Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop August 25

Hello friends, I hope you're doing ok and that you've had a lovely day so far. It's time for a new theme for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, which takes place on the 5th of each month. You always have the option to go for anything goes but the extra prompt this month is travel/vacation', which is fun theme and open to interpretation. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made.  I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us. 

I decided to make a little scene on my tag this month and went bright, summery and cute.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting the tag and the inner panel from white card (I didn't realise how large the tag was when I bought it - it's 4" x 6" so plenty of room to create my scene).  I ink blended the clouds on the inner panel and added a grey piece of card at the bottom; to imitate the road I used a white gelly roll pen to add some dashed lines.  I stamped the little critter and the sun, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.  I die cut the cute car from a light orange card, the little clouds from white card and the 'for you' from black card.  I added the inner panel onto the tag with liquid glue as well as the 'road' to the bottom.  I die cut 3 extra cars from white card and layered them with liquid glue.  I adhered the critter with liquid glue and then added that to the road with liquid glue also.  The sun and the 'for you' were adhered with liquid glue and the clouds were added with foam squares.  I found 3 different ribbon/twine that coordinated with my colour scheme and tied them to my tag.  I finished off with some white gelly roll pen highlights.  For the back of the tag I again ink blended the clouds, die cut the 'to/from' from black card and 2 more white clouds; I adhered them all with liquid glue.  A really sweet tag and suitable for children and adults alike I think.  

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist summer fun

Allsorts challenge - animals

As You Like It challenge - favourite, cats or dogs (this is a hard one as I love both (and have one of each); cats today but it will be dogs tomorrow lol!)

Aud Sentiments challenge - any shape (except rectangle) and/or washi tape + sentiment

Color Dare challenge - #663 - orange, yellow blue

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Hearts Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Little Red Wagon challenge - masculine

Show Us Your Pussy challenge - ATG but must feature a cat

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use a stencil

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - travel

We hope you will be inspired by our Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagshop2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

 

card supplies:

Marianne Design - big tag CR1551 die set

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

MFT - cute caravan die set

MFT - missing you every single day stamp & die set

MFT - gifty greetings die set

Gina K Designs - the good life stamp & die set (for sunshine)

Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - but they do have 280gsm silky smooth white card available here

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

ribbon and coloured card from stash