Welcome to Day 5 of 12 Tags of Christmas 2020!
Today Jessica Frost-Ballas is sharing a sparkly, wintery-white tag inspired by one of her favorite Christmas carols – White Christmas!
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I have always loved the song “White Christmas” and the line about “where the treetops glisten” was my inspiration for today’s tag!
I started by die-cutting the largest tag from the Tag Trio die set with vellum and die-cut it again with the Twirling Flurries die. The die cuts and embosses little stitched designs and holes that really give it the impression of a blustery winter night! Next I tore white cardstock and die-cut it with the tag die to create a textured snowy ground for my scene and adhered it to the bottom of the tag.
Home and Hearth is one of the very first sets I ever purchased at Ellen Hutson YEARS ago and it is still one of my favorite whimsical holiday sets. I die-cut the houses, trees, and stars from white cardstock and then adhered them to my tag. I stamped a sentiment from MFT Stamps’ Bitty Holiday Wishes with delicata silvery shimmer ink and set it with my heat gun.
Then it was time to make my treetops glisten!! I added a little nuvo crystal glaze to the trees and then sprinkled them with distress mica flakes and Lawn Fawn prisma glitter. The mica flakes are gorgeous and almost opalescent when they catch the light and the glitter adds a ton of sparkle to the trees! I also like that the flakes are kinda chunky which adds a lot of dimension to the trees! I added a thin silver ribbon to finish my tag and now it’s ready for a white Christmas!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope my tag inspired you! I can’t wait to see your tags! Until next time, have a fantastic holiday season and happy crafting!
–Jess
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82 Comments
OMG so elegant and beautiful!
what a beautiful combination of textures on this tag! Love it
OOO, I love the textures! Beautiful!
These are so beautiful. I like how muted they are.
wow, so beautiful!
Beautiful!
So pretty tags, Jessica!!
These tags are truly lovely! So elegant!
I’ve put that background piercing plate on my wish list. Love the tag.
Love the twirling flurries die on vellum! So atmospheric 🙂
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This is gorgeous, and my favorite Christmas song…might have to play along with this one! TFS!
Great White Christmas tag, love the stitched flurries in the background!
Wow….what a lovely tag!!
Lovely card with one of my favorite stamp sets! Thanks for bringing my attention to the background die— That is now on my must have list!
Ooooh…I love the gray and white! Great little tags.
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Seriously thought the photo was black and white—classy tag!
this is so lovely! Love those glistening tree tops!
Sweet tag and the story that inspired it.
I always love a pretty and peaceful winter scene for Christmas cards and tags, and was inspired to make my own version as well.
🤩 LOVE this tag and am going to purchase the supplies. Also, I’d like to know about the ‘blue glue bottle holder’ that you used in your video. I have so much trouble with my glue drying in the tip and this looks perfect!! Please tell me what it’s called/where I can purchase!
Blessings, Wendy Picciano
So elegant! I love the sparkle on the trees!
I absolutely love your tag! The silver and white and all the sparkle are beautiful!
I really like the interesting elements in the tag making it so dimensional.
Simple, peaceful snow scene with just the right amount of added interest in the background embossing and sparkles. Comes together perfectly. Thank you
Such a modern and elegant tag, really love the simplicity!
Simply beautiful–I like the sparkle.
Love it