Season Greetings - Sizzix Style

Whether it’s for decorating your house during the holidays or making decorations as gifts or even making packages for gift giving it seems my “go to” tools for making are ususally Eileen Hull Sizzix dies along with other dies by Sizzix that all coordinate so well together.  

Here are some ideas for making holiday decorations for your home or gift giving.

Versatility of dies are a major reason for my purchases of these tools.  Here are three used for gift giving.  All are made from the Sizzix mat board covered with the same paper on both sides before die cutting the shapes.  The square gift box cube holds a cellophane bag of hot chocolate mix and snowflake marshmallows. Another is made using the larger, bottom part of the treasure box die, with wire handles using the twist and style tool added. The third is an older die, the loaf pan die, perfect for a cellophane bag filled with sweet treats.   

Using the Eileen’s mitten box die #664510 here are two versions of a banner garlands. One is made from layering red burlap and red cotton fabric.  Two mitten shapes are cut and placed together with glue, leaving an opening at the top. The banner garland can be made as long or as short to fit your decorating needs.  The front of each is decorated using the zigzag shape from the same die, cut from felt and glued in place.  A small fabric heart is cut with a Sizzix die, and placed on the front between the felt zig-zag shapes. To finish, add a sprig of greenery and a pinecone into each mitten.

Another version was made recycling a white foam sheet of packing material. Cut two for each and glue together with white craft glue. Add a die-cut snowflake shape to each.  At the top edge of each mitten two holes were punched for adding a narrow ribbon for stringing them together. 

 Using the newest teacup die #664797 a three-dimensional bell ornament is made from cutting 6 shapes from silver metallic card stock. The handle is cut from each cup shape, scored down the centers for folding. The folded shapes are matched along the edges and glues together to form the 3D bell. A length of cording is folded in half with a jingle bell added and knotted at the cut ends, then fed through the center of the 3D bell.  Two bows are tied from silvery ribbon and glued to the top of the bell, around the hanging cord. 

This short bell garland was made specially for Eileen using the tea cup die.  The bells are made in her favorite color. The shapes are painted and embossed then embellished with shapes from other Sizzix dies. 

The house ornament die was cut from kraft colored card stock, decorated with simple doodles using a white pen to create little tea light holders. The base from the mitten box die becomes the holder for safe battery style tea lights. Use them on a holiday table at each place setting.