Holiday Gift Tags

By Admin on December 9, 2011 in Paper Crafts

You’ve spent all that time shopping for (or making, I hope) that perfect gift. Then you carefully wrapped it so that it was beautiful. Don’ ruin it by putting on a store-bought gift tag, when you can made one that is lovely and a keepsake in it’s own right in just a few minutes.

It’s really inexpensive to make them, too! The Christmas Themed button packs are only a $1 and you get 10 buttons- so each tag cost me about $.25 to make. I like being thrifty!

You’ll need:

Christmas Themed Buttons (I used Christmas Morning)
Precison Diagonal Craft Cutters
Decorative scrapbook paper (I had this on hand)
Tag die and machine OR template OR Punch OR a tag to trace
Smaller tag punch OR tag to trace
Stamp pad in a coordinating color (optional)
Ivory cardstock OR manilla folder
Mini Glue Dots
Craft Dot and Go
Twine for hanging ( I like “The Twinery” brand)
“To” and “From” Stamps & black ink pad (optional)

To make the base, I die cut some decorative sparkly paper. I cut smaller tags using a manilla folder (recycling) and then I used the corner of my ink pad to “color” the edges a bit. I also stamped my “to” & “from” before adhering it down with the Craft Dot and Go.

Now, some of the Chrismas Morning buttons really are BUTTONS, so I needed to remove the shanks using the Precision Diagonal Craft Cutters. The shanks are plastic on this set, so it was easy to do. Just make sure you cup your hand around the part you are removing so that it doesn’t fly off and hit you in the eye! (OK, I was channeling “A Christmas Story” there for a minute. But DO protect your eyes, alright?)

Use the Mini Glue Dots to add your embellishments, and then complete with a bit of twine for attaching or hanging. In no time, you’ll have a set of lovely tags that are worthy of your presents!