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Christmas Gift Tags

Add that extra special touch to your Christmas presents this year by making your very own handmade Christmas Gift Tags.

All you need are craft punches, card suitable for use with craft punches, items to decorate your gift tags with such as die-cut shapes, peel off stickers, punched shapes and glitter glue, craft ribbon, craft glue, sticky foam pads and a little imagination.

Alternatively these could all be used with or without the ribbon as card toppers too!

At the very bottom there is a full list of all the equipment used with links back to the products on the website.

Gold/Green Holly Tag

Green/Red Present Tag

Lilac/Silver Xmas Tree

Merry Christmas Tag

Sc Circle Tree Tag

Trio Trees Tag

Snowflake Tag

Red/Green Mistletoe Tag

Glittery Star Tag

Red/Green Holly Tag

Silver/Green Tree Tag

Punched Xmas Tree Tag

Small Bells Tag

Small Gold Holly Tag

Small Red Holly Tag

Small Green Present Tag

Here is a list of all the items that have been used making these gift tags, click on each one to view the product on the website:
Huge Lever Craft Punch Square

Huge Lever Craft Punch Scalloped Circle
Super Duper Lever Craft Punch Scalloped Circle
Super Duper Lever Craft Punch Price Label
Super Lever Craft Punch Christmas Tree
Super Lever Craft Punch Star
Large Lever Craft Punch Holly Leaves
Regular Lever Craft Punch Bell
Regular Lever Craft Punch Star
Mirror Card In Various Colours (Gold, Silver, Red, Green, Lilac)
Christmas Trees – Mixed Metallics Die Cut Shapes
Christmas Foliage & Leaves – Mixed Foiled Colours Die Cut Shapes
3 x Plier Craft Punch Set 3/16″ – Heart & Star, 1/4″ Circle (Star & Circle Punches Used)
1/8″ circle plier punch
1/16″ circle plier punch
Craft Ribbon (7mm organza green & 3mm satin ivory)
Funky Merry Christmas Peel Off Sheet – Silver
Merry Christmas Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Purple
Assorted Christmas Greetings Peel Off Sheet – Gold
Snowflakes Peel Off Sheet #4 – Gloss White
Various Christmas Designs Peel Off Sheet – Clear/Gold Outlines
Stickles Glitter Glue Silver
Stickles Glitter Glue Magenta
Sticky Foam Pads
Craft Glue

Designs by Janine

Lilac Vase of Roses Card

This card is very similar to a previous 7×5 pink vases of flowers design but this card is a lovely lilac colour scheme and is also smaller to show how the same design can be downsized to an A6 card.

This card design would also be perfect to use for Mother’s day by simply changing the Happy Birthday peel off sticker to a Happy Mothers’ Day peel off sticker.

What you will need to make this card:

  1. A6 White Card Blank
  2. Woodware Super Lever Craft Punch – Vase
  3. Pearlised or plain lilac card
  4. Floral backing tissue paper
  5. Miniature Rosebuds – Pale Lilac
  6. Small Full Open Roses – Lilac
  7. Organza Ribbon – Lilac
  8. Stickles Glitter Glue – Pink
  9. Happy Birthday Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Purple
  10. Miracle Adhesive Film for Vellum or Glue Dots – Invisi Dots for Vellum
  11. 6mm double sided sticky tape
  12. Hi-Tack Original All Purpose Very Sticky Glue
  13. 5mm Sticky Foam Pads
  14. Craft knife, pencil, ruler, cutting mat & sellotape

How to make this card:

Take a sheet of the floral tissue paper and measure and cut out a rectangle that will fit on the bottom half of the card blank. Use the Miracle adhesive film or Invisi dots for vellum to stick it to the bottom half of the card blank.

Cut a length of the lilac organza ribbon slightly longer than the width of the card blank and use double sided sticky tape along the whole length of the ribbon to stick it along the top edge of the floral tissue paper, keepng the ribbon as straight as possible. Trim off the excess ribbon on both sides.

Use some more of the same ribbon to make a bow. Use craft glue to stick the bow to the ribbon strip over to the right hand side as shown in the picture. Trim the ends of the bow to make neat even length ends if necessary.

Use the super craft punch to punch a vase shape out of the pearlised/plain lilac card.

Arrange 3 of the full open lilac roses and 5 of the pale lilac miniature rosebuds into a little bunch. Trim the stems and arrange the flowers until all the flower heads are facing forwards. Use some sellotape to secure the stems together and then use craft glue to secure the bunch to the back of the card vase shape.

Use sticky foam pads to attach this vase of flowers embellishment to the left hand side of the card blank so the base of the vase is on top of the ribbon strip.

Remove a Happy Birthday wording set from the diamond purple happy birthday peel off sheet and stick them to the card blank to the right of the vase of flowers. Use a ruler to ensure the words are straight.

Use the pink stickles glitter glue to draw some random swirly designs on the vase and leave the card blank flat for the glitter glue to dry.

Card Idea by Janine