I was on Pinterest last week looking for some inspiration for some gift card holders and I came across a card with a tag and holder on the front of it. I thought it was interesting, because I hadn't seen anything like it before. I can't remember who designed the card I saw, but thank you for sharing it with everyone. The first thing I had to do was come up with a template on how to make this and the measurements. Once I figured that out, I had to come up with a design.
The first one I made, which I forgot to take a picture of, I made for Erica for her birthday. I had so much fun making it, I thought it would be great to make another one for my Merry Christmas Monday series. The above picture is the first one I came up with. Isn't the little reindeer so cute?! Oh, my goodness, I love him! He is from the stamp set Seasonal Chums stamp set and has matching framelits, Seasonal Tags. There is also a snowman and a pumpkin in the set too.
I colored him with the new Stampin' Blends markers, can you see the shading on him? I used the dark and light Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler along with the dark Basic Gray, dark Daffodil Delight and the Bronze markers. A reminder that when you use the Stampin' Blends markers you have to stamp your images with the Memento Ink.
To make this project you will need the following products:
Crumb Cake Cardstock #120953
- cut at 5 1/2" x 8n 1/2" score at 4 1/4"
- cut at 3 3/4" x 8 1/4"
Cherry Cobbler Cardstock #119685
- cut at 4 1/8" x 5 3//8"
- cut at 2 3/4" x 2 3/4"
Whisper White Cardstock #100730
Below are pictures on how to make the tag and holder.
You are going to score on the 8 1/4" side at 3 1/2" and then turn your paper to the 3 3/4" side and you will score at 1/2" on each side. If you look at the second picture you will see how I cut and scored the paper at the same time. You are going to cut down until you get the to score line (the 3 1/2" line) and then you are going to score to the end of the paper. You can see in the picture below what I am talking about.
After you have done your scoring and cutting, don't forget to angle the 1/2" pieces so they fold nicely. Refer back to the first picture where you need to cut the flaps at an angle.
The next step is to mark the section that you just cut the flaps off of at 1 3/8" (this is the center of this end of your paper). If you look at the picture you can see where I placed the mark.
The paper is going to be wider than the slot on the punch, but you can still use it. You will need to slide the paper in the punch as it is shown in the picture above. Once you have it in the punch make sure your mark at 1 3/8" is in the center of the punch. See the photo above to see the mark I made.
Next, trim off the little tabs that are still on there.
Add a strong adhesive, as shown above, I used the Tear and Tape, and burnish (use a bone folder to make a sharp crease on the score lines) and put it together. Figure out where you want to put it on your card before adhering it. With this strong of adhesive it is hard to take it off and move it.
For the background on my card, I used the Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder on the Cherry Cobbler piece of paper. Now, is the fun part, decorate the tag holder as you wish.
Making the tag is super easy. Take a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and cut it at 2 1/2" x 4 1/2". I used the Scalloped Tag Topper again, so it will match and you will have to slide it in the same way as the Crumb Cake piece.
With this set, the stamps have a front and back and they are attached. It is designed that way so you can fold it in half and have a cute little tag all at once. How awesome is that! I cut mine apart, so I used the back piece to decorate the inside of the card. For your envelope you could just stamp the front of the reindeer and color it if you wanted to or you could just leave it uncolored. Either way, it will be beautiful.
Isn't the back side of this deer just as cute as the front. He is so stinkin' cute!
Our carpet is finished!!! I love, love, love it! One of my daycare kids told me it is so squishy. Compared to our old carpet, that is 18 years old, it is definitely squishy. LOL I don't think I have worked that hard physically in a very long time. It took them four days to finish all of it, but it was so worth it. I really don't want to move any more furniture for a while. You don't realize how much stuff you have until you have to move all of it. Needless to say, there were a lot of trips to drop of things to Goodwill.
Mr. Wonderful went to Michigan over the weekend to spend some time with Erica. I know that made her very happy to see her daddy. I love how she still calls us mommy and daddy. I really wish I could have gone with him. I haven't seen her since the beginning of September. This is the longest we have gone without seeing each other. We are hoping and praying she will be able to come for a few days at Christmas.
Emily comes home late on Friday night (well, really Saturday very early in the morning). We haven't seen her since July and I can't wait. It is really hard being this far away from our girls. We are blessed that she will be able to be home for a week and two weeks at Christmas.
Oh my goodness! Do not try to type up your blog post when you are very tired. I have a very busy week this week, so I have been working a lot in my stamping studio this weekend getting prepared for it. I was working on this blog post late last night and was literally falling asleep while I was typing. So, I went to bed and finished it this morning. It is a good thing I went back and reread it. One section I wrote the same thing three times, three different ways. Another section I typed what I heard on TV. It would have been a very interesting and funny blog post if I had posted it. Note to self, don't work on blog post when you are tired. LOL
Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you have a blessed week.
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