Nativity Christmas Gift Tags for Erin Lee Creative

Hello friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I'm back with a 3rd project for Erin Lee Creative, that features the new holiday release. I decided to make some Christmas gift tags, pull out some supplies and see where my creativity would lead me. It was such a pleasure to just go with the flow and see where I ended up! Scroll down for all the details. I'll have a clickable supply list at the end as well.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

I'm using 4 different ELC products from the new release:

Starry Night Stencil

Nativity Add-On Die Set

Love Came Down Stamp Set

Jumbo Joy Word Die Set

I must confess, I set out to simply get creative and in the process, completely forgot to photograph the various techniques I used, with the exception of the photo above.

I'm using a tag die set from Scrapbookcom and cut 2 tags with white cardstock and my Platinum 6 die cut machine. Next, I swiped Catherine Pooler ink in Glacier across my tags. I heat set the ink with my craft heat tool, then I used the Starry Night stencil with modeling paste across my inked tags.

I also sprayed some Wendy Vecchi Mica Spray in Buttercup for more "gold stars". This mica spray is retired, so I've linked a similar spray in my supply list.

BONUS TIP: Unscrew the bottle tube feeder and simply tap droplets around your selected area for more control,

Next, I did some partial stamping on each tag using the Love Came Down stamp set. I used clear emboss ink, and simply grabbed my stamp, pressed into the ink and hand pressed onto my card stock in 3 different sections on each tag. Then, I sprinkled white embossing powder, tapped off the excess and heat set the stamping.

After stamping, I ink blended all around the edges of my tag using Catherine Pooler ink in Cargo with a blender brush. This is a dark brown color and really gives it that good vintage feel.

I also used the excess brown ink on my blender brush to blend around the edges of my die cuts created with the ELC Nativity add-on die set: The 3 wisemen, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in a manger.

Now, to get REAL creative, I decided to rip a flap off an empty used packing box, peel back the thin top paper layer to reveal the corrugated layers underneath. I then stapled this on the left and right edge, to my tag, adding some stretched cheesecloth from my stash.

It ended up making the perfect little mixed media element for this nativity tag! I also used the little hole reinforcer die that comes with the Scrapbookcom tag die set, paired with the leftover corrugated paper, to create little reinforced hole die cuts, also ink blending over it with the Cargo ink and gluing to my tag.

Next, I grabbed some burlap string from my stash, and decided to wrap it several times near the top of my tag, tying it off into a bow, then hot gluing a little button in the center of each bow. 

Lastly, I used the ELC Jumbo Joy Word Die Set, for another focal element for this tag. The die set comes with the word die and an outline die. I trimmed 4 word dies on white cardstock, adhering 2 together with glue for each tag.  I used super thin, hand trimmed adhesive strips to have them pop up a bit for dimension, then finished off with white paint splatters all over my tags.

Can you see how I got a bit lost in the creative process? I was so absorbed, but I do wish I had thought to take more photos. I really love how these mixed media tags turned out and encourage you to give this a try! Even if you don't have all the extra supplies, find what you have and use it! You could easily unspool some white thread in place of the cheesecloth. Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section.

Please, tap any of the clickable affiliate links for more product information or to shop. These are conveniently provided at no additional cost to you. Happy holiday craft and card making!

Terri

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Pumpkin Pie Sideways Card feat Catherine Pooler Designs

Hello friends and Happy Thanksgiving! I took a little time out of my holiday meal prep to create this card that features Catherine Pooler products. I love, love, love pumpkin pie which is what inspired me to sit down and make this card. This is also the second card in my Sideways card series, which focuses on offset or off to the side focal points. It can be decorative edging, stamping, whatever floats your boat! Scroll down for details! Tap any of the highlighted text throughout this post for additional product information.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

I'm using two different stamps from Catherine Pooler, Fall Calls for Lattes (sentiment) and Flavors of Fall (pumpkin pie). For my sentiment, I opted to trim a portion of a larger stamp quote to get the words 'harvest wishes". I do this on occasion and I can always use a stamp positioner to put my quote back together and stamp the entire wording, for future use.

To stamp my pumpkin pies, I used Amber ink for the crust and Orange Twist for the pie filling. I then went in with a waterbrush to color in some Mandarin Spice for the pie, to give a little depth, and touched up my crust with a bit of Cargo ink, which I also used for my sentiment.

To add a little separation between my pies and wording, I adhered a thin strip of plaid paper from the Right At Home paper pack, and a dark green houndstooth paper as the backing for my card panel, procured from the Bushel And A Peck paper pack.

This was a fairly quick card to make and such an enjoyable process. I'm looking forward to diving into some pumpkin pie tomorrow! Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope you enjoy the holidays! If you missed the first card in my Sideways Series, check it out here.

Terri

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Bestie Girl Foiled Card for Spellbinders

Hello friends, time is drawing to a close if you'd like to join any of the Spellbinders Clubs this month and receive the current selections. Today's card features the Stamp/Die of the Month selection and the Glimmer Hot Foil Club Kit. Scroll down for details!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

This Stamp and Die Club Kit is called, Go-To-Girl and it's the cutest set ever! I had so much fun coloring up the image that's featured above. Plus, there are numerous sentiments which is always a plus when  making a purchase.

The Glimmer Hot Foil Club Kit is called, "Luxe Loops" and it's such a cool, trendy design. I opted to do some tone on tone foiling with some dark pink cardstock using my Glimmer Hot Foil System and the foil included with this months kit, Bright Pink. Keep in mind, selection on the foils you receive does vary.

I also sealed my foiling, using my Platinum 6 die cut machine. This, and the Glimmer machine, go hand in hand when foiling. You simply remove your platform, then run it through the Platinum 6 to seal it.

All of my coloring was done with OLO Markers. Here are the colors that I used:

OR2.5, O2.4, RV0.2, YO2.3, OR1.4, OR4.4, RV0.4, YG8.5, OR3.4, RV0.1

Spellbinders sells OLO Marker sets on their site, however, if you're looking for specific individual markers, you can find them on the OLO Marker site here.

Also, if you look closely at my die cut girl above, you'll see she was adhered to a second die cut outline with my green cardstock. This was offset just a bit and helps to not only tie in all the green colors together, but let her stand out a bit amongst all the pink.

 

Thanks so much for popping in today. Remember, if you wish to try out any of the Club Memberships, you are under no obligations. You can cancel at any time. Some crafters find a particular month may not be their style and opt to skip a month by canceling, then re-joining.  

Get all the details on all the club memberships, here.

See you next time, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Terri

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Journey to Bethlehem Card for Erin Lee Creative

Hello my crafty friends! I'm back with another card featuring the new holiday release from Erin Lee Creative! There are 4 different ELC products that I'm creating with today and I've got a bunch of technique photos to share. Scroll down for the details, plus my clickable shopping/supply list at the end of this post.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

Below, are all the products in the new holiday release. I'm featuring the Love Came Down stamp set, the Starry Night stencil, Nativity Add-On die set and Nativity Scene Cover Plate.

To begin, I die cut my Nativity Scene Cover Plate on white cardstock and also on a light tan paper from one of my paper pads called, Daybreak. I also did a partial die cut on silver holographic paper to procure that star at the top of my card.

Because I wanted to color my windows and keep them inlaid, I added tape to the back of my white die cut, then insert all the negative pieces for the windows and doors.

Some of my coloring was outside the lines, but that's ok because I trimmed out the "buildings" from the tan paper, to pop up with adhesive foam over my white buildings. It will hide any errors.

I also added a little definition to my buildings by using my score tool and score board, as pictured below.

I made 4 score lines just to add a little something extra. I can definitely be a little extra from time to time, haha!

All of my coloring was done with OLO Markers and here's the breakdown:

Palm Trees - YG8.7, YG8.5, OR3.4, OR3.7

Windows: YO2.3, OR1.6, OR1.3

Joseph/Mary/Donkey: B4.3, OR3.4, CG1, OR1.0

Doors: OR3.4, OR3.7

OLO Marker is currently having a 20% off sale, so if you'd like to start a collection, or add to an existing one, tap my link above to get started!

Now, for my night sky, I swiped some Catherine Pooler Designs ink in Glacier across my cardstock. I heat set the ink and then stenciled my sky with the Starry Night Sky stencil and white modeling paste.

After making sure my stenciling was dry, I masked off an area with low tack mint tape to create light beaming down from the star.

I simply dipped a cotton ball into white pigment ink, then blotted in the color, removing the tape when finished.

Even though I heat set my ink, I still had some bleed thru of blue color onto my white stenciled stars, so I touched up my stars using a white gel pen.

Now, you don't necessarily have to color the Joseph, Mary, Donkey images, but I chose to do so. I imagined where to emphasize the head piece for Joseph, where to place a "burlap sack" over the donkey's back and how to color Mary's garment.

You might want to cut out several die cuts and experiment with placement and color for those images. You can also just use the die cuts as silhouette images.

Lastly, I added more white gel pen highlights to my building and trees. I also stamped my sentiment directly onto the bottom of my card, using CPD Cargo ink.

Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section. Thanks so much for stopping by. Tap any of my affiliate links below for product details or to shop! 

Terri

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