Deck the Halls fun fold

Hey everybody! I hope you’re having a great weekend and it’s not too cold where you are! I’m back this morning with another ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share created with the awesome December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! In addition to the gorgeous papers and stickers in this month’s kit, I love the ephemera bits in the upgrades. I created a pretty double easel fun fold chock full of gorgeous Christmas foliage and cardinals. Who wouldn’t love this pretty card sitting on their mantle?!

The card bases were cut from white and red cardstock and embellished with a pretty green patterned paper from the collection. All sorts of foliage and cardinals from the ephemera bits in the upgrades were added to the short and long easel portions of the card. I also added a few white and black glittered enamel dots.

The inside panel was embellished with a leftover strip of patterned paper used on the front, an additional piece of ephemera from the upgrades, and a sentiment sticker from the sticker sheet. This was a fun one and I love how it turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional New
3. ABC Christmas Challenge: Y & Z are for? (Y for Your Choice/Anything Goes)
4. Cardz 4 Galz: #214 – A Christmas Card
5. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes
6. Christmas Kickstart Challenge: #81 – If it’s Christmassy Link It Up
7. Classic Design Challenge: December #12 Anything Goes
8. Crafty Calendar: December Challenge – Christmas Themed

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

ScrapbookingStore products used:
December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Basis Dark Red cardstock
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Eyelet Outlet white glitter and black glitter enamel dots

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re thinking about all the fun you could have with this month’s kit… you really ought to think about joining the Subscription Club! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for lots of crafty inspiration! And if you do decide to join the Subscription Club, join our ScrapbookingStore Club Member Group on Facebook for more inspiration and to share your projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly

Hi friends, Happy Saturday! I hope you have something fun planned this weekend… and if you’re a crafter, maybe you have some crafting up your sleeve?! I’m definitely doing some of that here today! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog with an inspiration project featuring the Snowflake Inserts stamp set and the Snowflake Pendant die. I totally love these because the snowflake is large and definitely takes charge on any project! I love cards with apertures so I cut a large circle in the front flap for the snowflake to show through.

The card base was cut from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and I used two coordinating prints from the Keep It Simple Royal 12×12 Collection Pack for the front and inside layering panels. I used Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies for the large and small circle die cuts.

I adhered three snowflake die cuts together (cut from CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Vista cardstock using the Snowflake Pendant die) which I embellished with blue gemstones. The sentiment from the Snowflake Inserts stamp set was stamped in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink. The finishing touch was adding die cut corners cut from Solar white with the JustRite A2 Card Front Basics die set embellished with blue gemstones.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Any Winter Holiday
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Classic Design Challenge: December #12 Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Snowflake Pendant die
Snowflake Inserts stamps

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Stardream Metallic Vista cardstock, Keep It Simple Royal 12×12 Collection Pack
INK: Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies, JustRite A2 Card Front Basics
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, blue gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Have A Very Merry Christmas

Hey everybody! I hope your weekend has started off with a bang! Well, not literally, lol! I have to ask… are you ready for that jolly man in the red suit to make his appearance?! It won’t be long! I have another ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share with you today created with the December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! The papers, stickers, and upgrades in the kits each month coordinate so well, but on the flip side of that I wanted to demonstrate that the stickers in this Christmas collection are pretty enough to stand alone on a clean and simple A2 card. I absolutely love the pop of color on an all-white background. This design worked up very quickly and would be easy to mass produce!

The card base and background were cut from Solar White cardstock. I used the Kat Scrappiness Buffalo Plaid Backdrop Die but any kind of background die would work for this clean and simple technique. The focal image and sentiment stickers from the sticker sheet were adhered to white cardstock, fussy cut, and adhered to the card front on foam strips. The finishing touch was adding several iridescent gemstones.

The inside is clean and simple as well, embellished with border and sentiment stickers from the sticker sheet.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Any Winter Holiday
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
3. ABC Christmas Challenge: Y and Z are for? (Y – Your Choice/Anything Goes)
4. Cardz 4 Galz: #214 – A Christmas Card
5. Christmas Kickstart Challenge: #81 – If it’s Christmassy Link It Up
6. Classic Design Challenge: December #12 Anything Goes
7. Crafty Calendar Challenge: December Challenge – Christmas Theme

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

ScrapbookingStore products used:
December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: Kat Scrappiness Buffalo Plaid Backdrop Die
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, 1″ and 1/2″ double-sided foam strips, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re thinking about all the fun you could have with this month’s kit… you really ought to think about joining the Subscription Club! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for lots of crafty inspiration! And if you do decide to join the Subscription Club, join our ScrapbookingStore Club Member Group on Facebook for more inspiration and to share your projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

Winter Wonderland Mini Album

Hey everybody! I hope your week is ending nicely! Every day we’re getting THAT much closer to Christmas and I have an amazing ScrapbookingStore DT inspiration project to share with you created with the awesome December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades! You know how I love me some mini albums AND I’m in full-on Christmas mode, so you know what that means! I totally love everything in this month’s kit and used journaling cards, papers and stickers along with ephemera and stickers from the upgrades.

The album consists of trimmed 3×4 journaling cards and coordinating patterned paper panels adhered to both sides of white cardstock panels. The front and back sides of each page were embellished with stickers from the sticker sheet in the kit, ephemera and stickers from the upgrades, and gemstones from my stash. Pull-ups, pull-outs and die cuts were added to most of the pages. The album was bound with two rings embellished with green ribbon.

There you have it! This was an easy one with plenty of room for photos and journaling those Christmas memories!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Any Winter Holiday
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
3. ABC Christmas Challenge: Y and Z are for? (Y – Your Choice/Anything Goes)
4. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes
5. Classic Design Challenge: December #12 Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

ScrapbookingStore products used:
December 2023 Scrapbook Kit with Upgrades

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 110# and 80# Solar White cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies, Stitched Rectangles Nested Dies, Stitched Ovals Nested Dies and Stitched Squares Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, assorted gemstones, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip, We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Big Bite, 7gypsies binding rings

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re thinking about all the fun you could have with this month’s kit… you really ought to think about joining the Subscription Club! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for lots of crafty inspiration! And if you do decide to join the Subscription Club, join our ScrapbookingStore Club Member Group on Facebook for more inspiration and to share your projects! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

snow much fun

Hey everybody! I hope you’re having a fabulous weekend! We’re inching closer and closer to Christmas, and the Keep It Simple design team is doing a Christmas Countdown December 1-12! This is Day 10 and it’s my day to share a project featuring papers, stamps, dies and die cut pieces from the amazing Snow Day Collection! I created this faux step card based on a photo I saw online and I don’t remember now who deserves the credit, but it’s just a half-size double easel with a tall panel. Super easy and looks really cute!

I cut the double easel card base from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and layering panels from coordinating papers in the Snow Day 6×9 Collection Pack. I created a couple snow banks from white cardstock and added images stamped from the Snow Globe Stamps and cut with the coordinating Snow Globe Outline Dies to create the scene on the tall panel. Clear enamel dots and sentiments from the Words and Phrases Die Cut Pieces were added to complete the card front.

I embellished the inside panel with leftover strips of the papers used on the front and stamped a sentiment from the Snow Day Collection Stamp.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Any Winter Holiday
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes
4. Christmas Kickstart Challenge: #81 – If it’s Christmassy Link It Up

Keep It Simple products used:
Snow Day 6×9 Collection Pack
Snow Day Snow Globe Stamps
Snow Day Snow Globe Outline Dies
Snow Day Collection Stamp
Snow Day Word and Phrases Die Cut Pieces
Back To Basics Clear Enamel Dots

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Arteza alcohol markers- GS09, BG25, R43; Sharpie Ultra Fine Point orange marker
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Stampin’ Up Dimensionals

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it, and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple store such as paper, stamps, die cuts, ephemera, washi tape and enamel dots to name just a few! You’ll go cRaZy! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

‘Tis the Season

Hey everybody! Are you ready for the big jolly man in the red suit to visit in a couple weeks?! He’ll be here whether you’re ready or not, lol! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Ally’s Angels and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for Challenge #77! This Christmas card is a super simple design with snowflakes die cut directly into the front panel with blue craft foam placed behind the apertures so it’s seen through the snowflakes and around the edges of the panel.

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base and layering panels from CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock and blue craft foam. Using the Taylored Expressions snowflake die (freebie with an order), I die cut three snowflakes into the layering panel and stamped a sentiment from the Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink in the bottom right corner. I fastened teal glittered brads from my stash to the center of each snowflake and adhered the blue craft foam behind the panel.

I cut the inside panel from Basis Natural, embellished it with a strip of Darice blue cardstock and a leftover strip of Basis Natural, and stamped another sentiment from the Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set in Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional New

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support! 

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural cardstock, Darice blue cardstock
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Winter Wishes stamp set
Ink: Catherine Pooler Cove Blue ink
Dies/Punches: Taylored Expressions snowflake die (freebie with order)
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Art Glitter Dries Clear adhesive, Tape Runner, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, blue craft foam, teal glittered brads from stash

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Happy Winter

Hey everybody! Happy Friday – I hope you’re having an awesome week and have something fun planned this weekend! I’m delighted to be back with an inspiration project for Prickley Pear Stamps. I know I have mentioned many times that this is my favorite time of year. I love all the Wintery Christmas sights, sounds and smells, and of course all the delightful crafting! Our design team has created some gorgeous Winter-themed projects for our Winter Celebrations Insta-Hop using a fun sketch. The hop starts on the Prickley Pear Stamps Instagram page today and we hope you’ll join us!

You’ll find the complete hop list and the sketch on the Prickley Pear Stamps page, and by following and leaving comments or likes at all the stops on the hop, you’ll be in the running for a $25 gift card from Prickley Pear Stamps! A random winner will be chosen from all comments and likes left by 11:59 PM EST on December 15th and announced on the Prickley Pear Stamps Instagram and Facebook pages on December 17th.

I created a front flap card featuring one of the ladies in the awesome Snow Ladies Trio stamp set, and I structured the flaps around the sketch. I totally love how it turned out! I do love this image!

The card base and flap were cut from CutCardStock Basis Natural and a stitched circle cut from Basis Dark Red cardstock. The layering panels were cut from coordinating prints in The Paper Shelter Mirabelle cardstock pad. I stamped the image from the Snow Ladies Trio stamp set on Basis Natural in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored it with alcohol markers and cut it with a Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Die. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set in the upper right corner and added three gemstones from the Trinity Stamps Ruby Radiance Embellishment Mix with my Trinity Pick Up Stick.

Using the Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies, I cut one more circle from Basis Natural and adhered it beneath the flap for a handwritten message and signature.

You should totally use Prickley Pear Stamps products and our hop sketch, and post your Winter Celebrations project on your Instagram page! Tag us using the hashtag #ppswintercelebrations and you may be asked to join us as a Guest Designer in one of our future hops! Here’s the sketch we used:

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: December 2023 – Anything Goes w/ optional Any Winter Holiday
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
3. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Snow Ladies Trio stamp set

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Basis 110# Natural, Basis 80# Natural and Basis Dark Red cardstock, The Paper Shelter Mirabelle cardstock pad
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Arteza alcohol markers- YR14/32, R20, RP09, YG45/46, CG04, GB08, B32, GS05/07; Sharpie white paint marker
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Trinity Stamps Ruby Radiance Embellishment Mix, Trinity Pick Up Stick

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Love & Thanks

Hey everybody! Happy Thursday – I hope you’re having a great week! I’m up on the CutCardStock blog today with a tutorial for making a trifold window card featuring several of our new Lessebo cardstock colors. The Lessebo line replaces the Basis cardstock that is no longer carried but was one of my favorites. I’m happy to report that it’s just as awesome as the Basis was!

I cut the card base from Lessebo Ivory and then used Hunter Green, Aubergine, Granite Gray, Arctic Blue, Navy Blue and Ivory to create a striped background for the card front. I cut an aperture into the panel with a Spellbinders Diamond & Arch Motif die and adhered a piece of acetate behind it. The large front sentiment is from the Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added several blue gemstones to finish the front.

I stamped the focal image (seen through the window) on the Ivory piece that was die cut from the flap using the larger Spellbinders Diamond & Arch Motif stamp and colored it with alcohol markers, then added another sentiment from the Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set.

I cut the inside panel from Lessebo Aubergine cardstock and adhered it with the fold at the bottom. I then added an Ivory panel which I embellished with strips of Hunter Green, Artic Blue and Aubergine. I stamped an additional sentiment and small heart (from the same stamp set) directly on the panel in black ink.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

CutCardStock products used:
Lessebo Ivory cardstock
Lessebo Hunter Green cardstock
Lessebo Aubergine cardstock
Lessebo Granite Gray cardstock
Lessebo Arctic Blue cardstock
Lessebo Navy Blue cardstock

Other products used:
STAMPS: Spellbinders Diamond & Arch Motif stamp set, Keep It Simple Thank You Sentiments stamp set
INK: Catherine Pooler Midnight ink; Arteza alcohol markers- G21, B28, CG04, PB01; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
DIES/PUNCHES: Spellbinders Diamond & Arch Motif die set
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tombow Mono Dots adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Grafix Crystal Clear Craft Plastic, 1/4″ double-sided foam strip, blue gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out all the awesome cardstock and other goodies at CutCardStock (adhesives, labels, stickers, pens, watercolors and ribbon to name a few). And head on over to the CutCardStock Facebook Page and for more inspiration! Also, be sure to join our Creating with Card Stock Facebook Group for even more crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,

It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Hi friends! Happy Friday AND Happy December 1st! Can you believe it?! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog today with an inspiration project featuring the Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set along with the Flourished Oval Die and Flourished Oval Nesting Dies! This was a super easy and fun card to put together with the whimsical Christmas papers in the ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit from Echo Park!

The card base was cut from Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock and layered with a panel cut from the Echo Park ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit which already had faux lace and off-kilter horizontal flags across the bottom that I thought looked so cute with the stamped snowmen! I used the Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set along with the Flourished Oval Die and Flourished Oval Nesting Dies to create the focal image. I also used a journaling card from the collection to layer the focal image. The finishing touches were an off-kilter vertical flag cut from a leftover strip and some iridescent gemstones.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: December #12-2023 – Anything Goes
2. Christmas Crafts All Year ‘Round: December Challenge – 12 Drummers Drumming, 12 of Something, Musical Theme or Anything Christmas or Holiday Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Flourished Oval 3 – Holidays stamp set
Flourished Oval Die
Flourished Oval Nesting Dies

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Pop Tone Jellybean Green cardstock, Echo Park ‘A Perfect Christmas’ Collection Kit
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves inks; Arteza alcohol markers- R31/43, GB08, YR32, NG04, B14, YG45
DIES/PUNCHES: Tonic corner punch
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, iridescent gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,

Christmas Gift Tags in Non-Traditional Colors

Hey everybody! We’re on the downslide into December and I hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving! This month has flown by and Christmas is on our heels! I’m up on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog today with a super fun set of Christmas gift tags in non-traditional colors! I used the Christmas Holiday Gift Tags stamp set and Gift Tags dies along with the Nesting Tags dies. I pulled out a variety of Karin markers and alcohol markers to color these beauties and I love how they turned out! You know me… I’m always down for using non-traditional colors for my Christmas projects!

I stamped all five images from the Christmas Holiday Gift Tags stamp set in Memento London Fog ink and then again in Versamark, and heat embossed them with Hero Arts clear embossing powder. I used a variety of bold colored markers to color the images, cut them with the coordinating Gift Tags dies and added tiny red gemstones to several of them.

I used the Nesting Tag dies and cut a tag from CutCardStock Pop Tone Grape Jelly, Pop Tone Razzleberry, Pop Tone Tangy Orange, Pop Tone Limeade and Basis Gray cardstock (backed each one with a tag cut from Solar White cardstock), stamped ‘To and From’ on the back of each one in London Fog ink, and adhered the images. I punched a 1/4″ hole at the top of each tag, threaded a coordinating color ribbon (from Really Reasonable Ribbon) through the hole at the top, and tied it (along with a piece of knotted silver string, also from Really Reasonable Ribbon) with Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine.

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. Classic Design Challenge: November #11 – Anything Goes

Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you – I really appreciate your support!

Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Christmas Holiday Gift Tags stamp set
Gift Tags dies
Nesting Tag dies

Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: CutCardStock Pop Tone Grape Jelly, Pop Tone Razzleberry, Pop Tone Tangy Orange, Pop Tone Limeade and Basis Gray cardstock; Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock
INK: Memento London Fog ink, Versamark, assorted Karin markers and alcohol markers
ACCESSORIES: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Hero Arts Clear embossing powder, Milwaukee Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up 1/4″ circle punch, Really Reasonable Ribbon silver string and assorted ribbon, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine, red gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! Save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps by using coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,