Grace Notes
August 03, 2018
Beautiful Skater Tag
Elegant Tag for Girls of All Ages
It's fun to make unique tags for that extra large gift, or for the gift that is going to bring the most excitement and joy to the recipient. This one is frosty with a touch of nostalgia in the skater.
Skater
The gift wrap used is actually very shiny. I Cut a pretty frame from Elegant Edges out of glittery aqua cardstock (pic doesn't do it justice). Frame size is 5-1/2".
The skater and all her layers are cut at 4 inches. Skater is from Winter Woodland cartridge.
Dress and Skates
The dress is cut from sparkly dotted cardstock from DCWV Cherry Limeade stack. The pic doesn't show the raised shine of the skater's dress.
The trim layer pieces are plain white cardstock, glittered with sparkle dust.
Skates are plain white cardstock with silver glitter added to the blades. Isn't she lovely!
December 24, 2017
CHRISTMAS JOY
Sending Christmas Joy
The perfect card design for a sister who shares my memories of skating together, years ago. Oh, the hours we'd spend on the ice until our toes were frozen! (Click pictures for close-up.)
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| Figure Skates, Shimmery Gold accents, Snowflakes and Greenery |
Details
This card is a generous size: card base measures 4-1/4" x 6-1/2". It is thick with layers and needed to be mailed in a protective, puffy envelope to protect the skates.
Everything was created in Cricut Design Space EXCEPT for the punched pine branches. See list of cartridges below.
Inside
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| Figure Skates Christmas Card -- Inside |
Poem and Verse, by Grace Baxter
Cartridges Used:
- White embossed background overlay, flourish design label, from Elegant Edges, embossed with snowflakes
- Gold foil frame, flourish rectangle, from Elegant Edges
- Sentiment frame shape, label from Heritage
- Figure skates, from Go Canada!
- "Sending Christmas Joy" sentiment, written with Alphalicious font
Merry Christmas, Friends!
December 22, 2017
2-Minute TAGS
Gift Tags in a Flash
Here is the quickest way to make pretty Christmas tags for your gifts.Start with a package or two of gift tag stickers. I bought mine from Joanne, on sale. Choose the red and green combo, gold and silver, or blue with silver. I like a variety to go with any bag or wrap.
Gift tag stickers are, when stuck directly on a gift -- flimsy and ordinary. They also get thrown out with the ripped off wrappings. With my beefed-up tags, they can be used every year! Just save them after all the gifts are opened.
Tags From Scraps
It's a great way to use scraps of foil cardstock, which we know can be pricey. I also used regular matte red and green.
Punch the corners and punch a small hole for ribbon or cording to go through. I always have red, green, gold and silver cording on hand for Christmas tags.
I also punched some tiny notes from silver CS to use either as confetti or to glue to other tags. I like the added gleam. Foil tags give sparkle on the gifts when the tree lights shine on them.
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| Cutting Tags from Shimmer and Foil Cardstock Scraps |
Have fun making these easy, pretty gift tags!
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