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

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Scrapping4fun challenge - GDT card

Hello again friends; I'm back with my second card for today.  I hope you have a fun and relaxing day before the hustle and bustle of the brand new week.  

I'm joining the Scrapping4fun challenge this month as a guest designer and their theme is a fun one - 'fruits and/or veggies'.  

I wanted to use a brand new die set that I had just received so went with fruit for my card:

a close up of my image:

I decorated the inside:

and the Promarkers I used:

Even though I knew what die set I wanted to use I wasn't sure what image to use.  I was rooting around my stash for something else and came across this older Greeting Farm image which was perfect for my card.  I stamped her with memento ink, coloured her with Promarkers and added some white gel pen highlights.  I fussy cut her out and put her to one side whilst I did my die cutting.  I made a card base from white card using the larger die and then cut it again from red card for my mat.  The layer panel was cut with the matching smaller die from white card and I also used a lattice embossing folder for some interest.  The outer apple mat was again cut from red card and the inner piece was cut with white card; I also used a splatter stamp with red ink for some interest on this piece.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink to the left hand side and the image was added with thin foam squares to the right side of the apple.  I die cut one green leaf for the top of my apple and a final touch was 3 red sequins.  The finished card size is just a smidge smaller than 5 1/2" x 5 1/2".  

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

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - die cuts and/or stencils

Little Red Wagon challenge - layer upon layer

Shopping Our Stash challenge - colour me beautiful (I used Promarkers) - 13 challenges max

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - shapes (I've used lots of die cut shapes)

Can You Handle the Pressure challenge - ATG embossing option bees/beehive 

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG (no topping this time)

Please pop over to the Scrapping4fun challenge blog for all the details/rules and to see the amazing creations from the design team.  I hope you will find the time to enter the challenge and cannot wait to see all you fruits and veggies.  

Thanks for stopping by and see you all soon.  

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

TLC Designs - an apple a day die set

The Greeting Farm - Lottie stamp

Spellbinders - perfect pie sentiments & fillings stamp set (for sentiment) - on sale!

Spellbinders - scarlet smooth disc sequins

Taylored Expressions - splatter background stamp

Gina K Designs - lattice embossing folder

Gina K Designs - red velvet ink pad

Gina K Designs - Breath of Sunshine card kit (for leaf die) (it's sold out but items will be available individually soon)

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp set (for inside sentiment)

the basics:

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Promarkers

Sakura - white gelly roll 10 pen

Versafine onyx black ink (for sentiments)

Memento tuxedo black ink (to stamp image)

red and green card from my scrap bin