Hey
friends! Cathy here today with a few tropical Christmas projects for everyone
living in a sunny, warm climate and everyone who wishes they were! Even though
I live in the South, it can still get quite chilly in the winter. We never
really know whether Christmas Day will be sunny and 80 or winter, so I always
love a little tropical right about now!
To start this
card, I die-cut the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies from
white cardstock and adhered the outside frame portion to an A2 card base. I
then die-cut the Frilly Frames Herringbone die
from white cardstock and adhered the center portion to the card front.
For the
background, I cut a piece of white cardstock 2 1/4" x 3 1/2". I
masked the bottom 1” of the cardstock and inked the sky with Spiced Marmalade,
Ripe Persimmon, Saltwater Taffy and Scattered Straw Distress inks. I then
masked the sky and inked the water with Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers
Distress inks. For the sand, I die-cut the Tropical Trees Backdrop Die from
white cardstock and inked the sand portion with Antique Linen Distress ink. I
adhered it across the bottom of the cardstock piece and trimmed the excess
along the right and left edges. I heat embossed a sentiment from the Surfing Santa Stamps which
worked perfectly for my flamingos. I matted the background on a hot pink cardstock.
The Mini Mats
are perfect for showcasing small scenes, so I die-cut one from the Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies from
a piece of Critter Country Paper,
centered my background piece on the mat and adhered these to the card front.
I stamped all
images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with
Copics and die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I used the following stamps
and dies:
Fabulous Flamingos Stamps and Dies
Reindeer Games Stamps and Dies (Santa hats)
Tropical Paradise Stamps and Dies (hibiscus)
Seasonal Trees Stamps and Dies
Santa Claus Lane Stamps (ornaments)
I also die-cut
a monstera leaf from the Summer Greenery Dies from
white cardstock and colored it with Copics.
I couldn’t
resist making a couple of tropical penguin tags to coordinate with my card.
These were so fun to make! I die-cut both tags from hot pink cardstock using
the Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies.
I also die-cut white cardstock with the tag die and inked backgrounds for each
using Tumbled Glass, Scattered Straw and Saltwater Taffy Distress inks. I heat
embossed the sentiments which I combined from the Reindeer Games Stamps, Passionate Penguins Stamps, Santa Claus Lane Stamps and Penguin Party Stamps.
For the ocean wave, I used a Slimline Nature Borders Die and
for the sand, I used the Tropical Trees Backdrop Die.
I adhered them across the backgrounds, trimmed off the excess on the sides and
cut the backgrounds to 2 1/4" long. I then adhered them to the tags.
I die-cut
bright and cheery papers from the Sweater Weather Paper and
used the flower hole reinforcer die from the Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies to
keep with the tropical theme.
I stamped all
images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with
Copics and die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I used the following stamps
and dies:
Passionate Penguins Stamps and Dies
Penguin Party Stamps and Dies
Tropical Paradise Stamps and Dies
Ocean View Stamps and Dies
Surfing Santa Stamps and Dies
I hope you
enjoyed these sunny Christmas projects and thanks for stopping by today! For
more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can
also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.
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Hello friends! Bobbi here with tags for the holidays. We add tags to all of our gifts and for the
little children’s gifts, I go for bold and colorful prints to make them more
youthful and fun for the kids. My tags in these festive colors will coordinate
perfectly on my bold gift wraps. I am using the following products by Sunny Studio: Mini Mat & Tag 1 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 2 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 3 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 4 dies.
All four mat/tag die sets
create fun and unique shaped tags for the holidays. Even though I could just
use the tag dies for a smaller gift tag, I chose to use the matching mats to
share here. I love how big the tag is with the mat and how frilly the edges
look, too. Because these tags are colorful with the Joyful Holiday Paper, I wanted a white border to make the tag really
pop off my gift wrap on the presents. Note:
There are four different mats (one unique one in each set) and I used mat 2
twice, in place of the mat in 1. It was not intentional. They are all so
cute!
I used Reindeer Games stamps and dies with the Joyful Holiday Paper to make these two tags. I also ink blended
the backgrounds with Distress Oxide Inks in greens and blues. Everything was
cut out and assembled using Precision Tip Glue and foam tabs. I added a few
rhinestones to make the tags sparkle. The snowballs in the Santa tag were made
from pure white jewels. I added red garnet rhinestones by the sentiment. The stars in the sky by the reindeer are made with a
white pen and iridescent jewels. I used a red twine for the tag string and
Liquid Applique for the dimensional fur on Santa’s outfit.
For my next two tags, I used
the Snowman Kisses stamps and dies for the cute snowman. I used Liquid Applique for the
snow around the first snowman. To make the circular opening on the second tag,
I used a simple punch. What’s fun is you can use your own punches with these
dies to get even more fun looks from these staple sets! More rhinestones accent
the right side tag, too!You can shop the entire Sunny
Studio Stamps store
here. Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and
inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new
posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.
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