Are you ready to see the Make & Take from last Saturday? I’m gonna show you, but first I want to thank Pam Morris again for her great project idea! And thanks also to Brian King for generously offering to serve as hand-model in the photos. Okay, here are all the supplies.
Insert a 2″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock into the Scalloped Tag Punch …
…and push down all the way.
Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Use the “Merry” stamp from the Seasonally Scattered stamp set – use the clear mount set with the Clear-Mount Block I, as we did here, or use the wood mount set. This stamp set will be available August 28 in the new Holiday catalog!
I LOOOOVE the Classic Stampin’ Pads! They “flip” open and click into place – so no losing the lid. They have grip sides so you don’t drop it or get ink on your hands. And when you flip it back closed, the pad itself is stored upside down, so the ink is always at the top surface of the pad where you need it to be.
Ink up the Merry stamp with the Soft Sky Classic Stampin’ Pad, either by tap-tap-tapping the stamp on the ink pad…
…or by tap-tap-tapping the ink pad on the stamp.
Now use a Sponge Dauber to pick up some ink from the Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Pad…
…and daub the ink onto the center part of the stamp – around the “Merry.”
Now stamp the image onto your tag.
And voila! A two-tone tag!
Now for the bling. Use Paper Snips to lift the Rhinestone Basic Jewels off the sheet…
…and to place them on the tag. I’ve tried tweezers and all sorts of things to lift and place the jewels, but the precision tips of the Paper Snips definitely work the best. We used 3 jewels per tag – just enough to add a bit of elegance.
Now fold the ribbons in half…
and pass them through the end of the tag.
Pass the ends through the loop, and you have yourself a beautiful Merry tag! We used Island Indigo 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon with Island Indigo Bakers Twine, but the Island Indigo 1/4″ Cotton Ribbon also looks beautiful with the Silver 1/8″ Ribbon or the Soft Sky 1/8″ Taffeta Ribbon.
You can see the bling better from this angle.
My 87-year-young friend Betty had a ball making the tag. She kept getting tickled at Brian, and at herself.
Here’s Betty flirting with Brian.
Candy, this is an awesome post! So detailed and fun!
Candy ! You win the award for making this project so easy to do by looking at your pictures !
And your color choice is great and eye catching ….your Hand Model and stunning female token guest steal the show !!! Bravo !
Thanks, Kelly and Sonny! Luckily my dear friend, Carmen, was here with her photo skills and captured the whole process. Of course, Brian’s hands make the photos. And Betty always steals the show wherever she goes! It was a great time.