Inspiration: Little Red Wagon #473 (No Cards Allowed) + Inspired By #47
This project started as a joke. My mom loves cooking now that she is retired, especially cookies and treats. She would love for me to share this interest, but I have zero interest in cooking of any type. She was hoping that I might pick it up so that I can bake cookies with my niece and she's even purchased a few things for me in the hope of sparking the interest, but to no avail. Because it's something that she's mentioned a few times, when I purchased the Fresh Baked #1 dies from Tim Holtz, I quickly put together a set of cookies one weekend my mom was visiting and put them on a little plate, on the table. When she came to the kitchen, I told her, "Since you were hoping I would make some cookies, I've made some for you." This cracked both of my parents up.
They've remained in the little plate on my counter, decorating since, but today I decided I would turn them into a project. I was hesitating between tags or cards, but tags won. I'd like to try selling some at the office for the first time, but I'm not sure what the interest will be. (My guess? People will think they are awfully cute, but will not want to necessary pay for them. We'll see.)
I think they turned out better than I initially envisioned. The list of supplies is quite long considering I've only made five tags, mainly because I looked through various stamp sets to find sentiments that fit the images and space available. Those would have taken forever to finish had I made the cookies today as well (they're adorable, but there's a lot of small details to die-cut and glue!), but since that part was taken care of previously, it seemed less daunting. That's the part that affects pricing, though: You can make those tags out of a few tiny scraps of cardstock, but assembling the die-cuts can easily take a couple of hours.
Fun detail: I used fun foam for the snowman, Santa's beard and hat trim and the mitten trim. It gives the images dimension and it looks just like fondant!
Supplies
Stamps: Souhaits en rafale (Snowflake Sentiments), Sourire de fin d'année (Jolly Christmas),
Cousu avec joie (Stitched with Cheer), Coffret d'étiquettes (Tin of Tags),
Joyeuses petites étiquettes (Merry Little Labels - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!), cardstock scraps (unknown source)
Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin' Up!); Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso (Distress Oxide - Ranger)
Accessories: Blending Tool (Ranger); White Fun Foam; Eyelets, White 1/8" Organza Ribbon,
Bigz Two Tags, Subtles Enamel Shapes (Stampin' Up!); Gansai Tambi Starry Colors (Kuretake);
Winter Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder (Sizzix)
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