Tag Theme Week: Day 5
Hello, Christina here! Welcome to Day 5 of Tag Theme Week! We are showcasing how to get more from some of your basic nesting die sets by creating tags. This project combines two of my favorite crafty things: making tags and reimagining my dies to extend their use. I paired the Scallop Flag Tag Dies with a fall-inspired theme to create tags that would be perfect for Thanksgiving. Take a peek at the products I used and then we’ll get started!
Scallop Flag Tags Dies
Winter Tags Coordinating Dies
Windowpane Plaid Stencils
Fall Harvest Stamp Set & Coordinating Dies—sentiment
Fall Mug Additions—berry branch
Fall Holder Additions Dies—sunflower & oak leaf
Fall Basket Dies—greenery, maple leaf, pumpkin, wheat, & acorn
For each tag, I started by die-cutting the largest scallop tag from kraft cardstock twice and stenciled one using the Windowpane Plaid pattern. The other one will be the backer piece. For stenciling, I used white pigment ink for the first layer and a darker brown ink for the second layer. Finally, I splattered the stenciled tag with a white splatter medium.
For the construction of each tag, I die-cut one of the tags from the coordinating dies to the Winter Tags Stamp Set from kraft cardstock and trimmed it to use just the decorative topper. Then I sandwiched it between a stenciled tag and a plain backer tag. On the front of each tag I added another scallop tag, the second largest one, and die-cut from ivory cardstock. I finished the construction of the tags with a hole reinforcer die-cut from more kraft cardstock.
To decorate the tags, I die-cut various fall icons from colored cardstock and added subtle shading to the pieces with a darker coordinating ink and a small blending brush. There are tons of different fall icons in the Pretty Pink Posh collection, and I chose mine based on their scale and how they related to each other.
I arranged the die-cuts on my tags, and once I was happy with their placement, I began securing them with either thin foam squares or liquid adhesive depending on whether they overlapped another element or not. I finished up my tags with a heat-embossed sentiment from the Fall Harvest Stamp Set that I die-cut using the coordinating die, and lastly, I threaded thin velvet ribbon through the tag toppers.
Thanks so much for reading about the fall-inspired tags I created using the Scallop Flag Tags. Check back tomorrow for another crafty tag idea!