Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Papermaze blog.
It's Claire here with you today, and for this blog post, I have something slightly different.
In every Simple Stories collection, there's usually a sheet of tags, and the Simple Vintage Yuletide collection is no exception. They are exquisite!!
I was so taken with them, that this month I wanted to make a feature of them and so decided to make a tag book.
I typically have lots of photos over the festive season, but not all of them warrant a full 12x12 scrapbook page. So, I decided to make this tag book to capture some of the smaller, more intimate moments that all help to build that wonderful Christmas spirit during the holiday season.
Selecting several tags from the Tag Elements paper, I made sure to include some blank space for journaling, and some more graphical tags, as well as some that I could add extra embellishments to. As it's a festive project, I've added gold and red eyelets from my stash to each tag.
For my front cover, I kept it fairly simple. opting for one of the sentiments from the Bits & Pieces pack, offset against some small gold Nuvo Drops to add that extra touch of festive magic and sparkle.
On the reverse, I added a small photo and a sentiment from the Foam Stickers and a small star from the Sentiment Bits & Pieces.
Next, I added pockets to two tags, using a small piece of the 2x2/4x4 Elements Paper.
This was really easy to do, adhering each piece in place with strong red line tape along each outer edge. These pockets are great for holding little journaling notes, photos or gift messages from the big day. Again I embellished with some Foam Stickers and Bits & Pieces, adding red Nuvo Drops around the edge of each pocket to bring in an extra pop of colour.
The Joy and Ticket inserts are from the Bits & Pieces and Sentiments Bits & Pieces packs.
I was enjoying the interactive elements of these tags, so after making the pockets, I added a small flap to the next, enabling it to open like a book by adhering in place with red line tape. I created the flap with a strip of paper from the 4x6 Elements paper, embellishing with a fussy cut Santa from the 2x2/4x4 Elements paper and Yuletide Bits & Pieces.
Inside, you can slot extra photographs, held in place by the edge of the striped paper that folds around the tag.
To make sure I had space for journaling, I chose two plain tags, adding just a few Nuvo Drops to create a framed border and banners from the Bits & Pieces and Sentiment Bits & Pieces packs.
On the back of the 25 tag, I created a feature photo from the big day itself - tracing around the tag and adhering my photo to it - trimming the edge to make sure it fit exactly to the tag.
A few Foam Stickers was all that was needed to finish this tag as I wanted the photo to shine.
I hope you've enjoyed this blog post and it's given you some extra inspiration for how you may document those precious little moments and smaller stories that make up the joy of the season.
I'll be back later this month with some more projects with this stunning collection. In the meantime you can check it out in full here.
Until then, happy scrapping!
Claire x
@scrappysoulmate
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