Nov 19 2009
One Big Tag… Or One Average-Size Card
Hello, and happy Friday! Flourishes’ focus today is on Christmas tags and packaging, so I made one big tag. In fact, it’s a card, but it could be used as a tag… just keeping my options open. Julie puts several tags to work with gift bags on the Newsletter today — > here. Gift bags are a favorite of mine, too. They look so festive and, best of all, they’re reusable.
I used the new Christmas Borders, not wanting to let the season go by without making at least one card with each of the three pretty little borders in the set. There’s something about this candy border that takes me back to Christmases as a child. Tins full of hard candies were plentiful — all without wrapping, and usually stuck together in a wad. The fun for my brother and I was to select one piece of candy and see who could extract the biggest stuck-together wad from the tin. I didn’t really care for hard candy, preferring instead Mom’s fudge and divinity, but the ribbon candy was so pretty!
The card is a standard 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″, completely covered in BasicGrey Eskimo Kiss, and the upper corners cut to resemble a tag. I used my smallest Spellbinders Labels Four die to cut a hole for the ribbon, and added a sentiment from Christmas Tea. The image is colored with Copics.
That sums it up in a nutshell. I know you’ll enjoy visiting the rest of the team to see the tags they’re dressing up their Christmas packages with this year. I’ve had a little peek already, and I can see they’re going to have some very pretty gifts under the tree: Christine, Julie, Latisha, Laura, and Stacy
I hope you all have a very happy weekend!

Stamps: Christmas Borders, Christmas Tea Paper: Classic White, Pink Pirouette, BasicGrey Eskimo Kiss Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bravo Burgundy, Copics for coloring Accessories: Ribbon, rhinestones, Spellbinders Labels Four and Scalloped circles, 1″ circle punch, Martha Stewart border punch, Scotch brand foam mounting tape (for sentiment circle)









I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I tend to do mostly cards, which I either use, sell or give away. As for 3-D items…well…when it comes time to give a gift, I don’t often have time to shop for the gift, make a card to accompany it, and create pretty, custom packaging to boot. “Little somethings” are a different matter — the gifts you give “just because”. Those are the times I like to imagine the gift and the packaging as a whole, and have some fun with it.













