Pumpkin Spice gift tags

Do you ever want to gift someone a little something - like this bag of cookies, or a bag of coffee and you don't have a bag that's big enough?  Or just don't want to put it in a bag?  Just make a tag and attach it directly to the item! 

I used a stamp that I recently got from Ink Road Stamps, called PSL - Pumpkin Spice Latte.  It's perfect for these PSL items!  I made two styles of tags for my packages.  On the bag of coffee, this tag has a ribbon that you can use to hang it.  On the cookies, I clipped the tag on with no hang.  The ribbon is tied in a bow, right on the clip just for prettiness. 

BONUS:  Making and attaching tags this way makes them RE-USABLE.

Let's get a closer look at the base of my tag.  It's 2 1/2" x 5".  I hand-cut the V.   What I want to show you is the background.  When I'm making my own background using smaller stamps, I put the stamps all on one block, so I can stamp all at the same time and create a pattern.

After I stamped a pattern all over my base tag, I went over with some dots using Celestial Copper ink from Delicata.  It's shimmery and coppery - perfect for this project.

Here's a closer look at each tag, so you can see how I've layered and assembled my tags.  I made them both the same.

I stamped, colored, and then hand-cut my mugs.  Add glitter to the froth.  I used my Stamparatus to stamp the words in different colors.  It's one stamp.  First, I stamped the whole thing with Pumpkin Pie, then I decided that was too light so I went back over with Early Espresso ink just on the top 5 names.  I did that a few times to get it darker and darker.  Then I stamped the "Pumpkin" in the Celestial Copper ink a few times, to get it the color that I wanted.  You may have the MISTI, or the Tim Holtz stamping platform - any of them will work great for this.

Punch the word image out with the 2 1/4" circle stamp, then cut a 2 1/2" circle out of Cajun Craze card stock.  Layer those and add your mug image with Stampin' Dimensionals. 

I used the largest size circle from the Stitched Shapes thinlits, cut out of Copper Foil.  Layer the Cajun/Vanilla/mug piece on to the Copper circle with more Stampin' Dimensionals, then use liquid glue to attach that whole thing to the tag base.  Finish off with a few Metallic rhinestones.

Here is the other - 

I hope this inspires your gift packaging - you don't need to put everything in a bag or a box.  :)

Supplies you'll need to create these (Stampin' Up, unless otherwise noted.  Items may be retired.):

Stamps:  PSL (Ink Road Stamps), Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Ink:  Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Celestial Copper (Delicata)
Paper:  Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil
Other:  Big Shot, Stitched Shapes dies, 2 1/2" and 2 1/4" circle punches, 3/16" Braided Linen Trim, 1/8" hole punch, Fine-Tip Glue pen, Metallic Rhinestones, Markers (Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Gray Granite), 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Stampin' Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tombow liquid glue, Treat cups, gusset bags.

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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