Technique – die cutting

Featuring die cutting

Day 15 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event again this year.

The sponsor for Day 15 was Stamplorations. The inspiration tags were amazing and I was particularly drawn to the yellow and red tag created by Shery Russ – it is totally different from my usual colour palettes, and not traditionally Christmas – I think that’s why I just had to use it as my inspiration!

I don’t have many of their products yet, so I used a Simon Says Stamp sentiment die, some Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous stamps and a Cuttlebug embossing folder for my take.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 12 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event again this year.

The sponsor for Day 12 was Pretty Prink Posh. I love this brand so much and have been able to add a lot more of their stamps to my crafty collection as I discovered Dies to Die For sell them here in the UK! I have just bought the new Layered Tree die and I couldn’t wait to use it for my take on the gorgeous tag by Caly Person.

The most time was spent choosing the green cardstock to use for each layer! Once cut, I lightly sponged some distress ink over each section before sticking them together. Finally I added a glittery star and some Nuvo Glitter Drops to complete my take!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 10 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event again this year.

The sponsor for Day 10 was Studio Katia. I don’t have any of their stamps but I do have a few of their dies and decided to use the Creative Stitched Window die for my take on Laura Volpes’s amazing tag.

I created a blended background with same distress inks that Laura used (Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Salty Ocean) and then trimmed it down before adhering the die cut window to the base.

I stamped and cut the Mama Elephant Arctic Penguins and adhered them to the tag, together with a sentiment by My Favorite Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 8 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event again this year.

The sponsor for Day 8 was Uniko – they have some fabulous stamps and stencils and the inspiration tags were brilliant! I don’t have any festive Uniko stamps at the moment so I decided to use an older stamp set – Family and Friends by Hero Arts – to create my take on Joyce Mehrberg’s amazing tags! I just loved how she used the fabulous tree stamp to create such a unique tag!

I stamped the large tree from the set using Broken China Distress Oxide ink and applied silver Stickles across them. I added a sentiment from the same set and then added a few glittery Whittle Trees from Poppystamps to finish off my take.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Day 7 – 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

Hi everyone!

I’m playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags event again this year.

The sponsor for Day 7 was Birch Press Designs. I absolutely love their dies, but sadly don’t have many as I’ve been unable to find a UK retailer.

I loved Jeanne Jachna’s stain glass effect tag and try to create the same effect using my Simon Says Stamp Corbel ornament die. I dry embossed the outline of the ornament on one tag and then coloured it in using my Altenew and Nuvo alcohol markers. Then I cut the ornament from a couple of tags and adhered them on top of the base layer. Finally I added Nuvo gloss to each element and a glittery Hero Arts die cut to finish off my tag.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.