Wrapping Up the Holidays!

Hi Friends! Rosanne and I are here for CASEing Coast to Coast ~ our last for 2022! This year has flown by! If you are new to my blog, this is the day we share a card or project that fits a theme we decide upon and Copy And Selectively Edit each other’ work. Rosanne lives on the East Coast and I’m on the West. Our theme this month is “Wrapping Up the Holidays.” Fitting for the final week before Christmas, don’t you think? Here is Rosanne’s project ~

You can read the details of Rosanne’s beautiful gift tags at Heartfelt Stamping by clicking HERE.

And here are my tags ~

Basic Details:

• Cut a circle using the largest of the Stylish Shapes Dies out of cardstock.
• Cut another smaller circle using Designer Series Paper.
• Glue a fun image from DSP to some plain white cardstock and hand cut or die cut the image and adhere it to the circles with Dimensionals.
• Stamp and cut a sentiment strip and glue it to the cut image.
• Add Baker’s Thread to a punched hole at the top for tying.

Specific Details:

• Shaded Spruce Cardstock and largest Stylish Shapes circle die
• Santa Express dotted DSP and second to largest circle Stylish Shapes Die
• Santa Express image (Santa in train), glued to white cardstock for stability and hand cut
• Petal Pink Cardstock heart, Celebrations Tag Dies, glued to circle
• Sentiment “Be Jolly” from Celebrate With Tags, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, adhered with Dimensionals
• Poppy Parade Baker’s Twine

• Granny Apple Green Cardstock and largest Stylish Shapes circle die
• Santa Express DSP and second to largest circle Stylish Shapes Die
• Santa Express reindeer in the train car, glued to white cardstock, hand cut and adhered with Dimensionals
• Sentiment from My Favorite Things™, stamped with Shaded Spruce and Versamark inks and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder
• Poppy Parade Baker’s Twine

There is plenty of room on the back for a “To” and “From”. I think these tags will add a lot of fun to any wrapped gift!

Personal Goal Attempted…

I made it a personal goal this year to use up all of my old retired holiday Designer Series Paper. Ask me if I even got close…. not a chance! But I did find a way to use some of it and I wonder if you might be in the same situation as me? Cupboards overflowing???? Each year at Christmas our cul-de-sac neighbors share plates of homemade cookies or treats. This year I made a version of Chex Mix but with a caramel coating. How to package it? I had some plain white handled bags that were the perfect size, but a little boring. So I dug out some of my retired papers and ribbons and went to work. Here’s what I ended up with:

I love these and think it’s a great way to use up some paper. Making bags with DSP is fun too – if you saved your sheets in 12″x 12″. I went through a while back and cut them all down to 6″x 6″ for storage and that does limit what I can do with them. But I’m happy with these bags! 🙂

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And that’s a “wrap!” Thanks for visiting our sites today. If you haven’t yet, go read about Rosanne’s tags by clicking HERE. I’ll be hosting family here in California for the holidays so will be taking some time off from blogging. Here’s wishing you all a joyful Christmas, a fun holiday, and the happiest of New Year’s!

Product List

Santa Express 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159582] $12.00	Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146981] $9.25	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146990] $9.25	Petal Pink 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146985] $9.25
Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin’ Pad [155576] $8.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25