Christmas Craft For Kids?

I know I've been making heaps of gift tags lately, but I do find that they are so very handy to have on hand. This is a project I told my customers about in my most recent newsletter.  Its an easy project your kids could do!

Step 1:  Stamp an A4 sheet of Whisper White Cardstock with your choice of stamps, in your favourite colours.

Step 2:  Using your Paper Trimmer, cut your Cardstock down the middle vertically (10.5cm) and then into 5cm strips.

Punch with the Angled Tag Topper Punch and tie some Baker's Twine through it - you're done!

Or you can step it up by edging with some ink and a sponge dauber and adding a few dots of glitter glue, your choice!

Here's another one I did for birthday tags (Mosaic Madness Stamp Set)

And voila!

So give each child a sheet of A4, no more than 3-4 colours and stamps, and let them go to town.  Once they are done, cut up the A4 sheet to make 10.5cm x 5 cm tags, and punch with the Tag Topper Punch.  Tie some ribbon, Baker's Twine, knitting wool, or any old string through the top and you've kept your kids entertained for a while.  Plus topped up your stash.  :-)

Quick 'n easy tags with My Digital Studio

I love being able to make things on the fly - let's face it, with all the craziness going on at this time of year, I'm never as prepared as I'd like to be.  This is something you can have up your sleeve - you can make them up quickly, or have them all ready to go, depending on your schedule.   This MDS download is perfect for tags - or for a bit of Christmas Subway Art!  I love it.
All I did was make a blank A4 page for my project, then recoloured the stamp to my liking, sized it to the tag size I preferred, filled the page and printed out a whole page on Whisper White Cardstock on my home printer.  Ta Da!
Then I just used my paper trimmer to cut out the individual tags, and punched the top (or bottom) of the tag with the Angled Tag Topper Punch, put a little Baker's Twine through the hole, and they were done.

If you'd like to make these yourself, click on the links below!

Angled Tag Topper Punch

$39.95

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$14.95

Mds Download - Digital Download

$24.95

O Holy Night Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

$3.50

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I must admit, my husband and I don't really observe this "Hallmark Holiday" but I do think it is a nice idea to celebrate love.  My 9 year old daughter wanted to take in a Valentine Treat to her classmates, and we were able to whip them up in no time this morning.

I had the angled tag topper punch, some ink, some whisper white card stock, and my trusty paper trimmer on the table from the class I held yesterday (will show you what my talented girls made in my next post), and I had a lot of lollipops for just such an occasion.

I trimmed A4 whisper white card stock into 2 inch wide  strips, and then cut those strips in half.  Then, my daughter punched both ends with the tag punch while. I randomly stamped hearts on it.  Then we just bent the stamped piece so the holes lined up and poked the lollipop in - no glue required!

 I think these would be easy party favours too.  And no glue = no mess if the kids want to make them themselves.  It took my nine year old and I all of 15 minutes to make 30.  Plus, my daughter observed that the wrappers would make cute bookmarks after the lollypop was finished.  Two gifts in one!

Materials used:  Paper:  A4 Whisper White (106549 $14.95 (40 sheets));  

Ink:  Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad (131178, $9.95),  Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad (126970, $9.95)

Stamps:  Hearts a Flutter (clear 129252, $35.95  wood 131922, $44.95)

Punch:  Angled Tag Topper Punch (133323) $39.95 (NEW)

And in other exciting news - I'm holding classes every two weeks (instead of monthly) now!  I'm trying to work out a time for those of you who can't make it during the week day (my Friday nights are crazy with my children's sports now).   Please let me know if you'd find say, a Monday evening, convenient?