Tis the Season

Now that Halloween’s over, preparations for the winter holiday season are gearing up. With that in mind, I have a quick and easy holiday project to share for this week's Ribbon Carousel challenge using the new Trendy Tags and Taglines sets from Clear and Simple Stamps.

I die cut the large tag from the Tags 1 die set from Kraft Like a Rockstar cardstock, then stamped the matching solid line image on the tag in Haute Red Couture ink. I randomly stamped the little snowflake/sparkle images from the Taglines set in white ink on the top half of the tag. On the bottom half, I attached a piece of red and white gingham paper and ran a strip of lace tape along the top of the patterned paper strip. The “tis the season” sentiment is stamped in red just above the top of the lace.

I attached the tag to a festive candy cane using some Dare to Be a Diva Red satin ribbon looped around the candy and a matching red button and baker's twine to secure it. After taking a final look at the project, I decided it needed just a little sparkle, so I went back and dotted the center of each snowflake with my clear Stardust glitter pen. It would be easy to make up a bunch of these to give out as little thinking of you gifts or even as stocking stuffers—or to use as an add on to dress up a gift of a pretty coffee mug.

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Materials Used:
Trendy Tags and Tag Lines stamp sets, Haute Red Couture and A Blanc Check inks, Kraft Like a Rockstar cardstock, large tag die, Dare to Be a Diva Red satin ribbon, Dare to Be a Diva Red button (Clear and Simple Stamps); Picket Fence 6x6 paper pad (Lily Bee Design); lace tape (Love My Tapes); Cherry Red baker’s twine (Divine Twine)