12 Days of Christmas Gift Tag Tutorial

Good Morning!

From December 1st - 12th, Graphic 45 is featuring some amazing holiday creations on the blog using the 12 Days of Christmas line. Each day, G45 has shared a gorgeous card by Gloria Stengel along with a tutorial by one of the design team members!

Today is the 10th day of Christmas, which means it is my turn to share a budget- and family-friendly Christmas tutorial on the Graphic 45 blog! But before I share my project, here is a snapshot of the amazing prize G45 is giving away (worth over $135!!!), simply by commenting on their blog or Facebook page:

Wouldn't you love to win this prize?? It's totally doable! The more comments you leave on the Graphic 45 blog or Facebook page, the better!

All right, with that said, here is my 12 Days of Christmas gift tutorial. This is a simple gift certificate holder that you can hang on your tree!

Supplies & Instructions

12 Days of Christmas Ladies Dancing

12 Days of Christmas My True Love

12 Days of Christmas Joyeaux Noel

Graphic 45 Regular Tag Album

May Arts ribbon – 6” green ribbon

Platinum Stickles

Christmas spray

Instructions

Step 1. Cut out the following images from your Ladies Dancing paper.

 

Step 2. Flip your Ladies Dancing paper over to reveal the blue side; trace 1 tag shape and cut out. Adhere this piece to the front side of one of your tags, blue side up. Use a nail file to sand edges for a faux snowy look. 

Step 3. Cut a 3” x 3” square from your My True Love paper; flip paper over and cut out one of the 12 days of Christmas lists.

Step 4. Take your Joyeaux Noel paper and cut off the Ten Lords A Leaping border. Cut off a 3” long piece of this border. Take remaining Joyeaux Noel paper, flip over to reveal red side, and trace another tag shape. Cut out and adhere to the back of your tag. 

 Step 5. Adhere 12 Days of Christmas list. Adhere Ten Lords A Leaping border. Adhere only the left, bottom, and right sides of the My True Love piece to create a pocket. Adhere “JOY” and attach fussy cut flowers with foam dots.

Step 6. Adhere flower bunch, bird, and square with foam dots. Adhere some spray behind flower bunch. Take ribbon and adhere ends behind tag. Apply Stickles around the edge of your tag. 

Graphic 45 Advent Calendar Tutorial and some news!

Today on the Graphic 45 blog, we are sharing some fun Christmas tutorials! I know we haven't hit Thanksgiving yet, but it's always good to get some ideas going as the holidays go by way too fast. Fellow DT member Miranda has made a beautiful home decor piece using the 12 Days of Christmas line, and I made this fun advent calendar! If you'd like to make one for yourself, read below for step-by-step photo instructions!

You can use the "back" of the box for a couple 4" x 6" photos or one large one.

Supplies

12” x 12” Altered Art Matchbook Box

12” x 12” 12 Days of Christmas 12 Days of Christmas (2)

12” x 12” 12 Days of Christmas 12 Christmas Rose

12” x 12” 12 Days of Christmas 12 Pear Tree

12” x 12” 12 Days of Christmas 12 My True Love

12 Days of Christmas Banners

12 Days of Christmas Stickers

12 Days of Christmas Alphabet stickers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Iced Spruce

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Feet

May Arts – 1 yard olive silk ribbon, (2) 16” ivory ribbon

Scor-Tape

Instructions

Note: Ink all paper and banners with Iced Spruce Distress Ink (or other green ink) before decorating or adhering.

PREPARING THE LID

Step 1. Take the lid off of your matchbook box; set the tray aside. Note: Your papers are 12” x 12”, but the box itself is almost 12.5” x 12.5”. Because of this, the edges of your box will show. Ink all the edges of the front, top, bottom, and back of your lid about .25” - .5” deep with Iced Spruce Distress Ink or other green ink of your choice. 

Step 2. Locate one of your 12 Days of Christmas paper, plaid side up. Adhere to the back of your lid. 

Step 3. Locate your other 12 Days of Christmas paper, plaid side up. Cut (4) 1.75” x 12” strips and (2) 1.5” x 12” strips. Save your 2” x 12” scrap for another project!

Step 4. Adhere (2) 1.75” wide pieces to the top and bottom of your lid. Adhere the other (2) 1.75” wide pieces to the left and right sides of the front of your lid. You will adhere the 1.5” wide pieces to the top and bottom front of your lid. Set lid aside.

Step 5. Locate My True Love paper, red side up. Cut a 4” x 12” piece and set aside for step 9. Then cut (4) 2” x 12” pieces. Take your 2” x 12” pieces and cut into 2” x 4” pieces. Flip half of them over so that you have (6) 2” x 4” pieces with the red side and (6) 2” x 4” pieces with the Christmas carol side. Set aside for step 10.

Step 6. Locate Pear Tree paper, green side up. Cut a 4” x 12” piece and set aside for step 8. Then cut (4) 2” x 12” pieces. Take your 2” x 12” pieces and cut into 2” x 4” pieces. Flip half of them over so that you have (6) 2” x 4” pieces with the green side and (6) 2” x 4” pieces with the white side. Set aside for step 10. 

Step 7. Take your Christmas Rose paper, rose side up, and cut a 4” x 12” piece from the right. Set this piece aside for step 14. With your remaining paper, cut (4) 2” x 12” strips and flip over to reveal red side. 

DECORATING YOUR TRAY

Step 8. Locate your tray. Take your 2” x 12” Christmas Rose strips and adhere to the inside sides of your tray. Adhere your Swans A Swimming paper, green side up, to your tray. Locate 4” x 12” Pear Tree paper from step 6. Cut this in half so you have (2) 2” x 12” pieces. Adhere these to the outside left and right sides of your tray.  

Step 9. Take the 4” x 12” My True Love scrap from step 5 and cut in half so you have (2) 4” x 6”. Adhere these to your tray, about 2.5” from the top of your tray. Take stickers from your 12 Days of Christmas Alphabet Stickers to spell the words CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN and adhere with foam dots beneath your photo mats. Place your tray inside the lid.

CREATING CHRISTMAS DAYS 1 – 25

Step 10. Locate all your little 2” x 4” pieces. First, discard (1) 2” x 4” piece per design so that you have (5) 2” x 4” pieces in red, Christmas carol, green, and white. Take a 5/8” circle punch and punch a half circle on the top of each piece. Then, fold in half and adhere sides to create little pockets. You will have 20 total pockets.

Step 11. From your 12 Days of Christmas banners, locate the (4) big banners in the photo and as many of the smaller circle banners and keys as you can. For the 25^th day of Christmas, you will use one of the stickers from the 12 Days of Christmas Stickers set! 

Step 12. Flip your box over so that the back of the box is face up. This will be your Christmas Countdown/Advent Calendar side. Place all your little pockets and flags onto the box as shown. For the lower right corner, use the “Dec 25^th” sticker from the 12 Days of Christmas Stickers. Apply circle banners, little keys, and stickers to all of the days, in numerical order from 1 – 25. Note: for day 18, I used the capital letter “I” as a number one.  

DECORATING THE REST OF YOUR COUNTDOWN BOX

Step 13. Take your 4” x 12” Christmas Rose paper and fussy cut one bunch of roses. Adhere to the bottom of the front of your lid. If you have Tim Holtz Idea-ology feet, apply some gold paint to them and adhere to the bottom of your box.  

Step 14. Take your olive ribbon and tie a bow. Adhere to the top of your box. Take your ivory ribbon and tie two bows; adhere one bow onto each side of your green ribbon.

Thanks so much for looking! I must apologize; I am behind on visiting all your blogs. My work schedule has been so busy lately, and on top of that, my husband and I got a PUPPY!! Talk about having your hands full! 

His name is Archie and he is a Parson Russell Terrier. He is just 4 months old! One of the many special things about him is his birthday; it's also our wedding anniversary! Thanks again for looking and I can't wait to break away soon to catch up on all your beautiful projects! 

Mother Goose Layout Tutorial and Bee Hive Class Photos!

Good Morning, Crafty Friends!

Today on Graphic 45's blog, we're featuring some projects made with G45's Mother Goose paper. Miranda has made a beautiful sympathy card and I made the little layout below of my new nephew, Trent! We're giving away a Mother Goose prize pack on the blog, so be sure to comment on G45's blog or Facebook page for your chance to win!

But before I share more photos and instructions about the layout, I also wanted to share some photos from a little make and take class that I taught at The Bee Hive a couple weekends ago! I designed a little 4" x 6" frame with Graphic 45's 12 Days of Christmas line for this class. It was so fun seeing the ladies put their own spin on things! 

The ladies and their creations!

My project: a 12 Days of Christmas frame!

The ladies are busy as bees!

I love how unique each person's frame turned out!

Lovely layers and sparkle!

Showing off her frame! (Thank you again for helping me find my way!!)

Beverly and all her crafty goodness!

Crafty friends!

I love the jingle bells she added to the upper corner! 

And this lady - love her! Lisa's gorgeous Graphic 45 projects launched my G45 love affair!

Well, thank you so much for letting me share those photos! It was a fun day and I found some yummy goodies at The Bee Hive that I've used for a couple of my upcoming projects. Stay tuned for those! But for now, I'll share my Mother Goose layout tutorial. It's quite simple and of course, you can change up the papers and embellishments to your liking! 

Mother Goose Layout Tutorial Supplies

12” x 12” Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

12” x 12” Mother Goose A Pocketful of Posies

12” x 12” Mother Goose Twinkle Little Star

12” x 12” Mother Goose Storytime

12” x 12” Mother Goose Little Boy Blue

12” x 12” Mother Goose Humpty Dumpty

Mother Goose Flowers

Mother Goose Banners

Mother Goose Chipboard die-cuts 2

Yellow Stickles

5" x 7" photo of the cutest baby you know

Instructions

Step 1. Cut A Pocketful of Posies paper to 10.75” x 10.75”. Flip your scraps over to reveal blue floral side, trim to 10.75”, and apply a fancy edge punch along one of the edges. 

Step 2. Cut Twinkle Little Star paper to 9.5” x 9.5”. Flip your scraps over to reveal blue star side, trim to 9.5”, and apply a fancy edge punch along one of the edges. 

Step 3. Take Humpty Dumpty paper and trim off a 4.5” square. Apply a fancy square die, like Spellbinders Captivating Squares. Cut in half. 

Step 4. Adhere the halves of your green square to the lower left and upper right corners of your Nursery Rhyme paper. Then adhere the yellow Pocketful of Posies paper. Adhere blue borders, then white Twinkle Little Star paper. 

Step 5. Take Storytime paper and cut out Little Boy Blue image. Turn paper over and fussy cut 5 large green flowers. Take Little Boy Blue paper and cut out photo mats with red star border. 

Step 6. Adhere Little Boy Blue image and photo mats per photo. Add a 5” x 7” photo of your choice. (Preferably one involving a cute baby and pacifier!)

Step 7. From your Mother Goose flowers and banners, assemble a big red plaid flower, big blue flower, and small red flower. Then, locate the following Mother Goose banner pieces and chipboard 2 pieces. 

Step 8. Add embellishments to your layout per photo.  Then, take letters from your Mother Goose alphabet sticker sheet to create the words “BINKY time”. Optional: apply yellow Stickles to flower centers.