A Christmas Package--#tgifc242

My daughter and I just came back from our 2019 Mother/Daughter Adventure.  Little grandson, Easton, came along for the fun.  We went to Waco, Texas to visit all of the Magnolia sites, the Waco Mammoth National Monument (I highly recommend it--great guided tour to the dig site), and the Cameron Park Zoo (where Easton got to feed a giraffe and we saw a serious rhino confrontation which included growling and horn clashing).  Needless to day, I came home with some neat Christmas gifts.  I used this week's TGIF sketch challenge as my inspiration for this Christmas package:

I created the gift box with a Crumb Cake card stock bottom and a top out of the Garden Green gingham pattern from the Toile Tidings designer series paper pack (#150432).   The finished size of the box is 4" x 9-1/4" x 1".  The box decorations were all added to a 2-3/4" wide Garden Green card stock belly band.

First, I die cut several pine boughs using the Beautiful Boughs die set (#150661).  They were cut from Garden Green and Granny Apple Green card stock and Gold Foil, then arranged on the belly band.  Next, I die cut the Crumb Cake label using a Stitched Nested Label die (#149638).  I stamped the label with the snow image from the Peaceful Boughs stamp set (#150541) in VersaMark ink and the greeting from the Dashing Deer stamp set (#147728) in Garden Green ink.  I added more die cut boughs and an acorn to this piece.  Two deer from the Dashing Deer stamp set were stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake card stock and die cut using the Detailed Deer dies (#147915).  I sponged  some Champagne Mist shimmer paint (#147044)  on the two deer before adding them to the label. 

I am going to hand the gift to the recipient, so no need for a "from and to" tag.  Maybe she'll recycle the box next year!

This week's sketch is a terrific one for cards, too.  See more entries and the design team's take on this sketch over at the TGIF Challenges blog here.

Hope your Christmas is Merry!--Sara Nell

  

Reindeer Tags--#tgifc235

The TGIF Challenges team changed the challenge up this week.  We have a project challenge:  Tags!  I love making tags--to use for gifts and also as bookmarks.  In fact, I'd just finished making a bunch of Snowman Season tags when I saw this challenge.  So, no more snowmen tags.  I pulled out by Detailed Deer dies (#147915) and had fun making a set of reindeer tags. I think I will make some more of these! 

I had a couple of two-inch strips of a Night of Navy design from the Feels Like Frost designer series paper (#150444) sitting on my desk, so I started with those.  I wanted to make a set of three tags for the challenge so I went through my stack of Feels Like Frost paper for the matching design.  I was sidetracked by the icy pussy willow design.  I said to myself or maybe out loud to Roxie, "Ooooh, Purple Posy!  I have to use this one."  That's why it looks like an odd set.  But. . .Purple Posy!

Here's how I fancied these up:

1.  Mounted the paper on Whisper White thick card stock to give the tags some heft and to have a nice white space on the back for a gift message.

2.  Punched the top with the Delightful Tag Topper Punch (#149518).

3.  Layered a Pearlized Doily (#146936) on each tag using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

4.  Die cut 3 two-leaf sets from the Frosted Frames dies (#150658): two in Seaside Spray and one in Purple Posy.  I coated these with Shimmery Crystal Effects (#150892) and then sprinkled on some Ice Stampin' Glitter (#150445). After they dried, they were layered on the doily using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

5.  Die cut 3 blossoms from the same die set out of Sparkle Glimmer Paper (#146957) and layered those on each tag using the Multipurpose Liquid glue.

6.  Stamped the greeting banner from Toile Christmas stamp set (#150469) three times:  two in Night of Navy ink on Seaside Spray and one in Highland Heather ink on Purple Posy.  These were heat embossed with Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder (#109130) and then die cut with the coordinating die from the Christmas Cardinal dies (#150640). They were adhered to the tag with Stampin' Dimensionals.

7.  Die cut two reindeer out of Night of Navy card stock and one out of Highland Heather card stock.  Then coated them with the Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (#141897). They were adhered with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.

8.  Added three Rhinestones (#144220) to each of the Night of Navy tags and three  Pearls (#144219) to the Purple Posy one.

9.  Tied  Seaside Spray 1/4" metallic ribbon (#150446) on the Night of Navy tags and Whisper White 5/8" Polka Dot tulle ribbon (#146912) on the Purple Posy tag.

I wish you could see all the fun shimmer on these tags!

 

If you need inspiration for your holiday tags, head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog and see all of the design team's  and challengers' entries.  They are fantastic!

Have a happy rest of your week!--Sara Nell

  

Dashing Deer in a New Color Combo--#tgifc228

It's time for another TGIF Challenges color challenge. This week it is Basic Black, Merry Merlot and Very Vanilla.  I don't think I have ever created a card with a black and red color combo.  My daughter banned that color combo in our household soon after she went off to college at Georgia Tech (THWG!).

As I thought about my card, the dashing deer in the Detailed Deer dies came to mind.  In black it is a silhouette and I love silhouettes:

I chose a simple card with the deer silhouette as the focal point.  I used the open flower dies in the Detailed Deer die set to make 5 Merry Merlot flowers.  I arranged these on the Very Vanilla background and then embossed the piece with the Subtle 3D embossing folder (it makes the flowers look like they were painted on.).  Next, I added the dashing deer silhouette and the greeting from Dashing Deer stamp set heat embossed in black  on Merry Merlot card stock.  Finally, I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of the flowers.  

The card layers:  Very Vanilla Thick 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" card base folded in half; Basic Black  5-1/4" x 4"; Merry Merlot 5-1/8" x 3-7/8"; Very Vanilla 4-7/8' x 3-5/8".

Check out the TGIF Challenges blog for more projects using this color combo (unless you are a Georgia Tech fan--you might not like seeing all that red and black in one place).

For Katharine's enjoyment, I think I will do another dashing deer card in gold, white and navy and post it later in the week.  We'll see which one you like best!

Thanks for stopping by!--Sara Nell