6th December, 2021

Jolly Santa

Hello friends. Happy December. I thought I would pop in with a little Ho Ho Ho and share one of my makes for the Tim Holtz Christmas stamp release, all the details, replay and inspiration makes are over on Tim’s Blog.

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I love Santa and this stamp from the Jolly Santa CMS442 stamp set stole my heart. He really is a very jolly looking Santa indeed!

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I crackled up an etcetera thickboard tag, you can see the how to for the crackle on a previous post, click here. I added idea-ology velvet trim and tiny bells, hung from a hook clasp. The holiday greeting was stamped from the Jolly Santa stamp set in distress archival ink, fussy cut and mounted onto the tag with adhesive foam.

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I stamped the text from Jolly Santa onto plain collage paper with distress archival ink and pasted it on with distress collage medium. I love how the collage paper “melts” into the background when you add collage medium. If you want to give it a more vintage hue, add vintage collage medium.

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I used distress reinkers to watercolor the santa, which I had stamped with distress archival ink. I blended in a little walnut stain distress ink and spritzed with water. I fussy cut the santa and mounted with adhesive foam.

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I added a frame and more stamps from the jolly santa set using distress archival ink and covering with a layer of vintage collage medium.

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You could easily adapt this to a card, but I think it’s so fun to have a gift with a massive gift tag and bells on.

Thanks for stopping by and happy making.
Zoe


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7 Comments »

  1. Sue says:

    Jolly ol’ St. Nicholas, what a great project Zoe, love the stamp and all the crackle!

  2. Babara Ferris says:

    Absolutely gorgeousness , just love your inspiration.

  3. Henriëtte says:

    Your tag is awesome Zoe, totally love it.
    I see this indeed also on a card, a card for a neighbour or someone you can drop it in the mailbox your self.
    Unfortunately I think the adorable little bells don’t survive the mailman LOL
    Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.

  4. Melanie E DeVuono says:

    Love this tag! I am going to try this out! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

  5. Lynette Satterfield says:

    What a jolly marvelous idea! Always looking for new creative ways to use chip board frames! Love your inspiration!

  6. Mary Simet says:

    Dear Zoe, Your Jolly Santa’s holiday vibe is so festive. Your frame around Santa looks like wood. May I please ask how you created it? Merry Christmas & thank you for your dedication to our favorite brand & designer. Do you liv in Europe? Just have wondered that forever. So Thankfully, Mary, Buffalo, NY

  7. Lily Hernani says:

    Dear Zoe I love everything you make ❤ is there a way I can see your previous work, samples. I bought the stuff and never used it

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