Monday, November 21, 2016

December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial

Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend! Our snow has almost disappeared and instead we got some autumn back again, with sunny weather. 


At the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge this week we have a Trio of Something theme. Lots of options for this one: trio of products, trio of colours, trio of cards, etc. 

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
I made the tags for my December Countdown Calendar, which will later go into my December journal as journaling tags. Each day, I take one tag off the calendar, write my journaling and tuck it into the journal. I really like the December Daily concept by Ali Edwards and have been doing it for five years now. I made the burlap panel for the calendar last year, you can find that tutorial here. So this year, all I needed to do was die cut, colour and stamp the tags. I went with a different colour combo for my tags, a trio of Distress Inks: Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio and Blueprint Sketch. I made a video showing my process, and I will share another video for the album itself once it is done.


Here's the video, you can also click to watch it on YouTube. I am not showing you all the tags, since that would make for a too long video, but walk you through the process of creating some of the tags. 

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
Here are all the tags together. They all look different, but use the same colours ink and some repeated stamps, for unity. The stamps are by Tim Holtz.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
I mainly use smaller Christmas stamps for this project, but just love this cabin one from Scribble Woodland so much, that it had to be on the first tag. You might recognize it from my Deer Winter Shadow Box from two weeks ago.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
The tags hang on a hook that I screwed into the wooden burlap panel and are easy to remove. The kids, especially Anton, like to see how the days move closer to Christmas (this is not the only Christmas calendar in the house).

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
I took photos of some of the tags, just to give you an idea. After writing on them, I'll put them in my December album. You can find last years album here, if you want to have a look.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
 I liked the look of this Poinsettia stamp in Wilted Violet.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
 The bell comes from the new Festive Sketch set.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
 It is so fun to just sit and stamp. I have a big pile of stamps waiting to be cleaned now.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
 The Cracked Pistachio star/snowflake pattern is repeated on all the tags.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
 I stamped most of the sentiments with Watering Can so that they would stand out clearly.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
Christmas is getting closer. These tags give me just enough space to jot down memories from Christmas. If I have much to write, I add an additional tag or paper and sometimes I include photos too. However, most of my Christmas photos end up in a scrapbooking album.

Layers of ink - December Countdown Tags Video Tutorial by Anna-Karin, for December daily journal.
On Christmas Eve, I always use a Santa stamp, since that is when Santa comes knocking on the door in Sweden. He delivers the presents himself and doesn't come down the chimney to leave them at the tree.

I hope you will join us in our Trio of Something challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.


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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

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12 comments:

  1. This is such a cool idea, Anna-Karin. I love the design of your calendar and all the images you used are perfect!

    Cathie ♥

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  2. The mix of three colors is fantastic and so pastel soft. I love the images you chose as well. The calendar is stunning. Hugs, Marzena

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  3. What a great project! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Anna-Karin, I just love watching you make all these neat projects. You are so talented. I love the colours you chose to make the tags. Different from the traditional Christmas colours. It makes me want to go out and buy more stamps ☺. Thank you for sharing your process with us.

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  5. I love the addition of the journaling tags to your Advent calendar, Anna-Karin! Great idea with the numbers. And another great idea with the tags for your December Daily, keeps it nice and easy. Happy Thanksgiving! Maura

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  6. What a cool calendar, Anna-Karin! I love the design!

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  7. your calendar is stunning Anna-Karin...I love the colour combo you used and the tags are just so gorgeous...hugs kath xxx

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  8. Wow...this is such a fun and brilliant Christmas creation, Anna-Karin. Great inspiration! :)

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  9. So cool Anna-KArin! Unusual colors you used for your Calendar are amazing! Barbara

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  10. I always know that Christmas is on it's way when I start to see you creating these wonderful festive projects and this is just so detailed and such a great calendar ~ it's fabulous Anna-Karin! :)

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  11. This is such a genius idea on so many levels! I love how you've combined something so pretty to see with the simple concept of journaling as you go along! This makes me feel like recording holiday memories is so DO-ABLE! Love this!

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  12. Such a fantastic idea, Anna-Karin! It looks amazing! Love the video, you're so good at explaining all your steps perfectly! Hugs, Sandra

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