I have been on a kick recently about making stamped gift tags.
I have all sorts of stamps I have collected over the years and they are now being put to use.
And if you don't have the right stamp for the right occasion,
they are super easy and cheap over on ebay.
Here's what you need:
-Plain Manilla Tags or Make Your Own
out of stock paper and a tag punch (which I do a lot!)
I got my punch on ebay.
-Stamp of choice
-String
( I love bakers twine and it comes in all sorts of various colors)
Then simply just get to stamping up your favorite designs!
String it and you are done!
So super easy and the designs are only limited to your imagination really!
Here's some of my recent sets. I tend to make them in sets of 25.
That amount fits great in my little baggies.
Oh yea, some of them I like to "Grungy" up.
I think it makes them a bit more primitive looking.
But you must do this before stamping, or so I've learned so that the stamped
design doesn't run.
To do so, I just mix a bit of brown craft paint into a small amount of water.
I then dip the tags down into the mix,
lay them on a baking sheet and back for about 10 minutes in a 400* oven.
Take out, set aside and cool. And then I go back and brush on a bit of Vanilla Extract.
It takes a bit of time, but it is o'so worth it!
Here's a close up of some of my "grungy" tags:
Whether you choose to make your tags grungy or not, I'm sure they will be super cute.
These are awesome to tie onto gifts or to just decorate your primitives with.
I also even just add them as a "Made by" tag for some of my handmade crafts now and then.
Till next time,
Happy Crafting Ya'll,
~Lisa
