Deck The Halls With Holiday Tags
Hello G45ers,
Welcome to our fancy holiday tag party here on the Graphic 45 blog! Today we're getting festive with some gorgeous tag ideas featuring our new collection 12 Days of Christmas. Sure, the holidays are a few months away, but it's never too early to start planning ahead! We love the holidays here at Graphic 45! They offer so much inspiration for creativity! Today we're going to deck the halls with some fabulous tag inspiration from Romy Veul, Maria Cole and Clare Charvill! You'll see three stunning tags, each one very different but also very beautiful! Get inspired by the wide variety of ways to create exquisite tags for your holiday season!
In honor of today's holiday crafts we're having a special 12 Days of Christmas blog contest this week! You could win a 12 Days of Christmas 12x12 paper pad, Stickers, Alphabet Stickers, Chipboard Die-Cuts 1 & 2, cardstock Banners, Tags & Pockets, Flowers and 6x6 Patterns & Solids paper pad! That's a $60 value! Just leave us a blog or Facebook comment this week for your chance to win. One random winner will be chosen from this week's comments and announced on this Friday's blog!
We just can't say enough about tags. They're so much fun to make and they have so many uses. Holiday tags are a great way to mark the occasion. You can give them as cards or use them as gift toppers. You can string lots of tags together on some ribbon to create a festive banner. You can also gather the family around the table for some fun tag-making for the holidays! Our new 12 Days of Christmas collection offers endless possibilities for stunning tags! The vivid colors and elegant designs are sure to capture your imagination. Today's tags also feature our Regular and Large Tag Album Staples which are just perfect for tag-making!
Here we have a gorgeous 12 Days of Christmas tag by Romy. This splendid creation features elegant paper layers, fussy cut elements and a great use of the Graphic 45 Ornate Metal Label Holder. This sweet creation is just perfect for adding festive cheer to your holiday celebration! Here is what Romy had to say about it.
"When I make cards or tags, I usually take one element as my starting point. For this tag that was the beautiful Ornate Metal Label Holder. It was the perfect way to highlight the text ‘Christmas’ which is printed on the’My True Love’ paper. I then started layering and fussy cutting and arranged all the papers and fussy cut elements around the label holder." -Romy
Supplies:
Patterned papers: 12 Days of Christmas, Joyeux Noel, Christmas Rose, Golden Rings, My True Love, Holly and Ivy
May Arts ribbon
Here is another gorgeous tag creation. This one was made by Maria and it highlights all the gorgeous natural elements in 12 Days of Christmas. Beautiful fussy cutting, pretty ribbons and flowing embellishments give this tag such a radiant look. This is such a wonderful way to get in the holiday spirit! Here is what Maria had to say about this darling craft.
"First of all, can I just say how gorgeous The Twelve Days of Christmas is? I am a total lover of all things shabby and vintage, and this paper line from Graphic 45 combines both to make the prettiest holiday paper I’ve ever seen! One of my favorite things about this new Christmas line is the use of the color pink! I wanted to bring out those pretty light rose hues along with a more traditional Christmas color, olive green. One of my favorite images from this line is the one of the lady dancing, so I made her the focal point of my tag. To change things up, instead of using a single tag from my Graphic 45 regular tag album, I used two and adhered them together. This way, my tag had that lovely scallop shape on both ends—which is perfect for adding some pretty ribbon and trinkets!" -Maria
Supplies:
Graphic 45 Paper:
The Twelve Days of Christmas Joyeux Noel
The Twelve Days of Christmas My True Love
The Twelve Days of Christmas Ladies Dancing
The Twelve Days of Christmas Swans a Swimming
The Twelve Days of Christmas Calling Birds
The Twelve Days of Christmas The Twelve Days of Christmas
Graphic 45 Embellishments:
Additional Products:
May Arts pink, olive, and pink/silver ribbon
Petaloo Darjeeling petites – Teastaine
Petaloo Dahlias – Teastaine
Idea-ology Baubles
Here we have a stunning tag that Clare created with 12 Days of Christmas and the Graphic 45 Large Tag Album Staples. This amazing tag has such a classic look. Pretty paper layers, inked borders and a few fussy cut elements combine to make a joyful holiday statement. Here Clare gives some fun and helpful tips on how she created this colorful tag. You can get inspired to create your own tag treasure with our new 12 Days of Christmas collection! Take it away, Clare!
The papers in this collection are truly gorgeous and wonderful to work with and the images are just crying out to be cut out and layered J I decided to make my tag for CHA around the second day of Christmas as I just adore the two turtle doves.
I started off my tag by inking all the edges with Walnut Stain ink and covering it with Swans a Swimming checked paper. Then I took two of the cut a parts from Holly and Ivy, cut the border and 1” from the bottom of one, raised them up on foam tape and layered them onto the tag, angling the top one slightly to the left.
Then came the fun bit. From the Turtle Doves paper I cut out 2 square elements from the corners and words from the border. I used a 1” punch to cut out the 2nd element. All of these were added to the journaling spot on the tag.
Then I cut out the pears, layered them up and stuck them to
the top of the tag. Lastly I cut
out the doves, shaped their wings, added a little white Art glitter and stuck
them in place with some foam tape.
To hang the tag I used an ornate metal label holder and some red May Arts twine.
Supplies
12 x 12 Swans a Swimming
12 x 12 Holly and Ivy
12 x 12 Turtle Doves
Other Supplies
May Arts red Twine
Foam Tape
Glossy Accents
Walnut Stain Distress Ink
We hope you all had a lot of fun exploring today's fabulous tag creations. You can see what a wide variety of crafts you can create with 12 Days of Christmas. There are so many possibilities for festive holiday crafts! Huge thanks to Romy, Maria and Clare for their beautiful work today. We hope you will all come back and see us very soon. We've got more fun and inspiration planned for all of you G45ers! We hope you'll find some time this weekend to get creative with your favorite Graphic 45 collection! Have a fantastic day and a happy weekend!
With Love and Pretty Paper,
Your Friends at Graphic 45
What a great idea to hang on the tag with the ornate label holder. Can´t wait to the it on my christmas tree.
Sigrid
Posted by: Sigrid | September 16, 2013 at 05:09 AM
I am new to scrapbooking (only a year) but have fallen in love with Graphic 45! Thanks for the chance to be a winner!
Posted by: Jennifer Wolf | September 16, 2013 at 05:14 AM
I want this sooo bad. It is the only collection that I don't have. Please pick me, Pick me!!!!!!
Posted by: Amy Kluchesky | September 16, 2013 at 05:16 AM
Wow! These are amazing!!
Posted by: Dorothy McCarthy | September 16, 2013 at 05:17 AM
Gorgeous Tags! Love this collection!
Posted by: Sarah Routledge | September 16, 2013 at 05:18 AM
One the first day of Christmas my true love G45 paper gave to me a pack of fun Christmas paper and some embellies!
Posted by: Barbie | September 16, 2013 at 05:19 AM
What a fun way to start the week!! Amazingly creative tags!! Love this collection sooo much!! Happy Monday everyone!!
Posted by: Mary | September 16, 2013 at 05:23 AM
I really love these. Twelve Days of Christmas is such a beautiful lines for so many things. These tags are amazing!
Posted by: Maxine Hodges | September 16, 2013 at 05:26 AM
Love, love, love this Christmas collection!
Posted by: Helen Cooke | September 16, 2013 at 05:27 AM
Beautiful projects! Love this Christmas collection! Thank you so much for the chance to win this beautiful collection.
Posted by: Kasey K | September 16, 2013 at 05:33 AM
Love the Collection! Thank for the chance to win it!
Posted by: Olga Kolov | September 16, 2013 at 05:35 AM
Wowwwwwwwww! These are just gorgeous!!! I love them!!!!
Posted by: Julie Tucker-Wolek | September 16, 2013 at 05:40 AM
Would LOVE to win some 12 Days of Christmas paper! These tags are beautiful!!
Posted by: barbara f | September 16, 2013 at 05:44 AM
Love this gorgeous Christmas collection!
Posted by: Kathy Bumb | September 16, 2013 at 05:44 AM
These are the prettiest Tags i have ever seen, Love the 12 of Christmas collection, thanks for the opportunity to win, I have bought the last 2 years of your Christmas paper, but this is the prettiest to me....thanks
Posted by: Deborah Cook | September 16, 2013 at 05:50 AM
Lovely--getting me in the mood to make Christmas cards and tags. Still making Halloween crafts but soon will more on to Christmas crafts. These tags are giving me some good ideas.
Posted by: S Zacher | September 16, 2013 at 05:51 AM
Beautiful tags and cards! The colors are so rich but soft and lovely. I hope new Christmas papers are in my future!!!
Mary
Posted by: mary puskar | September 16, 2013 at 06:01 AM
Every year your Christmas line gets better and better!
Posted by: Sue B. | September 16, 2013 at 06:07 AM
Gorgeous tags today! I love the 12 days of Christmas and would be thrilled to bits if I won some! Thanks for the chance:)
Posted by: Lynn Hardy | September 16, 2013 at 06:07 AM
Just love the 12 Days of Christmas and all the creative ideas!
Posted by: Mary Reppe | September 16, 2013 at 06:27 AM
Fabulous tags. I hope I win this week!!!
Posted by: Yolanda Gonzalez | September 16, 2013 at 06:27 AM
Now the Christmas spirit has struck me... and I love it:-)
Posted by: Lene Frost | September 16, 2013 at 06:27 AM
Gorgeous tags today! Love them all. And this paper collection is just beautiful!
Posted by: Melissa | September 16, 2013 at 06:29 AM
Gorgeous tags and I love the 12 days of Christmas. Thank you so much for the change to win this beautiful collection.
Posted by: Marijke Maris | September 16, 2013 at 06:31 AM
Oh my gosh, these tags are just gorgeous! Love the two tags together and label holder as the tag hanger. Nice work! Thanks G45 for the chance to win some yummy papers.
Posted by: Sharon Young | September 16, 2013 at 06:41 AM
I'm in love with the 12 days of Christmas and all the pretty things to make with it
Posted by: Aggie Stiefer | September 16, 2013 at 06:49 AM
Gorgeous! Please enter me in the contest. I just received my order for Typeography and Mother Goose papers! I am in LOVE, housework is just going to have to wait until Arts & Crafts time is over!
Posted by: Donna Landgraf | September 16, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Love making Christmas tags for gifts. I would love to win this collection!
Posted by: Lilian | September 16, 2013 at 07:03 AM
Beautiful tags. I love the 12days of Christmas idea. Thanks for a chance to win.
Posted by: Donna Nuce | September 16, 2013 at 07:05 AM
Good afternoon from "across the pond". I just love these tags, they are gorgeous! I should sooo love to be the lucky winner and will be keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Posted by: Margaret in South Yorkshire, UK | September 16, 2013 at 07:07 AM
Happy Monday :) I LOVE these tags and this collection. These tags would make beautiful keepsake ornaments!
My birthday is on the 28th and I received an early present from my sister last week Typography :) Now I need Mother Goose and 12 Days of Christmas lol
Posted by: Jeanann Cavalier | September 16, 2013 at 07:10 AM
Winning this wonderful collection would truly be a terrific early Christmas present.
Posted by: Pammy B | September 16, 2013 at 07:12 AM
Oooohhh! Love these tags! Perfect for our Victorian Christmas theme this year! I hope I win, I hope I win, please..let me win! Love Graphic 45 paper and all the accoutrements that go with them. Love, Love, Love!
Posted by: Michelle | September 16, 2013 at 07:22 AM
This Christmas collection is amazing! I have plans to use it in a December Daily project and hope to do it justice.
Posted by: Linda L in Tennessee | September 16, 2013 at 07:26 AM
I love Christmas collections. These tags are stunning. Heavens just send me these tags and I would be happy!
Posted by: Diane J | September 16, 2013 at 07:28 AM
these are beautiful. love this collection
Posted by: steph | September 16, 2013 at 07:29 AM
Fantastic tags, love them all
Posted by: LindaB | September 16, 2013 at 07:35 AM
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Love all of these tags. This collection is gorgeous!!!
Posted by: Pam | September 16, 2013 at 07:38 AM
Beautiful Christmas Collection. I just must have this paper line and all the tags.
Posted by: Stine Birkeland | September 16, 2013 at 07:42 AM
These tags and cards are sooo lovely, and of course "Twelve Days of Christmas" is incredibly beautiful. I would so love to win this - thanks for the chance.
Posted by: Kathleen Rimer | September 16, 2013 at 07:45 AM