...Trimming the tree with Seasons of Love Tags. Sept new stamps day 7

ED - I have closed the competition. Thank you so much for all of your tips - there are loads that I'm going to try out!!!!! and i expect my card making productivity to improve drastically!! lol Thank you, and don't forget to check in tomorrow to see the deets for the GRAND prize!!

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Lyndall who said...

I just don't iron. My theory is your clothes straightened out while you wear them :-)

Lyndall, congratulations, you win a free stamp set, drop me an email, letting me know if you have a favourite already or if you want to wait on the new releases!!! lol

I will edit this post later tonight with the winner of the competition !! You just have time to enter - go HERE to see the competition post and leave a comment!!

The upcoming Seasons of love - Tags (Clear stamp set releasing here on this blog on the 29th Sept!) set is turning out to be so versatile, soon as I got my first samples of it I had an idea to make little tree decorations. - I started by making a simple 3D star - I have taken some photos of the process so you can see how easy it is, I have put them at the end of this post.

There are a multitude of possibilities for decorations using this set and i'm just scratching the surface here. I warn you, these are addictive!!lol.

In the pic above you can see the other main tag from the set - it is a heart shape - yep it co-ordinates with a Spellbinders heart die!! nope they're not paying me!!

When you use it to make a decoration as I have, it makes a lovely little hot air balloon shape - I'm gonna try making a wee basket for it when I get a mo!

Try cutting out the centre circle from the star, (- I had a nestie circle that just fit perfectly - a hair under 1.5 inches.) put a few of these together as shown in the photos below and string a little heart or whatever takes your fancy, maybe some beads, in the centre before you close up the decoration.





Above - I find it easiest to secure my die in place with tape before passing it through the cuttlebug/wizard.


After I have stamped some stars and cut them out, I mark a crease in them running straight down the centre, using the scorpal. Given the shape, it is so easy just to line them up on the scorpal using the top point as a guide.



I stick them together back to back using a little tape, one at a time. Below you can see where I put the tape. This pic was taken while I made the decoration wit the heart in the centre but the process is the same for all. Now is a good time to add a little string and a bell or maybe some beads, as long as you do it before you stick the last two backs together.



Above the finished decoration, Hope they tickle!!

I will edit this post later tonight with the winner of the competition !! You just have time to enter - go HERE to see the competition post and leave a comment!!