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Showing posts with label Gift Cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gift Cards. Show all posts
December 17, 2013
Special Gift Tags
For the Girls - Beautiful skater tag
It's fun to make unique tags for that extra large gift, or for the gift that is going to bring the most excitement and joy to the recipient.
For the girls on your list... young and old.
Skater
The gift wrap used is actually very shiny.
I Cut a pretty frame out of glittery aqua cardstock (pic doesn't do it justice). Frame size is 5-1/2".
The skater and all her layers are cut at 4 inches. Skater is from Winter Woodland.
Dress and Skates
The dress is cut from sparkly dotted cardstock from DCWV Cherry Limeade stack. The pic doesn't show the raised shine of the skater's dress.
The trim layer pieces are plain white cardstock, glittered with sparkle dust.
Skates are plain white cardstock with silver glitter added to the blades. Isn't she lovely!
For the Boys
The young men on my list are actually grown boys. This tag is going to my son-in-law who enjoys skiing. For extra fun, I added the North Pole sign to the top of the mountain.
Ski hills are cut at 5-1/2 inches. I cut all the layers shown in the handbook. Then I ran the large hill through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dot folder. The two smaller hills only needed some soft inking around the edges using light aqua.
The snowy lower panel is just a piece I cut freehand and rounded the corners. Then I added swooshes and mounds using aqua ink. For sparkle and dimension I rubbed Twinkles Writer Glitter Paint over the inked areas, and set the piece aside to dry.
Trees on the mountain tops are painted with my Pro Markers.
For the skis, I used royal blue glitter cardstock with plain black bindings.
The ski poles are cut from foil cardstock.
Cartridges Used
Elegant Edges - Frame for skater tag
Winter Woodland - Skater, skis and poles
Winter Woodland - Skater, skis and poles
Winter Frolic - Hills and North Pole sign
December 21, 2011
Reindeer Crossing Gift Bag & Tag
Dress up a plain white bag with this cute little reindeer. Don't you just love the string of Christmas lights woven through his antlers?
This combo made up fairly quickly.
The adorable reindeer and tag are from Winter Frolic.
I created the reindeer's spots, nose and eye using ProMarkers rather than fussing with tiny bits of paper. I like the more subtle shading.
If time had permitted, I would've made up several more bags and tags like this one. There are so many cute designs with coordinating phrases on the Winter Frolic cartridge.
December 20, 2011
Large Sheep Tag
Nativity Sheep make a fresh theme for kids' gift tags.
You wanna talk about FUN? When you can't find a store-bought tag to match your paper... and usually you can't, I prefer making one. Go with the theme of the paper.
My little grandson, (not quite 3) is the recipient of this gift. I didn't have any Santa or snowman paper, so in order to make it fun and youthful, this tag features two sheep taken from the nativity theme in the paper.
Cut at 3" high, it measures 5-1/2" wide. The generous size of this tag provides plenty of room to write the "to" and "from" on the back. I'm sure my little grandson will love it.
Now... on with my gift wrapping!
Grace
November 01, 2011
A Tag For Every Bag
Gold Stars
I loved this bag with its penguin carolers. And I was so excited to find the perfect penguin for a matching tag on the Christmas Cheer cartridge.
The size of the penguin is about 2-1/2.
I cut a square of blue for the front.
If you love the designer look of gift tags that match their bags, create your own using your Cricut and a little imagination. Last year, I bought some nice gift bags, but their tags were scimpy little squares of paper, so I made all new tags and cards.
First up... Gold Stars. This gift card allows plenty of room inside for your "To" and "From". I cut the card from white using Joys of the Season.
I then painted over the stars using MS gold glitter paint. I like the look of a frosty window, and I didn't want the writing inside to show through too easily. So, to make the cutouts less open I added a small piece of vellum behind the window.
On the inside, I punched a small hole for the gold cord. The finished gift card ended up looking far more elegant than I thought it would!
Penguin
I loved this bag with its penguin carolers. And I was so excited to find the perfect penguin for a matching tag on the Christmas Cheer cartridge.
I know this cartridge is an older one but it still has some terrific shapes on it. Actually, even though there have been many Christmas carts since this earlier one, Christmas Cheer can't be beat.
The size of the penguin is about 2-1/2.
His feet and beak are cut from white and painted with gold glitter paint.
The eyes of the penguin are actually cut out, so I decided to shadow the whole penguin in white. That way, I could add blue eyes (a small dot of blue MS glitter paint against the white).
This little guy sure made the happy recipient smile.
Fashion Boot
I picked up this gift bag especially for my daughter. She's a shoe lover. I didn't know what kind of tag I'd be able to find or make, at the time.
Several weeks later, I came across a pad of sticky notes that were the exact same boot design! It was one of those "meant to be" things.
I'm sorry I don't remember which cartridge I used for the "to" and "from" but there are many that have these cuts.
Closeup of tag.
Ornament
This bag uses very non-traditional colours so it was good that I was able to create a gift card that matched.
The blue is almost a baby blue. I started with a 6" x 3" piece of white cardstock, folded in half for a 3x3 card.
I cut a square of blue for the front.
The ornament is from Christmas Cheer cut at about 2-1/2".
For this one I decided to use an eyelet for the cord to go through. It looks a lot more polished than to just have an empty hole.
And to make the tag match with the others on the bag, I added some glitter around the ornament.
Gift
These little cards are so simple and quick to make. When I look through my cartridges I see endless possibilities in Christmas designs.
Many cartridges have various gifts. This one is from Christmas Cheer because it best matches the gifts on the bag.
I rounded off the corners using a punch. I think this one is from Creative Memories.
Once again the card size is 3"x3". I inked around the edges in red to mimic the other gifts.
A punched hole and piece of red cording finish it off.
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