The other day I had so much fun making all the tags in the Love, Santa Kit to be ready for holiday gift-wrapping! But if you didn’t need all the tags, you could use some (or all!) to make Christmas cards to send like this Love, Santa Tag Kit Christmas Card.
To make this card, I use clipped off the hole at the top of the tree that would hold the string to tie on a tag. You could also leave the hole and string attached and adhere it rather loosely to the card so that maybe the recipient would remove the tag and use it themselves or hang it on their Christmas tree. When I was growing up we used to get a Christmas card from someone who was quite wealthy and the fancy card could be used as an ornament on the tree! I’ll always remember that!
To make this card, I relied on the coordinating colors listed in the Love, Santa Tag Kit so I chose Just Jade for the card base and a layer of Poppy Parade. That layer I embossed using the Tasteful Texture 3D Embossing Folder. You wouldn’t have to do it but it adds a little “something”. Just because I wanted to, I added a tree trunk from Cinnamon Cider Cardstock to the base of the tree. Then I adhered the tree to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. If you thought, or you wanted, the recipient to remove the tree from the card and use it as a tag or ornament, I would just adhere it with maybe two Dimensionals, maybe even the Mini Dimensionals or cut the Dimensionals down to a smaller size, top and bottom, and tell them how to carefully remove the tag.
The tree tag already had some jewels adhered to it that came with the kit, but I also added some to the Poppy Parade layer of the card. I couldn’t resist! It’s for Christmas anyway and that calls for sparkle and glimmer wherever possible!
On the inside, adhere a layer of Basic White with a stamped message and maybe some other stamped image or strip of designer paper to decorate and sign your name or write your own personal message.
This Love, Santa Tag Kit is a fun one to work with because the tags are such “happy” and colorful images. Even though it is for making tags for gifts, as you can see, you can use some or all of them for card fronts and make some quick cards to send! Or use them on the extra Love, Santa Treat Bags! Even if you don’t want or can’t get the kit, you might be interested in these cute treat bags with images printed in white that coordinate with the tags and are food safe. If you are someone who makes special treats for the holidays to give to neighbors and friends, these bags would be perfect! Even if you have a regular gift, wrap tissue paper around it and put it in the cello bag and tie on a tag! I know a gift shop that gift wraps items like this.
It’s time to be shopping for supplies you need for Christmas cards, projects, and gifts! We should all be trying to get an early start on all our holiday tasks to keep ourselves from getting rushed at the last minute! If you already have the Love, Santa Tag Kit be sure to put it together and enjoy yourself!
