Christmas Dreams Tag

 

Make your gift tags as pretty as your greeting cards - this one using Lawn Fawns Christmas Dreams stamp and die sets

I buy fairly basic wrapping paper for my Christmas gifts and then make pretty tags to match the paper. This time, I thought I'd use a stamp set and make a tag similar to making a greeting card.

I've got friends and family who have dogs, so this tag would be ideal for them :) .  The stamp set comes with a cat too for those who prefer cats.

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Giant Holiday Message Tag

 

Make really easy tags using Lawn Fawns Giant Holiday Message Tag stamp set

Sometimes you just need a quick tag for a last minute gift. This is a really easy way to make a tag and doesnt take very long at all.

I've made mine red and white to match my wrapping paper - but because you are making them yourself, you can change the colours to match any wrapping paper.

The tag could be added to a blank greeting card as a topper.

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Gonk Christmas

 

Make this fun Christmas card using a large Gonk stamp

These gonk images have been quite popular recently but I often struggle using larger stamps especially if I do not want a large card such as A5. I have created a card base that has a shorter front panel so that you can see the right hand part of the back panel from the front. Just makes it a little different from the norm!

I just love the phrase - 'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas' - and teamed up with the Gonk image it just makes me giggle that he looks ready for Christmas :)

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Cats Happy Birthday

 

Decorate a large Happy Birthday with the recipients' favourite items

This card is so easy to adjust to your recipients' favourite things - whether it be flowers, animals or monsters. Just stamp and colour in the large Happy Birthday then add the flowers or animals to decorate. In my case I needed a birthday card for my friend who is cat crazy.

If you don't like colouring in, then stamp the Happy Birthday onto patterned paper and cut around it

If you do not have a large Happy Birthday stamp, then why not use one printed from your computer.

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Circular Halloween

 

Use Crafters Companion 'Spring Blooms' die set to make the base for this spooky card

I bought the 'Spring Blooms' die set by Crafters companion at a local craft fair recently, knowing that it could have several uses. So, this week I wanted to show you that a spring die could be used to make an autumn card.

This die set has several bits to it, but the two main die pieces make a circle for the centre of a base card. But instead of using the flowery part of the die piece, I just used the stringy part twice to create a circle. I thought it worked well for a Halloween card as to me it looks slightly spooky as it is irregular cut outs.

I used a small Cuttlebug Halloween die that I have had for years to cut the little characters on my card. You can use any stamp, die or punches to make your Halloween characters to decorate the card.

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