Terrific Tag Tuesday: Merry Christmas!

Hi All! Welcome to the final installment of the Kraft-y Hearts Terrific Tag Tuesday Blog Share. If you haven't already, be sure to hop over and see what the amazingly talented Lynn Darda has to share with you today at From My Bungalow.

Now on to today's project. So when is a tag not a tag? When it's also an envelope! Let's take a look:

So today's tag is fashioned after the library pocket you used to find in the back of books that housed the lending card.

I used heavy black cardstock for both the tag and the card, and rounded the top corners of both. I layered both the tag and the card with papers from Close To My Heart's Happy, Happy Christmas My Crush pages. Then embellished the tag with black shimmer ribbon and snowflakes cut from white glitter paper. I also added a white eyelet to the top and finished it off with black shimmer ribbon and red and white bakers twine from my stash.

For the card, I added a sentiment to a Happy, Happy Christmas Picture My Life card and attached it to the front of the card. The sentiment is from the Very Merry Stamp Set and is stamped in Black Archival ink. I added a couple of snowflakes to the front that I punched out of white glitter paper.

Here's another look at the front of the card:

To finish off the inside of the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Very Merry Stamp Set in Sea Glass ink onto White Daisy cardstock and layered it onto the black base.

Here's another look at the tag with the card:

And that's it! I hope you enjoyed this tag-not-a-tag! Now I'm off to make a few more for friends and family. Don't forget to hop over and see what Lynn has for your inspiration at From My Bungalow.

Have a wonderfully creative holiday season!

CTMH Very Merry Stamp Set	CTMH My Crush Happy, Happy Christmas	CTMH Happy, Happy Christmas (Picture My Life	CTMH Archival Black Ink
CTMH Sea Glass Ink	CTMH Black Shimmer Ribbon	CTMH White Glitter Paper	Heavy Black Cardstock
Sookwang Double-sided Tape	ATG Gun

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Terrific Tag Tuesday: Frosty Cozy

Hi All! Welcome to the second installment of the Kraft-y Hearts' Terrific Tag Tuesday Blog Share. If you haven't been by Lynn's Bungalow to see what she has in store, you're missing out! So don't forget to pop by.

In the meantime, let's take a look at today's tag:

To create this tag, I cut the base from Neenah Solar White 110 pound cardstock. I then used Close To My Heart's Cozy Christmas Stamp Set, along with the coordinating dies, to finish it off. I began by stamping the outline of the snowman, his face and buttons on White Daisy cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I added his nose in Tangerine ink. I then stamped his hat in Tuxedo Black, his arms in Saddle Ink, and his scarf in Cranberry ink, all on White Daisy cardstock. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the pieces and set them aside. For the back ground, I stamped the two trees from Cozy Christmas in Willow Ink and snowflakes from the same set in Lagoon.

After I finished the background, I put the hat and arms on my snowman and popped him up on the tag using thin foam tape. I added his scarf with thin foam tape as well. I stamped the sentiment on White Daisy cardstock in Lagoon ink and then created a little wooden sign using my W0 and W3 Copic markers and my Bronze ShinHan marker. I added the sign to the tag with a layer of regular and a layer thin foam tape.

I finished it off by adding Liquid Glass to the hat, Christmas Red Stickles to the hatband and scarf, and Diamond Stickles to the eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons of the snowman, and to the centers of the snowflakes. When that was completely dry, I added some black marker accents to ground the whole scene and then tied on three strands of bakers twine from my stash for a hanger.

Here's a close up:

And here's another look at the tag:

I hope you enjoyed this fun little tag. Don't forget to hop by From My Bungalow to see what inspiring goodness Lynn has for you. And by the way, this cute little stamp set and its coordinating dies will be retiring at the end of the month, so you might want to grab it while you can.

Have a wonderfully creative day!

CTMH Cozy Christmas Stamp Set	CTMH Cozy Christmas Thin Cuts Bundle	Hero Arts Nesting Tag Dies	CTMH White Daisy Cardstock
Neenah Solar White Cardstock (110LB)	CTMH Cranberry Ink	CTMH Willow Ink	CTMH Lagoon Ink
CTMH Tangerine Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink	ShinHan TwinTouch Bronze Marker	Ranger Diamond Stickles
Ranger Christmas Red Stickles	CTMH Liquid Glass	CTMH 3D Foam Tape (Thin)	CTMH 3D Foam Tape

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Saturday Spotlight: Grateful for...Sangria

Hi All! So usually the Kraft-y Hearts do a Friday Focus on Close To My Heart's featured paper pack. However, we decided we wanted to give everyone a full day to enjoy the Rose Blossom Blog Hop this month, so for October, we switched it up to the Saturday Spotlight. (There's just something about alliterative titles that makes me smile....) Anyway, this month we're featuring the Sangria collection. It's the perfect collection for all your fall festivities and fiestas. If you've just stopped in from the amazingly talented Lynn Darda's Bungalow, you're in the right place. If you're starting here, make sure you hop on over to From My Bungalow and see what inspiring treat Lynn has for you today.

Now, on with the show!

For today's project, I used a retired Bracket Frame that I had in my stash, covered it in a variety of patterns from the Sangria paper pack, and inked around the edges with Eggplant ink. I used the Art Philosophy and Artistry cartridges to create the bracket shapes for the sentiment, the flower, and the leaves. The sentiment is from the Always Grateful stamp set. I stamped it in Black Archival ink on Champagne cardstock. The leaves are from the new Fallen Leaves stamp set. I stamped them in Saffron ink and then rolled the edges in Fern and Poppy inks to give them a fun, multi-color fall look. I popped up all three bracket layers with dimensional adhesive and framed them with strips of Gold Foil tape.

The leaves are cut from Poppy, Saffron, and Kraft cardstocks and inked with Fern, Poppy, and Eggplant inks respectively. I added dimension to them by folding them partially down the middle. The flower is 12 layers of Sangria paper that increase by 1/4 inch with every layer. All layers are cut from the same paper, I just turned every other one over for contrast and inked around the edges with Eggplant ink.

Finally, the bow is made from jute ribbon from my stash that I wrapped with Thick Poppy Twine. For bling, I added flowers from the Sangria assortment and popped some Bling Gems in gold in the middle of each flower.

Here are some close-ups of the project:

And here is the project again:

I hope you enjoyed this autumnal reminder of one of the benefits of gratitude. Again, don't forget to hop over to From My Bungalow and see what Lynn is up to.

Have a wonderful, creatively crafty weekend!

Kraf-y Hearts' Friday Focus: Nevermore

Hi All! Welcome to the September addition of Kraft-y Hearts' Friday Focus. Today we're focusing on the Nevermore Halloween Collection by Close To My Heart. You can find this collection in the brand-spankin'-new Holiday Expressions catalog.

This year, we're planning on hosting a Halloween do, so I'll probably be sharing quite a few home decor and treat packaging projects as the event gets closer. Today we'll start off with a little door hanger I made using an unfinished wooden frame I picked up at my local craft store for a dollar.

And just a little bit of a closer look:

To begin with, I covered the pressboard insert in the frame with Nevermore paper, and inked around the edges with Black ink. (The two patterns I'm using here are the front and back of one of the sheets of paper.) I set aside the insert and then inked around the sides and inside edges of the frame with Black ink as well. I then covered the front and back of the frame with the Nevermore striped paper and re-inked the edges.  I also covered the back of the insert with stripes to match. I ended up not liking the back so I placed the insert back in the frame and covered the whole back with Black cardstock and inked the edges. It looks more finished that way.

After I finished covering the frame, I began to decorate the inside with elements from the Nevermore Complements pack. This pack comes with SO MANY elements, including acetate pieces, kraft paper pieces and cardstock stickers.  I layered all of the pieces together in the corner over some black tulle ribbon from my stash. (I also used this ribbon for the hanger.) I added some new Coral Shimmer Trim  to the grouping for additional color, and some Black Sparkle Flourishes for some bling. The bats, pumpkins, moon, and "happy halloween" are all cardstock stickers. (The sentiment and pumpkins I altered by fussy cutting the images after sticking them to scraps of paper. I also added some Liquid Glass to the bats to give them a little texture and shine.)

Here are some close-ups:

And here is the frame hanging on our basement door. (It will go to a more prominent place as Halloween approaches.)

And that is my Friday Focus project for September. Be sure to stop by the Bungalow and see what inspiring project Lynn has for you today!