"I've always loved the way simple, classic salt dough tags look on gifts for the holidays, but hated to make the salt dough! Then a while back I discovered THIS recipe, and I fell back in love with this look. It's so easy to make and really gives you fantastic results. I gave the traditional dough tags a little unique twist by covering them with a bit custom stamped tissue paper. With this easy video tutorial, you can make up a whole batch early and be ahead of the game for the holidays!"
- Make dough according to the recipe found HERE. Allow to cool to room temperature and roll out to 1/4" thick or so. Cut out tags using about a 3" cookie cutter, then cut hole using drinking straw. To help prevent the cookie cutter and straw from sticking to the dough, dip them in cornstarch between cuts.
- Impress tags with stamped sentiments. I used Sprig Wreath for "Believe" and Botanical Blocks IV for "Holiday Blessings" and "Christmas Wishes".
- Place tags on parchment covered baking sheet. Bake the tags at 175-degrees for 30 minutes each side (one hour total). Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Cut small pieces of white tissue paper, about 2" x 3.5". Stamp with desired patterns. My tags use the following: Holiday Blessings Tag (Christmas Critters), Believe Tag (Sprig Wreath), Christmas Wishes Tag (Fair Isle Motifs).
- Spray tissue pieces with a matte fixative (or hairspray) to prevent the colors from bleeding later on. Allow to dry 5-10 minutes.
- Tear top edge of tissue pieces. Brush Matte Mod Podge onto bottom half of tag, including the edge. Press tissue into place and bend over and around the edge of the tags it is fully adhered into the Mod Podge. Allow to dry and tie onto gifts or your tree!
- STAMPS: Fair Isle Motifs, Christmas Critters, Botanical Blocks IV, Sprig Wreath
- INK: Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Smokey Shadow
- PAPER: White Tissue Paper
- OTHER: prepared dough (my favorite recipe can be found HERE), 3" cookie cutter (Martha Stewart), Cotton Twine, drinking straw (for tag holes), Matte Mod Podge, Matte Spray Fixative
- Now it's your turn! Create a project featuring a dough tag. You can choose to re-create the exact project from Nichole above or design your own using the same concepts. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
- Post your project on your blog, in your gallery, Instagram or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
- Add your project to the InLinkz list below.
- You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. One project per person please.
- As a reminder, you will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
- One randomly selected winners will be chosen from all of the InLinkz entries on this post on Thursday, August 31st. The winner will be posted on our Thursday night Stamp-a-faire winners page after 9pm ET. The randomly selected winner will get a $20 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
- One randomly selected winner will be chosen from the comments of this post on Thursday as well. You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st to add your comment and be eligible to win. The randomly selected winner will get a $10 PTI gift certificate.
Have you made your own dough ornaments/tags before? I would be interested to know what you think of this new dough recipe and how it compares. Do you think some of your favorite holiday sentiment stamps will work well for impressing the dough? What types of designs do you think you might try to stamp onto the tissue paper? Can't wait to see your take on this challenge!
These are charming and so pretty! Love this idea!
Wow, these are awesome!
These are very pretty Nichole. I’ve learned so much from all the videos this weekend and thanks so much for hosting the artistic weekend!
How pretty, Nichole! I love these & plan on making a bunch for Christmas tags. Thanks for sharing!
Really pretty and a nice craft project. Can;t wait to make some of these as package embellishments for Christmas.
Love these, Nichole! Thanks for sharing!
These are great, I love how white they are in comparison to others I’ve made in the past! Thank you for a superb weekend Nichole!!
Such cute ornaments
Wow, these are beautiful!
There are simply beautiful!
Beautiful! That dough looks heavenly to work with!
Great reuseable gift tags! Clever idea and cute product! Thanks for inspiring.
Such pretty Tags! And I love your recipe for clay. Thank you!
These are beauties. Definitely not going to get to them today, but it might be something to think about for the week. We will have to see how work and school goes. Either way, really neat project!
Such a lovely handmade gift idea. Love this tutorial!
I’m definitely going to try this soon! I might ink up my sentiment first and see how that goes! Looks like a fun project to do with kids as well!
Oh wow, it has been many years since I worked with salt dough. Your new improved recipe has such a lovely, silky texture.
These are amazing!! I can’t wait to try this idea.
Beautiful ornament tags! And the recipe seems like a big improvement over salt dough, too!
Love your tags Nichole, they are awesome and I am anxious to try this…would make lovely gifts too!
Such a fun technique for Christmas ornaments. Thanks Nicole.
These are so beautiful, especially with the pop of colour from the stamped tissue paper! Thanks for the recipe link too.
This. Is so pretty! Love the embossed look on these!
These are such sweet ornaments or tags.
I adore these simple, but classic looking ornaments, Nichole! Hoping I can get these rolled out to a consistent 1/4″ thickness…never been good at that. 😉 Can’t wait to try these!
LOVE! I immediately went to the Salt Dough link and bookmarked it! I just love this project Nichole! It’s fabulous! Thank you for all of the posts for SAF! It’s been wonderful!!!
We used to make salt dough Christmas ornaments when I was little. These are really cute.
Nichole, I like that these can be made ahead of time for Christmas. You are right…it was an easy recipe and I like that the dough is very smooth. I’m waiting for mine to dry over night before completing.
I like your clay recipe of baking soda/cornstarch/water! Seems better than the old salt and flour recipe. I definitely will give this a try…if not for this challenge, at least in time for Christmas. Guess I’ll be headed to Costco to check out the ingredients. TFS!
These tags are gorgeous!! I can’t wait to give this a try!!
The only cookie dough I used was a cinnamon kind and I did not really like it that much. Your recipe looks very easy to use and the results are amazing. Just love them. I think these would make great Christmas presents. Thanks for sharing Nichole. Cheers.
This might be the perfect project for the grand girls to work on holiday decorations!
I’ve enjoyed all the projects this year, but I must say this one is right up my alley! Thanks, Nichole! And, thanks to the team for all of their hard work!
Just beautiful. It’s like getting a present on top of your present.
I love the clean, crisp look of these on brown paper packages (tied up with string;) these are a few of my favorite things. Sorry that was cheesy but true!
Such pretty ornaments! Looking forward to trying this!
Wow…can’t wait to try these…so pretty! And that recipe is a dream!
What beautiful ornaments!! Must try these!! My sister’s and I do ornament swaps each year and these would be perfect for that because mine are always hand made!!!
The Fair Isle tags are wonderful! What a great way to transfer a design! Can’t wait to try this recipe.
These ornaments are a great idea, I’m going to have to try this technique.
How clever! I never thought of adding stamped tissue to the surface. Great technique. Love it!
These are gorgeous and I think kids would like making these as well.
Beautiful tags and ornaments. Thanks for all the tips along the way.
So adorable! And thanks for the homemade recipe for making the dough.
How pretty! I’m going to give this a try if I can.
Great tags, great idea for pottery!
Fabulous ornaments!
I have been super busy packing for a trip this weekend so I haven’t been able to play along but I have enjoyed looking at all of the beautiful creations.
Oh what wonderful tags/ornaments!
I love how vivid the tissue paper stamping is.
I love the look, I think this recipe is going to be better than my old one, I love the bright white color!
Ok, that is SO cool to know you can use stamps to leave impressions like that! I wouldn’t have thought of it. I hope to get to this challenge later – will try to make the dough. If not, I’ll definitely improvise and try the real thing closer to Christmas. I would love to have some new ornaments for our tree. The effect is just lovely.
Karen
These are fabulous, Nichole! I have everything I’d need to make them today…except perhaps time. 🙂
These are just amazing and so fun. Pretty, too!
What a fun project! I was hoping someone would do an ornaments. Can’t wait to find the time to try these
I can’t wait to make these Christmas ornaments as gifts this year. I love making ornaments and am always looking for new ones to try!
Brilliant!! This project is definitely a must try. It reminds me of my childhood. We did a lot with this type of dough in the 60s.
I remember making dough ornaments as a kid!
What a super idea for adding on to gifts that can be used as ornaments later on the tree. Love this idea. This would be a super project for the kids.
I’ve done these with decoupage paper but never stamped on it before. Very cool.
These tags are adorable, Nichole!
I have never heard of salt dough…Thank you SAF for introducing me to something entirely new.
I love the tags, they look amazing! And very unique! This will be a cool project to do with the kids! Thank you for inspiration!
Those are gorgeous ornament tags!
I absolutely cannot wait to try this one…
LOVE it!
You tags are so pretty! I will definitely try this! I think the grandbabies hand prints on these would be darling! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for the lovely idea
oh my goodness these are beautiful. I’ve never played with salt dough but I’m going to try it!
These are beautiful! A tag that is a gift, too!
Love this, what a great idea! Excited to make Christmas ornaments.
Wow, these are awesome tags, I love this new twist of the stamped tissue paper, love the embossing too.
I adore these tags! Really love the pop of brightly color with the tissue paper!!
These are beautiful, Nicole. Love how you have decorated your ornaments.
The salt dough sure takes me back.
Really great technique; I love the look of these charming ornaments. You always have such creative ideas.
Thank you for putting this whole event together.
WOW! These are gorgeous tag creations!
I’ve made clay ornaments before… many years ago. The tissue paper is a great addition to the design of the ornaments.
I am so excited about this I just made my clay.
Fun ornament and/or gift tag idea. The tissue paper technique on the baked dough was a nice finishing touch!
These are lovely! Thanks for the sweet idea Nichole. If I don’t get to it this week, I hope we can make some this holiday season!
Years ago I made cinnamon ornaments and loved the scent. Looks doubtful I’ll manage to fit this challenge in before the deadline, but it’s something to keep in mind for future projects/gifts. TFS, Nichole, and you gals worked your hearts out to provide this FREE event for all of us!
What a great recipe for these ornaments! It came together so easily! I love how white it is. I may have made mine a bit thick – they are still not quite dry. But I loved making them and will definitely be making more for Christmas! Thanks for the great video and all you do to make Stampafaire happen!
Pretty ornaments! Makes me think of those salt ornaments we used to make in grade school.
I love how rustic and homespun your tags are, Nichole. This was a fun technique to try!
Beautiful! Excited to try this technique!
Nichole, this is SO NICE for Christmas! I LOVE the earthy feel these ornaments have too! Wouldn’t THIS be LOVELY arriving in the mail!?! THANK YOU!!! OFF TO CREATE!!!! 😉
Thank you for the recipe for the clay, Nichole! I love what you made and I am anxious to try my hand at it. I would also like to say how much I have enjoyed all the videos and inspiration of this fun Stamp-a-Faire. Thanks to you all for your hard work and for the whole three days of fun and for the chance to win a gift certificate on top of it all! I appreciate all the hard work that went into this!
These are great! Can’t wait to give them a try when I have a little more time. My 5 year old son is looking forward to making things with the dough as well 🙂
These are so beautiful! Thank you so much for 10 years of awesome creativity! Hope you know how much you’re loved and appreciated!
Thanks for all your hard work! The weekend has been very inspiring!
I’ve never thought about using my stamps on salt dough. I can’t wait to try this out and get some ornaments ready for Christmas!
Your ornaments are simply beautiful, Nichole!. Creating them as a tag on gifts will add the perfect finishing touch…plus the bonus of a tree ornament for the recipient! Win Win 🙂
These are beautiful! They would look lovely hanging on a Christmas tree.
I absolutely love these tags! I have all the ingredients and will be making some tomorrow!
Such gorgeous tags, Nichole! I can’t wait to try your recipe. I would love to create tags using the Herb Garden stamps. They would be lovely to tie around napkins for a tea party, with herbal blends from my herb garden. I’d also love to make some little Christmas tags/ornaments, too. Thank you for all of the inspiration and helpful tips in your video! It’s such fun to think about using our stamps in new ways!
These are so lovely!!! Love the stamped sentiment into the dough!
I need another week off work to try all these! what fun!
Love this but not enough time to join in.
My mind is spinning w/ideas of different ornaments to make!
Salt dough ? I also did in my school days. About 35 years ago**lol** Your ornaments are very pretty. A modern version of salt dough.
Loved this for so many reasons! Perfect gift tags, darling decorations, and even adorable ornaments! Thank You, Nichole.
Great ornaments! I so have to make these.
This dough recipe is the bomb! Thanks for sharing.
The new dough recipe is so much better than the salt recipe!
So beautiful! I may just have to give this project a try!
These pottery tags are so cool! Wish I had an oven!! Love this idea of using the traditional anniversaries for PTI’s 10th!
Rustic and easy, I’ll make more!
Love these, Nichole! What great package tags.
These are so pretty! I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing!
I was so excited to try these and very glad I did! Your projects are always so inspiring!
2017 SAF was THE event of all crafting events! It was such a treat to have 3 days of fun crafty activity! I managed to complete 14 of the 21 challenges. Thank you SO much for putting on such an amazing event!! Already looking forward to next year!
These are just amazing! So beautiful!
These are such sweet ornaments. I didn’t have the supplies to participate in this challenge, but these are great ideas for Christmas which will be here before we know it!!
Sweet ornaments! I love this idea & want to make some for Christmas for the Grandkiddos. Thanks for sharing with us the technique.
Love the look of these, but don’t know if I’m crafty enough to make them myself. 🙂
I love these ornaments! They are so simple, classy, and sweet. I haven’t ever made my own dough ornaments/tags before but can’t wait to try this recipe.
Love your beautiful ornaments and gift tags Nichole. As always superb tuition and inspiration.
WOW, you never cease to blow me with your creativity, Nicole. These are amazing!