{"id":1971,"date":"2019-11-26T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2019-11-26T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:17:52","slug":"how-to-make-gift-tags-for-christmas-and-special-occasions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/2019\/11\/26\/how-to-make-gift-tags-for-christmas-and-special-occasions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Gift Tags for Christmas and Special Occasions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Making your own gift tags can save you money\nand also adds a great personal touch to your gift. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The materials you will need can be as basic or fancy as you like, listed below will be the essentials and then the optional extra materials we have found useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Basic Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scissors<\/li><li>Thick paper\/card<\/li><li>String<\/li><li>Paints or pens to decorate<\/li><li>Hole punch<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Useful extras:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Coloured thread <\/li><li> Glitter (loose or glue) <\/li><li> Brusho paint <\/li><li> Schmincke Aqua Bronze powders <\/li><li> Fineliner pen <\/li><li> Washi tape <\/li><li> Tag punch <\/li><li> Trimmer <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To start with you need to cut paper &#8211; we used\nDaler Rowney Mixed Media paper &#8211; into strips of whatever width you like, if you\nare using a tag punch you may be restricted to certain widths, if you are hand\ncutting them you can cut as you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-3-4.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-3-4-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-3-4-768x309.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tag punch will cut the corners and punch out your hole, if you do not have one you can use scissors to cut the corners off and a hole punch to cut out your hole. We used a single hole punch, yet you can use a standard hole punch and just use one side of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1074\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-6.jpg?fit=640%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-6.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-6-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-6-1024x381.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5-6-768x286.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cut out as many tags as you like, if you want\nto be precise measure them out, if not \u2013 like us \u2013 just go with the flow and\nhave lots of different sized tags, which we think is great for all your\ndifferent sized gifts as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For decoration we used lots of different\nmaterials, we absolutely LOVE Brusho in the store and chose a few colours to\nuse. Brusho is so inexpensive, is beautiful to look at and will last years! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use Brusho we recommend piercing a hole in\nthe top and sprinkling it over your paper, then spraying it with water. For\nmore info on Brusho check out our blog post all about Brusho! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fineliners that are waterproof are great for\noutlining your tags and writing on them! We recommend the Micron Fineliners and\nthe Tombow Calligraphy brush pen for fancy lettering. Both are waterproof so if\nyou put Brusho or watercolour paint over the top they will not smudge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7-8-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7-8-9.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7-8-9-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/7-8-9-768x339.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also love the Schmincke Aqua Bronze\npowders \u2013 which come in various golds, silver and copper \u2013 as they add such a\nlovely sparkle to your paint. These are very similar to use as Brusho, a little\ngoes a long way! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have your designs tie some string\nthrough the hole and you\u2019re done! You could use ribbon, coloured thread or\nanything you have spare that would look good and still do the job of attaching\nit to your gift!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The designs you put on your cards can be as\nsimple or intricate as you like, we made some simple Christmas tree triangles\nand then lots of different designs using Brusho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/10-rotated.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1979\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/11-rotated.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1980\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making your own gift tags can save you money and also adds a great personal touch to your gift. The materials you will need can be as basic or fancy as you like, listed below will be the essentials and then the optional extra materials we have found useful. Basic Materials: Scissors Thick paper\/card String &#8230; <a title=\"How to Make Gift Tags for Christmas and Special Occasions\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/2019\/11\/26\/how-to-make-gift-tags-for-christmas-and-special-occasions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How to Make Gift Tags for Christmas and Special Occasions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-craft"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tindalls.co.uk\/information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}