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2020 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 3

Tag three was a blast to make.  I'm in love with shaker cards and thought I would adapt a design to create a shaker tag.  

I used the rounded square from the basic shapes library and the half circle with a cutout.  Union command in eCal3.  Copy and paste a 2nd shape on the mat. HIghlight one of shapes, choose contour cut from the Effects menu.  Create an inset shadow, that would leave about 1/4 inch of an edging on the basic shape of the frame. Click okay.  When you get back to the mat, move the shadow to the top of the layer palette.  choose Path > back minus front.  This piece will become your shaker front.*  Open the library again, choose the rounded square.  Make it a little bit larger than the opening of the shaker front.  This will be the cut for the transparent window of your shaker front.  

Add a snowflake to the mat.  Size as needed.  

Create the sentiment using a favorite font**, place on the shaker back.  Set the letters to draw.  Using the foil quill, foil the lettering.  If you're not using a single line font, you'll need to use line fill (effects tab) to fill the lettering.  

Cut the shapes.  Place the transparency on the back of the front and secure in place.  To create the shaker:  Add some narrow foam tape to the right side of the back shape of the shaker card.  Add the shaker bits -- in this case, I used some holly and berries mix from Kat Scrappiness.  Place the shaker top in place.  

 

*I used a digital print from and old Echo Park Christmas collection to fill the shape with the holly and berry paper.  And print 2 cut.  You could also set the sentiment to print to cut if desired. I also set all strokes on the shapes to none.  

** Font, Hello Blushberry Sans Serif is from CreativeFabrica

2020 - 12 Tags of Christmas

It's that time of the year again... and we're celebrating the holidays on the eclips/eCal FB page with our annual 12 Tags of Christmas reveal.  

Tag 1:  Playing with basic shapes in the eCal 3 library - place a circle and half circle on the  mat - using the union command, create a single shape for the ornament base. Fill using a buffalo plaid* using the pattern fill command.   The smaller circle has a foil quilled sentiment. 

Fonts (Charming and Charlotte) from CreativeFabrica.  
Buffalo plaid from CreativeFabrica.  

Tag 5 - Spring Tag Challenge 2020

Well, it's Friday and it's been a fun week. Thanks for dropping by and sharing a bit of your day  or evening checking things out. As you can see I decided to make another shaker card - a perfect way to round out the week.  

The background is an image I purchased on Dreamstime.com - I've used it for a couple of cards and have plans to use it for another couple of projects in the days to come.  I loved the colors and thought they would serve well as the background for this tag.  

Printed on photo paper (4x6 -borderless setting).  

The sentiment is written in the Walking Wind font and is from CreativeFabrica.com  I used the foil quill and some pink glimmer mist foil from Spellbinders.  I think it turned out quite lovely.   

Stack 5 ovals cut using the eclips and ecal and adhere them to form your shaker box, centering the stack around the sentiment.  

Add the sequin mix.  Adhere an oval cut piece of transparency and the top card stock oval.  If desired add a few more sequins to the oval and the tag base.  Add some ribbon or fibers to hang your tag.  

Thanks for joining me this week.  It's been a fun week.  Don't let COVID-19 get you down .... I hope you'll be able to find a few minutes, hours or more to craft as you can.  Be safe, stay well.  

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Day 12

Today is the final reveal... Another simple tag and using stamps from my stash.

Find a fun snowflake and place on your tag and if desired, using the eCal software, choose path and back minus front.  Design your sentiment.  It's a little difficult to read Christmas on this one... sorry about that.  Use the foil quill to draw and then cut the tag.  I cut a second tag for the background piece. 

Stamp the tree.  I chose to use a color that would give a faint image, then added some background color.  Add a little snow to the branches if desired using a white gel pen.  Add some sparkle.  Set aside. (Stamp is from SU, retired)

Stamp the front of the tag. (Snowflake stamp is from Pink and Main, retired) I decided to heat emboss with some detail white embossing powder,

Glue the tag front to the stamped background. 

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Day 11

North Pole Delivery! 

Dimensional tree is cut using the eclips.  North Pole Deliver was made using the foil quill.  A little bit of inking on the tree, some gel pen ornaments added to each of the "faces."  Simple - quick and would make a fun tag for any kind of holiday gifting.

 

 

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Tag 9

A little foil quill and a few sequins and stars make for a quick shaker tag. 

The base is the basic tag shape. with a foil quill image from the Holiday file from WRMK.  The shaker is a stack of 5 rectangles, a piece of transparency and one more rectangle.  The Xyron's edge to edge adhesive made it easy to "build" the container for the translucent sequins and stars.  The whole tag was cut from a 6 x 12 piece of cardstock.  The eclips and eCal3 made this a quick quill and cut project. 

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Tag 8

Happy Llama-Days!  Tag 8 is another quick and easy tag to complete.

Fill the tag with the background pattern of your choice.  My pattern is from CreativeFabrica.com.  They have a huge selection of backgrounds you can choose from (a few are even free!)

I added a little color to the print2cut llama also available from CreativeFabrica.com. I used Tombow markers and a little bit of glaze to add a little dimension and interest.  The sentiment is made using the WRMK Foil Quill (Black foil, fine tip, D adapter*) This section was added as an extension to the original tag cut.  The llama is secured to the tag base with some pop dots. 

Additional details for the foil quill and settings using the eclips2 and eCal3 software can be found here. 

Lots of good ideas for tags are filling the 12 Tags of Christmas album on the Facebook group page.  Don't forget to stop by there to see the rest of the makers' tags. 

Thanks again for stopping by!  Enjoy your creative time! 

 

2019 12 Tags of Christmas - Tag 6

Time for a little whimsy....

This trio of gnomes was a fun find on 123rf.com.  The images are available in BW or color.  It's a background paper and I just isolated each of the gnomes and use the print to cut feature in eCal3.  The background paper is from CreativeFabrica.com  There are some fun patterns in the file. 

BELIEVE is a foil quilled small sentiment on some scrap cardstock. 

 

Thanks for dropping by and taking a peek at today's tag.  More to come tomorrow!  Hard to believe that we are half-way through the challenge already.  Don't forget to stop by the eclips/ecal Facebook page to see the rest of the challenge entries. We have a very talented group of makers! 

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Tag 5

Its day 5 of the 12 Tags of Christmas challenge on the Facebook eclips/eCal group page.  A little more foiling using the Foil Quill, the eclips2 and eCal3. 

The ornament image is from WRMK's Holiday collection. 

Silver foil (Glimmer Mist from Spellbinders). 

Blue cardstock (Envelopes.com)

Silver Cardstock (Ranger)

Foil Quill (WRMK) - fine tip and D adapter

score tape

eclips2 and eCal3

Foiling settings are shared in Tag 2 post found here.  

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hoping your creative time nourishes your spirit.  Stop by again soon.  

  

2019 12 Tags of Christmas Tag 4

More foil quill fun!  The star is wood laser cut from FSJ... I've had a couple of packages of these in my stash for a couple of years.  Glad to be able to use them.  Added a touch of pearl mica from Mixed Media Supplies to the colored cardstock and to the star.  A tiny bit of white gel pen here and there...and a few hand drawn stars.  Using a script font of your choice set the lettering to pen/draw, fill, add the shadow, remove the stroke and foil*. Do not remove the mat from the machine.  Cut the blackout shadow. 

*Foil Quill fill was done using the Line Fill command in the Effects drop down of eCal3;  Settings were:  line space .100; crosshatch 45 and angle 90. Adjust as needed after previewing the fill.  Fine tip (pink tool) and D adapter for the eclips.