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Paper Crafts for Summer and All Occasions - White and Blue Friendship Tag
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Tags are fun to make! Not only can they be used as decorations for all sorts of items such as scrapbook pages and cards, but exchanging tags has also become a hobby amongst crafters. Why not create one for one of your dear friends? There are no rules to making them. Just be creative. Use leftover card and scrapbooking supplies to craft them.
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For this project you will need:
- tag template i.e. from Fiskars or use pattern below
- white and blue textured cardstock
- printed scrapbook paper matching the cardstock
- white and blue fiber paper
- motif puncher with small flower and larger flower
- motif puncher with circle shape
- small round brad
- Sizzix Sidekick and Sizzlet template with “Friends” motif
- 3-D pads
- stick glue
- ruler
- scissors
Tip: If you do not have some of the supplies mentioned or if they are not available in your area, be creative and find alternatives that would also work well. Your creativivity has no limit when it comes to making these small works of art.
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Instructions:
1. Print out the tag pattern below in 2 sizes or use your tag template to create a tag out of white cardstock in 2 sizes. Cut out a blue tag that is larger than the white tag. Glue the white tag onto the blue tag.
2. Tear a piece of the white and light blue fiber paper and glue them asymmetrically onto the tag. They do not have to be a perfect shapes
3. Using the decorative edged scissors, cut out a strip of scrapbook paper that fits the width of the inside white tag and glue it to the bottom of the white tag.
4. Cut out 2 small blue triangles and glue these onto the strip of scrapbook paper.
5. Punch out 2 small flower motifs and a circle motif out of the blue cardstock.
6. Use the Sizziz Sidekick and the flower with leaves Sizzlet template, and also the friends Sizzlet template and cut the shapes out of blue cardstock.
7. Punch a hole in the center of the circle and through the tag. Insert a brad in the holes and attach the circle to the tag with the brad.
8. Assemble the rest of the pieces onto the tag as seen in the picture.
Free Pattern: Gift Tag Pattern
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A Selection of Summer Tags and Artist Trading Cards
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