Hi friends! For today’s card series installment, I decided to create some cute holiday gift tags using some wintry holiday products from Gina K Designs and Tonic Studios. This project can also be found on my YouTube channel so you can see the step-by-step construction process at https://www.youtube.com/@VeehattInspired .
The supplies used were:
Tonic Studios “Tags & Stamps” Die Set
Tim Holtz / Ranger Distress Oxide “Tumbled Glass”
Gina K. Designs “Snowflake Trio” Die Set
Scrapbook.com Foam Ink Blending Tool
Altenew Glitter Cardstock “Moonstone” and “Silver”
Simon Says Stamp “Christmas Wishes” Sentiment Strips
Deco Foil “Pewter” Foiling Sheet
Spellbinders “Indigo” Cardstock
Spellbinders “Splatter White” Opaque Watercolor
Imagine Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray “Sparkle”
This Calls for Confetti “Sparkle All the Way” Flat Sequins
Brutus Monroe Spray Tray
Scrapbook.com Mint Tape
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine
Scrapbook Adhesives “Thin 3D Foam Squares”
Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine
Tim Holtz Mini Trimmer
I started the project by die cutting two tag bases from both white cardstock and Spellbinders Indigo cardstock using the Tonic Studios “Tags & Stamps” die set. I cut a second set of the large base tag die from white cardstock to back my tags to give me a place to write my personal greeting.
Next, I used a foam ink blending tool and Tim Holtz Distress Oxide in the color Tumbled Glass and applied that all over the decorative front, white die cut tag pieces to give them a wintry sky color. To add my splatters, I pulled out my Brutus Monroe Spray Tray and applied a few sprays of Imagine’s Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray (you could substitute this with the new Tim Holtz Spritz if you have it in your stash) and heat set that shimmer spray with the Ranger heat tool. I followed that by splattering the Spellbinders Splatter White mixed with a couple drops of water liberally across the tag fronts. Once the splattered tag panels dried, I used liquid glue to adhere them to the Indigo tag bases.
Using the Altnew Moonstone and Silver Glitter Cardstock and Gina K. Design’s “Snowflake Trio” die set, I die cut two beautiful snowflakes – the two smaller in the set – and placed a small amount of glue around the center of the two silver snowflakes and adhered the Moonstone snowflakes on top of each of the silver ones for a layered look. Once the glue dried, I place a thin 3D foam square to the back of each snowflake and adhered them to the center of the assembled tags.
For the sentiment, I chose two from the Simon Says Stamp “Christmas Wishes” Sentiment Strips. Since I wanted to foil these, I warmed up my Heidi Swapp Mini Minc machine, grabbed a carrier envelope, a sheet of Deco Foil in the color pewter, and my sentiment strips. I placed the foil (pretty side up) on top of the sentiment strips, then put them into the Minc carrier envelope and ran it through the Minc machine on setting 3. Once the sentiment strips were cooled, I removed the foil to reveal the beautifully foiled sentiments which I trimmed using my Tim Holtz mini trimmer. I placed thin 3D foam squares to the back side of each sentiment strip and adhered those to the centers of my snowflakes.
For the final touch, I randomly glued some This Calls for Confetti “Sparkle All the Way” flat sequins around the two snowflakes on each tag, threaded a piece thin white ribbon through each tag’s hole and tied a bow around the ribbon toward the top of the tag using some blue and white twine I had in my stash. I have one admission… I couldn’t leave well enough alone and after I completed filming the video for YouTube, I adhere some silver gems to the each of the tips of the Moonstone snowflakes. Very festive!
I hope you enjoyed the tags and found inspiration for some of your own holiday projects! Until next time… happy making!
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