It's time again for the Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop! This month the optional theme is Christmas in July, which I fully embraced. Since we live not terribly far from the beach, I make these kinds of Christmas tags (in addition to more traditional ones) every year, adding to our collection.
- Sizzix Christmas Characters stamp and die set
- Reverse Confetti Tag set
- Pink and Main Large Sentiment Strip dies
- Distress ink pad
- Hero Arts Hero Hues ink pad
- Altenew Obsidian black ink pad
- Ribbons
The Santa Claws die pieces are easy to put together and there are endless color combinations you can go with, of course. I have gotten SO much use out of this tag die set with the scalloped edge, decorative circle reinforcer and two dies that say "for" and "you."
I ink blended sand, water and a sunny sky, then misted it with water to get a grainy look like sea mist, which is visible in person but not so much in the photo. Then I stamped the dots for sand by inking up an old dotted SU! stamp, stamping off once on a scrap of paper, then stamping on the sand area of the tag several times.
I grabbed some natural looking ribbon and a frayed aqua one to make the ties for the tag. The crab is popped up on foam tape so he can look like he's crawling around.
We hope you will hop along and see all of the tag ideas this month. You can start at my account: https://www.instagram.com/sawithadtomakeit/.
Thanks for visiting!
Carol
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