Hello there! I'm up for today's TGIF project with The Greetery and I have a fun one to share!
Since we started milling our own wheat a couple years ago and I have officially become a more confident baker, we often like to give baked goods as gifts to those around us....partly because everything is so delicious, but also because thanks to the fresh milled wheat, it's all so super nutritious! (Check out all the info at Unsifted if you're curious about how BREAD could be so crazy good for you!!)
Anyway, it feels SO good to give gifts that I know will not only be a blessing to the recipients taste buds, but to their bodies overall, as well!
That being said, sometimes when I'm packaging up some fresh baked dinner rolls or bread or cookies or the like, I want to add a quick gift tag to make it a bit more cute and special. I realized that I typically make gift tags that are birthday specific, or for some specific holiday or occasion. I needed to make some gift tags that are for all those "just because" gifts that you just decide to give on a whim, not because there's any special reason for it, other than that giving a gift is a blessing....to the recipient AND TO ME!!
That's how this group of tags came about. I saw the Char-Cut-Erie Board Die and it hit me that it's the perfect shape for a gift tag and if you die cut it from any random color, all of a sudden, it doesn't really look like a cutting board at all! But it sure makes a fun base to pile on literally anything you want, for gift tags!
I went ahead and loosely added ribbon to all of the tags, but you can see above, how I'll tie the tags to gift bags. And goodness, I love how much one jumbo gift tag can really dress up a plain, ordinary gift bag!!
PRO TIP: My goal for these, was to have them be super colorful and whimsical and playful. I just wanted to have fun creating them and not worry about things like whether the leaves are too oversized for the flowers, or that I was using a cutting board as a gift tag! Haha! The idea is charm and cheer and no fuss! So, if you're someone who feels like everything has to be totally sensible when crafting, I would encourage you to take on a project like this one! Don't worry about WHY there are leaves sticking out the back of an "award" or why the leaves are so big! LOL! Just get out a bunch of your stamps and dies, and layer them up like crazy! You can make just about anything look put together, so long as your colors are working together!!!
For my tags, I first grabbed the Award Winning dies to add a big splash of layers and colors to the tags, and then started piling on die cuts and embellishments. Each sentiment is either the Simply Bold For You die or a stamp from the Tagged Elegance stamp set or the Speed Tagging Christmas Sentiments stamp set.
I added stamped florals from Birth Month Blooms Q2 and Q3, and then used the Bird of Paradise Border Die and the Big Branches Ruscus Die to tuck layers of foliage in here and there.
I hope these give you some ideas and get your wheels turning for all the layered up jumbo "just because" tags you could make, too! And just imagine the Char-Cut-Erie Board Die used for Christmas gift tags!!! Sooooo many possibilities!
Happy crafting, friends!
{Jumbo Just Because Tags supplies -- click on thumbnails}
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