It is Christmas Stampathon time again and the theme for February is cards and matching tags and as per the rules of the Stampathon we have to make multiples. I have used the gorgeous new stamp set called Encircled in Nature, available in my online shop.

Colours used in these cards and tags are:

 

To recreate the encircled Christmas card, you will need:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Shaded Spruce card – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Balmy Blue card – 3” by ½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Shaded Spruce card

I stamped the wreath image, from the Encircled in Nature stamp set in Pecan Pie ink onto the 5¼” by 3½” panel of basic white card.

 

Using a Stencil previously die cut using the largest of the circular Stylish Shapes Dies – the negative circle fits beautifully over the stamped wreath – I inked the background in the Balmy Blue ink using a Blending Brush.

 

The arc of pine trees were stamped in Shaded Spruce ink inside the stamped ring.

A piece of the gorgeous Copper Ribbon was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The decorated panel was then glued to the Shaded Spruce layer and then to the Balmy Blue card base.

 

The sentiment, from the Ringed with Nature stap set was stamped in Shaded Spruce ink onto the small piece of Balmy Blue card. I angle cut the ends and added the sentiment over the ribbon, securing it in place with Mini Glue Dots.

 

I die cut the larger solid tree and the bigger group of trees from scrap Shaded Spruce card. I added the large tree on Dimensionals to the card front. I then cut off the 3 smaller trees from the group and added the remaining 2 trees inside the circle with glue.

 

Inking only one of the group of stars and crescent moon with Misty Moonlight ink, randomly over the background. A trio of Solid Faceted Gems finished off the card.

To recreate the encircled Christmas tags, you will need:

Basic White card – 4” by 3”
Balmy Blue card – 4” by 3”

Using the large tag from the Merriest Trees Dies, I die cut a tags from both the the Basic White and Balmy Blue card pieces. I made 4 tags in total.

 

2 tags were placed side by side and the wreath stamped on both in Pecan Pie ink. I used a Blending Brush to add Balmy Blue ink inside the stamped wreath.

 

The trees were then added in Shaded Spruce and some of the cut off die cut trees added with glue.

 

The sentiment was stamped on the tag in Shaded Spruce ink.

The Balmy Blue label was the  glued behind the stamped tag, slightly offset.

 

A length of Copper Ribbon was then fed through the hole at the top of the tag to finish the tags off.

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used