Entomology Test Tube Favors - Moth Study CMS436

I thought it would be fun to make something that wasn’t a card for a few of my samples for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween Release 2021. 

This idea came to mind before any of the others and I had the test tubes and stand ordered before my stamps even got here. 😁 

I hope you enjoy the closeups here, and the full video walk through on my YouTube channel. 

These little tags were cut from a long time favorite die set by Tim Holtz and Sizzix called Gift Tags #662423. Stamp a label onto them.

On the top of the test tubes I put the little round label stamp. I fussy cut them out because I didn't have a punch the correct size.

I colored some Heavystopck with Old Paper and Antique Linen Distress Stains, then flicked some Ground Espresso ink on the papers. New I stamped the Label Frame and a moth inside with Ground Espresso Distress Archival Ink. Next, I watercolored the images with various Distress inks in fairly neutral colors.

Attach the labels to the bottom half of each of the test tubes.

Age the wooden test tube holder with Distress Vintage Collage Medium, a little Grit Paste and some Distress Crayons.

Add a label to the top part of the test tubes.
 That's it for the details on this one! It's a really versatile stamp set and favor. The Moth Study stamps would work beautifully for not only cards, but also Bible journaling, travel journaling, planners, scrapbooking and even fun little favors and tags like this. As for the test tube favors, they can easily be filled with a variety of things from candy to tea, to herbs like lavender or bath salts.....so many different things that would make party favors for all ages.

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Tami

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Christmas Tags - Side Order

 Oh these little Christmas Side Order dies are so cute and make delightfully fun tags that can be used on presents, cards, placeholders, or even made into ornaments.

I started by using the Mini Shifter Stencil #36 from the Halloween release because they are classic designs that work for any occasion, and also because at the time the Christmas Shifter Stencils #37 hadn’t been released yet. These styles were perfect for my tags though.  I used Distress Inks and Distress Watercolor Cardstock for these tags.   

**Let me note here that not all watercolor paper is equal** I only use Distress Watercolor Cardstock now because I stamped a ton of images for a card swap this summer on a cheaper brand that I purchased at a hobby store in a pad and cut to size. I had a horrible time water coloring on it. My results were nothing near what I get with Distress, so now to save time and money I only use Distress. 

I did two color schemes for the two different side orders  and I included some solid colors that I embossed with the mini embossing folder included with the dies.

The background tags and the smaller shapes the dies sit are are both from the Labels dies set.  I know I have said this before but it is seriously one of my favorite die sets! There are so many great shapes and lots of sizes! It is a definite must have in your die cutting library.

I made sure that the smaller label dies that the Christmas shape was going to sit on were the solid, embossed pieces.

I hand cut the little banners from left over bits of the stenciled papers and added the sentiment that is part of the Christmas Side Order.

Then I was inspired to try this. I was looking at the Santa die and I realized that he could easily become Yukon Cornelius if I just colored the die parts a little differently. So that's what I did and I love it! I even added his yellow earmuffs. 

Yukon and Rudolph are so cute.

 The sentiment on this one is a made up of a combination of the Christmas Script dies for Merry and the Lowercase Cutout Alphanumeric for Misfits

Once you get the stenciling and embossing done these tags move pretty quickly.  I also cut out all the little pieces and parts from Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then colored them and assembled them before I started the tags.