Welcome to Day 5 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2014 Series!
This is the last day of the series. I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has visited, commented and followed the series through my blog, youtube channel and Instagram. You have made this week so much fun! This week, I've shared elegant monogram tags, cute goodie/treat bags, zipper panel cards for giving gift cards (be sure to follow me on Instagram HERE where I shared another idea for a zipper panel card), elegant pretty packages created with the Silhouette Cameo and today we are going to round out the week with fun santa see-thru tags!
I don’t know about you, but fun packaging on a gift makes me super happy! These see-thru style tags created with the MFT Insert It Instaframe and santas from my favorite Jingle All The Way Stamp Set would be great for any little or big ones on your gift list and they can be used hung on the tree or displayed after the presents have been opened. Love that!
All this week I'll be sharing quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I have 3 see-thru santa tags created in a little over an hour)!
To create my tags I die cut the Die-namics Insert It Frame from Wild Cherry Cardstock and Black Licorice Cardstock. I stamped the Wild Cherry frame with Wild Cherry Hybrid Ink using the Diagonal Stripes Background Stamp for a tone-on-tone effect. I stamped each with a greeting from the Jingle All The Way Stamp Set using Black Licorice Hybrid Ink. Next, I stamped the Black Licorice frame with “to” and “from” from the Overflowing Joy Stamp Set using white pigment ink.
I cut six pieces of transparency measuring 2.75” square. I stamped each piece with the Confetti Background Stamp using white Staz-On Ink. By stamping all the transparency pieces and not just the ones for the front it gives the santas the illusion of “standing” in the snow! I adhered each transparency behind the opening in the frames.
I die cut the three santa images from white cardstock and Black Licorice Cardstock using the Jingle All the Way Die-namics. I colored in the santas with Copic Markers and adhered the colored santa to the Black Licorice die cut santa. This hides the coloring and makes the back of the see-thru tag look neat and clean.
I die cut some snow drifts from Whip Cream Cardstock using the Die-namics Snow Drifts, trimmed them down and adhered them to the black frame. I adhered a santa inside each frame and topped each with the red frame.
Copic Markers Used: R29, R39, RV99, C00, C1, C3 (santa suit), W1, W2, YG25, YG17, R29, R39 (list, package), E00, E11, E13, R20 (skin), C6, C8 (boots), C00, C1, C3 (hair)
Detail for eyes and cheeks: Sakura White Gel Pen and Sakura Stardust Black Gel Pen
Finally, I punched holes in the top of each see-thru tag, threaded some baker’s twine adorned with silver jingle bells through the hole and tied some white silk ribbon around the top to finish!
To see how I created these santa see-thru tags, watch the video below or view on youtube HERE:
Click the thumnails below for the My Favorite Things products I used to create these fun tags:
- Day 1: Gold Foil Monogram Gift Tags (video)
- Day 2: Decorated Treat/Goodie Bags (video)
- Day 3: Zipper Panel Gift Card Holder (video)
- Day 4: Pretty Die Cut 3-dimensional packages (video)
To celebrate the holidays with my fabulous blog readers, I'm offering a week of giveaways along with the quick Handmade Holidays ideas this week!
Today's giveaway is: My Favorite Things Jumbo Kite Die-namics, My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Peanut Butter & Jelly (this is a duplicate from my stash. she doesn't come in original packaging but she's never been used and I've packaged her up in a clear stamp storage folder with cardstock backing and a label) and the Memory Box Magic Flourish Die (plus some extra goodies!!!!).
Leave a comment on this blog post by Saturday, December 20th, 2014, 11:59 p.m. CST for a chance to win! Good luck! All winners from the Handmade Holiday 2014 week will be annouced Sunday and packages (if applicable) will be mailed out Monday the 22nd!
p.s. Don't forget to leave a comment on Monday's Blog Post for a chance to win some Paper Smooches stamps and a die, Tuesday's Blog Post for a Clearly Besotted Stamps and dies, Wednesday's Blog Post for a chance to win an assortment of dies, stamps and inks and Thursday's Blog Post for a $25 Kerri Bradford Studio Gift Certificate!
These are so stinking cute!!
Posted by: melissa | December 19, 2014 at 11:16 AM
adorable little santa! love!!
Posted by: Amber B | December 19, 2014 at 11:18 AM
Great tags... I have the stamp set I will have to use this for my tags! Tks for sharing. You definitely have some wonderful creations, just don't know where you find the time! haha...
Posted by: RedGem | December 19, 2014 at 11:34 AM
Super cute! So glad I finally found time to catch up this week.
Posted by: Marianne | December 19, 2014 at 11:36 AM
So adorable!
Posted by: Magaly | December 19, 2014 at 11:57 AM
Love your delightful tags, soooo cute!!!
Posted by: Kailash | December 19, 2014 at 12:02 PM
Cute gift cards I guess I should put the stripes and dots on my wish list. I am sure there are some many good uses for them throughout the year
Posted by: Carmen | December 19, 2014 at 12:15 PM
These are really cute tags! I love those little Santas! Thanks for another really fun tag! :)
Posted by: Beau | December 19, 2014 at 12:17 PM
Love the tags. I like how you made the bank of the tags so clean!
Posted by: Heather Sudduth | December 19, 2014 at 12:26 PM
What a perfect tag for any age, Nichol! Thanks!
Posted by: Michele Clay | December 19, 2014 at 12:46 PM
I love the tags, great idea to stamp front and back with the dots!
Posted by: Marina | December 19, 2014 at 01:32 PM
Love these tags! Such a cute idea and such great coloring!
Posted by: Pat j | December 19, 2014 at 01:49 PM
I love these tags. You have given me another project to add to my projects-to-do list. Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Brithzi Sandy | December 19, 2014 at 01:59 PM
Totally adorable, Nicole! Thanks for a great video series! They were all wonderful!
Posted by: Theresa P. | December 19, 2014 at 02:00 PM
Adorable, Nichol, you never disappoint! Thanks for all the videos this week, I hope you and your family have a wonderful Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
Posted by: JParma | December 19, 2014 at 02:12 PM
Thank you for this week of inspiration! I'm saving all your videos for next year and saving to get those super Cute santas:)
Posted by: Ms scrapmess | December 19, 2014 at 02:12 PM
These little tags are absolutely adorable! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Posted by: Lorraine Melin | December 19, 2014 at 02:23 PM
Love these tags...so fun and cute! Super sad that this is the last of your handmade holiday series, I truly enjoyed and LOVED it!
Posted by: Joann L | December 19, 2014 at 02:23 PM
What I cute and fun tag idea! Your week long homemade series was super great, so many great ideas! Thanks so much! Hope you and your family have a happy holidays!
Posted by: Shaughn Woodruff | December 19, 2014 at 02:34 PM
I have really enjoyed this series this week! Many thanks for the great inspiration.
Posted by: DLJackson | December 19, 2014 at 02:37 PM
That Santa is sooooo cute. Love him. I love this week's theme for last minute/quick items. Thanks again for all your sharing.
Posted by: Cynthia Larson | December 19, 2014 at 02:53 PM
Nichol, I'm very sad your week of packaging is finished. I have really enjoyed all of your projects. I absolutely love the Jingle all the way set. I think it is my favorite of this season.
Posted by: Tammy Mohr | December 19, 2014 at 02:55 PM
these are brilliant, love the snow falling.
Posted by: megan mcdonald | December 19, 2014 at 03:03 PM
Great tags! I need to update my tags dies collection after seeing all these. They look so fun and I'm using tags a lot more now than I used to. Thanks for sharing these awesome videos. Your designs never fail to amaze me.
Posted by: Jeannie L | December 19, 2014 at 03:03 PM
These tags are the cutest! This has been such an awesome week, with so much inspiration ... Thank you so much :)
Posted by: Thordis | December 19, 2014 at 03:17 PM