Following on from yesterday, and my “eared snowman” I found these wooden stocking tags much easier to work with (part of a pack of 4 x 2 designs from Poundland.
I used the Nordic style paper because the pattern was just in the right proportion to the stocking. I drew round the wooden stocking and then cut the shape out, but it didn’t matter how careful I was, I still had to trim sparingly and then trim some more, to get a perfect fit. 
…… and then I did a bit of faux stitching using a black fine liner pen round the edges, to define and add more detail on the back as well as the front. The small, red flat backed gems were an after thought that I think worked.
The final touch was a red wooden bead on the cord.Initially these are tags to put on presents, but after I see no reason why they couldn’t be hung on a tree as a decorations.
Oh Helen, these really are gorgeous! So Scandi in style :)
ReplyDeleteI was at a workshop last Autumn and picked up a handy trick. We had to glue paper to some MDF large jigsaw shaped pieces and I couldn't see how it would possibly work. But, we cut roughly to size, then used a very wet sort of glue/paste, slapped paper onto MDF and then before it dried used very fine sandpaper around the edges to scrub off the excess paper. Worked like a dream!
Our mate, Mrs A - Norman's Mum - was with me at the time. And she's now a much loved friend, thanks to our monkey adoptions from you! And, she's also barking but don't tell her! :)
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Di xx
They'd be brilliant tree decorations. You must love Christmas very much to keep coming up with all your festive ideas.
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i love these you need to start selling your tags big love marc
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome tags. They will add a special touch to any Christmas gift.
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