Hello Bluebird Release Sneak Peek - Day 2

It’s Day 2 of the Hello Bluebird Sneak Peeks of the October release and I’m here today with a group of tags that I created featuring the adorable new Merry Makers stamp set and dies which will be available October 23rd at 7pm MST.

The new Merry Makers stamp set is perfect for creating either Christmas tags or adorable card scenes! To create my Christmas tags, I stamped all of the images from the set, die cut them and then colored them using copic markers. 

I used the Nesting Square dies and die cut white card stock squares as well as red, teal and green. Next I blended on some tumbled glass distress oxide ink along the tops of each white square, stamped my sentiments and then added white snowdrifts that I die cut using the new Snowy Countryside Square Scene die. I adhered my images using foam tape and added some snowflakes that I had die cut using the Frosty Flakes Dies.

I punched holes in the tops of each tag and threaded on some red and white bakers twine and added some glitter to all of the snowflakes and they were done.

Apple-solutely Awesome

Hello and Happy Labor Day to those in the U.S! Today I’m popping in to share a card set and apple themed gift bags using the new Lawn Fawn Apple-solutely Awesome stamp set and dies.

I originally wanted to make tags to go with my gift bags but decided square cards would work. 

Supplies I used to create my cards: Apple-solutely Awesome stamp set and dies, Outside In Stitched Square dies, Copic markers, Cloudy Stencil and tumbled glass distress oxide ink, Everyday Sentiment Banners die, white gel pen and foam tape.

I put two gift bags together, one for my son’s doctor and another for his nurse. Having your son go through chemotherapy each week, you appreciate having good doctors and nurses to take care of your child. I wanted to give them each a little 

something. I used the square cards I created as a kind of gift tag by putting each card in a clear cellophane bag and punching a hole in the top and tying them to the gift bags with bakers twine.

Sweet Christmas Wishes - CTD673

Hello and Happy New Year!! Today I’m sharing some Christmas gift tags I created to go with some little goodies I wrapped up for the women I work with. I also used the Color Throwdown Challenge #673 which was the last challenge of the year for 2021. I’m behind schedule due to the fact that our family had covid right before and during Christmas which was definitely not fun but thank God we are all well now.

To create my Christmas gift tags, I used the adorable Hello Bluebird stamp set Sweet Christmas along with the coordinating Sweet Christmas dies. I started out by stamping and die cutting my images then coloring them using copic markers. After that I used the Stitched Scalloped Circle Frames dies and die cut them from regal rose card stock. Next I die cut white circles and using my Misti tool stamped all the sentiments then glued on my rose colored scalloped frames and added my images, popping up the gingerbread images. To finish them off I added glitter to the gumdrops and tied on some red and white bakers twine.

Inside the goodie bags I put a few Ghirardelli peppermint bark chocolates, a soft peppermint candy and a Chap Stick. In total I made eight of these tags and goodie bags.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Hey Lady Ladybug Card and Gift Tag - CTD642

Hey there, crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a fun birthday card and gift tag set that I created for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some sweet colors for all of us to create with.

The Lawn Fawn stamp sets I used to create my card and tag are Hey Lady with the Hey Lady dies along with the How You Bean? for the jar with the How You Bean dies. I used some red striped Doodlebug Designs paper which I die cut using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle dies and I also used those dies to die cut my white card stock rectangle that I blended with kitsch flamingo distress oxide ink. The sentiment and the leaves, stick, thought bubble and larger ladybug are from the A Bug Deal stamp set with the A Bug Deal dies.

I used the Grassy Hillside Borders die with some new leaf card stock for under my jar and stamped the happy birthday sentiment onto a die cut Everyday Sentiment Banners. The tag for my bag of chocolate ladybugs was die cut using the Stitched Circle Tags and red card stock with a smaller stitched circle die cut using the Outside In Stitched Circle dies. On the tag I popped up the leaf and ladybug with foam tape and on the card I popped up the jar and the three ladybugs inside.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Frosty Friends - CTD519

Hello and Happy Wednesday! Today starts a new Color Throwdown Challenge and we have some fantastic colors that are perfect for the holiday season.

 

I used this week’s CTD colors and the Hello Bluebird stamp set Frosty Friends along with the Frosty Friends dies to create a set of Christmas tags. To create my tags, I stamped a bunch of the images from the Frosty Friends set and colored them with Copic markers and then die cut them out. Next I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Tags die and die cut three tags from red cardstock and then three white cardstock circles. I used the little snowflake stamps from the set and some aqua mist ink to stamp the upper portion of each white circle and used some Pixie Dust sparkle cardstock and the Stitched Hillside Borders for along the bottom of the circles for my snow. After that, I adhered my images, popping up the snowmen and small gift with foam tape and added white gel pen and glitter to some of the images then tied on some ribbon and Christmas bakers twine.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Caly Person - November Guest Designer

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Tag You’re It!

I’m here today to share a few of my favorite tags that I created while on the Tag You’re It Design Team.  Tracey, the creator of the Tag You’re It Challenge, has decided to close down the challenge and today some of the current and past design team members are coming together to share some of their favorite tags that they created.  I wanted to say thank you to Tracey for not only asking me to be a part of the Tag You’re It Design Team back then but for including me in this special last post for the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to pop over to the Tag You’re It! Challenge blog to see what the other designers are sharing.

Dog & Cat Christmas Tags

Hi there!  I'm popping in today to share some fun pet Christmas gift tags I created and some goodie bags I put together for our local Humane Society's Christmas Bazaar.

 I found these cute dog and cat Christmas mugs, along with some dog and cat toys and treats, at TJMaxx and put together two goodie bags to donate for the bazaar.  I used some Lawn Fawn stamps and dies to create my tags.  For the dog Christmas tag I used the stamp set Critters at the Dog Park and for both of the tags I used the Stitched Circle Tags dies and the Happy Happy Happy Add On set for my sentiments along with some scrap Christmas paper for the backgrounds.  Since the Dog & Cat Christmas mugs and matching kitchen towels both had dogs and cats in Christmas sweaters, I decided to use my Copic markers and color in some Christmas sweaters on both of the animals for my tags.

For the cat tag, I used the Lawn Fawn stamp sets Meow You Doin' and for the Santa hat, Toboggan Together.

These were so fun to put together and for such a good cause! Below are pictures of our fur babies.

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Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Circle Tags
Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Critters at the Dog Park

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Critters at the Dog Park

Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Happy Happy Happy Add-On

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Happy Happy Happy Add-On

Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Meow You Doin'

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Meow You Doin'

Lawn Fawn - Clear Acrylic Stamps - Toboggan Together

Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Toboggan Together