3D Tags

Now that Christmas cards are in the mail, I can get back to fun on the message board.  One of the challenges on the Paper Wishers Message board right now is to make a dimensional multi-media tag.  I don't have a lot of dimensional materials because so much of my card making has to go through the mail, but I remembered these materials I got in a swap - which included some wooden cut outs - and decided to use them for this.  All the elements on this tag are from the swap EXCEPT for the white card stock (tag base & "lace") and the bow - some sort of wired paper stuff from my stash (it's too thick to use on anything going through the mail).

I started by cutting a tag from white card stock using a Paper Artist die from the Tags & Trims set (HOTP).  I didn't have the kind of lace I wanted, so I faked it with die cuts (Spellbinder's Ironworks Accents).  

You can't really tell it very well in the picture, but there are a several dimensional elements on this card:

1. First, the word "joy" is a wooden element - and I added to the dimension by adding Cosmic Shimmer's "Fluffy Stuff" to the top of them.  It was kind of fun to see how they bubbled & expanded when heat was applied!
2. Then, the presents (fussy cut from the back side of one of the patterned papers) are flush to the card at the bottom - single layer of fairly thick foam tape in the center - and double layer of the foam tape at the top (so in real life they seem to be coming off the page. 
3. Finally, as mentioned earlier, the bow is fairly dimensional.

Making that one was so much fun I made a couple more, using up must of the rest of the scraps from the materials swap:

In addition to materials from the swap and white card stock for the base, the tag on the left used a couple Spellbinders Edgeability dies (Classic Bracket & Classic Decorative Inserts Two), some red ribbon from my stash, and Cosmic Shimmer's Fluffy Stuff on the wooden word.  For the other tag I added Baker's Twine and used a Heartfelt Creations die (Delicate Border Basics) for the bottom of the tag.

HD Christmas Past - Winter Robin

Here are a couple of cards made from this Winter Robin set (Hunkydory Christmas Past).  Someone (probably my Mom) had used some of it, so this is what was left.  The first one uses a strip of coordinating card stock at the bottom - along with a narrow strip of gold poster board to form a background/border near the bottom.  Then, another piece of the gold was die cut (Decorative Labels Eight - Spellbinders) to form a mat for the focal & sentiment (both die cuts from the set).

The next one uses some of the coordinating adorable scoreable to form the background for this next card:

I've added several elements from gold poster board - mat for the background, flying reindeer (HOTP cutting die from set 9 Tiny Christmas Things & Shadows), and border strip near the top.  A sentiment from the 2016 Little Book of Essential Christmas Greetings (Hunkydory) finishes it off.

HD Christmas Past - He's Checking His List

Today I've got 5 cards made from a Hunkydory set - Christmas Past "He's Checking His List".  It's so quick and easy to make cards when you have Hunkydory to start with, and I was running out of time to get my Christmas cards made & in the mail!  This first one was made with only a couple of additions to the set - a white ribbon (for the border) and a die cut piece of gold metallic poster board that was cut using a Spellbinder's die (Decorative Labels Eight).  The focal, sentiment & border were all die cuts from the set - and the background was from the coordinating adorable scoreable. 

Here we have background & focal all in one from the coordinating adorable scoreable.   The sentiment was a die cut from the set.  The border was a red strip from the adorable scoreable and a gold strip of the same poster board used to mat the whole.

Here again we have adorable scoreable matted with the gold poster board.  We also have a die cut piece of poster board (Decorative Labels Eight - Spellbinders) as mat for the focal/sentiment combo (both die cuts from the set).

Next is a gate fold card - with a piece of red card stock from my stash for the background (embossed with Darice 5 X 7 Damask folder).  The focal and sentiment (both die cuts from the set) are matted on a piece of gold poster board which was die cut with a die from the Renaissance Jubilee Ravena Cardmaker's die set (Spellbinders).

And last but not least we have this reindeer focal matted on a gold poster board mat that was die cut with another Spellbinder's die (Captivating Squares).  Background is adoreable scoreable from the set - matted with gold poster board.  The sentiment is from the 2016 Little Book of Essential Christmas Greetings (also by Hunkydory).

HD Christmas Past - Winter Village

Here I show 5 cards made from the HD Christmas Past - Winter Village set.  This first also uses a sheet of patterned paper that came in the 2016 Hunkydory Christmas idea book.  I used the frame & picture to create an interlocking gatefold card.  The greeting was cut down from one that came in the kit.  I used the middle frame that came with the focal on the inside of the card:

This set had 2 major toppers & then a bunch of smaller tags & such.  I used some of these smaller pieces with some of the coordinating adorable scoreable to create another card. The background was matted on a piece of gold poster board.

To finish it, I added some gold Jewel Dazzles.  Inside I added another matted piece of adorable scoreable & another greeting from the set.

Next I made a couple of cards from the 2nd coordinating piece of adorable scorable.  Once again I used gold poster board.  I also used greetings from the Hunkydory 2016 Essential Little Book of Christmas Greetings.

The final card is another one made with the framed focals provided.  Once again I made an interlocking gate fold card.  The background is from the coordinating adorable scoreable.

Here's the inside - once again I used the middle frame.