Tons of Toppers – Icing Collection with Dawn

“Hello there! Today’s my turn to share a post for TGIF at The Greetery and I knew it had to be this one!! Filling up our antique printer’s tray with all sorts of Christmas gift tags and toppers has to be my favorite project of the year! It’s become a bit of a tradition and I enjoy it so much! Not only is it fun to make all the tags and toppers, but it’s fun to style them in the printer’s tray and enjoy it as a bit of holiday decor. And on top of that, it’s SO much more fun to wrap gifts, when you get to shop from your own pretty assortment of organized goodies!

As you can see, I’ve still got plenty of space to fill it up even more, but it’s off to a great start, so let me tell you what all I used to make these tags and toppers!

I used lots of items from the recently released Icing Collection and started off with the Nordic Birds dies.  I punched a couple of holes and added some brads so that the wings are movable!  I love that this makes them a wee bit interactive.  I also did a bit of ink blending on the lower part of the wings to give them some shading.  But man, if you need some darling — and quick — tags, grab these dies!  I’ll simply write the to/from info on the back!

I also did a set of pink and red Inside & Out tags (of course I did….would it even be Christmas without pink and red tags at our house???  🙂  I LOVE them!  Even the simple one layer tags are darling when you stencil on some color and stamp a darker color on top!

I also used the Nordic Tree dies to create this darling tree tag. I love that when you follow the instructions on the packaging, you create layers of the tree that can each swing side to side a bit…..again, makes it kind of interactive! I pulled out a previously released Mint & Berry Bits to use as ornaments on the tree. Once I attached the stars (one on front and one backing it), I hole punched right through all the layers to add twine.

I used the Frost Buds dies and some silver glitter card stock, to create the floral stems.  Those will be so cute peeking out from a bow on a gift, with a tag tied on the bow. I used some of the dies from the Crystal Charms Jumbo set, to cut silver glitter card stock.  These baubles will be so cute tied on to a bow and layered up with a tag or two!

For the pink & red tags backed with the larger red Ornamental Tag, I attached the smaller Inside & Out die cut on top with a brad, and underneath, I stamped a little “merry Christmas” from Hey Honeycomb Holiday.  Peep those silver snowflakes from the Crystal Charms Jumbo die set!

I cut a couple more red birds from red GLITTER card stock! How fun! Also…..Here are a couple more dangly baubles.

PRO TIP: Did you know you can add ink blending to glitter card stock?! You can! I added some shading to the birds’ wings with a deeper shade of red ink.

I hope I’ve given you some inspiration today!! Have you made your own tray full of gift-wrapping tags and toppings yet? This is my third or fourth year doing it and I highly recommend it!!

Thanks so much for being here, friend!

Dawn”