12 Tags of Christmas Day 3 – Tropical Tags with Therese Calvird

Welcome to Day 3 of the 12 Tags of Christmas!

Next up is the cool and creative Therese Calvird! Today, Therese is sharing a fun version of this classic song, and it’s going tropical. Check out how she was inspired below!

For more information on the 12 Tags of Christmas Challenge, click HERE.

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Hi there, it’s Therese here! Today I am sharing a tag inspired by a wonderful version of Mele Kalikimaka sung by Jimmy Buffett! This is such a cheerful song, so I just had to make my tag cheery too!

Step 1 – To create the background I used some gorgeous Concord & 9th cardstock to layer the Abstract Mountain background

Step 2 – Die cut the background with one of the Essential Arches. To create the frame for the tag in Honeysuckle cardstock, use 2 of the Arches dies nested together. Adhere these together.

Step 3 – Stamp and Copic color the Santa, sled and palm tree images from Santa’s List and It’s a Jungle.

I colored a tropical pineapple shirt and added some sunglasses to Santa… and did you notice that he is surfing on a sled? This was such fun to do!

Step 4 – Stamp and die cut the sentiment into a speech bubble and attach this and the images to the front of the tag using thin foam squares.

Step 5 – Punch a hole and add some twine to the top of the tag.

TIPS

• Don’t have any tag dies? You can use any shape or size of nesting dies to create your own tags, just as I did here with the Essentials Arches.
• You can also make a speech bubble to fit any sentiment, I used one of the Essential Circles and simply added a triangle.
• Add a bit of fun to your Christmas designs by using bright non-traditional colors.
• To reduce bulk adhere the images directly to the front of the tag.
• Why not make this into a card, add a second die cut arch and attach it to the back!

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SUPPLY LIST:

Other Supplies: Concord & 9th Cardstock – Eggplant / Parsley / Evergreen / Aqua Sky / Oceanside / Honeysuckle.