Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Christmas gift tags

If you stick around long enough, you will see that my favorite projects involve using paper from my scraps drawer. Let's face it, you spend two bucks on a sheet of paper and only use a 4th of it, you might as well keep it to get your money's worth. I haven't bought gift tags in years. It is really simple to make them.

Step One: Cut out two squares, a 3x3 square and a slightly smaller one. Sand or ink, one or both, or none.
Step Two: Glue smaller one to larger one. Add any little element, a die cut, a punch, or free hand shape. I love cutting words out of paper scraps. You are the artist go crazy!
Step Three: Staple on some ribbon or punch a hole and run some string through it. If you have more time on your hands, you could add some glitter glue or doodle a design with a fancy pen.

Now you are ready to put a beautiful handmade tag on your gift. You are so thoughtful!
No ribbon, no problem. Here I have used a rubber band through the hole.

Not so negative. The house was punched out for another project,
now it is the main attraction for this tag.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Win Free Holiday Cards from Shutterfly!

Christmas card model baby Eli
I thoroughly enjoy the beauty of a handmade Christmas card and the satisfaction I get from knowing I made it myself, but I also appreciate just being able to mark something off of my to do list. Let's face it, sometimes you just don't have time to crank out 50 Christmas cards. Shutterfly.com is a great way to get professional looking cards for great prices. They also have a personal touch because you are using family photos to create them. I especially like the square stationary cards. They are look so modern and because of their square shape they remind me of a scrapbook page. (My favorite canvas!)

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