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Oversized Merry Christmas Tag – Stampin’ Up!

I have this lovely oversized Merry Christmas tag to share with you today. This tag can double as a card and tag as there is lots of space on the back to write your message. It is big and bold and yet has a very vintage feel to it.

The colours in this tag are the Real Red and Garden Green. They have been my number one Christmas colours for a number of years. The background colour is not white but very vanilla which gives a softer more shabby chic feel to the tag.

I have just stamped the tab but you could have heat embossed this with clear embossing powder to give a glossy finish. You could even use silver or gold embossing powder for a more metallic bling effect.

Measurements

Garden Green – 4 1/4″ X 5 3/4″
Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper (DSP) – 4″ X 5 1/2″

Although you can’ see I have stamped the back of the tag with “To & From” from the Memories of Home stamp set. I’ve used both real red cotton ribbon and very vanilla lace trim which adds to the shabby chic feel of the tag.

Other projects

I have a video tutorial belong as well as the supply list.

Thank you for dropping by and until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Garden Green A4 Card Stock	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper	Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad	Detailed Trio Punch
Snail Adhesive	Memories Of Home Cling Stamp Set	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Merry Christmas To All Photopolymer Stamp Set
Real Red 3/8″ (1 Cm) Cotton Ribbon	Very Vanilla 3/8″ (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim	Stitched Rectangle Dies	Paper Trimmer

Card Storage Box – Made from Chipboard

I have a card storage box to share with you today. This storage box is extra sturdy as it is made from chipboard as opposed to cardstock. This means it will last longer and can hold lots more. This box is also perfect to store your stickers, embossing folders and if you widen it even your dies!!!

The box is held together with 1-inch binding strips of cardstock. They act as bias binding, holding all the pieces together. I have put strips on the inside and outside of the box for extra stability. The chipboard is black so doesn’t need to be wrapped or covered in additional cardstock. I purchased the chipboard online.

The box is decorated using the Toile and Tidings Designer Series Paper. This paper is real red on one side and garden green on the other. The background colour is actually Very Vanilla and not Whisper White. This gives the paper a great vintage feel

measurements

Chipboard Black –
- Front –
- Sides –
- Back –
- Base
Toile and Tiding Designer Series Paper –
- Front –
- Sides –
- Back –

Card Storage Box - Made from Chipboard - Sloped Sides — Card Storage Box – Made from Chipboard – Sloped Sides

My initial sample had slope sides above but when I filmed the video I forgot to angle my sides and so they ended up straight. Which do you prefer? let me know in the comments below.

Card Storage Box - Made from Chipboard - straight sides — Card Storage Box – Made from Chipboard – straight sides

I am really enjoying making projects with chipboard and have many more ideas in the pipeline. Sometimes I think we can get bored of cardmaking. It is good to expand our creativeness and take ourselves out of our comfort zone.

Other Projects

The video is quite long but this project does take longer to make than a card. Some parts of the video have been sped up but you can slow them down again on YouTube if you want to see it in real-time. The supply list is below as always.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you liked this project as much as I enjoyed making it. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Basic Black A4 Card Stock	Simply Scored	Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper	Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots
Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Night Before Christmas Memories & More Card Pack	Paper Trimmer

Inlaid Punch Technique – Christmas Card Tutorial

I have a very simple but very effective technique to share with you today. I’ve used the technique of inlaid die cutting but with a punch instead. Wrapped in Plaid must be my most used Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the whole catalogue. I love it!! I’ve used scraps here to make this great card.

Inlaid Punch Technique - Wrapped in Plaid Christmas Card - Stampin' Up! — Inlaid Punch Technique – Wrapped in Plaid Christmas Card – Stampin’ Up!

The cherry cobbler and shaded spruce are very traditional Christmas Colours. The white of the trees really makes them pop on this card. I should warn you, that you can not punch out the trees and use the reverse of the image as these trees are not symmetrical. You will need to punch the trees again from scrap cardstock. I then used liquid glue to inlay the trees into the punched “holes”. Don’t through out the first punched trees as you can use them on another card, that I will link below.

measurements

Thick Whisper White A6 Cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half)
Wrapped in Plaid DSP – 14.35cm x 10cm

I love simple and easy projects such as this as time can be at a premium and it’s great to still be able to give that a handmade card.

other projects using the wrapped in Plaid Designer Series Paper

The habitual video tutorial and supply list are below. I hope you liked the project, let me know below what you think. Thank you for stopping by and until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Wrapped In Plaid 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper	Pine Tree Punch	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Gold Foil Sheets
Classic Label Punch	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Snail Adhesive	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)	Paper Trimmer

Mini Chocolate Wrapped Gift – Stampin’ Up!

I have this yummy mini chocolate wrapped gift to share with you today. This is a very simple project but I would be very pleased if I were to receive it.

I bought a little pack of 5 chocolate bars from the supermarket with the intention of using them in a project and this is what I came up with. I have used the Night Before Christmas Designer Series Paper (DSP) here to wrap each chocolate bar individually. The ribbon is in the gorgeous classic weave ribbon that has “Merry Christmas” in two different fonts. I’ve heat embossed the sentiment to match it.