Christmas Tags

I have two wonderful grandsons - one is in 1st grade and the other is in daycare (he's 3).  I made Christmas tags last year for my older grandson (the younger was at a sitter's and I didn't think about doing it for him) so this year I'm doing it for both.  Because my grandson goes to a private school, at least 1/3 of his classmates are from the previous year so the tags needed to be different.

My youngest grandson loves nutcrackers (he calls them nutcracks).  When I saw Concord & 9th's Winter Wonderland nutcrackers on a card that Jennifer McGuire made I knew I had to have this die set.  It did not disappoint.

Here is a sampling of the tags I made.  I finished 25 tags and still have 10 more to do.  I think the rest of them will be with snowmen instead of nutcrackers!

These guys are very small but not hard to assemble - even the teeny tiny pieces (even with my big fingers).  I started by die cutting the pieces out of various cardstock colors and then matching them up when I assembled.  The next round I cut several from the same color combo and then assembled - much easier (especially for color challenged people).  

If you haven't seen this die set from Concord & 9th, check it out.  It comes with the nutcracker, snowmen, a car with a tree on the roof, a snow globe, and tiny snow flakes.

There's a stamp set that coordinates with it but I didn't get that.  This snow globe ended up in the trash because I didn't do a good job of assembling it (in the picture the glue is still wet and visible).

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you get to spend your Thanksgiving with those you love and who love you.  Susan

Christmas Card Class

 Our local scrapbook/cardmaking store - Made on Main - had a card class this year.  The ladies that went said it was so much fun.  Unfortunately I missed it because my husband had surgery the day before and I needed to be with him all day.  But I did get my kit and it was fun putting them together.

Here are the 12 card designs we made (2 of each card). 

The nativity was my favorite ... so much so that I immediately bought the Hero Arts Looking Glass dies so I could make these again.  And I bought a few of the other Looking Glass die sets.  

It is a shame that some many of the local craft stores have closed so it is a real treat to have Made on Main so close (25 minutes from me).  They have also opened a retreat center for weekend craftiness.

If you are local to the Columbus, OH area, be sure to check out Made on Main in Ashville, Ohio.

Thanks for stopping by, Susan