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

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AAA Birthday challenge #86 - for the boys

Good morning lovely friends and welcome to June! Another month has bitten the dust as we roll on into 2026. We had scorching temperatures last week but it's forecast back to rain and cooler temperatures this week, but we can't complain really.  

As it's the first of the month it means we have a brand new challenge over at AAA Birthday challenge. This month's theme is 'for the boys' and with Father's Day later in the month this could be your perfect opportunity to get ahead.  Our guest designer this month is Leslie so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.

I recently purchased this fun soda pop die set (even better it was on sale) and was itching to use it so that is what I used on this month's card.  I also got the coordinating bottle cap dies so they got some love too. I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting all the soda pop elements; I cut the bottle from white card, the straw and label from red card and the top from silver mirror card.  I wanted the bottle to look a bit like coke so firstly ink blended some red ink all over before going over with brown ink.  I white heat embossed a sentiment onto the label and assembled the bottle using liquid glue.  I die cut the bottle tops from silver mirror and white card and the letters from red card and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I found a sentiment that I could do some stamp surgery on to fit my theme and stamped it in black ink onto white card.  For my background I found two patterned papers that went well with my colour scheme and adhered them onto a white panel (4" x 5 1/4") with double sided tape.  All the elements were added with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and this was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.   I finished off with some clear raindrops as I thought they looked a bit like bubbles.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the red patterned paper along the bottom with double sided tape.  I die cut another bottle and assembled it the same way before adding it to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue and trimmed off the excess.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre of the panel with black ink before adhering it to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays (3rd entry)

Aud Sentiments challenge - monochrome and/or birthdays + sentiment

Creative Moments challenge - make it masculine

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist anniversary/birthday

Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG must use a die cut

Inkspirational challenge - for the guys

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - food and/or drink

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Try It on Tuesday challenge - going round in circles (my bottle tops are circles)

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their personal blogs.

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed. I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

MFT - soda pop dies

MFT - bottle cap dies

MFT - little letters die set

MFT - let's stick together stamp (for sentiment on front which I cut apart)

Lawn Fawn - simply summer sentiments stamp (for sentiments on labels and inside)

Echo Park - summer dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad (for beige paper)

Echo Park - metropolitan dots & stripes 6x6 paper pad (for red paper)

*Gina K Designs - large strip sentiments die set

Gina K Designs - ink pads - faded brick and dark chocolate (to colour bottle)

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

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Little Things From Lucy's Cards - clear raindrops (store closed)

*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