...Is it Christmas yet? Sept new stamps day 6

Firstly, I am so enjoying all the 'no ironing' tips that folks are leaving in the contest post here! You have just got time to enter before I close the contest on Wednesday night!!

I'm taking a break from Peace and Plenty and Blessed by You to show you a couple of Christmas samples that I made with another new stamp set due for release on the 29th - Seasons of love - Tags.

As the name suggests this set was primarily designed to make tags, but it turned out to be one of the most versatile sets I've ever used!!! I seem to be on the quest for the perfect tag this year but it's the thing I make most of for Christmas, yes, even more than cards. There are folks on my list for whom I sometimes don't get round to making a card but at least their presents don't get sent out 'undressed'!!

I styled this set after the Very Vintage Christmas set, I so loved the detail and design in that set that I carried it forward into two new tag designs and a bundle of matching motifs and sentiments.

Today's samples feature the star tag. While this stamp co-ordinates beautifully with the largest star die from the Spellbinders nestabilities star die set, you certainly don't need the die to use the stamp, the straight sided star is easily cut out with a craft knife and metal ruler or by hand with scissors.

In case you are wondering I have no affiliation with Spellbinders, it just makes sense to me to ensure that my stamps are easily used, and If I can match up with a popular die or punch, so much the better and easier for us all.


To make this first tag, I stamped the star tag image (Memento - Rhubarb stalk) and then cut it out using the die mentioned. I sponged around the edges and coloured in the filigree with a light tan copic marker. I wanted my sentiment to pop up on another layer and so I stamped a small scroll motif (Seasons of love - Tags) twice in Distress ink, Antique linen, and then the sentiment on top in Memento Rich Cocoa. I punched this out with a wee circle punch (just under 1.5" in diameter) and popped it onto the center of the star, perfect fit!


Above the reverse of the tag - you can see the wee scroll image much clearer here under the To/From. The reverse of this tag is another star stamped and cut out, with a little more copic colouring! I then stuck the stars together, back to back before punching the hole for twine.

Do you notice how the stamp has a place built-in for where you need to punch a little hole for the string/ribbon? ( I use a making memories anywhere hole punch, the largest hole punch is 3/16ths of an inch, but anything up to around 1/4 inch is perfect) In my second tag you can see tat this also makes the perfect place for a little button, or other accent, just thread your twine/string through the button and then pop the string through the hole!


I used a similar process to make this tag, but I cut out an extra star from dark red cardstock and stamped it with the chequerboard stamp from Off Beat Backgrounds, before sandwiching it between the two stamped stars. For the reverse of this tag, I cut a star from plain cream cardstock and stamped it with some of the motifs also included in Seasons of love - Tags.



For my third tag, I sandwiched a circle of green card, stamped and gold embossed with the larger scroll design from the set. The main star image is stamped in Encore metallic ink - Honeydew, which has a lovely soft green tone. The snowflake, also from the set is stamped in a pale green ink, and the sentiment, 'Joy' is gold embossed.

Take a peep at the reverse, see the little journalling lines? these are included as a separate stamp in the set so's you can use the star and the other tag shape as little journalling note shapes in scrapbooks/cards etc! more on this tomorrow!!


Hope these tickle!

Pop by tomorrow to see how you can use these stamps to trim the tree, make cards and much, much more!! Also tomorrow night I'll be picking a winner for thecompetition mentioned at the start of this post, and on Thursday I'll be giving details of my next competition to win the MONSTER prize!!!!!!!!!! Lol!