Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - September 26

Hello and welcome back to my blog lovely friends. 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 'school days'. It's very apt as the little darlings have now gone back to school (although my darlings are not so little anymore and not in school lol!).  So get creating and let's see all your school themed tags. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

As I did last month I decided to create a fun shaped tag as I had the perfect die in my stash - an apple shaped die.  I used some super cute images and I think it turned out really sweet.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting the apple from red card and the inner part from white card.  I decided to add some lines to the white piece using an old red rubber cling stamp and some light blue ink and I think it looks like it's been cut out from a notepad.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card using memento ink and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut them out.  I stamped the sentiment directly onto the background with black ink.  I added the white piece onto the apple using liquid glue and the images onto that using foam squares.  For some final decoration I die cut some stars from gold mirror card and added them with liquid glue.  I punched a hole at the top and added a red hole reinforcer before threading through some red and white twine.  I also used some black twine to tie a bow around the apple stem.  For the back of the tag I kept it fairly simple.  I added another white piece, which I again stamped with the lined stamp, and added a few gold stars.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils (entry #3)

CRAFT challenge - back to school/ATG

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Cut It Up challenge - in shape (please delete if only cards allowed)

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food and/or drink related

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use a die cut

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - circle or ATG

The Little Things challenge - mermaids and/or fish or ATG

Unicorn challenge - not square

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 using the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagssept26.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

TLC Designs - apple a day die set

Studio Katia - teacher's apple stamp - store sadly closed

MFT - writing tablet red rubber cling stamp

MFT - blueprints 13 & tag builder blueprints 6 (for star dies)

Waffle Flower - nesting tags dies (for hole reinforcer die)

Gina K Designs - blue sky ink pad

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

coloured card and twine from my stash

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

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - August 26

Hello and welcome back to my blog lovely friends. It's a busy day on my blog today as this is my third post!  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 'baby shower'. I was a little daunted when I saw this theme as I've never made a baby shower anything before but obviously it's the same as a welcome baby card just with a slightly different sentiment.  So get creating and let's see all your baby themed tags. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

I thought it would be fun to create a onesie shaped tag and went with a gender neutral colour scheme so that it could be used for a boy or a girl.  I even did some paper piecing on this one!  I think it turned out super cute and I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the cute image:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting two of the onesies from white card and two from neutral patterned paper and I adhered one paper onesie to one white card onesie for each side of my tag.  I stamped the image on darker striped paper and also a light spotty paper and fussy cut them out.  I added some crystal glaze to the large heart and the cluster of smaller hearts.  I stamped the sentiment onto the same paper as the tag using brown ink and also fussy cut it out.  I also cut the hole reinforcer from the darker striped paper.  I decorated the background with some stars in various shades of brown ink before adding the image and sentiment with foam tape.   I inked the edges with the brown ink.  For the back of the tag I stamped the sentiment with brown ink and also added some stars around it in the lighter brown inks and again inked around the edges with the brown ink.  I adhered both tags together using liquid glue and tied a ribbon and some twine through the hole for a finishing touch.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut optional fall flowers

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist no rectangles

As You Like It challenge - favourite safari animal (another favourite is the elephant, they are such intelligent and empathetic animals, caring for each one in the herd)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I used scraps of paper for my image and fussy cut it out

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - monochrome

Sweet Stampin' challenge - stripes or chevrons (I stamped my elephant onto striped paper)

Tag-along (& ATC'S) challenge - fashion or ATG 

The Little Things challenge - flamingo and/or elephant 

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 #gorgeousgifttagsaugust2026 and we will find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

Creative Expressions - new arrival - baby onesie die set

Kraftin' Kimmie - baby love stamp - retired

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sandy beach, kraft, warm cocoa

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Tonic Studios - Nuvo crystal glaze clear

Tonic Studios - craft perfect classic jute twine

Echo Park - dots & stripes Christmas collection 6x6 pad

Echo Park - dots & stripes summer 6x6 pad

Basic Grey - basics manila 6x6 pad

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 links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - July 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends. I hope you've had a great weekend and my US friends had a wonderful 4th of July.  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 in July' so we want to see all your Christmas themed tags. I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

I decided to go with cool colours for a change instead of the traditional red and green and opted for blue and grey.  I used some cute images and embossed my background and I think it turned out adorable.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the images:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting my tag from light blue card and embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder.  I took a white pigment ink cube and lightly rubbed it over the raised areas of the embossing to give a subtle white design on the blue.  I stamped the images onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured them with Promarkers, also adding some white gelly roll pen highlights.  I don't have the dies so I fussy cut the images.  I die cut two 'hills' from white card and stamped the sentiment onto white card using a blue ink pad.  I added the hills to the bottom of the tag with double sided tape and the tree, bunny and sentiments were added with foam squares.  I also added a white hole reinforcer with liquid glue.  For the back of the tag I cut another tag from blue card, partially embossed the snowflake design on the bottom and stamped the sentiments using the same blue ink pad.  I also added a white hole reinforcer with liquid glue.  I adhered both the tags together using liquid glue.  I threaded some blue & white ribbon through the hole and added some white twine, which I tied into a bow.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist any holiday 

Alphabet challenge - E for embossing; wet or dry

As You Like It challenge - favourite non card project (I love making tags, they are like cards but with much less space to fill!)

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an EF optional twist use purple

CRAFT challenge - Christmas

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Cut It Up challenge - critters

Die Cut Divas challenge - Christmas in July

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Moving Along with the Times challenge - use a colouring medium (alcohol markers)

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - I used scissors to fussy cut my images

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed

Pearly Sparkles challenge - Christmas in July 

Sweet Stampin' challenge - Christmas in July

Tag-Along (& ATC's) challenge - favourite colours or ATG (I love non traditional colours for Christmas)

The Little Things challenge - ATG

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 #gorgeousgifttagsjuly2026 and we will find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

card supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting tag dies

MFT - Christmas cheer stamp

Gina K Designs - snowflakes embossing folder

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - create-a-tag holiday mini stamp

Gina K Designs - white pigment ink cube

Gina K Designs - powder blue ink pad

Lawn Fawn - stitched hillside border dies

Promarkers

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

blue card from 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

Gorgeous Gift TagsIG Hop - June 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends. I hope you've had a great week; although I can't believe it's Friday already!  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 'guys' so we want to see all your masculine inspired tags.   I can't wait to see what the rest of my fellow hoppers have made and I hope you can pop over to Instagram and join us.

I often think of geometric or basic shapes when I make of masculine cards and tags so I went with stars on my tags this month.  I created a fun background using distressed pattern stamps and a limited colour palette.  I think it turned out super cool and I hope you like it too.  

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the back of my tag:

I began by die cutting two tags from 300gsm white card (one of the front and one for the back).  I stamped the stars using a few shades of grey and teal ink pads and die cut them out using the coordinating dies.  I also stamped the sentiments in black onto white card and used a sentiment strips die to cut out the thinner sentiment and my paper trimmer to cut out the larger one.  For the background I used the same ink pads and an old but well loved distressed pattern stamp to create a fun design, I just kept stamping until I was happy!  I added some black twine behind the thinner sentiment and then added all the elements to the tag with foam squares.  I ink blended the darker teal ink onto a scrap of the white card and then die cut some hole reinforcers for my tags; these were adhered with liquid glue.  For the back of the tag I again randomly stamped the distressed patterns (using the front as my guide) and added three stars in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  I added the hole reinforcer with liquid glue and finally stamped the 'to' and 'from' with black ink.  I adhered the two tags together with liquid glue before threading white ribbon through the hole and tying teal & white twine into a bow.  

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

A Place to Start challenge - ATG optional twist anything but a card

Colorful Options challenge - option 4 - other creative medium

Creative Moments challenge - make it masculine

Daisy Chain challenge - not square

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

Let's Craft & Create challenge - penny for your thoughts (add a sentiment)

Mix It Up challenge - ATG optional stamp background

Tag-Along (& ATC's) challenge - add some text or ATG

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist polkadots and/or stripes

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 #gorgeousgifttagsjune2026 and we will find your tags. 

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting tag dies

Clearly Besotted - superstar stamp & die set (retired)

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

*Gina K Designs - create-a-tag holiday mini stamp (for to & from)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist, blue lagoon, soft stone, stormy sky, slate

Limetree Craft - 12" x 12" 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

ribbon recycled from some clothing 

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

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - May 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends. I hope my UK peeps enjoyed their Bank Holiday weekend and everyone else had a good normal weekend lol!  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 'lacy' and you can use real lace, lace stamps, dies etc.  I know this is going to be a popular theme and 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.

When I planned my tag I really thought I had a lace background stamp but do you think I could find it - in a word no!  So plan B was to use a decorative border die which to me looks a bit lacy.  It turned out super girly and really pretty.  I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

I tried to capture the embossed detail of one of the butterflies:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting two white tags using a stitched tag die.  I also die cut a strip of the decorative border die from white card.  I ink blended with a cloud stencil onto both tags using sea glass ink.  I decided to use the beautiful butterflies as I thought they looked a little lacy on the edges too. They are part of an embossing folder, die & stencil bundle.  I die cut the butterflies, embossed them in the folder and then used the stencils to colour them with bright, girly colours.  Aren't they so pretty.  I worked out roughly where I wanted the butterflies to go on the front of my tag and stamped my sentiment in the gap between them using black ink.  I also stamped the to: and from: on the second tag (which will be the back) again with black ink. I adhered the border strip to the back of the front tag with liquid glue and then added the second tag to the back with double sided tape.  I added the two larger butterflies to the front of the tag with foam squares and finished off with some black sequins.  For the back I adhered the smaller butterfly with liquid glue.  I added some pink tulle through the hole of the tag and tied a bow around it using yellow twine.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Allsorts challenge - anything but square

Alphabet challenge - A is for the air

Aud Sentiments challenge - embossing wet/dry and/or flowers + sentiment (my butterflies are embossed)

Cut It Up challenge - something with wings

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use die cuts

Dream Valley challenge - all creatures great and small

Fab 'n' Funky challenge - use pink, blue and/or yellow

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags - ATG

Let's Craft & Create challenge - tag you're it

Moving Along With The Times challenge - 1 or more butterflies

Pearly Sparkles challenge - 1 or more butterflies

Simply Clean & Simple challenge - CAS optional theme things that fly

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Mother's Day/feminine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil optional see thru it! (I stencilled the clouds & butterflies)

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - add some pink

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Unicorn challenge - something new (my butterfly bundle is new)

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 #gorgeousgifttagsmay2026 and we will find your tags.
Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

*Gina K Designs - delicate butterflies bundle 

Gina K Designs - tag trio die set (I used the largest tag die)

Gina K Designs - corner blossoms mini stamp (for front sentiment)

Gina K Designs - create-a-tag holiday mini stamp (for to: and from:)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - sea glass, marigold, sweet mango, petunia

Spellbinders - create a slimline border die set

Spellbinders - color essentials sequins - black smooth disc

MFT - mini cloud edges stencil

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

tulle 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

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - April 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends. I hope you're all having a wonderful Easter Sunday and if you don't celebrate I hope you're enjoying your day.  The Easter bunny was generous to us again this year and we have a nice selection of chocolate to munch over the coming days lol!  

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 'flowers' and I know this is going to be a popular theme. 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 always like to play along with the optional prompt and this month I created a fun shaker tag using products from lots of different companies but especially Waffle Flower Crafts.  I wanted to try making a  completely transparent tag with no background, so that you could see all the way through, as I've never made one before.  I turned out super cute and exactly what I had in mind.  I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the flowers:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by die cutting two tags from white card, I adhered them together with low tack tape and then die cut a rectangle from the centre of them both to create my shaker window.  I added acetate to both tags and also shaker strips foam adhesive around the border of one of the windows.  I filled the window with a rainbow mix of sequins and then adhered both the tags together to enclose the sequins.  I stamped the flowers, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also die cut 2 more layers from plain white card so that I could stack them.  I added the larger floral spray in the bottom left corner with double sided tape and filled it out by placing one of the single flowers over the edge of it.  I placed another single flower in the top right corner.  I stamped and cut out a teeny sentiment and placed it over the larger floral arrangement.  I added some pink tulle ribbon through the tag and then tied a bow using a thin purple ribbon around this.  For the back of the tag I added another small flower in the bottom right corner and a second teeny sentiment on top of this with double sided tape. 

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

Allsorts challenge - it's springtime

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - spring flowers

Crafty Calendar challenge - dies/punches

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG

I Love Promarkers challenge - cute & whimsical or ATG

Moving Along With The Times challenge - anything spring

Stamping Sensations challenge - inspired by nature

Sweet Stampin' challenge - spring or Easter

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - blossoms, birds and/or butterflies

The Four Seasons challenge - anything spring optional mood board

The Dream Factory challenge - sweet little things

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

We Love Stamping challenge - spring

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 #gorgeousgifttagsapril2026 and we will find your tags.
Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

Waffle Flower - nesting tag dies

Waffle Flower - a little note stamp & die set

Promarkers

Spellbinders - essential rectangles dies (to cut the window)

Mama Elephant - big new stamp (for teeny sentiments)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

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

acetate, ribbon and tulle from my stash

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - March 26

Hello and welcome lovely friends.  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 'Easter' and I know this is going to be a popular theme. 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 always like to play along with the optional prompt and this month I created a super cute Easter tag using fantastic products from Gina K Designs.  Lots of stencilling, stamping and colouring and voila my tag was complete. I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the back of the tag:

I began by die cutting two tags from white card and used a stencil to create my clouds and grassy hills.  I stamped the sweet images onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers, added some white gelly roll pen highlights and used the matching dies to cut them out.  I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the tag with black ink before adding my images with foam squares.  I felt the top looked a little bare so I stamped and coloured the sun image and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I adhered it to the top right corner with liquid glue.  I also stamped some small butterflies using a light grey ink and finished off with some rainbow pearls.  For the back of the tag I again used the stencil and created the clouds and hills.  I stamped the to: and from: in the centre as well as the greeting at the bottom of the tag in black ink.  I then adhered both tags together using liquid glue.  I added some yellow ribbon and green twine to decorate the top of the tag.  

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

613 Avenue Create challenge - ATG optional twist things with wings 

Allsorts challenge - ribbons and/or bows

CRAFT challenge - spring/Easter/ATG

Craft Rocket challenge - no design paper

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Inspirations challenge - cute critters

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Die Cut Divas challenge - spring is coming

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (optional Easter)

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags challenge - ATG

Inkspirational challenge - use stencils optional twist plaid

Little Red Wagon challenge - include an animal

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - make it cute

Stamping Sensations challenge - spring

Stencil Fun challenge - use a stencil optional vines/vinery

The Four Seasons challenge - spring

The Dream Factory challenge - ATG with animals

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist fur or feathers

We Love Stamping challenge - wildlife or ATG

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 #gorgeousgifttagsmarch2026 and we will find your tags.
Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love,

tag supplies:

*Gina K Designs - tag trio die set (I used the largest tag)

Gina K Designs - spring friends stamp & die 

Gina K Designs - Easter blessings stamp (for greeting on the front)

Gina K Designs - beautiful backdrops stencil 

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

Gina K Designs - summer silhouettes stamp (for butterflies)

Gina K Designs - a little something stamp (for to/from and greeting on back)

Gina K Designs - blue sky ink pad

Gina K Designs - lucky clover ink pad

Gina K Designs - rainbow pearl mix

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

*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