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

Charisma cardz #10–DT project

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope you’ve all had a great week and are now looking forward to the weekend.  Here in Wales everyone is hyper about the Six Nations Rugby match tomorrow against France when we are in with a chance of winning the Grand Slam (*whispers* I’m not a big rugby fan but will be keeping one eye on the TV just to see what happens).  I’m sure Cardiff will be buzzing with all the fans from both nations supporting their teams. 

I’m here this evening with a catch up post for this week’s charisma cardz challenge.  This week it’s my turn to set the theme and I have chosen “alter it”, so I would like to see something altered to look different from it’s original state – whatever you do is up to you.  I have very little time to create my project so I decided to alter a plain white gift bag (I know I’ve done this before but they are really very useful lol!).  Here is my altered project:

and here is a photo of the bag before I altered it:

I used another new image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Easter Rosie’, which is currently one of the offers of the month and available at the special prize of just £1.00.   I also used the little egg images which come in the ‘Easter collection 2’ which again is available at a special prize at the moment.  Why not pop over to the DSB shop and grab them while you can!  I coloured the images with promarkers and the pretty papers are from the first edition ‘hideaway’ paper pad, it’s hard to tell but they are lovely and glittery.  I did add a sentiment and a few more mini eggs on the back of my bag but forgot to take a picture d’oh!

Our sponsor this week is All That Scraps and one lucky winner will receive this amazing prize:

The design team have done an amazing job once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my altered bag into the following challenges:

Kaboodle challenge – show us some green

Digital Tuesday challenge – think spring

Crafts and me challenge – let’s see circles (lots on my paper)

Divas by design challenge – citrus colours

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – a bit o’ green

Crafty Ann’s challenge – spring into spring

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – spring with ribbon

The pretty little ribbon shop challenge – spring colours

4 crafty chicks challenge - chicks rule!

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week.  Your entry doesn’t have to be anything too complicated (just look at my project) the main thing is to have fun!  I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers – Vicki and Tonya *waves hello*.  Thanks for joining me ladies and I hope you will visit me often.  I’m running late with my post for the winter wonderland challenge but hopefully I’ll get around to posting it tomorrow.  Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Easter Rosie"’

Papers: first edition – ‘hideaway’ paper pad, SU cardstock (from mixed pack – brights I think!)

Tools: promarkers, circle and oval nesties, twine and ribbon from the pretty little ribbon shop, cropadile, plain paper bag from crafts u love 

Charisma cardz #8–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my PFP/Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends.  I’m back with a very late DT card for charisma cardz challenge (I should have posted it last Thursday – what am I like – I’m getting worse I think lol!).  The theme is “masking” and if you’re not sure how to achieve this technique here is a link to a simple tutorial by Beate Johns on SCS, although if I can do it I think most people can haha!.   I decided to use two older stamps from sugar nellie from the gorjuss girls range, which are still firm favourites of mine.  Here is my card:

The images I used are ‘just a girl’ and ‘sitting’ and I coloured them with promarkers and flex markers,  The gorgeous papers are first edition from the ‘hideaway’ paper pad and I coloured the doily with a cats eye chalk ink pad to match my papers.  I added a memory box flourish and some lollipop flowers and I was done.  I really like the sunshine-y feel to this card, especially as they are not colours I would normally use.

Our sponsors this week are Simon Says stamp who are offering a $20.00 voucher to spend in their online store and Pink Cat Studio who are offering a prize of 5 digi images. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always (and Jenni and myself used the same images on our cards lol!).  Please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

The sugar bowl challenge – sketch & option kraft

Critter sketch challenge – buttons, buttons, I love buttons

Incy wincy designs challenge – something old/new (images old, papers new)

Kaboodle challenge – think spring

The pink elephant challenge – let’s see those layers

Pollycraft challenge – spring has sprung

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – let’s see some green & coloured image

Stamping for the weekend challenge – BINGO (glitter/sparkles, lace – doily, butterflies)

One stop craft challenge – button it

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge, although you’ll have to be quick as it ends in just over a day!!  I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Isa – *waves hello* who left me lovely comments this morning – much appreciated hun and I hope you’ll pop by often.  I may be back later with another card so until then have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Images: sugar nellie stamps – gorjuss girls ‘sitting’ and ‘just a girl’

Papers: first edition – ‘hideaway’ paper pad, white digital stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, die-namics butterfly die, SU circle punches, stickles, memory box flourish die, personal impressions sentiment stamp, doily from Joanna Sheen (I think!) tonic (Tim Holtz) distressing tool, buttons from fantastic ribbons, circle nesties

Charisma cardz #44–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  It’s time for Team Gem to share their cards over at charisma cardz challenge this week and Joyce has chosen the theme of “cutesy”.  So you make anything you like as long as it includes something cute – easy peasy!!  I was lucky enough to use an image from one of our sponsors – here is my card:

The image is by pink cat studio and is called ‘Lily hot cocoa’ and I coloured her with both promarkers and flex markers.  I decided to go for another non traditional colour combo of pink and blue and used papers from the ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad by first edition.  I distressed all the edges and added stickles to her “fluffy” bits for a bit of added sparkle. 

Our sponsors this week are Pink Cat Studio who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis of their choice and Simon Says Stamp who are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to spend in their online store.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous and super cute cards once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Pile it on challenge – keep warm

Crafty boots challenge – young at heart

The cutie pie challenge – use a charm

Die cut dreams challenge – so charming

Incy wincy designs challenge – dots and stripes

Lexi’s creations challenge – charming

The pink elephant challenge – distressing

Sketch n stash challenge – sketch (new image/neglected eyelets)

Papertake challenge – anything goes + option sparkle & bling

Divas by design challenge – use metal (eyelets and charm)

I love promarkers challenge – glitter and glitz

Totally papercrafts challenge – glitter it

A gem of a challenge – cold & frosty

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges

Crafter’s companion challenge – let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – Christmas

Creative belli challenge – 1-2-3-4 (1 image, 2 eyelets, 3 papers, 4 gems)

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a fantastic day and thanks for stopping by today.

 

 

Card ingredients:

Image: pink cat studio – ‘Lily hot cocoa’ digi

Papers: first edition – ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, stickles, circle nesties, SU oval all punches, seam binding from wild orchid crafts, eyelets from WRMK, cropadile, charm and gems from stash, sentiment stamp freebie from craft magazine

Stamp with fun #135–DT card

Happy Halloween to all my wonderful friends.  I hope you all had a good weekend despite the awful weather we had.  Autumn is definitely upon us now and we will notice the difference especially now the clocks have gone back.  Any plans for tonight?  My boys are older now so they are not really interested in dressing up or going trick or treating but are quite happy to eat any sweets that are left over after everyone has stopped by lol! 

I’m here to share my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have a super easy theme for you this week of “buttons”, so I’m sure we’ll have lots of entries!  Here is my card:

I have used an adorable image from saturated canary digis called ‘Christmas angel’ and I coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad and in case you’re wondering where my buttons are – they are the cute little hearts in the centres of my snowflakes. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples to inspire you as always, so please pop over the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Saturated canary challenge – 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (ribbon, buttons, snowflakes)

OSAAT challenge – Christmas

Digital Tuesday challenge – buttons and/or twine

Party time Tuesday challenge – anything goes

Creative craft world challenge – add a number or sentiment

Paper pretties challenge – embellish

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Meljen’s challenge – Christmas

Paper crafting journey challenge – use a digi

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – cut it out (2nd entry)

Crafts 4 eternity challenge – magical mystical (my image )

Sew many cards challenge – use 2 different background papers

A gem of a challenge – cold & frosty

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – spooky or whimsical (my image is whimsical I think)

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers - crafty math chick and Sylvia *waves hello* – thanks for joining my happy band of followers and I hope you will visit me soon!  I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary digis – ‘Christmas angel’

Papers: first edition – ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad, elzybells kraft cardstock (nearly all gone!!)

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, nesties labels 8, dovecraft snowflake punch, buttons from stash, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, freebie sentiment stamp from magazine

Cupcake craft challenge #164–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my DT project for Stamp with Fun challenge

Hello again friends.  As promised I am back once more to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Rachel has set the theme and she has chosen “buttons & bows” which I’m sure will be a very popular challenge.  I had to make a card for an order so I incorporated the two.  Here is my card:

As you can tell from my card I am still waiting for my ink to be delivered (and I’m starting to get VERY impatient).  I hope it will arrive today or I will be one very unhappy crafter!!  I have used this gorgeous sugar nellie simply sassy image called ‘boho chic’ and coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  The gorgeous papers are first edition from the ‘bird song’ paper pad. 

Our sponsor this week is digi doodle shop and they are offering one lucky winner a $10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors and for October we have two!!  Firstly we have Polka Doodles and they are offering one lucky winner a copy of their ‘pretty sweet’ CD collection.  Our second sponsor is Scrap Affair and they are offering one lucky winner a 5 pack of promarkers. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Stamptacular challenge – you choose

Whoopsi daisy challenge – free and easy

Divas by design challenge – button up

Little miss muffet challenge – girly girl

Meljen’s challenge – use ribbon

Shelly’s images challenge – show us your layers

Fairy fun challenge – sugar and spice and everything nice

Jellypark friends challenge – use pink and a ribbon

Raise the bar challenge – pink is in

Totally gorjuss challenge – bingo (bows, buttons and flowers)

Crafter’s companion challenge – pink and green

A gem of a challenge – sketch

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by – it really means the world to me.

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie – simply sassy ‘boho chic’

Papers: first edition – ‘bird song’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, magnolia flower doohickey die, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, buttons and letter stickers from stash, personal impressions ‘happy birthday’ stamp, clear & simple stamps ‘daughter’ stamp, see-d’s number stamps, baker’s twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, circle nesties, stamping up oval all punches

Passion for promarkers #119–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are looking forward to the mini heat-wave they’re predicting for the rest of this week – won’t it make such a difference to have some dry and sunny days after all the rain we’ve had over the last few weeks.  It’s a shame it will only be for a few days though! 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and this week the lovely Tracy has set the theme and she has chosen “planes, trains and automobiles”.  Quite a straight forward theme this week, just include one of those modes of transport on your cards.  Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers, aqua markers, tria markers or flex markers. 

I decided to make an easel card this week, as I don’t seem to have made one for such a long time.  However when it came time to photograph it I realised why lol!!  Why are they so difficult to get a good photo of?  Anyway here is my card:

I have used a cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called “Zoe driving” and coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘summer breeze’ paper pad and the gorgeous flowers were a pressie from my lovely crafty friend Donna. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and the lucky winner will receive one of their promarker stamping kits. 

On the subject of Letraset, we have been asked to inform you that the lighter flex markers may appear to be faulty (and seem to have no colour ) but they need to be primed before use so that the colour flows through to the nib.  You can read all about it on the Letraset site here.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples to inspire you, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – stitching (mine is faux using a pen)

Come and get it challenge – easel card

The crafty pad challenge – stitching (again mine is faux)

Pile it on challenge – fancy folds

The crazy challenge – use 3 colours of your choice (brown, aqua and peach)

Critter sketch challenge – anything goes

Incy wincy designs challenge – fancy folds

Lollipop crafts challenge – anything goes

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – anything goes

Cute card Thursday challenge – sketch

One stop craft challenge – easel cards

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Zoe driving’

Papers: first edition – ‘summer breeze’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, flowers were a gift, SU choc chip ribbon, ek success swirl punch, pearls from stash, MS leaf punch, go-kreate circle die

Passion for Promarkers #118–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  It’s Tuesday morning so that means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week it’s Michele’s turn to set the theme and she has chosen to give us a sketch to work with.  Here is my card:

and here is Michele’s gorgeous sketch:

I have used a gorgeous image from DigiStamp Boutique from the current ‘offer of the month’ for September called “cute nativity set 2” and coloured it with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘festive treats’ paper pad.   

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Cutie Sunday challenge – Christmas card

Karen’s doodles challenge –  Christmas

Cute card Thursday challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – sing it (away in a manger)

Jingle belles challenge – incorporate a digi element (my image)

Mami doodles challenge – all creatures great and small

Phindy’s place challenge – Christmas

Crafter’s companion challenge – Christmas wishes

Kaboodle challenge – lots of layers

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to visiting your blogs.  I would like to welcome my newest follower - the papercrafting league: mother of 3 *waves hello*.  Thanks for following me and I hope you will visit me often.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘cute nativity set 2’

Papers: first edition – ‘festive treats’ paper pad, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, red mesh from stash, pearls from the hobby house

Charisma cardz #34–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Well another week is flying by and I can’t believe it’s Thursday already – where did the rest of the week go?  I hope your week has been fantastic, mine’s been ok, although I don’t seem to have achieved very much lol! 

It’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge and it’s team Gem’s turn to share their cards.  Our theme this week is “glitter it” so I’m sure we’ll lots of gorgeous entries to drool over!  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute stamp from CC designs called ‘cupcake Birgitta’ and I added stickles to her cupcakes and a sakura glaze pen to her wings.  I also used gorgeous glittery paper from first editions from the ‘summer breeze’ paper pad and my flower has glitter in the centre.  The flower was a gift from my cupcake teamie Donna and the beautiful lace is a recent purchase from wild orchid crafts. 

We have two sponsors this week, firstly we have our regular sponsor DigiStamp Boutique and the lovely Sally-Ann is offering 6 digi images of the winner’s choice. 

Our second sponsor is a brand new sponsor for us at charisma and it is Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and they are offering a wonderful bundle of goodies for one lucky winner.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous glittery cards and projects, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

OSAAT challenge – bling it up

Pile it on challenge – sweet treats

Sentimental Sunday challenge – birthday + sentiment

Paper playtime challenge – anything goes

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – happy birthday

Everybody art challenge – blue & brown (my blue is more of an aqua so hope this is ok)

Oldie but a goodie challenge – lots of sparkle

Papertake challenge – dies to die for

Cat’s corner challenge – no cat

Crafts and me challenge – lace

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – open theme

Crafty Ann’s challenge – scallops/fancy borders

Craft your days away challenge – cupcakes

Crafter’s companion challenge – glitter and glitz

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous glittery creations.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: CC designs – ‘cupcake Birgitta’

Papers: first edition – ‘summer breeze’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, stickles, sakura glaze pen, MS butterfly punch, SU basic pearls, lace from wild orchid crafts, personal impressions sentiment, MS frond punch, circle nestie, eyelet circle nestie