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Fun Among The Mistletoe

October 28, 2019 2 Comments

How’s your Christmas preparations coming? Mine are in full swing and I’ve already done the first of six craft fairs this year. It’s going to be a hectic couple of months but it’s also a lot of fun. To inspire you today I have an idea for a large gift tag featuring a sprig of mistletoe.

Large gift tag with die-cut mistletoe and "No peeking til Christmas" sentiment created using the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set and Christmas Layers Dies from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

MUTED COLOURS

I decided to go with muted colours today that would work with a rustic Christmas theme. Keeping it simple I chose Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce, alongside Whisper White.

The stamping came first, with Shaded Spruce ink on Whisper White Card using a sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. Then I cut it out using the smallest plain-edged die from the Layering Ovals.

Next I cut out the Mint Macaron Card with the #6 plain-edged die (counting up from the smallest). Then from Sahara Sand Card I cut two pieces using the #2 and #7 scalloped edge oval dies.

All I had left was to cut out the Shaded Spruce Card with the mistletoe die from the Christmas Layers Dies.

At this point I remembered that if I was to use a 3D Embossing Folder that I’d need to get that done next. So I lightly dampened the Mint Macaron oval using clean water and a Stampin’ Spritzer. Then I placed the card inside the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder and ran it forwards and backwards through my die-cutting machine. Finally I set the piece aside to dry while I carried on with the other parts of the tag.

MISTLETOE WITH BERRIES

Next on my list were the mistletoe berries. I could have simply covered the die cut piece with pearls or rhinestones but I had another idea in mind.

Large gift tag with die-cut mistletoe and "No peeking til Christmas" sentiment created using the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set and Christmas Layers Dies from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

First I wiped the die cut mistletoe piece with an Embossing Buddy to remove any oils and static. Then I gently pressed each of the berries on the die-cut piece onto my VersaMark ink pad. Once that was done I sprinkled the sticky ink with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder and tapped off the excess. I removed a few stray specks and then melted the rest of the powder using my Heat Tool set on 2 (high).

LOTS OF LAYERS

Now I was ready to start putting everything together starting with the large Sahara Sand oval piece.

Before I could do anything else I first had to add a hole for the ribbon. I did this using the oval hole option on the Detailed Trio Punch. Once that was done I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to attach the corrugated oval.

Next I threaded a loop of 3/16″ Braided Linen Trim through the hole at the top of the tag. To secure it in place I passed the cut ends through the loop and tightened it. Now I could use liquid glue to attach the embossed mistletoe piece to the tag.

That just left the the sentiment that I glued to the remaining Sahara Sand die-cut oval. Then with Stampin’ Dimensionals I added the layered sentiment to the tag and I was done.

If you fancy a more traditional colour scheme, I made another “no peeking” gift tag back in August. You’ll find it in my blog post No Peeking, oh go on then.

PRODUCT LIST

UPDATE 2020: Sadly the Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder and Embossing Buddy have been retired and are no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim
3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim
Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Christmas Layers Dies
Christmas Layers Dies
Layering Ovals Dies
Layering Ovals Dies
Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder
Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder
Detailed Trio Punch
Detailed Trio Punch
Embossing Buddy
Embossing Buddy
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
White Stampin' Emboss Powder
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Stampin' Spritzer
Stampin' Spritzer
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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  1. geraldine says

    October 28, 2019 at 9:09 am

    This came out just beautifully, Tracy! Glad I got to see the Mistletoe die cut … I just “knew” I should’ve ordered those dies with the stamp set! Oh well, guess it’s not too late either. Good idea for the berries, as you’d go through a LOT of pearls if you were making very many of these tags. That could get a bit expensive and cut into your profits! I just have mixed feelings about the colours (much as I like them myself) and wondering how they’ll go with whatever gift wrap is on the market, but maybe that’s just being too “picky”? Probably! Lol — Love the tag!!

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      October 28, 2019 at 9:16 am

      Thank you Geraldine. Funny enough I was in two minds about the dies too but I’m so glad I got them, they’re gorgeous. As for the colour scheme, I’m seeing a trend for plain brown paper wrapping with jute twine and this would work well with that.

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