Gift Tag Scene

Hello once again. I have a good excuse to play in my craft room due to the sever weather we are having. I created a few gift tags. I wanted to use my Altenew embossing paste, and found it was useable – I have had it for quite a while – but I needed to use it up pretty pronto. I took a whole host of tags and stencilled a lot of them with several stencils I had, and set them all aside to dry overnight.

Today I created this tag:

This manila tag I left the top part unshaded, and used the Brutus Monroe ‘Starry Night‘ stencil with the Altenew embossing paste, then used the paste to create a thick and uneven bottom to it. I wanted this bottom to look like a snowfall – all the ridges and peaks. This was left to dry overnight.

The houses were created using Spellbinders ‘Mantle Village‘ die set, card stock from Concord & 9th and Heffy Doodle. The houses have a second whole layer behind the front so I could piece back in the windows, using Spellbinders brushed gold card stock, or replacing the grey ones. I pictured some rooms with lights on, and some rooms without – that sounded good in my head, anyway!

I am more partial to gold, silver less so, and really do not like to use glitter. I don’t mind glitter card stock – but glitter in it’s loose form – no thank you. I find it too messy, and difficult to control.

The trees were die cut and assembled, and as the Altenew paste was now dry, I created my scene. The houses and trees adhered as you see with a mixture of wet glue and a little 3D foam behind to top of the upper two houses.

It was then I found out the bottom paste was not completely dry – even left overnight – I must really have put a thick layer down there – so some of the white paste found it’s way onto a tree or two – darn those mucky fingers…..I decided to carry on and finish anyway.

I added some Pinkfresh Studio glitter gems – these gems are silver and gold but I do like how they sparkle.

The finishing touch was to add a red ribbon from my stash.

It was only when creating this post did I realise a little red bit of fluff from the ribbon had found it’s way onto the bottom of the tag – that paste is a magnet, I truly think it is…..!

I had a house left over, so used it on this smaller tag – very simple – paste through he same stencil, paste on the bottom to create the hill, house and trees adhered, and some little gems to fit in-between the stencilled stars:

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More – Christmas

As You Like It – gold, silver, or glitter – explained above – no glitter for me thank you :)

Paper Minutes – Christmas – not a card

Inkspirational – Mood Board – inspired by the houses

Mix It Up – anything goes – option of paper piecing taken

Ellibelle’s Corner – I Spy – something for Christmas

Everybody Art – house/home

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – option anything to do with presents taken

12 Months Of Christmas Link Up – anything goes Christmas

16 thoughts on “Gift Tag Scene”

  4. Unknown's avatar

    These two tags are both so beautiful too! Great way to layer the houses to create a neigbourhood.

    Thanks so much for joining in the fun at I spy with my little eye challenge!

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  7. Unknown's avatar

    These tags are so pretty! Beautiful die cuts. These houses are so cute and so wonderfully decorated with the red doors and gold windows. I also love the trees and those wonderfully designed skies. Great design altogether! So pretty!
    Thank you for sharing your fabulous tags with the current Everybody Art Challenge.
    Hugs, Uschi

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  8. Brenda Nakandakari's avatar

    This is so cute. I love the gold on the windows, it gives the homes such as nice warm look. Oh and BTW, couldn’t agree more with your thoughts about loose glitter. Thanks so much for joining us at As You Like It Challenge!

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