Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - August 2025

 Hello,

It's time for the August Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and this month there is a fun optional theme for you to be inspired by - 

Travel/ Vacation

I am not part of the hop this month as I have already gone traveling, but it is such a fun theme that I just had to create a tag before leaving on holiday/ vacation. I can highly recommend a visit to IG to check out all the fabulous travel/vacation tags in the hop. Just search for "Gorgeous Gift Tags" or even better click here 👉 "purplejetjt" and you will end up at Jane T's, who is the founder and the first stop of the hop.

I knew exactly what kind of gift tag I wanted to create. Unfortunatelly I didn't have the dies for it so I had to inprovise, I think it turned out pretty well. I had so much fun I ended up creating not one but two bon voyage/ luggage tags. I hope you like them!

Here is how I created my tags, and what products I have used. First up the "globe/plane" tag

This little travel themed tag was created using dies by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix and Lawn Fawn. I started by die cutting two tags, one white and one out of kraft cardstock. I ink blended a sky on the white tag using the "mini cloud edge" stencil by MFTstamps. On the kraft tag I die cut a small rectangle to get a "window", like on a luggage tag. I then die cut all the pieces for the globe, the little airplane and arrow, and addhered them together. The glob was glued to the white tag and the kraft tag with its window over that. I used foam tape along the edges as the bottom tag is a bit thicker where the glob is. I curved the sentiment stamp on my stamping block and stamped it on the tag. A ribbon was added as a finishing touch.

Products used for this tag
Dies: "Vault World Travel - Thinlits dies" and "Tag Collection - Framelits Dies" both by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix,  "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edges" by MFTstamps
Stamp set: "Plane and Simple" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair Nocturne by Tsukineko
Ribbon: from my stash


Next up, we've reached our destionation with the "beach/ destination" tag.

As for the first tag I started by die cutting two tags, one white and one in kraft cardstock, and die cut a "window" in the kraft one. I ink blended the background and splattered it with a little water. After drying it I stamped and coloured a palm tree on the background to create a beachy scene. I addhered the two tags together, and stamped a greeting on it. As a finishing touch I added a pair of flip flops I had die cut and coloured. Only have to add a ribbon before attaching it to my gift.

Products used for this "beachy" tag
Dies: "Pierced Tag", "Flip Flops" both by Gummiapan, "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edges" by MFTstamps
Stamp set: "Dolphins cocktail" by Laurens Van Gurp/ StudioLignt, "Plane and Simple" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair Nocturne by Tsukineko
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

Don't forget to head on over to IG and hop along with the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and please help me spread some love to the amazing creators. I am out of reach for the internet at the moment (I'm on a sailboat somewhere on the Atlantic) so I really need the help to show them all some love 🩷 First stop here 👉 purplejetjt

 I would like to enter my tags to the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - ATG optional twist 'Summer Fun'
A Place to Start - ATG optional twist 'Summer Things'

Creative Crafting Uncles - #67 - Layer it up
Papercraft challenges - #120 Tropical Paradise

Take care, keep crafting and enjoy the hop!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #76

 Hello,

How are you? Ready for a new Birthday card challenge? I hope so as today is the start of the August Birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges. This month we have a fun and active theme for you to be inspired by, a theme chosen by our talented DT member Swapna, and the theme is - 

Sport

Here is my take on the theme, a card for a young footballer.

Do you have a favourite sport, or a sports fan amongst your friends and family (or a friend of a friend), who has a birthday coming up? I bet you do. So why not join us in this fun and action filled Birthday card challenge?! You have until the 31st of August to create, upload and link your Sporty Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog.

If you are in need of some more inspiration head on over to the challenge blog, which is filled with active sporty Birthday cards by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Cathy R. Hope to see your card added to the gallery!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
x

Ps. Now I'm going to weigh anchor and continue with my favourite sport, sailing! Fair winds everyone!