Christmas Tablesettings - Sizzix Ch. 3 & 4

How about some quick table setting ideas for Christmas parties? I used several of the Bigz Dies from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Chapter 3 and 4 releases to make some very quick nameplates for a festive party, Christmas tea, or for the meal on the big day.

Let's start with the Wood Slices from Chapter 4.

This die has two sizes and comes with an embossing folder. The larger slice is the one I used for this standing nameplate.

You will do the following few steps for each name plate shown below:

1. Score and fold a piece of kraft paper cardstock in half, then score 1/2" on each side of the fold.
   
2. Fold them to form a W shape.
   
3. Lay this on the die with the fold just inside the cutting edge, and cut.
   
4. Glue the top together. 
   
5. You end up with a little base at the bottom that allows the piece to stand up on it's own. 
    
   
   Now back to the wood slice, before you glue it, run it through the embossing folder. Line up the little tab so it's going the right direction.

Ink the rings before you emboss so that they really show.

The Holly is from the new Deck the Halls thinlit set. So many good bits in that one!
The name font is the brand new Alphanumeric Classic Uppercase. It's so bold, I love it! The shadow effect was just from cutting the letters twice and off-setting them as you attach them. Super fast and super easy

 While we are on the Wood Slice, I made a gift tag out of the small slice.

I folded a small piece of Kraft paper cardstock in half, (only in half.)

Again, put the fold just inside the cutting edge and run it through the cutting machine.

 Emboss it, punch a hole in the top where the fold is for tying jute or string through to make a tag. Add a few holly leaves and berries from Deck the Halls.

Chapter 3 dies that I used to make name place settings were the Tree and the Cauldron.
Follow steps 1-5 above and then decorate as you see fit.

 For these name place settings I used Kraftstock,  and sanded the edges.

 The alphabet on both of these place settings is the Bigz XL Handemade alphabet.

 The presents on both of these are from the Festive Things die set . 

There you go! A couple of quick ways to deck your table for the holidays.
Tami

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Magic - Tree Rings Sizzix Chapter 4

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I thought I would start today off with this magical Disney Christmas card using the new Chapter 4 dies from Tim Holtz and Sizzix. This is a fast, simple make so let's do this!
The background papers are from the Ideaology 2019 Christmas Paper Stash -- so good!!

Then cut out three wood slices, two small and one medium from the new Tree Rings Bigz Steel Rule die.

I cut it from Kraft Paper and inked the embossing folder with Vintage Photo Distress Archival Ink, or you could use Ground Espresso, to make the debossed parts a darker brown.

There is a little part on each ring that sticks out and makes a little tab. That helps to get the pieces lined up properly in the embossing folder.

Additionally, I cut three rings out of chipboard and adhered the embossed pieces onto them so that they gave the card some dimension. 

Assemble the rings in a classic Mickey/Minnie shape on the card.  Cut some Holly and a Bow from the Deck the Halls Thinlit die set.

You can cut the pieces from colored cardstock, or as I did here, I colored some Distress Watercolor paper in shades of green and red with my Distress Inks, and then cut them out.

Once the Holly and Bow were assembled, I sprayed them with a bit of Distress Resist Spray and dusted them with Distress Rock Candy Glitter in a Glitter Duster.

Isn't the sparkle glorious?

This is one of my go-to items to have on hand for all my holiday makes!

Just a funny side note here, if you are super tired and find yourself "sleep crafting" as I did at one point during this make, put the paper crafting down and take a nap. I continued to attempt to assemble some holly leaves and ended up asleep with my face on my glass mat, collage medium spilled and about 5 holly leaves that didn't line up.  LOLOLOL! Trust me, go take the nap!

The last touch is to add the sentiment. I cut the word magic out of the new lowercase Classic alpha out of white watercolor cardstock and some I had colored a pink to match parts of the bow and the paper. 

I also cut some of the sparkles that are a part of the Deck the Halls set and both the alpha and the sparkles got a dose of Distress Resist Spray and Rock Candy Glitter.

I offset the pink letters from the white just so that they kind of stood out a little.  This is a super easy technique that is a standard thing to do with alphas that really can make a huge difference with little effort.

Add some machine stitching, and that's it! Such a fun card to make and one that you can easily duplicate for the holidays.
I am always grateful for your comments and support.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me through the form in the right column.
 Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!