Monday, 27 August 2012

Snowman Tags

snowman tags Can you believe these tags were made back in February?!  I found the wooden snowman embellishments marked down to half price at a local garden centre and at 74p for 8 they were too good to resist, but I knew if I didn’t use them almost straight away they would linger for too long in my Christmas box of bits.
Craft for Christmas wooden snowman embellishments
I thought that the painted effect was rather dull, drab and flat ….
snowman head embellishments
So I re-coloured their noses and cheeks, added a few stripes to the scarfs and then added a generous coating of Anita’s 3D Gloss Finish, giving them much more luxurious feel.
snowman tags
I then cut out the tags using a strong Kraft card, covering the front with a polka dot paper and white glitter card, adding faux stitching round the edge of the blue paper and on the back of the tag.
snowman tags 1
The final touches are made by adding punched snowflakes, a tiny handwritten tag on the hat, plus holly leaves left over from other projects and red and clear flat backed gems. I kept a couple of the heads back as I I want to try and make a few cards based on the same design and using the same materials, watch this space …..

5 comments:

  1. I love the little signs in the hats! Cute! Jenx

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  2. Really fun and festive! The snowmen look so much better after their makeovers. :)

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  3. The gloss is definitely better...can see where these adorable fellas will hang around long after the Christmas holidays...they are just too much fun to put away!...Dianne

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  4. What a difference adding the GA has made - and of course a fair bit of fiddle farting too - fab tags! xx

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  5. they work so well its the extra bits you do that up the stakes fab big love marc

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