Use stamps, paint, and die cuts to give bright and merry dimension to cards and gifts. Your personal touch will be appreciated as much as the gift!

Finished sizes: 2-1/2" x 7" Card
                         2" x 7-1/2" Envelope
                         2-1/2" x 5-1/4" Bag
                         3 1/8" x 4 3/4" Tag

Skill: 2   Time: 1   Cost: 3

You will need:
•  3-1/4" x 9" neon green bag
•  Christmas-themed scrapbook paper*: Joyful Lights
•  5" x 7" lime green cardstock*
•  Christmas Sentiments rub-ons*
•  Embossing pad*
•  Wine embossing powder*
•  Inkpads*: Emerald, Pink Pizzazz
•  Stamps*: Background (#90554), Merry Christmas (#93167)
•  Acrylic paint*: Limeade, Petal Pink, Snow White
•  Acrylic spray matte sealer*
•  Die-cutter
•  Dies*: Squares #2 (#654984), Christmas Ornament, Lights & Stocking (#654993), Slide Mounts (#655129), Gifts (#38-0152), Super Traditional Tags (#38-0947 )
•  Tissue paper: white, pink
•  Deckle paper tear edger*
•  14" of  3/8" lime satin ribbon*
•  1/32" x 6" x 12" aircraft-grade birch plywood*
•  Super Sheets*: Gold Mirror Styrene, Silver Mirror Styrene, Clear PVC
•  3mm x 11-1/2" x 11-1/2" Cellfoam*
•  3/4" glaze wash paintbrush*
•  14" of 24-gauge wire*
•  Fine-grit sandpaper*
•  6/0 Czech glass beads: neon pink, ruby, emerald mixes
•  Paper glue*
•  Craft foam glue*
Heat gun, hobby & craft ruler*, lint-free cloth, painter's tape, paper plate, pencil, scissors

*The following products were used for this project: Art Impressions Celebrate stamp • Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry & Hold The Foam glues • Clearsnap Ancient Page inkpads & Top Boss embossing pad & powder • DecoArt acrylic paint & spray • Fiskars Deckle Paper Tear Edger • Inkadinkado background & Merry Christmas stamps • KI Memories (#1965) Joyful Lights paper • Midwest Products Cellfoam, Super Sheets, Hobby Ruler, plywood, Super Sander sandpaper • Offray ribbon • Royal Langnickel paintbrush & rub-ons • Sandylion Essentials cardstock • Toner Plastics Icy Silver Fun Wire.

Note: For product information, see page 00 or creativehomeartsclub.com.
•  Allow glue, ink, and paint to dry between steps.
•  See photos for details and placement.

Card, Envelope, & Bag
STEP 1: Make background. For bag and card, measure printed paper to 2 1/2" height and width of item. Tear long edges with edger. Use paper glue to attach along top edge of bag, and across center of card as shown. Repeat for envelope, tearing a 1 3/4" strip in same way.

STEP 2: Add rub-ons. Loosely cut out appropriate Christmas sentiments rub-ons, and apply to card, envelope and bag as shown.

STEP 3: Embellish. To make lights for bag, use die-cutter and Christmas Lights die to cut two Christmas lights from Gold Styrene and one from Silver Styrene. Peel off protective coating. Pull wire through light bulbs. To coil; wrap wire ends around paintbrush handle. Use paper glue to attach light bulbs to bag. Place tissue in bag.
For frames, use die-cutter and Slide Mounts die to cut two frames from Silver Styrene. Use Gifts die to cut two bows from Gold Styrene. Peel off protective coating. Glue bows to front of frames, then glue one frame to front of card. Set aside second frame.

STEP 4: Stamp & emboss card. Use embossing pad to stamp “Celebrate” along left side of card. Use embossing powder and heat gun to emboss. Stamp “Merry Christmas” in Emerald on inside of card.

Tag
STEP 1: Make tag. Use die-cutter and Tag die to cut one from plywood. Tape off 1" border across bottom front and back of tag.

STEP 2: Paint tag. On a paper plate, make a 1:1 mixture of Petal Pink and Snow White. Basecoat top areas with mixed paint. When dry, lightly sand, wipe off with a lint-free cloth, and apply another coat. Remove tape. Basecoat bottom sections with Limeade. Sand and recoat in same way.

STEP 3: Stamp & add sentiment. Use Background stamp and Pink Pizzazz inkpad to stamp top pink areas. Clean stamp. Use Emerald inkpad to stamp bottom green areas. When dry, lightly mist entire tag with matte spray. Loosely cut out “Christmas” rub-on and apply to front of tag.

STEP 4: Make frame. Use Slide Mounts die to cut two frames from Cellfoam. Use Square die to cut one from Clear PVC. Use craft foam glue to layer two Cellfoam frames, adding PVC square on top. Use paper glue to attach Silver frame (from Step 3 of Bag instructions) on top of PVC square. Place beads into shaker window. Use craft foam glue to attach shaker to tag as shown.

STEP 5: Finish. For hanger, pull doubled ribbon through hole of tag, running ends through ribbon loop to secure. Tie ends in a knot and trim at a slant.

Sources:

Art Impressions
artimpressions.com

Beacon Adhesives 
(800) 865-7238
beaconcreates.com

Clearsnap Inc.
(800) 448-4862
clearsnap.com

DecoArt
(800) 367-3047
decoart.com

Fiskars
(866) 348-5661
fiskarscrafts.com

Inkadinkado
(888) 294-3929
inkadinkado.com

Ki Memories
kimemories.com

Midwest Products Co., Inc.
(800) 348-3497
midwestproducts.com

Offray
offray.com

Royal & Langnickel
(800) 247-2211
royalbrush.com

Sandylion Stickers Designs
(800) 552-4704
sandylion.com

Sizzix
(877) 355-4766
sizzix.com

Toner Plastics 
(800) 723-1792
tonerplastics.com