NinaB Designs October 2012 Blog Hop

Welcome to the monthly NinaB Designs team blog hop, which is an opportunity to share ideas using some of my product designs for Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and The Craft's Meow. This post is picture heavy. If you want to see a bigger version of the photos, simply click on them. I hope you will find helpful my including all these photos on today's post. :)

For this month's hop, I challenged the team to create an ornament or tags, which will come in handy in the upcoming holidays. I have several projects for you today. The first is a set of felt ornaments  using Spellbinders' Sweet Folk Art dies. I used my pinking shears to cut around the stocking die cuts and added some hand stitching. Scraps of lace, ricrac and button finish these super easy ornaments that you can make with your kids.

My 2nd ornament is also made of felt using the tree, heart, and star dies from the Sweet Folk Art set as well. I framed it using Spellbinders' Scalloped Nested Pennants dies. I added a paper rose and twine for hanging.

My 2nd project is a set of Christmas tags using the same tree die from Sweet Folk Art. I used several Spellbinders Labels die as my tag base. These are again very easy to make and are mass-producible.

To make these tags, I die cut label dies from Kraft or Sand cardstock. I inked the edges with white pigment for added effect, but it's hard to see on the photo. I cut several dies at a time using coordinating papers from a pack, as you see below. I used My Mind's Eye papers. Then I sorted the die cuts accordingly. Because they came from the same pack, the papers are already coordinated for you.

I want to show you how the die-cut trees look like close up. As you see the "layers" are cut almost across, for easy snipping in order to create a layered, quilted look. The holes on the edges are also done with one run through your die machine. You can leave them as is, or run a white pen, or stitched for a more realistic quilted look.

I snipped the tree layers and mix and matched them with the others, as you see below. I stamped my sentiment from The Craft's Meow's Season's Greetings set in two colors and cut them into little banners. I adhered them, along with the die cut trees on the labels. I punched a hole on top, inserted a ribbon and adhered the two ends using Scor-tape (see below)

I made three versions of the tags: easy (adding only twine), intermediate (ribbon) and fancy (ribbon with button center:

I even went one step further and used some of these tags to make focal points for a mass-produced card set. I will share the tutorial on how I made these in a future post when I announce the winners of the giveaways.

Here is the Spellbinders' Sweet Folk Art dies I used for my projects:

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES:

Prize Package #1 includes Spellbinders Ironworks Accents and Motifs:

Prize #2 includes 2 retired sets from Layers of Colors stamps, Christmas Verses and Beautiful Lace:

Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett (you are here!) * Beate Johns * Clare Buswell * Jennie Harper * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas 

Everybody is welcome to comment and eligible to win. The winners will be announced on  October 22 on this blog. Due to the number of prizes being given away on my blog and my dependence on my mom to do the shipping, I have to ask that the winners email (via Contact tab above) me with their info within 4 days (till October 26) in order to claim the  prize. This will help with organization and avoiding confusion. Thanks for understanding!

Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Want2Scrap 

Penny Black Inc.

Thank you for joining us today!