Carouse through the gift wrap aisle of a Hallmark store and see the gift tag 'toppers' - you know the decorative tags that just stick on the front of a bag or on a wrapped parcel? They are more for " decoration " than for tags.
Anyways....they were all cute in one way or another, but I was thinking, for that price - we sooooo could to-ta-lly do ones ourselves!!!!
So there I am last night - looking at the last of my ICE CREAM PARLOR paper [see SU!'s 2011 Sale-A-Bration].
- I had paper - I had buttons - I had ribbon. All co-ordinating, hmmmm....then it struck me to use my Ornament Punch to create a vase...
- use my buttons as flowers...
- and use the ribbon as a gift bag handle!!!
Ta da! I give you my GIFT TAG/TOPPER!
It's a little gift bag itself, ha ha! Ain't it cute!
CLICK on picture for a closer view.
Here is what I did:
- Cut 2 squares of pretty paper in the size you like.
- Embellish the corners with scraps of co-ordinating papers.
- Use the ORNAMENT PUNCH {and co-ordinating paper}. TRIM OFF THE POINT and instant vase!
- Attach the vase to the front square and plan out your button flowers.
- Use a piercer to create holes and stitch with floss to create ' stems '. An optional method would be to 'draw' stitched stems using a marker.
- attach flower buttons above stems securely with a knot.
- attach a length of ribbon to act as a handle inside the back square, then attach squares around the sides and bottom.
- Using a decorative border punch, create a border and adhere to the top edges front and back.
- Sandwiched some tissue paper in the bag.
- Leave the back side blank for writing a message or to attach to a real gift bag.
AND THAT'S IT!
Mine is going on my ' TAG TREE' for now.... this really is a fun and quick project .
Bye- bye!
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