Quick and easy Christmas tags

CASEing the Catty has moved from the annual catalogue to the holiday catty and the theme for the current challenge is tags. I need to make some tags for Christmas, so I thought this was a good chance to get started. I based my tags on the funny Moose tag on page 28 but used a different stamp set for my tags. I used the White Christmas stamp set and heat embossed the images using white powder. I don't have the angled tag topper punch, so I just cut the corners off the tag and used a die from Chalk Talk to make the hole in the tag. These were super easy and quick to put together and I like the very simple look of them. If needed, these would be very easy to mass-produce. I'm also entering these over at Completely Christmas where the challenge this week is Anything Goes with the twist of Add a Tag.

From page 28 of the Stampin' Up Holiday Catalogue 2014

Card: Stampin' Up Black and Whisper white card
Stamps: Stampin' Up White Christmas
Ink: Tsukineko Versamark, Stampin' Up Real Red
Other: Papermania Seafoam White Embossing Powder, Stampin' Up Chalk Talk dies

HB2U

The inspiration today comes from this week's The Card Concept which is a colour challenge. I also decided to challenge myself to use the party hat stamp from the Tim Holtz Birthday Blueprint set. I can't decide if I like the stamp or not, and I couldn't come up with a way to use it.

I was inspired by the black wall and the black and white pillow to do a faux chalkboard effect card. Working in the red was easy, but I had no idea how I could work in a sentiment and the teal colour. But I was inspired by looking at the shiny teal coloured cup on the nightstand and decided to create my own very sparkly and shiny sentiment. I don't get my Stickles out nearly enough so I'm always so happy when I figure out a way to use them.

The Card Concept has six different "styles" to create cards and I think this card would be Clean & Graphic.

Card: Leonardo Stationery 350 gsm Smooth White Card, coloured 240 gsm kraft card in Pillar Box Red and Black, scraps of Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay

Ink: Stampin' Up Whisper White pigment ink

Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Birthday Blueprint

Other: Tim Holtz Alterations Inside Out alphabet die, Rangers Ice Stickles in Mint Ice

Chalkboard sentiments

Today's cards were inspired by this week's The Pink Elephant challenge #244. The theme is chalkboard. I bought Stampin' Up Whisper White Pigment Ink a while ago just for this purpose, but as usual haven't gotten around to really try it out yet. So I thought this was a perfect opportunity. And looking at the creations of other crafters, I stumbled upon this beautiful creation by Creations for a Star and she had also entered her card in this week's Shopping our Stash #145 challenge. The theme for that is Faux, and indeed this is faux chalkboard. I am also entering it in Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, as this week's theme is anything goes. 

 

I love the look of the white ink on the black cardstock surrounded by colour. I also love the Penny Black Life's Messages stamp set, I think it was perfect for this technique.

Cardstock: Leonardo Stationery 350 gsm Smooth White Card, black cardstock from my stash, Hobbycraft Three shades of green 160 gsm card, Tim Holtz Distress Core'dinations Victorian Velvet
Paper: The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady (freebie with Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine), Stampin' Up Print Poetry DSP
Ink: Stampin' Up Whisper White Pigment Ink
Other: Tim Holtz Alterations Vintage Lace die