Instructions

STEP 1: PREPARE FOR CUTTING CHRISTMAS GNOME

Open the "Naughty Christmas Gnome-white-cardstock.svg" file in Silhouette Studio.

NOTICE: There are two line types here. The red cutting line, and the green score line.

Place your one sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 White Cardstock on your cutting mat, and feed it into your machine.

STEP 2: SELECT CUT SETTINGS

Place your pieces on the mat to use the less amount of paper as possible. But also remember to leave at least half an inch by at least a 2 inch column in the upper left corner so you can do some Test cuts. You can make your column longer if you like. Just whatever you think you might need for testing.

Click on the Send tab at the top right-hand corner.

Select the Line Color tab to use for cutting.

Select Coverstock Heavy for the material for the red line.

For the green line, select Score for the Action. Then choose Cardstock, Plain for the Material. You will notice that the ratchet blade is set to "1" on the screen. BUT you are going to physically change your blade to "0". There is no zero on the screen, but that doesn't make a difference here. "0" should leave just a smidge of the blade showing which is just enough to give a light score line.

Also, since we have a score line, I went and clicked on the Red line, then clicked the Pause button. This way, the machine will pause after cutting the red line.

By doing this it will give you a chance to (physically) change the Ratched Blade depth to "0" before scoring.

STEP 3: CUT YOUR NAUGHTY CHRISTMAS GNOME PIECES

Now you are ready to cut. First we want to click on Test.

REMEMBER: Always do a Test cut (or two, or three,...) to make sure your blade will cut through your paper. The change in settings depends on the type/brand/thickness of your cardstock, and the condition of your blade. [I had to increase mine a few times because it is a blade I've used quite a bit.]

When you are satisfied with your Test cut, then click Send to send your design to cut.

Once your machine is done cutting the red line cuts, it will Pause. Now you want to go ahead and physically take the Ratchet Blade out and change the number to "0". When it's back in the machine, click Resume Cutting.

STEP 4: PREPARE CUTTING MAT FOR PATTERNED PAPERS

Open the "Naughty Christmas Gnome Tag_Patterned Paper.svg" cut file.

Place your piece of 6" x 7" Christmas Patterned Paper (for the tag covers) on your mat. Then place your 5" x 5" piece of Christmas Patterned Paper (for the hat) on your mat.

Load your mat into your machine.

STEP 5: SET CUT SETTINGS FOR YOUR TAG COVERS & HAT

Place your pieces on the mat to use the less amount of paper as possible. But also remember to leave at least half an inch by at least a 2 inch column in the upper left corner so you can do some Test cuts. You can make your column longer if you like. Just whatever you think you might need for testing.

Click on Send tab in the upper right-hand corner.

For these papers, I chose "Cardstock, Heavy 80 lb" because it was a bit thinner than my White cardstock, but still sturdy. If your patterned paper is thinner than that, you can try the Cardstock, Plain setting.

Don't forget to physically change your Blade to the appropriate depth.

STEP 6: CUT OUT YOUR TAG COVERS & HAT

Now you are ready to cut. First we want to click on Test.

REMEMBER: Always do a Test cut (or two, or three,...) to make sure your blade will cut through your paper.

When you are satisfied with your Test cut, then click Send to send your design to cut.

STEP 7: PDF FOR THE NAUGHTY GNOME & SIGNS

You have two options here:

Option #1

You can just open up your "Gnome-and-labels-printandcut PDF file, and print it out on your printer. I then just fussy cut all the items out.

Option #2

If you prefer, you can print and cut this out on your machine.

STEP 7.2.1: PRINT OUT GNOME AND LABELS/SIGNS

Open the "Gnome-and-labels-printandcut.svg" file in Silhouette Studio.

Click on Page Setup, Registration Marks.

Click "On", then move the Thickness all the way up to 1.00.

Place your piece on the screen to fit inside the Registration Marks and hash marks.

Click on Send to Printer.

Select Print.

Choose your printer, and click on Print.

STEP 7.2.2: PREPARE CUTTING MAT

**To do this, make sure you use a light grip mat because copy/printer paper is quite thin.

Place on your mat, and load into your machine.

STEP 7.2.3: SET CUT SETTINGS FOR PRINT AND CUT

Click on Send.

Select "Copy Paper, Medium (20lb)" for the Material.

STEP 7.2.4: CUT YOUR GNOME AND SIGNS

Go ahead and click Send.

Be careful when taking your pieces of the mat. You don't want them to rip.

Now you have all your pieces for your gnome!

STEP 8: ASSEMBLING THE BEARD

Fold the Beard Base on the score line.

Take a pencil and mark the shorter side every 3/4 inch (should be 3 marks) from the score line.

Now glue the four pieces of the beard onto the Beard Base starting with the top where the fold is.

Your Beard Base should look like this when your finished gluing.

STEP 9: GLUE ON TAG FRONT

Take the Christmas Patterned Paper that is for the front of the tag. That would be the one with the slit in it.

Glue that onto the front of the tag.

STEP 10: PUTTING BEARD INTO THE TAG

Now it's time to insert the Beard Base into the tag. Start with the front that has the Patterned Paper on it already. Carefully slide the back of the Beard Base through the slit in the tag. It might be pretty snug, but it should be for the pop-up mechanism to work.

It is far enough when you have a half inch below the bottom of the tag.

Punch a hole in the top of the tag, about 1/4 inch from the top and in the middle.

STEP 11: GLUE ON HAT

Put some glue on the mid-section of the hat. You don't want any glue where the hat goes over the beard. You also don't want any glue on the end of the hat because it hangs off the tag.

STEP 12: ASSEMBLING "NO PEEKING" SIGN

Glue on the "No Peeking" sign onto the matching white piece of cardstock.

I wanted to make the sign more sturdy, so I covered the sign with Glossy Accents. You can put this aside now to dry while you continue on with the gnome.

STEP 13: ATTACH POP-UP MECHANISM

Take the Pop-Up Mechanism (the skinny piece of white cardstock) and fold it on the score line.

Now just cut a smidge off the folded end so that it doesn't interfere wit the fold on the Beard Base that you will be attaching it to.

Take the Beard Base, and fold it at the top of the second beard piece (that should be 3/4 inch from the fold on the Beard Base).

Put some glue on the folded end of the Pop-Up Mechanism, and attach to the Beard Base. The fold of the Pop-Up Mechanism should be against the fold of the second piece of the beard.

Then lift up the beard with the Pop-Up Mechanism and put some glue on the other end of the Mechanism.

Now press the beard (and Mechanism) onto the tag. The beard will now be attached to the tag.

STEP 14: ATTACH NOSE

Before attaching the nose, we should give it a little color. I used some Worn Lipstick Distress Ink for this, but you could even just color it with a marker if you want.

Glue the nose onto the beard. You want the nose to be able to slide under the Hat ever so slightly. Remember, the Hat should have no glue on it where the beard goes under it (see step 11).

STEP 15: ATTACH NAUGHTY GNOME

It's time to attach the Naughty Gnome to the tag. Put some glue on the boots, and up the middle of the body (or on 3/4 of the Pop-Up Mechanism). Then attach the body to the Mechanism.

STEP 16: ATTACH SIGN/LABEL

Glue your choice of "Naughty" sign onto the sign piece of white cardstock.

Then glue the sign onto the beard just above the second fold on the beard.

STEP 17: FINISH "NO PEEKING" SIGN

After the "No Peeking" sign has dried, we can attach it to the bottom of the Beard Base back. Use some foam tape for this.

Now it will be easier to pull.

STEP 17: ATTACH BACK OF TAG

Glue the back of the tag on. It's the other piece of Patterned Christmas Paper without the slit.

Punch another hole in the top of the tag. You should be able to just use the hole that is already there, on the front, as a guide.

STEP 18: ADD STICKLES FOR SOME SPARKLE

Finally, let's add some sparkle to Mr. Naughty Gnome. I used some Gold Stickles for the Hat.

Then I used some Diamond Stickles for the edges of the beard.

STEP 19: FINISH OFF TAG--YOU ARE DONE!

Last step is to add a ribbon, or string to attach the tag to a gift. If you wish, you can also add a little decoration to the base of that ribbon/string.

Wow! You are done your Naughty Christmas Gnome Tag!

If you end up making this Gnome project, please share a photo on social media and tag me with #myscrapmenagerie. I would love to see it!