Photo ink.

The letters were cut out from red cardstock with Alphanumeric Thinlits dies (3/4" tall). I inked the edges of the letters with Vintage Photo.

The second layer was a green cardstock which was a little smeared with white acrylic paint then inked the edges with Vintage Photo.

I did the same with the red printed paper which was taken from the Christmas Paper Stash.

The greenery was blotted and spattered with white acrylic paint.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fresh Baked by Tim Holtz (663116)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric, 3/4" tall by Tim Holtz (660056)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Mini Holiday Greens by Tim Holtz (661597)

Idea-Ology, Christmas Paper Stash 8x8" (TH93739)

Idea-Ology, Jingle Brads Fasteners (TH93743)

Idea-Ology, Small Talk Sticker Book, Occasions

Ranger Distress ink pad (Vintage Photo)

Ranger Distress Spray Stain (Vintage Photo)

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Warm Winter Wishes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas

Gingerbread man salt dough garland

Do you like my gingerbread man banner? 

Lately I had made salt dough with children at my house and  then I got the idea to make a garland from the gingerbread men. 

To prepare this garland you have to make holes in the hands of the forms.

You have to paint them gold or brown. Use acrylic paints.

With black paint and a small sized paintbrush make two dots  for the eyes  on each form. 

Print the letters of NOEL with "Capital letters" with the font size of 100.  Cut them out and glue them on the bellies of the forms. (My pictures are not too good because I hadn't got natural light.)

Cover the letters with green Marabu Glitter Liner heavily. 

When the glitter liner dried cover the letters with Ranger Glossy Accents.

Then you just have to make the mouths and the curving lines with white paints.