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 25

Hello friends and Happy Bank Holiday Monday. I hope you've had a lovely day and a chilled weekend. I am delighted to be joining a new Instagram Hop called Gorgeous Gift Tags, which not surprisingly is all about tags! I don't make them very often but think they are so useful to decorate a plain gift bag. I have joined a fantastic group of crafty friends who love to create gorgeous gift tags. We will be hopping on the 5th of each month to share our ideas.  Each month will be ATG but we will have an optional theme; however as it's our first month we are just going with ATG this time.  

I bought a tag die set from Spellbinders ages ago and hadn't used it so wanted to give it some love. My son and my BIL's birthdays are coming up soon so I went with blue as my colour scheme so one of them will be getting this tag on their present lol!. I hope you like it.

Here is my tag:

A closer look at the details:

I stamped a simple To: From: on the back:

I began by die cutting the tag twice from white card so that I could stamp the back separately in case I messed up lol! I die cut the fringed detail from 4 different shades of blue card and also cut 3 balloons, 2 from blue and one from white for some contrast. I also cut some balloon strings from white card. I added the fringed pieces, starting from the bottom from darkest to lightest, with double sided tape. The balloons were added with foam squares and I added some liquid glue to the strings. I stamped the sentiment onto some scrap white card using a dark blue ink pad and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I cut an additional 2 layers from white card and adhered them together with liquid glue. This was added over the balloon strings with liquid glue. For a finishing touch I added some clear quartz sequins. For the tag on the back I simply stamped a To: From: using the same dark blue ink pad and adhered them together with liquid glue. For decorating the top of the tag I used some white tulle ribbon (which was recycled from the box of my husband's birthday cake) and some blue/white twine which was tied around the tulle in a tiny bow. I'm really pleased with how my tag turned out.

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

Christmas (or not ) Bingo challenge - tag, monochrome, free

Colorful Options challenge - color palette (I was inspired by the blue colours)

Daisy Chain challenge - boys/men

Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards & Tags challenge - ATG shaped cards or tags

Little Red Wagon challenge - use that stash (my tag die is old but never used)

The Neglected Stuff challenge - ATG but use neglected stuff (my tag is old but never used)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Tic Tac Toe challenge - die cut, birthday, stripes

We hope you will be inspired by our Gift Tag Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous tags along the way. If you would like to join us please use the hashtag #gorgeousgifttagshop2025 and we can find your tags.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Spellbinders - create a decorative tag die set

Spellbinders - send & seal stamp & die set (released Apr but can't find it)

Spellbinders - balloons & birthday wishes die set - retired

Gina K Designs - sketched wreath builder stamp

Gina K Designs - in the navy ink pad

Gina K Designs - clear quartz solid sequins

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - not currently available - they do have 300gsm bright white card available here

coloured card stock from scraps bin

twine from stash

tulle ribbon recycled from packaging