Tag Theme Week: Day 4
Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day 4 of Tag Theme Week! It is Zsofi here today with a cute little gingerbread scene, mixing a bunch of new products from the latest release with some older must haves. Let me show you how you can make your gifts even more special with a few easy tricks.
First tip: use double sided patterned paper as your base with a nesting die set. I chose the Notched Rectangles set, it is perfect for building a mini scene and it has the stitching detail too, which I love so much. I die cut a bigger size from patterend paper and a smaller one from aqua cardstock.
Second tip: don’t be afraid to use glitter cardstock. This is the time of the year when there is nothing like too much glitter. I love to use white glitter cardstock for snow, it just adds a little bit of extra shimmer to my designs. I used the smaller Notched Rectangle to cut the shape first, then ran it through my die cutting machine once more with a Snowy Hills Border die.
Third tip: use die cut elements to set your scene. The Winter Trees die set is a must have for winter cards, it also has the stitching details and makes scene building so easy.
Fourth tip: tags are a perfect way of using your leftover coloured images. I had a bunch of gingerbread already coloured for my previous cardmaking session and I didn’t want these cuties to get wasted. The Christmas Gingerbread stamp set is my favourite this year, with a couple of markers you can have a lot coloured in no time and they are irresistably sweet. Without calories. And it comes with coordinating dies.
And the last tip: embellish! A bit of twine to make this mini scene a tag, a drop of glossy accents to make the buttons and candy cane shiny and the little pearls decorating the tree are all tiny details which will bring your tags (and cards) to the next level. Here I used Ruby Red and Marshmallow pearls, and the sentiment is from the Inside Sentiments: Christmas stamp set.
I hope you like these tips and got inspired. I cannot wait to see what you create, make sure to share them in our Facebook group! If you like my style, please follow me on Instagram where I share my art.
Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon,
Zsofi