Wobbling Santa's Hat

 Wobbling Santa's hat

Hi it's Sue here today to show you fun interactive tags.

It is always good to have tags on hand in your stash for the holiday season, but how about interactive ones.

I actually got a pretty good picture showing the motion of the hat.  Don't you think?  There is a wobble spring behind the hat that makes it move.

You can see a short video and more over at my blog here.

stamps used on these cards

Blank Page Muse Steampunk'd Christmas rubber art stamp sheet

Blank Page Muse Butterfly trails stencil 

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Steampunk'd Christmas

Hello it's Gracie! Days are going by so fast and Christmas is right around the corner, so there's only a few more days left to make beautiful Christmas projects. Today I have a tag to share with you. To make it I used a very nice stamp set from Sin City Stamps called Steampunk'd Christmas. I honestly love how this tag turned out.

To make my tag I followed these steps:

1. Stamp and heat emboss in gold the largest gear stamp on a beige cardstock tag. I stamped it twice.
2. Stamp and heat emboss in gold a post stamp on the tag too.
3. Apply Crafter's Ink in Aquamarine and Distress Ink in Vintage Photo to the tag using a sponge applicator.
4. Die cut three poinsettias in white and sponge with ink to match the tag's background.
5. Embellish the poinsettias with aquamarine pearl stickers.

6. Stamp the Christmas word sentiment to a piece of beige cardstock and cut a banner.
7. Apply inks to the banner to match the rest of the design.
8. Double mount the sentiment banner to the bottom of the tag using foam adhesive.
9. As a final touch, add jute twine around the poinsettia bouquet and a piece of gold ribbon to the tag eyelet. I roughly sponged aquamarine ink the the gold ribbon to give it a vintage look.

The Steampunk'd Christmas stamp set is so versatile! It gives you so many options to create both backgrounds and focal elements on any paper crafting or mixed media project.

I hope you liked my tag and tutorial. Thank you for stopping by!

TERRI SPROUL INSPIRED TECHNIQUE

I am sharing a Christmas Card I made for SinCity Stamps today.  I used a technique I learned from Terri Sproul's Tuesday night show.  She does a live "Art Journal" show every week and she shows us many techniques!  Click her link above to find out more.

She showed us the technique I used for this card several times but I never tried it until now.  It is awesome and I know it will be in my "favorite techniques" file for sure!

Supplies:

• SinCity Stamps "Steampunk'd Christmas" Stamp Set
• SinCity Stamps "Fish Stencil"
• DecoArt Media Paint "Cadmium Red"
• Stewart Superior India Ink

This technique is like reverse stenciling.

I took out my stencil, paint and baby wipes.  I loved the flourish of the fish's tail so I taped off the rest of the fish.  I painted my whole piece of paper and let it dry.  I put my stencil on top and used the baby wipes to wipe off the paint that was inside the stencil.

How cool is that???  I can't believe I didn't try it sooner!  The flourishes look like flowers, I think.  

I stamped the Merry Christmas directly on the reverse stenciled, dry, paper.  I love how crisp these stamps are!!

I also stamped the postal stamp on some patterned paper to add to the top right corner.

I matted the reverse stenciled and stamped paper and added a bow with a button.

I hope you try this technique.  If you do be sure to let Terri know, I'm sure she'd love to see!!  Check out her Art journal group, All Things Terri Sproul!

xxDaniella

Gingerbread Bird House by Michelle Frae Cummings

 Hi Everyone!
     Michelle here with a delightful Gingerbread Bird House that was as fun to make as it is to look at!

The supplies I used were, .....From Sin City Stamps : Steampunked Christmas Peppermint gears,  and Santa from Steampunked Christmas.

 A unpainted wooden birdhouse with the perch removed, paint to prime it as you see here,
red, green and black ink. Assorted dew Drops from The Robins Nest, gold and silver glitter, a red ink pen for Santa's suit, a plastic candy cane, some beads for the feet, and extra Christmas miniatures.
I also used tombo glue, foam tape, e6000 and precision scissors.

Festive Glittery Christmas Tags

 This year, I am giving handmade gifts. I plan on making gifts in a jar, fresh basked cookies, jewelry and hand crafted cards. To top all these gifts, I'm adding handmade tags too!
 I love the simplicity of the silver glitter accenting the tags with the nostalgic color scheme and festive rosette.

 Here's how I made these:
For the tag, I stamped in red ink, Backgrounds stamp by Terri Sproul.
I punched a hole at the top corner before adding a line of glue to the edges and sprinkling with glitter.

The rosette strip was stamped in green ink using a decorative border stamp from Art Journaling with Terri Sproul. I then ran the strip though my Big Shot with a rosette thin die.  
I assembled the rosette and topped it off with a decorative stamped image of Steampunked Peppermint Gears in red.
I accented the rosette and center image with glitter, red/green glues and silver dew drops from The Robins Nest.

I attached a bit of red pom-pom trim to the bottom of each tag and looped some vintage satin ribbon through the top.
I attached the rosette to the tag with 2 layers of foam tape to give it some fun dimension.

With a  personal holiday greeting on the back, I now have the perfect tags to accent my hand made gifts!

STEAMPUNK'D CHRISTMAS

Hello!  Today I am sharing a couple of cute note/gift cardholders that I made using the "Steampunk'd Christmas" Stamp set.

SUPPLIES:

• Sin City Stamps "Steampunk'd Christmas" set
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Stewart Superior Ink Pads - Antique Brown and Crimson
• Ranger Ink - Green Mint
• Martha Stewart Glitter Markers
• Misc. paper, doily, gauze and paperclip

Stamp the images you want to use on the mixed media paper and color them with glitter markers.  Cut them out.

Glue the images to each other in a way you like.  Add some gauze too.

Aren't they cute?  They could be ornaments too.  Put some gel medium on the front and back and they will stay perfect for years to come!!

Or, you can make them little note/gift cardholders like I did.  How many times has an unexpected visitor knocked at your door and you start to panic because you don't have a holiday card made for them.  Or, how many times have you bought gift cards but you forgot to take an extra free envelope?

Problem solved!!!

Here are 2 samples.  Just a scrap of paper from the "left over paper bin" (you KNOW you have one!!) a doily and a paperclip!

Thanks for visiting today!!  Be sure to visit the store and get your "Steampunk'd Christmas" stamps!!

xxDaniella