the hybrid chick

So many gifts, so little time.  Ever have the thought, “I want to treat someone to a little something from me?”.  I do, all of the time, AND, I am ashamed that sometimes thank you notes or other little gifts go undone or are belated because I insist on a handmade card.  Silly, I know, but if you have a paper stash and supply inventory like I do, you’d also feel like you should use your supplies before (gasp!) buying a card at a store.  LOL!

So I’m here today with a simple project to make sure you always have a stash of easy but beautiful gift tags on hand for that gift wrapping emergency.  It all starts with a gorgeous digital kit….for this project, I fell in love with Mari Koegelenberg’s digital kit called Morrocan Sunset at The Digichick Boutique store.

Supplies:

Digital Kit, Morrocan Sunset by Mari Koegelenberg
Printer cardstock
Crochet thread
Stickles by Ranger
hole punch

Using Microsoft Word 2007 and Mari’s kit, I created a page of gorgeous tags.

OK, I admit, I can hear all of you Photoshop pros tsk tsk-ing right now, but I just haven’t taken the plunge into PSP or PSE yet.  The good news is, you’d hardly know it from this project   Shown in the shot above, I used the Insert function to add a rounded rectangle shape to my document.  I changed the outlines of those shapes to colors which closely matched the images from Mari’s kit.  The gorgeous butterfly/flower image and the vintage receipt images were re-sized and layered over the rounded rectangle boxes.  Save the document and print.

A little bit of glitter Stickles goes a long way!  I added glittery accents to the details of the images from Mari’s kit.  Be careful not to over apply Stickles as the liquid adhesive may cause some inkjet inks to run.

Given the size of tags I chose (2×2.5″), I was able to print 12 tags to one sheet of paper.

A hole punch and the addition of some simple crochet thread makes these tags ready at hand anytime.  Don’t these remind you of  price tags in a vintage boutique?!  I would buy something just for the tag   However, the tags are of generous enough size to write a little note on the back at their 2″ x 2.5″ size.

Thanks so much for stopping by for the project today.  Keep a supply of these pretty tags, some plain gift bags and lace trims in your gift wrap area and you are ready to go at a moment’s notice.  Use a seasonal digital kit from the Digichick Boutique for the images instead and your holiday gift wrapping will be done in a snap….just in time to enjoy all the festivities of that season!

Other Articles by DanaGustafson:

• Hybrid Shrink Plastic and YOU! - October 14th, 2009
• The icing on the cake... - September 18th, 2009
• Paper Tussy Mussy - August 21st, 2009
• It's School Time! {Altered clipboards} - July 17th, 2009
• You're WILD, baby! baby card and gift box - June 26th, 2009