Welcome to Day 5 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2018 Series!
(there will be one more day, so please stay tuned for my final Handmade Holiday post coming soon!)
I'm back with my fifth year of last minute handmade ideas! Five years, you guys. Wow. Thank you so much for your support of this series. I have been overwhelmed and almost considered not doing the series this year but I kept getting emails and comments asking for it so I sat down to make a list of projects I could do and I got really excited. So this series is for you crafting friends. I appreciate each and every one of you and y'all make this possible. Much love to everyone.
The goal of this series is adding handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to personalize the gifts under our tree. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly 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 created four little letterboard tags)!
Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!
LITTLE LETTERBOARD GIFT TAGS
I'm a huge fan of letterboards and we have several in our home. What could be better than bringing the letterboard trend into our cardmaking and paper crafting?!!! The Stamp Market unveiled this adorable Little LetterBoard Die Set during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales and I immediately had to make a tag with it. Click HERE to see that first tag on Instagram. Today I'm going to share how I made several letterboard tags and even a little variation using dies from Mama Elephant paired with The Stamp Market Little Letterboard. The sky is the limit with crafting. Mix and match your supplies to showcase your unique style! I hope y'all enjoy the tags today.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of these little letterboard gift tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
These Little Letterboard gift tags feature dimensional die cut letters on the letterboard fronts and stamped and embossed sentiments and "to/from" on the backs for a polished and professional look.
The letterboard back was die cut from Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock.
On the back of each red panel, sentiments/phrases from The Stamp Market Merry Days and Made With Love stamp sets were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The frame was die cut from smooth white cardstock and adhered over the red background front. I layered two frames per letterboard to give the frame a bit more dimension.
Smooth white cardstock was adhered to Fun Foam using Stick It Adhesive and the Little Letterboard alphabet die was die cut from the medium multiple times. The benefit of die cutting the letters from the dimensional material is that they stay together and are easy to pull out and adhere to your project. I used a small pair of craft tweezers to make it even easier working with the small alphabet.
For the variation on the tags, I paired the Little Letterboard with the Mama Elephant Favor Bag Santa/Elf Add On (santa, hat) and the Favor Bag Dog Add On ("mittens"). I colored in Santa's face with Copic Markers and assembled him according to the video directions. The letter board was adhered right below his nose and the "mittens" to either side of the letterboard to make it appear he is holding it in front of himself! Isn't it cute?!!! Image making lots of these with elves, reindeer, or other Mama Elephatn Favor Bag Add On critters. The Simon Says Stamp Big Picture animals would work great as well!
Holes were punched in each tag and red/white baker's twine threaded through and knotted to finish the tags.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
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G I V E A W A Y
I'm thrilled to be offering a giveaway from The Stamp Market!
Please leave a comment on this post by December 13, 2018, 11:59 pm CST for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to The Stamp Market!
Winners for the 2018 series will all be notified via email and posted on the blog on Friday, December 14, 2018.
A huge thank you to The Stamp Market for sponsoring the giveaway(s) today!
Please click HERE for a list of all the winners!
M O R E H A N D M A D E H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T S
So many possibilities for sentiments on these letter board tags. Another fabulous project! Thanks for all the ideas.
Posted by: Cathy Lillie | December 10, 2018 at 10:52 PM
The letterboards are super fun, but the addition of Santa (or some other critter) holding them? AMAZING. I imagine your house as a symphony of red, white, black, grey coordination if your projects are anything to go by. Thanks for taking the time to do this series; I always appreciate the time and efforts you put into your content.
Posted by: Annalisa | December 11, 2018 at 02:23 AM
I love this!
Posted by: Amanda Wilcox | December 11, 2018 at 04:56 PM
Super cute idea!
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | December 11, 2018 at 05:51 PM
These are really awesome Nichol, I love this alpha set.
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | December 11, 2018 at 06:14 PM
Cute idea.
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | December 11, 2018 at 06:24 PM
Ooops, I already said that. Sorry. =)
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | December 11, 2018 at 06:25 PM
Another set of adorable tags! I really love how you combined the letterboard with the Santa too!
Posted by: Miriam Prantner | December 12, 2018 at 06:42 AM
Fun new products you are sharing. I am fascinated to see what you do with the new products. You're the best!
Posted by: Jan Elmore | December 12, 2018 at 07:18 AM
Another adorable project!! Each one of these is fantastic. Thanks for such fun ideas.
Posted by: Denise Mlady | December 12, 2018 at 09:22 AM
Your tags are so super adorable! I love how you turned the letterboard die into a holiday tag! So cute 😊
Posted by: Amy Vitriani | December 12, 2018 at 10:30 AM
I LOVE how you used these letterboard dies for tags!! So genius I would have never thought of that... You are so creative and absolutely so inspiring! :)
Posted by: Sophie Farah | December 12, 2018 at 10:31 AM
I love the tag with the Santa, it's so adorable. This alphabet is awesome.
Posted by: Isabelle | December 12, 2018 at 12:59 PM
Nicole you have really hit this out the field, wow. So cute & original. You are one very talented lady, thank you for sharing your inspiration.
Posted by: Andrea Hastilow | December 12, 2018 at 03:48 PM
So cute and letterboards are EVERWHERE!!
Posted by: Sue Symens | December 12, 2018 at 04:37 PM
These could be used in so many creative ways !
Posted by: Tracy Lustick | December 12, 2018 at 06:06 PM
I'm loving these trendy letter board dies, and you took them to another level by adding Santa! Genius! Thanks for the chance to win.
Posted by: Becca Neeley | December 12, 2018 at 06:14 PM
I definitely NEED that letterboard did set!
Posted by: JulieP | December 12, 2018 at 07:29 PM
I adore this! The whole letterboard thing is so awesome.
Posted by: Debbie Rumpza | December 12, 2018 at 09:35 PM
Love these cards,they are so cute!
Posted by: Brenda | December 12, 2018 at 10:10 PM
FOUR FUN & FABULOUS tags!
LOVE the letterboard design, ADORE your SUPER CUTE Santa addition, along with the extra LOVE you put in to making him PERFECT!
THANK YOU for sharing, INSPIRING and making your video too, I learnt a lot along the way and look forward to getting creative soon :)
Posted by: TracyM #6773 | December 12, 2018 at 10:52 PM
I love this tags! What a great idea.
Posted by: eileen b | December 12, 2018 at 10:54 PM
So cute.
Posted by: Amelia K | December 12, 2018 at 11:49 PM
What a fun idea!
Posted by: Dawn | December 13, 2018 at 07:16 AM
Your holiday projects are always my absolute fave. Thanks for sharing your talent throughout the year and providing amazing inspiration.
Posted by: Andre M. | December 13, 2018 at 07:20 AM