{"id":5807,"date":"2024-05-30T21:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chasenfratz.com\/wp\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2024-05-30T21:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T21:27:45","slug":"make-gift-tags-from-recycled-greeting-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chasenfratz.com\/wp\/make-gift-tags-from-recycled-greeting-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Gift Tags From Recycled Greeting Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two ways of making gift tags from paper scraps and free downloadable files that I’ve prepared. Rubber stamp credits for left image: “Love” and tiny heart<\/a> by CarolynHDesign, butterfly and notebook texture by 7Gypsies, “celebrate” by Making Memories. Right image: “You are loved”, flower and butterfly by Fiskars, decorative border<\/a> by CarolynHDesign.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is another entry in a series of articles I’m working on about things you can make from old greeting cards and paper scraps. Tags are a useful thing to make and keep on hand for gift giving and gift presentation. Great presentation is one of the best parts of getting a gift – some thought and care makes a gift personal and special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions – Method 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gift Tags Set 1<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Download and print out the template Gift Tags Set 1<\/a>. Loosely cut out the tag shapes from the template and with the glue stick<\/a> glue them down to the backs of parts of old greeting cards. Burnish well with a bone folder<\/a> for a tight seal. To keep surfaces clean and to prevent ink and toner from getting onto surfaces, place the pieces you burnish between two pieces of clean scrap paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trim around the outer edge of the tags to cut out. Now you have a tag with To:<\/em> and From:<\/em> printed on one side and a design or a plain color on the other, depending on what was on the recycled card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After trimming<\/em>. Some of the tags are interesting as they are. Most will need some more decoration.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Add strips of decorative paper to the sides of the the tags that need more decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Give the edges of both sides of the tags a decorative treatment, with rubber stamps<\/a> and\/or paint markers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now they are done and you can write them out and tie them to the package with ribbon or twine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Instructions – Method 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut a bunch of tag shapes out of scrap cardstock and greeting card parts. If you think you will make a lot of tags, you might find it helpful to make yourself a set of templates for tracing tag shapes out of scrap chipboard or other thick paper scraps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are tag templates I made for myself. Whenever I want to make tags, I trace around these onto scrap cardstock and old greeting cards. That gives me a supply of bases for adding embellishments.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Download and print out the To and From Labels<\/a> onto nice paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tear the To and From sections out, using a straight edge like a metal ruler<\/a> as a guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glue the To and From sections torn from the printed paper onto the backs of the tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add decorative paper scraps around the To and From and trim with a scissors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decorate the other side of the tag if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stamping can be kind of time-consuming. A good shortcut to try when adding visual texture<\/em> and interest is to stamp the edges of several tags at once by placing them next to each other on the work surface.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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If either side of the tags looked too bare, I added rubber stamp markings where I thought they were needed.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here are some tags with a Christmas theme.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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