Day 1 Noel Tag and Video

This year I decided to follow along with Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas.  Lately I have been trying to "Use What I Have". So that means I need to "fake" out a few items used on these tags.

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First I cut this tag shape from Celebrations Cricut Cartridge at 6.28 inches.  Next I swiped the front of my Cuttlebug Folder with VersaMark embossing ink.  I then placed my Tag into the machine and embossed. Quickly I removed the tag and sprinkled white embossing powder on the surface.  I used my finger to tremove the excess off the raised snowflakes.  I then heated the powder. I then sanded the tag a bit and inked the flakes with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.

Next I cut "Noel" from Blackletter Cricut Cartridge.  I used my Gypsy to weld the letters together.  I used Joys of the Season for the scrolling.  I welded that to my "Noel". The image is cut from Grungepaper. Remembr to use multicut on Grungepaper with a Cricut. I cut twice.

Then I prepared the banner.  I cut this banner from Blackletter at 1.14 inches. I then stamped with a music stamp from my stash with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I distressed the paper a bit and folded the ends into a more dimensional banner.

Next I prepared my greenery.  So many different cartridges could be used.  I used Staright From the Nest for the branches and the holly is from Christmas Noel.  I then inked each branch with Gathered Twigs.  Then using Snow Cap Paint Dauber, I dabbed the dges a bit to look snow tipped.

 I assembled by placing Noel first. Then the banner. Then the greenery.

I then made my pinecone.  Tim Holtz uses a die to make his, but I do not have a machine that will cut that die.  So I have to get creative and make my own.

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How to Make a 3D Paper Pinecone Video

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I started with 2 pear shapes from Gypsy Font. 

 They are sized at .75 and 1 inch.  I cut them in a 3 shades of brown cardstock.

Next I shaped each pear by folding the sides inward on the tip (which is actually the stem of the pear shape).  Then I used tweezers and rolled the rounded edges backwards on both sides.  I did this for about 10-15 small and 7-10 large.

Then I took a toothpick and placed a small amount of hot glue on the tip.  I then rolled a tube with a small pear shape.

Next I started gluing small pear shapes to each other building the shape outward.  You only want to use a small amount of hot glue on the base of each shape.

The rows I built  had 1, 3, 5,of small.  Each row, I moved down the toothpick just a bit but still overlapping the previous layer.

Then I used the larger shapes and began placing them downward. These I did not do so much in rows.  I kept overlapping and moving downward. I used about 7 large. 

 Once I had my pinecone to its size I wanted, I cut the toothpick with scissors, leaving just the pinecone. I shaped the edges just bit and slightly flattened one side to  lay against the tag.

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I then adhered the pinecone to the tag.  I then used Snow Cap Paint d.Dauber again and Picket Fence Stickles to decorate the pinecone. I added a few holly pieces and pearls at the base of the pinecone.

 My final step was to tie some dyed crinkled ribbon to the top with some twine and a dangling pearl bauble. I also added a bit of tulle.

 

 Here are some more photos.

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