Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop November 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 'vintage vibes', which is great theme and open to lots of occasions.  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. 

Now I've said it before but vintage is not really my thing but I'm always up for a challenge so I gave it a go.  I kept my colours muted and distressed and inked the edges of pretty much everything and used a gorgeous hot air balloon as my focal image.  I am quite pleased with how it turned out even though it's not my usual style.  I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the gorgeous hot air balloon:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting two tags from the muted beige paper and also 1 from white card to sandwich in between for some extra stability.  I used papers from the same paper pad so that they would coordinate with each other.  I took a scripty background stamp and cocoa ink pad and stamped the whole of the front tag and the bottom third of the back tag.  I tore and cut pieces of the patterned paper and added them with liquid glue.  I also used a distressed stamp to add some extra details using the cocoa ink pad.  I then splattered some white gouache on both tags.  I stamped the hot air balloon using a sepia ink pad and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I used a few Promarkers and a white gelly roll pen to add some colour and highlights to the image.  I stamped the sentiment using the cocoa ink onto the same paper as the tags where cut from and then used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I found some lace, ribbon and twine in my stash from yonks ago and added them to the bottom of the tag (I probably should have ironed the ribbon but I was too lazy lol); I also added a beige button that I distressed with the cocoa ink.  I added the hot air balloon and sentiment with foam squares.  I finished off with some sequins and added a dot of stickles in the centres.  I adhered the 3 tags together with liquid glue.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist thank you

Crafty Calendar challenge - add a button

Cut It Up challenge - thankful, grateful, blessed

Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scraps challenge - ATG must use design paper

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags - ATG

Let's Craft & Create challenge - AG + use twine

Paper, Rocks, Scissors challenge - ATG (used paper and also scissors to cut my ribbon, twine & lace)

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - add some texture (the lace and ribbon add texture)

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 #gorgeousgifttagsnov2025 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care. 

Lots of love

tag supplies:

Waffle Flower Crafts - nesting tags dies

Gina K Designs - vintage summer stamp & dies

Gina K Designs - warm cocoa ink pad

MFT - romantic script background stamp

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

Promarkers

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Versafine - vintage sepia ink pad

First Edition - love letters 8x8 pad (on eBay here)

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - rose garden sequins - store now closed

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

lace, ribbon and twine from my stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x