I love awesome tags on gifts and Christmas is a GREAT time to do this!
Sometimes you don't really need a card but a tag is a great way to give a message and add to the theme of a gift you are giving! Tags are also a great way to use scraps and those loose things that you have floating around your craft space. I think that this is also an excellent opportunity to practice new techniques, because of the smaller scale you are working on.
So this week I thought that I would incorporate "loose" items I have in my stash. I will practice what I preach and use up some stuff!
Here are some of these items I talk about, where did I get them? Who knows! But today I will be GLAD I have them!
So I came up with 8 tags, I used everything from my loose stash and scrap paper drawer. Here they are :
I had these gold things since the beginning of scrapbooking time, I think they were called photo anchors? Never used them, BUT they make great Christmas lights! Love these now.
For this next one, I used a stamp I have had for awhile, and then small pieces of metal ball trim and ribbon.
For this I brought out the eyelets, not something I use to often, but I still really like them.
This next one isn't overly Christmassy (I don't think this is a word but you know what I mean), but I think the colors would work on a Christmas gift.
I used the flower brads, and a mini metal frame! I have a bunch of these mini frames......again, where did they come from?.....who knows, but today I was glad I had them because I think it makes the tag!
I think these three are my favorite, I have used a lot of black in my Christmas projects this year which is definitely new for me and I
it!
I hope that this inspires you to make some tags for your Christmas gifts and use up some of those "treasures" you have laying around your craft room.
Sometimes you don't really need a card but a tag is a great way to give a message and add to the theme of a gift you are giving! Tags are also a great way to use scraps and those loose things that you have floating around your craft space. I think that this is also an excellent opportunity to practice new techniques, because of the smaller scale you are working on.
So this week I thought that I would incorporate "loose" items I have in my stash. I will practice what I preach and use up some stuff!
Here are some of these items I talk about, where did I get them? Who knows! But today I will be GLAD I have them!
So I came up with 8 tags, I used everything from my loose stash and scrap paper drawer. Here they are :
I had these gold things since the beginning of scrapbooking time, I think they were called photo anchors? Never used them, BUT they make great Christmas lights! Love these now.
For this next one, I used a stamp I have had for awhile, and then small pieces of metal ball trim and ribbon.
For this I brought out the eyelets, not something I use to often, but I still really like them.
This next one isn't overly Christmassy (I don't think this is a word but you know what I mean), but I think the colors would work on a Christmas gift.
I used the flower brads, and a mini metal frame! I have a bunch of these mini frames......again, where did they come from?.....who knows, but today I was glad I had them because I think it makes the tag!
I think these three are my favorite, I have used a lot of black in my Christmas projects this year which is definitely new for me and I
it! I hope that this inspires you to make some tags for your Christmas gifts and use up some of those "treasures" you have laying around your craft room.
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