Vintage Christmas Card and Tags

Hello! It's Gloria Stengel back again with another project. I made a card and two tags for you this week. (If you missed my Christmas composition box from last week, click HERE to see it.)

My favorite type of Christmas decor is vintage with traditional colors and a bit of rust and whitewash tossed in for good measure! I like to use chipboard elements on cards and tags because it adds a lot of detail and interest without a lot of bulk or weight.

The card is 6" x 5" and made with dark brown cardstock. I used just a bit of designer paper because I wanted the chipboard elements and the sentiment to be the stars of the show. {Stars...get it?!} I covered the oval element from the Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set with gold pigment ink and then embossed with Aged Bronze Embossing Enamel. I made sure to allow the enamel to look pitted and aged, with a few bits of the original chipboard showing through. 

I decorated the star oval with snowflakes from the Winter Shape Set and the  Snowflake Shape Set. I sprayed the snowflakes with white shimmer mist, and then embossed them with sparkly white embossing powder. The buttons are tied with kraft twine and then glued to each snowflake.

I covered one of the keyholes from the Keys and Plates Shape Set with gold pigment ink. I added tiny gold brads to the keyhole. Each flower was dipped in gold ink before I glued them to the card.

I decorated the inside of the card with some leftover bits of paper and a stamped greeting.

I always need extra tags around the holidays, so I made two tags to match the card. 

I added a bit of paper to the front of the tag before adding the chipboard elements. I sprayed the star flourishes from the Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set with white mist and then dabbed them with watermark ink. I then embossed the flourishes with embossing enamel. I mixed white embossing enamel with gold embossing powder to make a custom enamel! I love how "clumpy" and thick the enamel is, but the areas with the gold embossing powder are thinner, sort of like rust. It makes the chipboard look amazingly vintage!

I sprayed the word from the Words and Phrases 1 set with Fire Baseboard Mistable Paint and Pearl Glimmer Mist. I added some "gilded" flowers and some bits of paper the I curled around a stylus. I also tucked a few faux postage stamps into the flowers.

I decorated the small tag with one corner from the Art Deco Corners Set, which I sponged with gold pigment ink. I sponged the miniature bookplate from the Miniature Bookplates Shape set with silver pigment ink. I added tiny silver brads to the bookplate. I used a Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel for the stars.

I hope you use up some of your paper scraps and bits of chipboard to make a few cards and tags this holiday season! Come back next week to see more...fun with chipboard!

~ Gloria Stengel: Scraps of Life 

Supplies:

Gina's Designs Laser Cut Chipboard:

Stars and Flourishes Borders and Corners Set 

Snowflake Shape Set

Winter Shape Set

Keys and Plates Shape Set

Words and Phrases I Set 

Art Deco Corners Set

Miniature Bookplates Shape Set

Other Products:

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Rhubarb Stalk dye ink, Delicata Silvery Shimmer and Golden Glitz pigment ink, Top Boss Watermark ink 

Mist: Tattered Angels Fire Blackboard Mistable Paint and Pearl Glimmer Mist, Deco Art White Shimmer Mister

Embossing powder and enamel: Stampendous Shabby Blue and Aged Bronze EE, Hampton Art glitter white EP, custom mix white and gold EE

Paper: Graphic 45 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Paper Studio Old World Winter

Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Cocoa and Natural

Stamps: Verve Stamps Holiday Treats, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Christmas Innies

Tags: Graphic 45

Ribbon and twine: Really Reasonable Ribbon Light Silver and Old Gold Diagonal Stripe Satin ribbon, Iridescent White Metallic String

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Brads: Creative Impressions

Buttons: craft supply

Tools: corner rounder, Spellbinders Framed Tags One die

Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents, Scotch 3M ATG tape, hot glue

Celestial Tag

Hello all you lovely chipboard lovers. Shanna here today I wanted to do some simple mixed media. 

I created the background playing with one of the new Tim Holtz color Hickory Smoke Distress Paint. I then went over some of that with Weathered Wood Distress Stain. 

I then splatter some white gesso on top of the tag. I used a favorite stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps and thought the plain chipboard really makes this tag pop. I finished the tag with the Tim Holtz small talk. 

I do hope you love the tag. I would love to see the what you create over on the Gina's Designs Facebook Group. 

Items Used:

Celestial Shape Set

Snowy Tags by Shanna

I have a new set of tags to share today with you.

I had some fun just adding gessoed snow flakes to these tags. My daughter really loved the snowman. 

I cut the words off of the Robin's Nest papers to add to the tags as well.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Winter Shape Set

The Robin's Nest 

Christmas Tag with Marjolaine

Hello everyone, Marjolaine here with a tutorial for a Christmas tag. I made a video so you can watch how I made it and you can follow along with the written instructions.

Tags are super fun and easy to make and I especially like to make them

this time of year. They're the perfect size to practice new
techniques on and a great little gift to give away to friends. In a
short time you can make many and have them of hand to add to last
minute gifts.

Supplies

Chipboard embellishments

Diecut sheet

Distress ink

Blending tool

Big brush markers

Glitter glue

Gel medium

Fast dry liquid adhesive

Gesso

Wrapping paper

Manila tag

Letters

Sand paper

In this tutorial I'll show you how to create a simple collage that will
serve as a backgound for Christmas tags. With a few supplies from
your stash you'll be set to create beautiful tags that can be shared
or swapped.

Step One: Adhere some pieces of ripped wrapping paper to your tag with
gel medium. Spread a layer of gel medium to the surface of the papers
as well. Add a layer of diecut pieces on top and another layer of gel
medium. Dry your tag with a heat tool.

Step Two: Trim excess paper from around your tag with scissors.

Step Three: Cover your tag with a thin layer of gesso. Remove excess
gesso with a wet wipe. Dry your tag completely.

Step Four: Outline the diecuts with big brush markers and smudge the
ink with your finger. Add some color to your tag surface as well.

Step Five: Apply distress ink around the tag with a blending tool.

Step Six: Coat all the chipboard pieces with gesso and dry with a heat
tool.

Step Seven: Color the chipboard pieces with big brush markers. Dry the
ink with a heat tool.

Step Eight: Lightly
outline the chipboard pieces with a black big brush marker.

Step Nine: Rub
the edges of the chipboard pieces with sand paper.

Step Ten: Adhere the chipboard pieces to the tag with glue.

Step Eleven: Adhere
some words to the tag with gel medium.

Step Twelve: Add a layer of glitter glue to the chipboard piece and
allow it to dry completely.

Step Thirteen: Dab some gesso to the
chipboard in random places to give it a snowy effect.

Step Fourteen: Tie a ribbon at the
top of the tag.

This technique is perfect for using up old Christmas diecuts and small
pieces of left-over wrapping paper that can't be used to wrap. Why
not try a variety of different prints for a unique holiday look.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will make many tags of your own!

Supplies from Gina's Designs

Manila Shipping Tag #8

Christmas Shape Set

Family Delights

Hi everyone Monica here and today I am sharing a layout.  Me and layouts don't seem to get along sometimes but I really loved how this one came out with all the Gina's Designs flourishes.  She sells many different styles and what I love is that they come in a variety of sizes so you can piece them together to give a different look.

I used Flourishes 1 and  Flourishes 2 for this layout 

The pieces are so easy to paint and stamp on I just love them

I also have another project to share with everyone.   It is a tag I made using the XL Large Decorative Tags from Gina's Designs.  I know it may seem early for Christmas but this is inspiration for the month to come right?!!

I adhered the digi image to Cardstock Doily Set 1

Gina's Products

Flourishes 1

Flourishes 2

Cardstock Doily

XL Tags

Christmas Tags by Heidi

 Happy Saturday Everyone- Heidi here today with some Christmas Tags.  Usually every year I host a tag swap with about 20 other ladies as these are one of my most favorites things to make for the holiday gift giving.  It is funny how creative one can get making tags, from the size of the tag to what you embellish it with.  Right?  All 3 of these tags are made with the chipboard tags in the store which are fabulous- no cutting them out or anything- just a package of them delivered to your door!  

 At first I was not sure what I would put on the tags but loving to layer chipboard and add lots of ribbon just seemed to work best.  I love the look of this little layered sentiment label- it almost looks like a piece of wrapped candy too doesn't it?  

I also wanted to add some snowflakes to my projects so I took the chipboard pack of snowflakes and painted them all a light ivory- once I do that I can then spray them with a little color, add some sparkle and good to go!  The snow on my words is dimensional snow- and I just love this stuff.  

So now I must say I am 3 tags ahead!  I hope you all have a splendid weekend! 

Gina's Designs Products

10 Words (joy/believe)

Doilies

Winter Shape Set

Tags- 2 sizes

Stackable Labels

Snowflake Shapes

Doily Tags by Shanna & Monica

Hey everyone Shanna here to share a little magic and love I have for making tags!

Okay my first tag turned out amazing and I love love love it. 

I used lots of layering on this tag. 

For my second tag... this was an epic fail.... I mean save lol. I was feeling bright and colorful. Well after some Dylusions and stencils... not so bright and very upset with my tag.... so after letting it sit there for a few weeks... I said to myself if you mess up with spray Gesso it and start over... (Thanks Limor and Leanne for echoing that into my head!!!)

So I gave it a quick dry brush of gesso and SHA BAM BAMM!!!!! I said well it still needs a splash of color so I tried out my new Heidi Swapp spray I picked up from an awesome sale Susana was having and threw the sentiment on it and MAGIC!!!

You can still see color poking through but muted a bit. That doily looks awesome right!!!

I painted the chipboard with something and I don't quite remember most likely a Tattered Angels Glaze and gave it a body with pearls and antennas were made with string beads. I love the look on how this turned out!

So grab your chippies and come play!

Items Used:

Gina's Designs: Intricate Doilies 

Gina's Desgins: Delicate Frames and Ornaments Set

Gesso

Dylusion Sprays

Heidi Swapp Spray

Tim Holtz sentiment stamp

Trim/Fibers

Pearls

String Beads

Prima papers, flowers, stamps

Lace

Seam Binding Ribbon

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And now here's Monica with a tag of her own to share!

Gina has doiles that come in 2 sets - 8 inch and a variety size set.  She has intricate cut pieces too.  Now enough of how fabulous these doilies are and a little about my piece.  Oh almost forgot I used "Hope" from here Words & Phrases sets.  I inked a prima flower to match the paper which actually is the packaging from something I bought lol. Stamped a hot air balloon and used some wallpaper tape.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock Doily Set 1
Words & Phrases

Free Bee Friday ideas

Here are a couple of samples of how to use your Freebee Friday printable:

The first one is a set of ATC's made by Deann

you can see close ups on her blog here

the next one is a tag made by Angela

 We hope these will inspire you to use yours.

Buzzin about Free bee Friday

See what we did there? Okay a bit cheesy I know but I'll bet it made you smile :)

This weeks Freebie Friday is all about the Bees:

And for those of you who prefer PDF files you can get it here

Here is a card made by Deann using the printable

For more details visit her blog post here

Shanna also created some ATC's using this freebie and  the Delicate Frames and Ornaments Shape Set and also some saws from a Guy Thing Mini Shape Set.!