Christmas Tags with Michelle

Hi everyone,

I'm back to share a little Christmas creativity featuring the gorgeous 'Naughty or Nice' collection from the Couture Creations team.

I love the more traditional colours of Christmas. The reds, the greens, golds, snow - love it all.

This post is all about Christmas gifting - the tags, the gift boxes, the gift bags.

A little something to make all those wee Christmas treasures that you are gifting, well something a little more special.

Tags - well tags definitely don't have to be tagged shape shall we say.

I cut out a star shape and then recut it on cardboard packaging - corrugated cardboard packaging.

These star tags are approximately 4 inches across from side to side.

Cut out another shape this time using gorgeous papers from the Naughty or Nice collection.

Before adhering, rip away a couple of areas or both of the patterned paper and the top layer of the corrugated cardboard star.

When I am in the midst of Christmas creativity I spend an hour or two cutting out pieces of Christmas foliage through my die cutting machine until I have a large assortment of foliage pieces to create with.

Using up lots of scraps of patterned paper and green card.

Then I just go 'fishing' shall we say in my Christmas foliage container until I find what I am looking for and use them to build up my layers.

Punch a hole in the top of your star, ink around the edges, thread through some twine, build up your embellishment cluster, add some crafting fibres, a poinsettia, threads, muslin, pearls, a sentiment and then randomly apply Christmas snow.

Patterned paper gift bags, calico gifts bags, muslin gift bags, tulle gift bags.

So many ways to present and gift your Christmas treasures every year.

Make a gift bag and use a scalloped lacey edge die along the top. Punch holes and thread additional twine through and then tie in one of your star tags.

If you look really closely on the tag on this gift bag you will see 'naughty or nice' on the poinsettia - this comes from the bar code strip of the paper - don't throw those strips away - they come in handy.

Tie a star tag onto a calico bag.

Tip - always remember when making paper gift bags to check to see which way the writing on your patterned paper will sit on the front of your gift bag - hint, double check to prevent the writing being upside down on a gift bag when it is made - it happens, trust me on this one.