Scrap-Mart Blog Hop!

Hi folks!

Today I've got a project to share with you as part of an awesome blog hop with lots of prizes!  

Here are the details of the blog hop:

Welcome to the First Annual Scrap-Mart.com Blog Hop! If you are just joining in please go to the Scrap-Mart blog to start from the beginning. There are 31 blogs participating in the hop and you will find some great prizes along the way. You must comment on THAT blog post to be eligible to win that prize. There are also some Grand Prizes posted on the Scrap-Mart blog. You must comment on EVERY blog throughout the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. Comments will remain open until midnight CST on Sunday, December 5th.  Winners will be chosen at random for each individual prize and will be announced on the Scrap-Mart blog on Friday, December 10^th. You may only win once. We'd like to thank our sponsors for generously donating all the prizes for this hop:  Making Memories, Spellbinders, JustRite Stampers, Sizzix, Heartfelt Creations, Lifestyle Crafts, The Stamps of Life, Boss Kut, Unity Stamps, October Afternoon, Copic, Silhouette America.

And here's my project, a little tag set for Christmas....I think this will make a great pre-Christmas gift for a friend.

Products used:

Heartfelt Creations Cardinal Family Diecut 
Heartfelt Creations Cardinal Bird Feeder PreCut Set
Heartfelt Creations Holly Berry Filler PreCut Set
Nestabilities Labels 3
Standard circle Nestabilities
Petite scalloped circle Nestabilities
Nestabilties Mega Deckled rectangles
3-D Crystal Lacquer 

In case you want to make a set of these for yourself, here are the instructions:

The box for this tag set was created using a tutorial on SCS available here:http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/tagbox/

For long and thin tags featuring cardinals: Stamp cardinals in brown ink on white card stock, colour (Copics used here) and cut out using coordinating die cut. Cut rectangle from white cardstock using die cut. Stamp branches in green ink, add brown ink to branches, and add colour to background using sponge or Airbrush. Adhere the cardinals using pop up dots. Punch hole in top of rectangle, add eyelet, and tie ribbon through.

For round tags featuring holly and berries: cut scalloped circles from red card stock using die cut. Stamp berries using green and red ink on white card stock, cut out with circle die cut and add brown background with sponge or Airbrush. Adhere white circle with image to the red scalloped circle. Punch a hole in the top, add an eyelet, and run ribbon through. Apply 3-d Crystal laquer to top of holly leaves and berries.

For tags using Label 3 featuring pine cones: Stamp pine cones in on white card stock and cut out with die cut. Colour and add ink to background, then add glitter. Punch a hole in the top, add an eyelet, and run ribbon through.

The next stop along the way for the blog hop is Olga's site,  http://www.craftieodamae.blogspot.com/