Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Birthday tag

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is: Anything BUT a card.

And here the tag I created:
I wasn't feeling very motivated to create something 3-D, so I decided to make a tag.  (Shhhh . . . don't tell anyone, but I will probably end up putting it on a card for a man at our church that just celebrated his 40th birthday)  This was made entirely with scraps--not a single full-sheet of cardstock or patterned paper was harmed in the making of this tag!  I started by tracing the tag die onto a piece of cheap cardstock (the kind that  is NOT good for making cards) and adhering strips of patterned paper scraps (most were cut at 1/2 inch width).  Then I die cut the tag, set the eyelet and tied on some ribbon that was left over from a project earlier this spring.  The star also had been die cut for that project and has just been sitting on my desk for month.  I die cut a second one and adhered them together for a little dimension.  Die cut the "40" out of brown glitter paper and adhered it to the star.  I stamped on scrap cardstock, colored, and fussy cut out the cupcake and used foam tape to adhere it to the tag.  I finished it off by heat embossing "birthday" on some dark brown cardstock and fussy cut it before adhering it to the tag with foam tape as well.
Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cupcakes" and "birthday" from the "happy cling set"
Dies: PTI tag; Stamps of life star flip set

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
If You Give a Crafter A Cookie #159--inspiration photo (I used the turquoise and red color combo)










Pixie's Crafty Workshop #409--anything goes with snippets (everything on this tag is a scrap or a left over from another project)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--heat embossing (I heat embossed my sentiment)
Cupcake Inspirations #525--red, turquoise, brown














11 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Great little tag love the cupcake and scrap background-how satisfying does it feel to make something perfectly acceptable using lots of scraps
Carol x

Glittered Paws said...

What a great tag - and it will look great as focal image on a mans birthday card. So many elements going on here and all from scraps. You make the most of your papers.

Donna said...

Such a fabulous tag, so many fabulous elements and made from scraps, wow! It will look great on a card!

Patti J said...

This is so much fun! It’s hard to create for a man, but you rocked it! Love that you did this whole thing with a bit of this and a piece of that…you’re amazing!

Laurie Unger said...

Cute tag and it will be wonderful on a card. He'll love it.

Nora Noll said...

This is so pretty!! I love that large cupcake you sued and your background is awesome. Thanks for playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations this week!!

Nora
DT Member
Cupcake Inspiration Challenge

Sandy said...

Fun pretty birthday tag! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at Cupcake Inspirations. So glad you joined in.
Have a Sweet Day!
Sandy, DT Member

Leanne said...

Wonderful job, i like tags, and don’t make enough, such a great job. Thank you for playing our challenge at Cupcake Inspirations!

Leanne DT/Member/CIC

Di said...

What a lovely tag - and totally suitable for a chap as well! I must hunt out my cupcake stamps from the very early days of stamping.

Hugs

Di xx

sue t. said...

I put tags on cards all the time! i never use a tag just as a tag!! I love everything that is going on with your fun tag! Thanks for playing along with us at Cupcake Inspiration!

Deanne Saunders said...

Awesome!!! Thanks so much for participating in my IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE... challenge!!! Can’t wait to see you participate again in our next challenge!! Have a happy crafting day!! Stay safe and healthy!!
Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper