Christmas Cookie Exchange Tags!

Hello stampers,

Did you participate in a cookie exchange this year?  I did and I was so very excited to join the fun!  It was wonderful to spend some time with this group of ladies and share some baking and Christmas cheer!

So this papercrafter HAD to make tags for my cookie packages.  I thought if I made them look really pretty, it wouldn't matter as much that they are simple sugar cookies. ;)

So I used some of my old favourite Christmas DSP with a Pool Party base.

The snowflake is from the Snowfall Thinlits collection that was available in November - If you have it you will know how great it is!  I used the Tailored Tag Punch to create the beautiful top and hole for my twine.

These tags can easily be used for gifts as well.

Happy stampin'

Tammy

Christmas Tag Exchange

Hey there,

Thanks for stopping by!  I have a great post for you today- it is my creation for a gift tag exchange I try to participate in every year.  It is SO much fun.

So, instead of having a cookie exchange, which is so yummy, one of my favourite crafty friends has a Christmas Gift Tag Exchange.  She limits it to 12 ladies, each lady makes 12 of the SAME tags and then you exchange tags.  You end up with 12 different and beautiful gift tags.  It is so much fun to see what everyone comes up with!

I used the Santa's Sleigh Thinlits to decorate my tag. 

It's a little hard to see it, but I sponged some white craft ink onto the branches of the tree and added some Wink of Stella - so pretty in real life.  

Here is the table full-o-tags!

Awesome right!  As you can see there are few other really fun treats for us who participated - my friend has many talents beyond papercrafting.  

  Here is a final shot of all the tags I created - I made a few extra to keep for the presents I will be wrapping. 

 Happy stampin'

Tammy

Tags for Fundraising Baskets

Hi there,

I have been working hard at balancing all things in my life these days, my little crafting business, working full time, being a mom to 3 very busy boys and fitting in some quality time with my dear hubby, so my blog has been a little bit scattered.  

But I do have a fun project to share with you today...a project that I made a while ago for one of son's hockey team fundraisers.  

The fundraiser was a raffle for 3 different baskets and each basket had a theme.  (Theme's make things so much fun!)  The themes were 'Boys Club', 'Girl's Night Out' and 'Coffee and Things'. So each of the baskets were filled with beverages and accessories to match each theme.  All parents pitched in and sold tickets for the baskets and then there was a draw for each one.  

BUT...what is a basket without a tag that can illustrate the theme?  So, I offered to help and make a tag for each of the baskets.  Here are my tags.....

I used some of my favourite ribbons and retired framelits to help capture the themes.  I found some fun and free fonts online to create the basket name and framed each with the Deco Framelits.  I used my Banner Framelits to create the background with the colour of the basket and some vellum.  Here is the  tag for first basket - girls night out!  It had some yummy girly drinks.

The second basket is for the coffee cognisor.  Oh so cute!

The final tag is for the Boys Club basket - lots of drinks inside for the men!

So which one of my little babies were these for?

My oldest.  (Brace yourself, proud mama moment ahead.)  Here is he is doing what he LOVES......

Thanks for stopping by!

Tammy

Wine Bottle Tag with The Friday Mashup FMS 181!

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying your Thanksgiving celebrations.

This week I had the great pleasure of papercrafting on the Roger's TV show Daytime!  One of the projects I made live was a wine bottle tag!  I thought it was a perfect match to submit to the challenge over at The Friday Mashup!  There are some really great tags for all of the upcoming holidays!  Be sure to stop on over and have a look!

These are so great to dress up a wine bottle for your hostess!  It just gives an added personal touch which is always appreciated for any occasion. 

I used a 3 1/2 inch by 8 1/2 inch piece of Soft Suede Cardstock and I rounded the corners.  I scored the cardstock on the long side at 3 1/2 inches to create the part that hangs you put onto the neck of the wine bottle.  I punch a hole in the short end using my 2 1/2 inch circle punch.

For the decorative part of the tag, I used the Colour Me Autumn DSP from the new Holiday Catalogue - there are SO many really beautiful patterns in this pack!  I rounded the bottom corners to match the cardstock.  

I added a strip of Burlap ribbon and cut the ends to make it look like a banner.  The leaf I made using More Mustard Cardstock and my Autumn Accents BigZ die.  I sponged it to make it look a little worn.  I added a bow using the 3/8 inch Stitched Satin Ribbon in Mossy Meadow found in the Annual Catalogue.  For an added touch I used a little acorn from the Autumn Wooden Elements found in the Holiday Catalogue.

I think it would be nice to receive a wine bottle with a handmade tag for Thanksgiving, wouldn't you?

Thank you for stopping by!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see all of the other projects that I made with the crew from Roger's TV Daytime!

Tammy