Sunday, December 17, 2017

12 Tags of Christmas - #11


I am back with my project for week 11 of the 12 Tags of Christmas sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique.


Here is Linda's tag and this time I took my inspiration from the mitten and made a gift card holder that is masquerading as a tree ornament.


I found a template online, printed it on card stock and then cut it out.  I used this as my pattern, laid it on the back side of my patterned paper (Graphic 45) and traced around it before I fussy cut it.  I repeated this making sure to flip the pattern before I traced it.


Next I turned one half of the mitten to the back side and marked where the gift card was going to sit.  This time I decided to let it peek above the top since the gift card came in a nice green wrapper but you can hide it below the top by just marking where you want it to stop lower inside the mitten.


I added double sided tape (Scor Tape) to a small strip of fun foam (Michaels) and added it to bottom of the outline I made.

Next I glued both halves of the mitten together using a fine bead of glue (Art Glitter Designer Dried Clear Adhesive) around the edge but leaving about 1/2" open on each side at the top (you can see where I erased the lines to remind me).  Once the glue was dry, I trimmed away any bits that did not match up perfectly.

To finish the mitten I added cuffs cut from quilt batting and a length of burlap string for a hanger on one side.  I decorated the opposite side with a label from the paper pad (Graphic 45), some greenery cut with a punch (Martha Stewart), paper roses (Wild Orchid Crafts), sparkly berries (Michaels) and a loopy bow from burlap string.

4 comments:

  1. OMG I love the shape of this, brilliant!! Such a great card and so ckleverly put together!

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  2. What a wonderful idea to make a shaped card Cec! Love love it!

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  3. Oh my, this is insanely cool, Cec! I absolutely LOVE the red/white paper you used and felt or batting that you ued for the cuff of the mitten is awesome! So sorry to be so slow to get over to say thank you for playing along with the Funkie Junkie's 12 Tags of Christmas.

    Hugs,
    Linda

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  4. What a great idea, Cec! Happy New Year!

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