I also knew that at Fantabulous Cricut they issued a challenge to trim with a tag in this week's project. I used some of the same green cardstock to cut out a tag on my Cricut. I trimmed the bottom of the tag and rounded the edges with a corner rounder from Stampin' Up! Next, I used some scrap paper and some seasonal Tim Holtz ink to stamp my message on my tag. I added a little green gem to the corner of the stamped image. I finished the tag off with my coordinating ribbon. Voila, a gift box and tag!
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Odds and Ends with Bags, Tags, and Boxes
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Scraptastic Holiday Cards!
I have been feeling the need to bust out my Cricut and make something fantastic. I have been prepping for card classes and a scrapbook class coming up at Artsy, but haven't spent a ton of time in my own craft room. I even took a two part 12 Tags of Christmas class - which was so much fun! Anyway, I decided I needed to break out my own tools and get to work crafting. I didn't have time to run to the store or even grab some coordinating papers, so focused on using scraps. Fortunately, I had a couple pieces of paper I had purchased at a crop a few months ago that kind of coordinated.
I started by cutting out a tree using the Create A Critter cartridge, my tree was kind of plain, so I used Perfect Pearls Mists in perfect pewter to add some sparkle. I continued to cut out strings of lights to piece together, then cut apart to dress up my tree. I used dark brown distress ink to color the trunk and added a touch of fluffy white snow.
I topped the tree off with an over-sized Jolee's gem. I didn't have a paper to back my tree with that matched...so I had to make my own. I created a mosaic with little extra pieces of paper that I had used to cut out the lights for the tree. I also cut out the word, "joy". I had to spray this with glimmery mist too! I backed the cards in pink and added my ribbon.
Voila', a fun and bright holiday card!
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