Hello friends, I hope you're doing ok and that you've had a lovely day so far. It's time 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 'Christmas', which I'm sure everyone has used this month. 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 had this Trim-a-tree stencil/die bundle sitting on my desk for about 4 months so it was definitely time to give it some love. The stencil has three layers so you can customise your tree however you like. I made two tags today and used two different green colour combos, one is more traditional and the other is using spruce inks - do you have a favourite out of the two? I love both of them because they are both quite different even using the same products. I hope you like them.
Here are my tags:
A closer look at each tag; the traditional one:
and the spruce one:
I decorated the backs the same on both tags:
I began by die cutting the trees x 8 from white card; I did so many so that I could layer them up for dimension instead of using foam squares. I also cut 4 tags from white card. I took the trees and using the stencils coloured one with the traditional colour combo and one with the spruce combo. On both tags I used the same red ink for the ornaments and tree skirt. For a little bling I added sparkle gel over the ornaments, although it's hard to see in the photos. I cut four stars from gold mirror card. I stamped the sentiments in versamark and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder before using the coordinating dies to cut them out. I also cut 3 more plain white so that I could layer them up also. I took the tags and using the same green ink as I used on the tree stamped the background with a pin dot stamp. I adhered the trees with liquid glue and on the first tag the sentiment was added to the upper right corner with liquid glue. For the second tag the tree was again adhered with liquid glue but as the sentiment was longer for this tag I stacked each end with the extra layers but left the middle without any dimension; this was then added with liquid glue. I added the stars with liquid glue and finished off with some tiny gold pearls. For the back side of the tags I again stamped the pin dot background in the green inks and stamped and gold heat embossed the to: and from:. I added a thin strip of gold mirror card to the very bottom and also a gold star in the top right corner. I dug through my ribbon stash and found some coordinating ribbon and twine that I liked; the ribbon was threaded through the hole and the twine was tied around into a bow.
I would like to enter my tags into the following challenges:
The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas
A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut
A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist winter things
As You Like It challenge - gold, silver or glitter (I used to always be a silver girl but lately I've been drawn to gold)
Aud Sentiments challenge - Christmas and/or winter + sentiment
Color Dare challenge - #680 red/green
CRAFT challenge - Christmas/ATG
Crafty Gals Corner challenge - tis the season entry #3
Creative Inspirations challenge - tis the season
Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas/winter
Double D challenge - Christmas wrappings (tags, ribbon, bows)
Everybody Art challenge - BINGO board (green, red, Christmas)
Fab 'n' Funky challenge - Christmas
Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - anything goes Christmas
Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge - inspiration photo
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - time for Santa/inspiration photo
Inkspirational challenge - mood board
Inspiration Station challenge - inspiration photo
Make My Monday challenge - Christmas trees
Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes
PINspirational challenge - inspiration photo
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - use dies in diecember
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - use dies in diecember
Stencil Fun challenge - winter related
Tag along (& ATC's) challenge - red & green
The Four Seasons challenge - ATG winter/inspiration photo
The Dream Factory challenge - candy cane lane/anything Christmassy goes
Wow, not surprising but so many Christmas/winter related challenges around at the moment!
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 #gorgeousgifttagsdec2025 and we will find your tags.
Thanks for stopping by and take care.
Lots of love
tag supplies:
Gina K Designs - trim-a-tree layering stencils & die
Gina K Designs - pin dot background stamp
Gina K Designs - a little something stamp & die
Gina K Designs - ink pads - jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, red hot
Gina K Designs - ink cubes - light spruce, medium spruce
Gina K Designs - gold, black & silver mini pearl mix
Waffle Flower - nesting tags die set
Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card
Cosmic Shimmer - bright gold detail embossing powder
Versamark - embossing & watermark ink pad
ribbon & twine from my stash
gold mirror card from stash
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Thank you x
Thank you x
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