How about a bright Christmas card like this Holly Jolly Christmas Tag Card using Lemon Lime Twist?! Doesn’t Lemon Lime Twist sound like the perfect color for a Christmas card? I think it works fine on this card and many others, too! I love the classic Christmas card look, but I also love the fun and bright designs!
You’d be amazed if you knew how many times my mind changes ideas as I start planning a card (if I even have a plan before I start pulling out paper!) and making the card. This started by copying a Christmas tag I’d already made. After I made the tag, I thought, why not put it on a card? And that’s how this card came about.
The card base is Shaded Spruce cardstock with a layer of Lemon Lime Twist paper in the Brights 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper. I chose a pattern in there that I hoped wouldn’t be too busy behind the tag.
The tag is diecut with the tag die in the Merriest Trees Dies and so is the little tree designer paper in the Merry Bold & Bright Designer Series Paper (retired). To make the designer paper layer on the cardstock tag, I just trimmed the designer paper just inside the “stitching” on the diecut paper. That gives it just enough of a border to fit on the tag.
For the little tree on the tag, I used another piece of the Brights 6″ x 6″ DSP and cut it out with the smallest tree die in the Merriest Trees Dies. For a little greeting on the tag, I stamped the words in the Merry & Bright Stamp Set in Shaded Spruce ink on Basic white. To make the words fit on my little tree, I trimmed around them with Paper snips following the curve of the cursive writing.
To embellish the tag after adhering the stamped words, I used a Star Trinket (retired) on top of the tree and just three little Lemon Lime Twist gems in the Tinsel Gems Four-Pack. The ribbon at the top is the Silver & White 1/2″ Sheer Ribbon.
Try making some gift tags and then either use them as tags for presents or stick them on the front of a card and make the tag the focal point! Either way, you win!
