Good morning SCT friends! So glad you could be here for Day 7 of our annual “12 Days of Holiday Giving!” We wait all year long to share these 12 days with you like kids on Christmas eve! Are you enjoying the team’s inspiration and all these giveaways? We have so much more to share today as Megan Hoeppner has created some stunning gift tags and our friends from Spellbinders and Jillibean Soup are here with some fabulous giveaways to celebrate the season too! Let’s hum along to our favourite song…”on the 7th day of SCT’s fabulous 12 Days of Holiday Giving, SCT shared with me…” (we take no responsibility for that song in your head now! :) )
“You know what I love about gift tags? They can be so much more than just a way of stating who a gift is to and from. They can BE the gift. Here are a couple of DIY tag ideas and how to turn them into handmade gifts.
supplies PATTERNED PAPER, BOTTLE BRUSH TREES, DIE CUT SHAPES: Fancy Pants Designs; TWINE: Paper Source; PUNCH: We R Memory Keepers; ADHESIVE: Elmer’s, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L; Shipping Tag
Step 1: Trace a standard shipping tag onto the back of a sheet of patterned paper. I love using 6×6 paper pads for tags.
Step 2: Add a hole reinforcement sticker. I punched mine using the Reinforce Hole Punch from We R Memory Keepers—one of my favorite new tool releases this year! If you don’t have such a punch, you can also use hole reinforcement stickers to give your handmade tag a more polished feel.
TIP: Turn these small reinforcement shapes into sticker using a Xyron Sticker Maker, or turn to your tried and true glue stick. I love the bright red foil on some of the die cut shapes in this collection, so I punched one of my reinforcements from an extra.
Step 3: Add some machine stitching. For one tag, I stitched a doily in place. For the other, I stitched a paper band meant to hold a gift card in place. I actually stitched with the gift card already in place to make sure the paper was nice and snug.
Step 4: Create a tag that doubles as a tree ornament by attaching a small bottle brush tree to car die cut.
To do this, I first removed the tree from the die cut shape, but it didn’t go to waste. I used it on the gift card tag as a finishing touch.
I then attached a small bottle brush tree in its place. To ensure it stays put, I stitched it to the car using bakers twine.
Since the tree is so bulky, I had to double up my foam adhesive so the car would sit far enough away from the tag to allow room for the tree.
I now have a tag that doubles as a cute ornament, as well as a tag that doubles as a gift card holder.
Just like that, tags FOR gifts that double AS gifts. Tag! You’re it! What kind of tag ideas do you love to incorporate into your gift wrap? I’d love to read your ideas.
Happy holidays, friends!” ~ Megan Hoeppner
Thank you Megan! These tags are beautiful. Love the vintage feel that show the warmth of Christmas!
GIVEAWAY – Day 7!
“Spellbinders is excited to be a sponsor with Scrapbook & Cards Today magazines 12 Days of Holiday Giving. Check out our winter layout on page 8 of the Winter edition and more seasonal ideas on our blog at this link. We are excited to be joining you today with this giveaway! The NEW Prizm Die Cutting & Embossing Machine was designed with your creativity in mind. This adorable lightweight machine is perfect to use with many S1 and S2 sized Spellbinder dies. compatible with many other small die templates. Machine is small & portable, Cuts up to 2 ½” wide, Lightweight – It’s just 1.8 pounds! Includes: Base Plate, Embossing Plate, Cutting Plate, & Embossing Mat.
From the team at Spellbinders, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a creative New Year.”
Happy Holidays from Jillibean Soup! One lucky SCT reader will receive this huge package of our latest Shape Shaker collection – the new Shape Shaker Tags, Stamps & Dies and amazing fillers! The Jillibean Soup Shakers make creating fun, interactive Tags and cards simple. Stamp, Fill, Stick and GO!” Jillibean Soup
To enter each day’s giveaways:
For an opportunity to win these amazing giveaways, leave a comment below by midnight on December 22nd EST. All winners will be announced on December 23rd at noon EST. Good luck!
We would also ask that you take a moment to visit today’s sponsors on their Facebook pages to thank them for their generous prizes. Our SCT readers are always so wonderful at saying “thank you” and it’s because of that appreciation our partners love to share with you here throughout the year! Let’s show them how much we are loving these 12 Days of giveaways!
Spellbinders on Facebook
Jillibean Soup on Facebook
Please continue to spread the holiday spirit by inviting your friends to share in our celebration! The more the merrier! And if you’re just joining us for the first time, be sure to start with our Day 1 post HERE.
Happy Friday!!
Oh my gosh, those tags couldn’t be cuter! Tree!!! Thanks for the giveaways :)
LOVE these tags! They really are special!
The giveaways are awesome!
Love those tags, great ideas I plan on using. Wow, would I love to win this prize , I don’t have a die cutter like this. It would be awesome to win. Thanks for the chance.
Spellbinders!!! YES!!! and JillibeanSoup!!! Awesome.
These gifts tags are so beautiful and creative…they could be the gift. Great job! Today’s prize is totally amazing, I love stamps with dies to match…makes me look more like a pro. What an awesome prize. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I truly enjoy making tags and these tags are awesome!! This prize pack is also awesome! Thank you for the opportunity!
Those tags – oh my! Love those, so creative! Great prizes again today – I’m so hoping Santa picks me!
OMG love the tags – so creative and what an amazing giveaway – thank you for you generosity!!!!!!
Love those tags. I love that they can do double duty as a tag and an ornament.
I adore these gift tags! So precious. And I must get one of those WRMK reinforcer hole punches!
great tags – love the idea of using them for an ornament. thank you
Amazing prizes. Thanks for the chance to win. Do love the paper pad and tags. xx
Beautiful prize thank you!
Cleaver and fun tags and a great prize giveaway!
Oh! The prizes are amazing!
The tags are so lovely! Thanks for the idea.
Love,Love,Love those tags! And what a generous package of dies. Really enjoying these posts. Thx for making the holidays so Merry
Wow! A die cut machine! That is so awesome! And I love all of the Jillibean products shown! Woo Hoo! Thanks for the opportunity to win some fantastic products.
HOLY SPIRIT OF GIVE-AWAYS & CHRISTMAS!
This is quite a prize package!
Such cute tags and good ideas for holiday gift tags.
A really cool giveaway package too!
Oh my goodness, what great prizes! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Love the tags and the great way to use them. Prizes are awesome too!
What anazing tags!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love today’s giveaways!! Thanks Spellbinders and Jillibean Soup!
These tags are just the cutest! I’ve been making cross-stitch tags this year and using them as decorations for my little tree! Today’s prizes are the bomb …. thanks so much for the opportunity to win!
Love the tags. I am always looking for a way to make the gift cards more enjoyable to open!! Great idea.
I love tags all year and especially Xmas tags, TFS great ideas for tags. I use tags in my cards; for journaling, for scrap pages, for gift cards as well!
Wat a great giveaway, thank you for the chance to win a Spellbinders and Jillibean Soup products, loves their products!
Love the patterned paper on the tags
Cute, cute, cute! That tree on the car tag is just too cute. Love this giveaway, Jillibean Soup is one of my favorite companies. Thanks Spellbinders, Jillibean Soup & SCT.
Super cute tag idea and great prize!
Love the Shape Shaker Collection! So much fun!
Those tags couldn’t be cuter! Thank you for the inspiration and for the chance to win some great prizes today.
Wow! Gorgeous tags!! Thanks you SCT, Spellbinders and Jillibean Soup for such awesome prizes.
I always make Christmas ornaments, so your samples today really are inspiring! Wishing everyone at SCT a very Merry Christmas!!
I LOVE the tree on the car! What a great project. Love. Thank you for the chance to win such awesome prizes!
What a great collection. And I really like the project you showed. Going to Grandma’s house with a tree.
The trailer paper looks perfect. And the car and tree are so cute–I love this project.
Such fun tags! Thanks for the ideas!
Terrific prizes! Thank you for the opportunity to win! Happy Holidays!
More great prizes – thanks for the chance to win and Merry Christmas!
I love turning tags into GC holders. Another keeper idea for sure!
THese are just darling! My gifts would love great with tags like these! TRhank you to the wonderful sponsors for all of these goodies! I left them some love!
What nifty gift ideas. Love that collection.
Cute tags. I think I need that reinforcement punch, how fun it would be to punch those out of scraps instead of the white ones.
Wow!!!! What great prizes. Thank you so very much. I could have hours of fun with those.
Oh my! What an amazing prize! I’d love to win this one. And I love the tags. Thanks for the tutorial and the inspiration!
Love the tags and the prizes are great too, thanks for the chance to win. Merry Christmas.
These are beautiful and wonderful prizes. Guaranteed hours and hours of fun!
I love both of these prizes! Thanks to these generous companies. I really like the tags you created and the custom gift card holder idea. So cute!
Happy days are here again! I love me some Spellbinders awesomeness and the Jilliebean Soup/Hampton Arts shaker makers are fun, fun, fun!
I adore your fun 2fer tags! Anything that can do double duty is twice as nice! TFS! ?✨?✨?
LOVE the tags! Thanks for the inspiration.
I love how textured and layered and fun these tags are! Using it as an ornament and a gift card holder is brilliant! Thanks to our great sponsors for an amazing prize pack today! Merry Christmas
Thanks for some tag inspiration! I love the gift holder idea! Thanks for the chance to win such amazing prizes!