I’ve made circlet cards before and colored them in all sorts of mediums — and this time I made tags too! Coloring them up made me realize how perfect they’d be for nice round tags using Nativity and Sleigh Ride from Art Impressions.
Art Impressions has been making circlet sets forever (scroll down to see just some of them!) – they’re a fun way to make an interactive, three panel style card, and they aren’t hard at all, especially with a MISTI on hand. You don’t NEED a MISTI for them, but boy howdy does it make it easier!
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Watch the video below or click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
In the video I also did a little re-introduction of the MISTI – from emails received, I realized I just USE it on camera and never mention it or link to it, coz it’s like…well it’s such a commonly used tool for me, it’s like a pair of scissors in it’s uniqueness! ha. But for new folks, the MISTI makes stamping soo much easier since I can re-stamp an image again and again til I get it right – which is needed for this crafter-who-can’t-stamp! There are two MISTIS – a large and a mini one…and there are mousepad style inserts for both, paper pad inserts, round and bar magnets,…lots are listed in the supplies at the end of this post. Also look for MISTI tutorials on YouTube, I do lots of straight up stamping but folks have come up with lots more techniques!
The cards are made on Desert Storm, a color in the Neenah cardstock family. Using white pencil (you can use Prismacolor, Polychromos, or whatever you’d like) and a white pen (I like the Uni-ball but others like different ones), it’s super easy to do some quick coloring!
Since this post leans toward newbies who didn’t know what a MISTI is – the Crafter’s Companion Gemini Junior what I use to do the diecutting. (Not shown in the video.) It’s an electric diecutter, and my favorite of all the ones I’ve tried over the years – no more hand cranking!
On to the ornaments! Here are nice close ups for ya – these are stamped in the Kraft,ink, darker than the Grout Grey.
I cut 2″ circles for the ornament images, and the punch I used was just eer so slightly larger than the stamped circles. Rather than letting the lines show, I inked the edges with Yeti Lawn Fawn Pigment Ink to cover that. I also inked the outer circles (2-1/4) to make them match. Punched a quick circle, tied in some twine, and badaboom badabing!
Supplies
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- Circlet Mini Tryfold – Nativity, Art Impressions Clear Stamps
- Circlet Mini Tryfold – Sleigh Ride Art Impressions Clear Stamps
- Neenah Environment Desert Storm Cardstock, 25 pk
- Crafter’s Companion Gemini Junior
- MISTI Stamping Tool, My Sweet Petunia
- Mini MISTI Stamping Tool, My Sweet Petunia
- White Uni-ball Gel Pen: EH – AMZ – BLICK
- Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
- Yeti, Lawn Fawn Ink Pigment Pad
So, so pretty! Especially love the nativity scene!
Brilliant!! I’ve watched a lot of videos on making the Tryfold cards, most of them yours. It makes me smile the many ways you showed us how to center up the 3 stamps, but using the Misti is brillant! I’ve made several cards using the Misti and it works every time. You are such a wonderful teacher, thank you for sharing your talent.
You nailed the white look.
They are gorgeous, both the cards and the tags. And what a great idea to make the tags from those gorgeous stamp set.
I love the look of the Dessert Storm and White. Thank you so much for showing and have a great day.
I love watching you work….LOVE the contrast of Desert Storm & White!!
Love the look of white on kraft/desert storm. Your cards and tags are really beautiful. Thanks for the tip about using a magnet when lining up a die! Brilliant idea that I will definitely be giving a try.
I’ve been using electronic die cutters for years. Swapped out my old Ebosser for all 3 sizes of the Geminis (which are sssooo much quieter) and my husband just got me my early Christmas present – a Brother Scan n Cut DX for those images without dies. I’m excited to use that. It’s great that you’re reminding folks about the Gemini (or informing those that don’t know about them). Love ’em!
Love the idea of using the stamps for tags.
These are so adorable
Sandy both the card & tags are adorable, there’s just enough of a scene on them without getting cluttered or too little that you wonder why there’s gaps. I love your white pen addiction at this time of year & after trying it myself last Christmas can see the addiction. Do you think there is a WPA group ? ( white pens anonymous)
Love the tags! You are so talented!
There are actually 3 sizes of the MISTI. There is also a 12″ one.