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Quick and Easy Christmas Treat Tags Tutorial

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 Quick and Easy Christmas Treat Tags Tutorial with Simple Stories Vintage Rustic Lodge

Hello, Friends!  I’m keeping the Christmas Crafting Train rolling with this Quick and Easy Christmas Treat Tags Tutorial.  This idea just popped into my head the other morning, and it was so fun, so cute and so fast to make that I just had to share the tutorial with you.  I think you’re gonna love it!

You can make a basket full of these little beauties and keep them by the front door to give as great last minute gifts.  They are also a perfect way to dress up a gift card or cash gift.  And, you can set up a crafty assembly line with your kids, grands or girlfriends to make it even more fun.  Let’s take a closer look, shall we?

Start with a Tag…

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The base for this cute contraption is a Graphic 45 Square Kraft Tag.  One simple score line, a ribbon closure, and BOOM.  Instant tag pocket.  It’s almost too good to be true!

If one tag is good, two tags are better, right?  So I also dressed up a kraft ATC tag and tucked it into the bundle of goodies.  But you could easily package a single Christmas Cookie or other small treat.  Because there’s just one score line, flat treats work best.  But if you want more dimension, just add a 1/4″ score line!  Easy-peasy!

Holiday Table Place Cards?

If you’re looking for a fun way to dress up your holiday table, these little beauties would make great place cards, too.

Dig around in your stash of Christmas embellishments so you can dress your tag up in it’s holiday best!  This was perhaps my favorite part of the creative process.  I heat embossed some Reneabouquets snowflakes, spritzed faux snow on rusted metal trees, tied bows on mini candy canes, and strung jingle bells from a simple shoestring style bow.

Quick and Easy Christmas Treat Tags Tutorial Tips and Video

To make this project come together quickly, I suggest the following:

  • First, score all your tag bases.
  • Next, die cut all the tag liners using G45 Square and ATC tag dies.
  • Then adhere the liners to the tags.
  • Now, tie all your jingle bells and charms onto bits of string or twine.
  • Prep all your trees.
  • Heat emboss all your snowflakes.

Now you can create your piles and put each tag together quickly.  Cookie breaks are allowed, of course!

If you’d like to see  how easy it is to make these sweet treat holders, please enjoy this video on my YouTube station.

And that’s it for me, friends!  I’ll be back tomorrow with a project share.  Gotta keep that Christmas crafting mojo flowing, right?

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Christmas Tea Party in a Box Tutorial

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Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Tea Party in a Box Tutorial with Reneabouquets:

Hello, Friends!  The Christmas train is rolling right along with this Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Tea Party in a Box Tutorial.  This is one of my “Use Your Scraps” challenges.  I’ll share all my best sneaky tricks for using tiny pieces of designer paper and a few images into a lovely 5″ x 7″ tea party in a box card.

We’re working with leftover bits and bobs from the December Banner tutorial that I shared earlier this month.  While I had quite a few images left over, I really had just a tiny bit of the Flourish patterned paper to work with.  I think you’ll enjoy seeing how I combined those bits with some lovely Reneabouquets Beautiful Board and Mulberry flowers to create this project.

Lots of Lovely Little Layers

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So how did I manage to streeeeetch these designer papers?  Well, let’s just say that if you could see under all these lovely layers of images, you’d see a lot of naked cardstock.  A bountiful flower cluster and strategically placed images are a crafty girl’s best friend!

A Peek Inside

The challenge continued on the inside of this card.  I had to figure out clever ways to use odd shaped pieces of designer paper.  Thankfully, I had many of the large images from the 12×12 pad left over to help me finish the job.

We even managed to create a little flap page on the top half of the card!  I’ll share my secrets with you in the video tutorial below.

But let’s just say for now that a well-placed title covers up an obvious spot where scraps are pieced in.  It’s our secret, OK?

The Tea Party in a Box

Since I was low on designer paper, I wrapped my tea treats with cardstock.

Then I added smaller ephemera pieces to dress up the plain cardstock.  It worked really well!

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish Christmas Tea Party in a Box Tutorial on YouTube

You’re invited to grab a cuppa and a snack as I share this video tutorial with you over on my YouTube Channel:

 

Did you enjoy that?  I’m having lots of fun sharing these Christmas creations with you.  I’ll be back soon with more, so keep a sharp eye out!

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends.  I know how busy the holiday season is, and I truly appreciate you spending your time with me here.

Cheerio,

kathy

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How to Create a Shabby Chic Christmas Shaker Frame

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How to Create a Shabby Chic Christmas Shaker Frame & Reneabouquets Unboxing Video

Hello, Friends!  Would you like to learn how to create a shabby chic Christmas shaker frame?  Oh, good!  I was hoping  you would say yes to that question!  On Sunday, I received my Reneabouquets Brand Ambassador Christmas box and I thought it might be fun if we opened that up together.  With a tutorial and an unboxing video in our future, it’s going to be a very merry Make & Take Tuesday!

Prima Candy Cane Lane Christmas Shaker Card

Shaker cards are one of my favorite things to make, especially at Christmas time!  Those shiny sequins and bright bobbles echo the luster of Christmas lights.  I could not resist the urge to alter this Christmas De-Light-ful frame and turn it into a shaker.  It only takes a few minutes thanks to embossing ink, powder and Mica Spray, but the results are, well, delightful!

Prima Candy Cane Lane papers are a match made at the North Pole.  This shabby chic Christmas collection is a wonderful mix of traditional Christmas images and patterns with a soft, shabby chic color palette.  I’ll give you a peek at the paper collection in the unboxing video below.

Dress your altered frame up with some gorgeous mulberry flowers and printed Beautiful Board for a stunning finish.

A Peek Inside

More shabby chic details await inside this 5×7 top fold card base.

TIP: Upgrade your card to card folio status by simply adding a little flap page to the top of the card interior.  All you need to is to score a 1/2″ flap on one side of an image.  Then adhere the flap behind your panel of patterned paper.  Instant upgrade!

Create a sweet gift card holder and a sentiment panel behind the flap. How fun is that?

TIP: Repeat elements from the card front inside the card to tie everything together beautifully.  The darling deer on the cover of a tea wallet picks up on the sweet deer in the shaker frame image.

Tuck a tea bag and a honey stick inside, and now you have a lovely gift for your favorite tea drinker.  Cocoa packets, chocolate or instant coffee packets work, too.

How to Create a Shabby Chic Christmas Shaker Frame Tutorial & Unboxing Video on YouTube

If you’d like to follow along as I open my box of Christmas goodies from Reneabouquets and then watch me create this shabby chic Christmas shaker frame, then grab a cuppa and enjoy this video on my YouTube channel.

I hope you enjoyed watching this process video.  I have lots more Christmas surprises planned, so look for another posting tomorrow.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Card

Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Card: Let’s Use Our Scraps!

Hello, Friends!  This Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Card is made with paper scraps we had left from making our November Banner of the Month.  My mama raised me with a “waste not, want not” point of view, so I just had to find a way to create something wonderful with those tasty little bits of designer paper!  Naturally, I invited some Reneabouquets goodies along on this crafty adventure.  The end result was this luscious fall beauty of a card.  I was so pleased with it that I  just had to share the tutorial with you so you can make one with your scrappy bits, too.

Pumpkins, Butterflies and Fall Florals

When I started out to make this card, I only had 1 sheet of 8×8 paper, a 2″ x 8″ scrap from the back of the cut apart page, and an assortment of random cut apart pieces from the 8×8 pad.  This was a challenge.  But lucky for me, I love a good challenge!  The paper shortage problem was easily resolved by using mitered frames instead of large paper panels.

TIP: Need to save patterned paper?  Create mitered frame borders instead of using entire panels of patterned paper.  If you have rectangular nesting dies, you can also cut the “frames” out with those.

TIP:  Fill in empty spots with a chipboard pumpkin, large metal embellishments, and lovely fall branches.

TIP: Color your maple branches with Distress Oxide Inks in shades of Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey.  Then spritz lightly with a copper mica spray for a spectacular finish.

A Peek Inside

Reserve that 8×8 panel of patterned paper for use on the inside of your card.  First line your 5 1/8″ x 7 1/8″ cream card base with 4 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ panels of Faded Brick or Tomato Soup cardstock.  Then trim the 8×8 paper to a width of 4 3/4″.  Line the pocket with the green reverse pattern and the top with a 4 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ panel of the pattern.  Then you can use the offcuts and other scraps to dress up the top half of the card.

TIP: Camouflage patterned paper piecing with small side panel embellishments.

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I had just enough scraps left to  make a sweet little tea wallet for my Pumpkin Spice tea bag and a decorative front for my chocolate wrapper.

Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Card Tutorial on my YouTube channel

This fun project was a bit like putting a puzzle together, but I really enjoyed the process.  If you’d like to see how the front cover came together, grab a cuppa and join me over on my YouTube channel.

Well, what do you think?  I had not one scrap of paper left after finishing this card, and that’s just the way I like it!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Banner Tutorial

Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Banner Tutorial with Reneabouquets

Hello, Friends!  It’s Throwback Thursday, and I have our Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Banner Tutorial ready for you.  This is one of my favorite month’s from this collection (do I say that every month?) so I was super excited when it came time to put it together.  I’ve added some gorgeous Reneabouquets Beautiful Board, Really Reasonable Ribbon, flowers, charms and vintage buttons from my stash to make a banner worthy of my favorite holiday: Thanksgiving!

Autumn Hues
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Rich autumn hues take center stage this month along with beautiful birds, acorns, and fall leaves.  My favorite element (aside from the Thanksgiving Turkey shaker wreath) is the star anise embellishments.  Not only does this banner look like fall…it smells like fall, too.

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish November Banner Tutorial-Kathy Clement

TIP: Texture adds so much to a banner design.  Try adding a layer of burlap, vintage lace and mulberry flowers to your ribbon to amp up the texture.

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TIP: Variety is the spice of life.  That’s why I used 3 different shaped and sized pennants in this month’s banner.  This allows each banner to stand out as a mini art piece all on its own.

Shake Up Your Banner

TIP:  Why not add a fun shaker element to your center banner?  This is easy to do, and it adds a surprise element that makes the banner extra special.  I show you in the tutorial  how I transformed this Reneabouquets Thanksgiving Wreath and Turkey into a shaker frame.

Charmed, I’m Sure!

Graphic 45 tags have a lovely grommet on the domed edge.  I turn them upside down to create a pretty banner shape. Then I put that grommet to good use by adding a charm dangle with jump rings.  It adds so much to the banner’s appeal.

Color Reneabouquets Fancy Fall Tuck ins with layers of Distress Oxide Ink.  Tap the color directly onto the surface of each piece, layering one color over the next.  Then spritz lightly with a metallic mist and spatter with Mustard Seed Distress Paint for a really fun fall finish.

TIP: Think of the end pieces of your banner as though they are quotation marks.  The elements on the right hand side tip to the right, but on the left hand side they tip to the left.  This simple trick makes the banner read like a sentence.

Graphic 45 November Time to Flourish Banner Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see this banner being built, I hope you’ll enjoy this video on my YouTube channel.  I talk a little about my design process at the beginning, then we dive in and layer up th elements on each pennant.  Grab a cuppa and join me for this fun tutorial.

We only have one banner left for 2023!  Can you believe it?  I’m taking notes on what sort of projects you’d like to see featured each month in 2024.  So far, we  have tags on the agenda, which makes me very happy.  Any other thoughts?

You’ll find a linked supply list below this post.  Please bear in mind that Throwback Thursday supplies come from my stash, so I may not be able to list everything that you see in the project.  But dig into your stash, and I bet you’ll find something just as wonderful.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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