First of all, I want to welcome everyone to the November 2010 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop! With it being Thanksgiving Day here in the States, it is an extra special day! I hope everyone is able to enjoy the time with family and friends!
Recently the design team and I put together a variety of holiday tags that are perfect to keep on hand for quick wrap options. Now it's your turn to inspire us and the rest of the Papertrey community! Design a holiday tag or two using all of your favorite goodies and share it with all of us! We will all have plenty of inspiration to create a large stash and try to get ahead of the hustle and bustle of the season!
First, I have my holiday tags that I have created for this year. It is always so nice to get several holiday tasks checked off the the list before the end of November. One thing that's easy and fun to do is create special handmade tags for your packages. I always pick out my wrapping paper first and this year I decided to go with a red & white theme with some paper I found on sale at Hobby Lobby this week for 50% off!
I kept the design very simple so that they were easy to mass-produce.
The tag base is created with the Tag Sale #2 die, stamped with a little Background Basics: Text Style II at the bottom along with a sentiment from 2010 Holiday Tags.
The focal point is created with our Mat Stack 1 Collection stamped in VersaMark and used with the coordinating die.
I used the smallest Seeing Stars die for the focal point and stamped it with one of the flourishes from Embellishments using Pure Poppy ink. A Pure Poppy button tied with Pure Poppy Baker's Twine finishes it off.
I broke the tags down into a few simple tasks and Hannah was able to help me complete 30 of them in a matter of two hours.
I placed all of them in a basket along with my scissors, ribbons, tape and gift boxes, al ready to go whenever I need to wrap!
EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:
Jen Cuthbertson created this beautiful large-scaled tag using Tree Trimming Trio along with some wonderful bits of lace and ribbon. I have always loved jingle bells added to a holiday tag… it somehow makes everything seem more fun and festive!
Joan in Puerto Rico made an entire set of tags using Tiny Treats: Christmas. I love how she incorporated the to & from on the front and created a visual division with a strip of patterned paper.
Debbie in Louisiana put 2010 Holiday Tags to work and created an entire collection for herself to use on her packages this year. All of the fun layers, colors and special touches like punches boughs and rhinestones go together to make each tag really special.
Congratulations to all of the winners! Be sure to email customer Service with your name, shipping information and selected FREE stamp set! Everyone did such an amazing job with this challenge!
Now it's time for us to see your projects!
I have included a Mister Linky list below for you to add your link to your blog hop project. You have until 11:00pm EST tonight (November 25th) to add your link to this list. THREE random participants will be selected to win a FREE Papertrey Ink stamp set of their choice. They will be announced and highlighted here, on my blog, tomorrow morning. We look forward to seeing all of your creations!
CHRISTMAS STAR TAGS
- STAMPS: Mat Stack 1 Collection, Background Basics: Text Style II, 2010 Holiday Tags, Embellishments
- INK: Fresh Snow, True Black, Pure Poppy, VersaMark
- PAPER: Pure Poppy, Kraft, Stamper's Select White
- OTHER: Tag Sale #2 die, Seeing Stars die, Mat Stack 1 die, Pure Poppy buttons, Pure Poppy Twine
- FINISHED SIZE: 3-3/4" x 3-1/4"
Lynn says
Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to all for the wonderful inspiration from PTI!
Jennifer Cuthbertson says
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I can’t wait to hop once we’re settled at my folks house! Until then, enjoy today!! xo
Nadine (wahinelei) says
Happy Thanksgiving Nichole!
Your tags are adorable! Love the color combo. So clever to pick out a the wrapping paper BEFORE you make tags to match, lol! I’ve always got mismatched gifts, cards, and tags going on because Im never organized enough to have that all planned out beforehand. You are a queen and one day when Im all grown up, Im gonna be just.like.you! ;o)
Kristin R says
Love your mass producing Nichole!! Happy Turkey day 🙂 (now back to the fam bf they notice I’m missing!!).
Stephanie Mino says
Happy Thanksgiving!!! Love your tags! Absolutely beautiful…….as always.
Eva C says
Wonderful creations as always! Happy Thanksgiving…this blog hop is going to be fabulously full of inspiration…who needs turkey—I might just have to hop all day!
Jamie Greene says
Beautiful tags Nicole!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Rebecca says
Thanks for another fun blog hop! Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving!
Danielle says
This is my first hop…so exciting! I love your tags, what a great idea!
Nicki Scheck says
Happy Thanksgiving Nichole! I love the red, kraft, and white color combo you used on your tags! Yummy! I am so excited because this is my first PTI Blog Hop!! Looking forward to checking out everyone’s work!
Kathleen says
Love your tags Nicole! I’ve so enjoyed using all my tools to make mine this year! It’s one of my favorite parts of Christmas! Thanks for the great inspiration and tools to make being creative possible in this fast paced life!!
Elizabeth S. says
Beautiful tags!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Babies- Beth says
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Nichole, what a great idea to mass produce, but lol… I just can’t see me doing it. I get so distracted and want to try something else as I go along. Things never look the same as I do them!
Angela H. says
Happy Thanksgiving; happy hopping!
Carol says
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. This is my first time in the Blog Hop and I’m having a great time hopping round. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Hugs
Carol S
Cindy Holshouser says
Happy Thanksgiving! I’ll be popping in and out today to look at everyone’s tage:)
Susan Winslett says
Beautiful tags, Nichole! I just love big stacks like that, all ready to go! Hope everyone has many blessings to count today! See you after turkey time!
Kelly in Canada says
love your red and white!
LynnD says
Happy Thanksgiving and a BIG thanks to PTI design team for sharing so much inspiration with us!
eva u. says
Happy Thanksgiving! love the star tags!
ER says
Love your tags!! Was glad I could get a few minutes to get mine in!
Vanessa Menhorn says
Your tags are beautiful, Nichole!!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Karen Corbett says
Great Challenge!! I used a variety of sets, so it really fun to try out some of my new sets. Wow Nichole, 30 tags in a few hours – your Superwoman!!
Kelly Braund says
So cute! I’m heading out for shopping all night and than i’ll have to make more tags this weekend! 🙂
Debbie in Louisiana says
I love everything that you and the design team does. I’m having so much fun using the 2010 holiday tag stamps and dies. Happy Thanksgiving and keep up the great work.
Tracey Kuzniak says
I am so into making tags this year!!! Wish I could be as fast as you Nicole!! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration…so pretty!!
Shirlann says
Love all the inspirations…happy turkey day!!
Allison says
Thanks for the hop! Now who is going to clean my house, work my job and mind my kids so I can visit all the links?
Jen Gall says
Happy Thanksgiving! Can’t wait to check out all of the posts!
steph zerbe says
Happy Turkey Day Nichole and team! Lovely tags and excellent photos!! I just made a cute little tag and posted it under Mr. Linky.
Wishing you many, many happy days.
beckynoelle says
happy thanksgiving and happy hopping!
Suzanne says
Nichole, wishing you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving! Thanks for showing us your beautiful work, what a wonderful way to wind down the day.
Josiane says
Those tags are gorgeous!
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Viola Mahr says
I tried so hard to comment last night but it didn’t work… glad I can do it now 🙂 Thank you Nichole for the really really fun project hop… it was a real inspiration and challenge! I’m so happy to participate. Happy thanksgiving to you and everyone!
hugs,
Viola
Helen F. says
Thank you, Nicole and PTI and all of you wonderful bloggers for giving me such inspiration to create!
sandie says
Cheers xxx
Ros Crawford says
So many beautiful entries and so much inspiration … Hope you are all enjoying your holiday …
Joan says
WOW!! I just got home and read that I am one of the winners wohooo!! I was so excited that my scream scared the hell out of my hubby who thought that someone broke into our home and was attacking me LOL!!
I’m off to pick my set 😉
Maureen Chandler says
Thank you so much for the wonderful gift suggestions! I immediately ordered multiple sets of those wooden spoons for almost everyone on my list!! Great ideas – thank you for sharing. Love your blog and all your card ideas too!!!
Pat Cirrincione says
The only way to go – mass production:) Loved the tags – loved the colors – love it all!