Dip-Dyed Christmas Tag Card

This is another card inspired by a lesson from Day 1 at Online Card Classes' "Holiday Card Workshop 2014." The theme for that day was cards that are easy to reproduce. Debby Hughes did a demonstration with dip-dyed looking tags. Apparently this is a popular look right now, at least on Pinterest. This is my take on that card.

I die cut my tag from watercolor paper using one of the dies from My Favorite Things' "Blueprints 13" set. I also die cut the snowflake 3 times, using a Spellbinders "2013 Snowflake Pendants" die. I glued the snowflakes together to create a thicker die cut. I also heat embossed a snowflake (source unknown) on white cardstock, using Ranger Silver embossing powder, and die cut it with a Spellbinders "Standard Circles LG" die.

I created the dip-dyed tag following the instructions in Debby's tutorial. I used Salty Ocean Distress ink, & sprayed it with a homemade Perfect Pearls spray. Then I spritzed my tag with plain water, and soaked up some of the ink, allowing it to move and blend. I set that aside to dry naturally, while I worked on the rest of the card.

I cut a panel of white cardstock slightly smaller than an A2 size card, and flicked Heidi Swapp "Gold" Color Shine mist onto it. I also blended Worn Lipstick Distress ink over the heat embossed snowflake piece, just to add a bit of warmth to the card.

For the greeting, I stamped and silver heat embossed one from Hero Arts "Very Merry Christmas" set onto another piece of white cardstock. I cut it into a banner shape, and inked the edges with Worn Lipstick.

Finally it was time to assemble the card. I threaded red bakers twine through the hole I'd punched in the tag, and glued the tag to the front panel. I determined where I wanted the greeting, and glued that down. Actually, if I do this type of technique again, I won't cover up as much of the tag, since you can't really see the dip-dyed effect on it. I had adhered the stamped snowflake circle to the middle of the die cut snowflake with foam tape, and just glued that assemblage to the card front. Finally, I adhered the front panel to an A2 card base, sandwiching the ends of the bakers twine in between.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Hero Arts' Holiday Challenge: "White Out" & "Anything Goes"
a2z Scrapbooking's November challenge: "Anything Goes"