Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Tags, Tags and More Tags!

Hello Everyone!  We have a special treat for you today - a combined post from Susan, Cheryl and Jan!  Cheryl suggested we all create 6 tags each for Christmas.  Well, this turned out to be such a great idea!  It was fun to do and we ended up with a huge variety of Christmas tags, from easy to more detailed.  Here are photos of all our tags:



 Here are the six tags that I (Susan) created.  The first three are all using Creative Impressions new stamp line ( Tree Stamp TT217, Snowflake from (Set Y586 Wishes) along with a Christmas tree felt shape (63120) and Dark Green Tree Brads (90652).  The ribbons used were Red/White Bakers Twine (80700), Navy/White Twine (80717) and Spring Green/White Twine (80704).  I also used Happy Holidays printed Ribbon (80335), Snowflake Ribbon (80117) and O' Christmas Tree Printed Ribbon (63120)

For the second grouping I again used the Christmas felt shapes on two of the tags and some of our stamps.  The ribbon used were Happy Holidays (80335) Merry Christmas (80334) and Green 1/2" Dot with Red  (70401).  The last embellishment was a large red Bright round  Brad (90703).  The Felt Candy Cane and Holly are from the Christmas Felt Shapes (63120)                                 .

Now for some really fancy tags worthy of putting on cards as well!  Jan is up next!




Aren't these beautiful tags?  For the first two tags, Jan used several of our stamps (Y559 Gingerbread Cookies) and (Y495 Merriest Christmas) along with Creative Impressions ribbons ( Red Jumbo Cotton Rick Rack, Brown/White Baker's Twine 70835, 1/4" Grid Ribbon Green Apple and Crepe Ribbon)                and embellishments (Antique Copper Fleur-di-lis Paper Fasteners 93006)

The second grouping are a tag within a tag using stamps ( Y206 To Have and To Hold and Y494 Happy Holiday) and ribbon ( Green Velvet Shimmer Ribbon 70972 and Crepe Ribbon Red 70130)  Jan came up with  a genius idea of using alcohol inks on our Pearls (Bits of Bling 50512) for the berries.  Now why didn't I think of that?!

The last two tags feature as well as our fabulous Snowflakes and brads ( Stamp M210 Season's Ornament)  It is hard to see that the ornament on the tag was stamped twice and the second one was folded in half to add dimension.  The ribbon used was Evergreen/White Baker's Twine 80718.  The Snowflakes are 63010 and 63000.  The Paper Fasteners are 90651.

Now for the last two by Cheryl.  I love the fact that these are specially designed for packages and show how our embellishments can be used in so many different ways!  Love them!


The above tag used the dark green Tree Brads ( 90640 ) along with Merry Christmas from Y556 Retro Sentiments Stamp Set .


This tag uses our White Spiral Stars from our Red, White and Blue Spiral Star Assortment (85030)


           Love the Light Bulb Paper Fasteners (90656 )on this tag!


Love the sweet Heart Paper Fastener (90303) by her name!   


Cheryl used some Silver Snowflake Combos (92007), panted them white and dipped them in glitter while still wet.

I may just be copying some of these tags for my Christmas packages this year!

Hope you enjoyed our collaboration of Christmas tags!

Merry Christmas to all of you from Creative Impressions!

Susan, Cheryl and Jan and Chari (and, of course Janet)

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Fabric Christmas Mini Book


Merry Christmas and celebrate with a cute little fabric mini book.  I love making little books and this one was super fun!

Pictorial instructions on sewing the book are found below.


Each page of the book can be a prompt for Christmas card ideas.


Creative Impressions felt Christmas shapes are DARN cute!


Create little pockets for a cheerful message, tucked away.


Combine non-traditional Christmas colors to brighten the pages and give a childlike, whimsical feel.


Collect different neutral fabric swatches to layer behind focal point.
The music note twill ribbon tab hints at the song "O' Christmas Tree".


Creative Impressions polymer stamps stamp beautifully on fabric!


Embellish your embellishments!  Use a stylus to make red paint dot ornaments on an Antique Copper tree brad.

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Creative Impressions products used on this project:
Christmas Felt Shapes 63120
Christmas Ornaments Felt Shapes 63121
Mini Rick Rack Dark Green 70754
Printed Ribbons Red w/White 80143
Ribbon Expressions O' Christmas Tree 80332
Ribbon Expressions Merry & Bright 80333
Ribbon Expressions Merry Christmas 80334
Twill Expressions Merry Christmas 80464
Twill Expressions Music Note 80477
Safety Pins Tropical Assortment 84562
(or Primary Assortment 84561)
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Dark Green Tree 90640
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Light Bulb Assortment 90656
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Red Heart 90303
Metal Finish Paper Fasteners Gold Star 91002
Metal Finish Paper Fasteners Gold Mini Star 91022
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Pewter Snowflake Combo 95006
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Tree 95007
Top Painted Paper Fasteners Copper Tree 93007
3/8" Blank Gingham Red & Black 80266
White Mini Round (brads) 90170
Red, White, Blue Mini Star Assortment 90293

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I sewed together a 4 x 8 panels of muslin and cotton duck for each page spread, 4 times.



I folded the "signatures" in half and sewed them to a 4 x 2 inch "spine" spacing them about 1/4 inch apart to accommodate all the goodies inside.  :-)






Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Elegant Christmas from Creative Impressions


Creative Impressions Felt Shapes POP against a gold embossed card front.

Mini gold star sit atop each ornament and add a little sparkle to a "Merry Christmas" sentiment on Twill message ribbon.  Can you tell I LUUUUUV those message ribbons??

Merry Creative Christmas!

Creative Impressions Products used:
Felt Shapes Christmas Ornaments - 63121
1/2" Twill Expressions Merry Christmas - 80464
Metal Finish Paper Fasteners/Gold Mini Star - 91022