Stamped Gift Tags

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Project designed by Carol Scheffler

Materials:

rubber stamps
gift card
card stock
foam
metallic thread

Steps:

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Lady bug gift tag
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Figure A
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Figure B
Lady bug gift tag

1. Color a lady bug stamp with water-based markers, coloring the head of the bug red and the body black (figure A). Stamp the image onto a white gift tag ( figure B).

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Figure C
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Figure D
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Pine cone gift tag
2. Embellish the tag with small dots, using a red marker (figure C).

3. Run a ribbon through the top of the tag (figure D) and attach it to a gift bag.

Pine cone gift tag

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Figure E
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Figure F
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Figure G
1. Color a pine cone stamp with water-based markers (figure E), coloring the base of the pine cone with various shades of reds, browns and yellows and the pine cone leaves with green. Stamp the image onto a white gift tag (figure F).

2. Mat the gift card onto a layer of green and a layer of brown construction paper (figure G).

3. Add a ribbon to the tag and attach it to a gift.

Dragonfly gift tag

1. Cover a gift tag with green paper. Cut another gift tag, slightly smaller than the green tag, from decorative paper. Center and glue it on top of the green tag (figure H).

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Figure H
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Figure I
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Figure J
2. Wrap two small pieces of gold wire around a pen to create spirals. Cut a small slit in the gift tag and poke the ends of the two wire pieces through the slit. Position the wire spirals in a V shape to look like antlers (figure I). Tape the ends of the wire onto the back of the gift card.

3. Stamp a pencil stamp onto a white piece of paper. Cut it out, color it yellow and attach it, centered vertically, to the front of the gift tag to look like the dragonfly's center body. Stamp two hearts onto a piece of white paper, cut them out and color them light green. Cut off the points of the hearts and attach them to either side of the pencil to look like the dragon fly's wings (figure J).

Stamping tip:

When using stamp pads, buy pads with water-proof ink so that when the images are colored with markers, the stamp ink doesn't run together with the ink from the marker.

Resources
Rubber Stamping for the First Time
by Carol Scheffler
Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. 1999
Order this title from Amazon.com.

Guests
Carol Scheffler
Craft Expert / Arts & Crafts Editor, Parents magazine / Today Show Contributor
E-mail: carol.scheffler@joann.com
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