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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Neenah A2 Card Front Panel 25 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Dina Wakley Heavy Acrylic Paint - White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Dylusions Paint Brush Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Artis Glue Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Distress Palette Knife Set - 2 pc Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3mm Adhesive Strips 160 ct. Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Reverse Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sizzix Hot Glue Gun Shop at: Scrapbookcom	White Project Grip Mat Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Starry Night Stencil - 6x6 inch Shop at: Erin Lee Creative
ELC Love Came Down Stamp Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative	Stamperia Modeling Paste - White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cut System - Tool N One Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Nativity Add-On Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative
Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Glacier Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Cargo Shop at: Scrapbookcom	All Purpose Craft Scraper Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Yay Tag Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Simon Hurley Solar Spray - Golden Hour Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Buttons Galore Treasure Box Collection - Sea Salt Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Jumbo Joy Word Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative

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Sent With a Prayer for Graciellie Design

I'm always in need of a good "thinking of you" type card, so I was very excited to discover that Graciellie Design has some wonderful digital stamps that perfectly fit my needs.  I created this card with the "Sent With A Prayer" set, using a hybrid technique, direct coloring and water coloring.  I have a 3 minute video as well, so you can see how I colored this and added the splatters.

A few key points:  These images can easily be transferred to your digital program for printing or cutting, however I used Microsoft Word to open a document and add my photos, resizing and layering my images to print all at once.   This is a particularly good technique, if you like doing CAS cards (clean and simple).

BONUS TIP: Bring your smaller leaf and sentiment to the front of your image by hovering over the image, right click and choose "Wrap Text" then select "In Front of Text".  This will then allow you to move your image around and place it on top of another image.  It's super easy and will become second nature after you've done it a couple times.  I printed this on Strathmore Vellum Mixed Media paper.  You can find this in most big box craft stores but I picked mine up locally at Target.  If your paper warps with watercoloring, simply grab your iron and place your image face down ( I like to put it between two sheets of parchment paper) and iron for about 15 seconds. 

Above is a close-up of my coloring.  I've used Marvy Le Plume II brush markers to color.  Instructions are on my YouTube video. (link at end of post)

I will be using this set again and again.   If you've never used digital stamps before, it's so easy, the prices can't be beat and they work well with your digital cutting systems,

Purchase: Sent With A Prayer Digital Stamps ($3.50)

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Here's the link ( below) to my YouTube video, if you'd like to see the coloring in action.  I would appreciate it if you subscribe to my channel and clicked the thumbs up video.  Leave me a comment, if you like.  I love hearing from you!  You'll also find product links below and in the description section of my video. 

Click here for YouTube video

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Permanent Runner Shop at: SBC	Marvy Le Plume II Bright 12 pk Dual Markers Shop at: SBC | Blitsy | SSS	Marvy Le Plume II Natural 12 pk Dual Markers Shop at: SBC | Blitsy | SSS	Ranger Inkssentials Craft Mat 15x18 Shop at: SBC | Blitsy
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AAA Card Challenge with So Suzy Stamps

I'm sharing this CAS card today over at the AAA Card Challenge, as So Suzy Stamps is sponsoring the challenge.  Be sure and visit and link up your own CAS card, (clean and simple).  You can get all the details, here.

I've made a speckled floral card featuring a couple stamps from the the newest release at So Suzy Stamps.

This was easy to create by fussy cutting a few stamped flowers for masking, using my Misti stamping tool.

My flower stamps are the Button Flower Left and Button Flower Right designed by our very own Olesya Kharkova.  I watercolored them with my Marvy Lettering brushes and a water brush.  I also used the dot splatters stamp to make the "speckles" on my flowers.

Just swipe directly with your marker on the stamp and impress.  Easy and fun!  Thanks for stopping by!

Purchase Button Flower Left, here.

Purchase Button Flower Right, here.

Purchase Simple Love You, here.

Purchase Dot Splatter, here.