Welcome to the 7th day of our 12 Tags of Christmas 2019! We are thrilled you stopped by!
Today Heather is here with a tag inspired by one of her favorite Christmas Carols, Cool Yule!
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You’re gonna’ flip when ol’ St. Nick plays a lick on a peppermint stick.
By the time December rolls in, our holiday records have been spinnin’ for a few weeks. Our go-tos are upbeat, jazzy tunes, and I’ve picked a fav to inspire Day 7’s tag: Cool Yule! (If this one isn’t already on your holiday playlist, you can give it a listen below.)
As you might guess from a song originally introduced by Louis Armstrong, it features a big, swingin’ trumpet. I included a nod to that on my tag by using music-playin’ animals from a non-Christmas Lawn Fawn set, and brought the festive with holiday bits and bobs from another. I finished the tag by setting a cool, frosty scene of layered landscape dies, all cut from white.
My favorite part of the tag is the peppermint-stick-colored flute, inspired by a line in the song. It was a “monkey-clap” moment when the simple Copic coloring – with a gel pen stripe – worked. Gotta’ relish the small successes! *wink*
TIP: Use vellum over “snow” dies to create a soft, dreamy effect.
If you’ve been cool, Santa won’t do ya’ wrong.
Sometimes you have time to build a scene with loads of layers and sometimes ya’ need something faster; the Essentials by Ellen Letterboard Die Set works great for speedy, stylish tags, and it’s easy peasy to adapt the frame and the “board” to smaller sizes. I made a few of these to add on to packages alongside the main tag.
TIP: You can simply punch a hole in any shape to turn it into a tag, but if you want a more polished finish, use a small tag die with a loop at the top, and layer it in your base design.
He’ll come a callin’ when the snow’s the most, when all you cats are sleepin’ warm as toast …
As a little “bonus” project, I created a small gift bag (using the chorus of today’s carol) by altering the size of the Letterboard Die Set to match the front of a bag die from My Favorite Things.
TIP: Use an adhesive like “Stick-It” on cardstock before cutting letterboard letters to make placement a breeze.
Heather is not the only one having a cool yule! You can click the links below to see what other crafters have created…
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These critters are DARLING! And I love how you personalized with the letter board!
The candy cane flute…..swoon! Terrific tags. Thanks for sharing your talent, so creative. 😊
ADORABLE!😃
Such fun and creative tags! Love the critters …
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome tags! Love the snowy scene and cute critters! The peppermint stick flute is adorable to tie in with your song! And I love the letterboard creations too!
Great tags! I love the CAS letterboard designs and the music tag with the critters is too cute!
So creative & fun!
What a cute little musical scene, Heather … and such cool use of the letterboard … fabulous CAS tags and bag! Anita 🙂
Sooooo Cute!!!
I didn’t think there was a Christmas song in existence that I haven’t heard but I was wrong. Cute tag.
I love all the sweet little details! Great tag!
the little critters blowing their horns is darling.
Love the sign board for the tags. Sometimes
you need something simple because you know
it’s not going to appreciated – the board is a
good one for those people. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like your attention to details on your awesome tags.
What an awesome song and fabulous designs! I love them all!!! Thanks so much for sharing (and enlightening me about this song!)
Oh, how cute and creative to get the critters in a festive holiday mood!
Super adorable and beautiful tag!
Such adorable little critters and great use of the sign board!
Thanks for sharing that song! have not heard that before – and it’s so fun! Love your jazz playing critters!
Such a cute tag. I have NEVER heard of that song and now I understand the theme. Actually nice song!
Your little critters are adorable and the candy cane flute is the most charming special touch! The letterboard tags: too. much. fun!
~carol
That is super cute.
I love it! I haven’t heard this one before asnd have now added it to my list:) Adorable critters and such a fun candy cane flute!!!
I love how your tag came out! Great coloring, & I really like all the layers. 🙂 ~ Andrea
How did I miss that cool letter board die … super-fun.
these are great!
The little animals are just darling!
Hard to imagine a cuter tag! Great job in dressing those cute critters for Christmas!
Fun, fun tag! I also “discovered” a new Christmas carol….”Cool Yule.” I had never heard it before! Love it! 🙂
Great tags! I love the musical critters especially!
The Peppermint flute
and critters are adorable!
Too cute.
Carla from Utah
The critters are adorable.Loving the letter board as well.
Love your music playing critters, especially the cute raccoon. Had not heard Cool Yule, so that was a nice addition to your post.
Such a sweet critter tag, and I love the letterboard name tags. So fun!
This musical pair is adorable, love the candy cane flute!
How have I never heard this fun song? 😀Cute & jazzy winter scene tag! Love the letter board tags & gift bag as well!
Brilliant tags, love the design with the vellum over the background. And the use of the letters looks great fun. TFS xx
This is such a cute group of tags. I love the peppermint stick flute!
Really cute critter tag. Love the peppermint stick flute. Never heard of this song.
Can I just tell you that I have never heard this song before…shocking. Love the tag.
Cute, very cute💗
What fun creations–I especially like your clever idea to make the peppermint flute! I haven’t heard that song before but it’s a good one to get you in a holiday mode 🙂
Super fun and festive tags, love the peppermint stick flute and snowy scene! Love the CAS design of these merry and bright letter board tags and matching bag too. Awesome Cool Yule tune!
Adorable critters and awesome letter tags!! <3
Love this song! Adorable critter tag. The letter board tags and bag……such a great idea!
Love the ‘peppermint flute’ ! Very cute tags and gift bag. Thanks for the inspiration and the music too!
So sweet! Love the use of the Lawn Fawn critters.
Love the critters on your tag 🙂
SQUEAL!! I LOVE ALL the THINGS!! Such FUN Tags and the Video tops it all off to set the mood!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
Adorable scene. Even the little birches. Perfect.
So sweet and very cool. Great choice of song. Hugz
Love the musiccal critters!