Hello friends. Happy December. I thought I would pop in with a little Ho Ho Ho and share one of my makes for the Tim Holtz Christmas stamp release, all the details, replay and inspiration makes are over on Tim’s Blog.
I love Santa and this stamp from the Jolly Santa CMS442 stamp set stole my heart. He really is a very jolly looking Santa indeed!
I crackled up an etcetera thickboard tag, you can see the how to for the crackle on a previous post, click here. I added idea-ology velvet trim and tiny bells, hung from a hook clasp. The holiday greeting was stamped from the Jolly Santa stamp set in distress archival ink, fussy cut and mounted onto the tag with adhesive foam.
I stamped the text from Jolly Santa onto plain collage paper with distress archival ink and pasted it on with distress collage medium. I love how the collage paper “melts” into the background when you add collage medium. If you want to give it a more vintage hue, add vintage collage medium.
I used distress reinkers to watercolor the santa, which I had stamped with distress archival ink. I blended in a little walnut stain distress ink and spritzed with water. I fussy cut the santa and mounted with adhesive foam.
I added a frame and more stamps from the jolly santa set using distress archival ink and covering with a layer of vintage collage medium.
You could easily adapt this to a card, but I think it’s so fun to have a gift with a massive gift tag and bells on.
Thanks for stopping by and happy making.
Zoe
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Jolly ol’ St. Nicholas, what a great project Zoe, love the stamp and all the crackle!
Absolutely gorgeousness , just love your inspiration.
Your tag is awesome Zoe, totally love it.
I see this indeed also on a card, a card for a neighbour or someone you can drop it in the mailbox your self.
Unfortunately I think the adorable little bells don’t survive the mailman LOL
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.
Love this tag! I am going to try this out! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
What a jolly marvelous idea! Always looking for new creative ways to use chip board frames! Love your inspiration!
Dear Zoe, Your Jolly Santa’s holiday vibe is so festive. Your frame around Santa looks like wood. May I please ask how you created it? Merry Christmas & thank you for your dedication to our favorite brand & designer. Do you liv in Europe? Just have wondered that forever. So Thankfully, Mary, Buffalo, NY
Dear Zoe I love everything you make ❤ is there a way I can see your previous work, samples. I bought the stuff and never used it