Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - July 2025

 Hello,

Today we are hopping over at IG, it's the 3rd Gorgeous Gift Tag IG Hop and I have had so much fun creating tags and trying out new techniques, some more successful than others ;) This month we have the optional theme of -

Use a Stencil(s)

I have used two different stencils and two different stenciling techniques on this tag, I don't know if you can see both of the stencils. I started by placing a stencil with "labels" in a variety of sizes on my tag, I sprayed it with Distress spray stains. Unfortunatelly the spray stain got under my stencil in a few places, so I decided to sprits the whole tag with water and let the colours blend. I thought I would loose the "labels" altogether, but they do show through here and there on the tag. I liked how the colours blended but I wanted something more. I got out another stencil and started lifting the ink through it with a baby wipe. I must say I do like the effect. I acctually like it so much I didn't want to cover it up, so I left it as is and only stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on the tag. As I couldn't find a ribbon to match my tag I sprayed a piece of white ribbon with the same spray stains as I used on the tag. I also added a thin white ribbon and my tag was done.

Products used for this tag
Stencils: "Lace Layering Stencil" and "Labels Layering Stencil" both by Tom Holtz/ Stampers Anonymous
Tag: "Distress Tags - heavyweight tags for mixed media" by Ranger
Sprays: Distress Spray Stains "picked raspberry", "mermaid lagoon" and "squeezed lemonade" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Stamp set: "Brighten the World" by Visible Image
Ink: "VersaMark watermark stamp pad" by Tsukineko
Embossing powder: "Opaque Bright White Super Fine" by WOW!
Ribbon: from my stash

I hope you like my tag, and that you head on over to IG to check out all the other beautiful tags in the hop! Maybe you'll be inspired to create your own Gorgeous Gift Tag(s)!

I would like to enter my tag to the following challenges;
Creative Crafters - #89 Anything Goes
Creative Crafting Uncles - #66 Summer
Papercraft Challenges - #119 Summer Vibes
Path of Positivity - #132 Anything Goes POSITIVE

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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