Thursday, December 9, 2010

DeNami Gift Tag Blog Hop





Welcome to the DeNami Gift Tag Blog Hop. I'm so excited to share my pieces with these wonderful artists. I've barely begun my holiday shopping and decorating and this was a great way to jump into the season. Hopefully you take way some great ideas for adding your personal touch to your gift giving. You should have made your way here from the blog of Ann Cox. If you get lost along the way, you can start again or jump in at a specific spot by going to the DeNami Blog site.

If I had to narrow it down to one submissions, I’d pick the pointsettia tag so I’ll start there. I used a kraft die cut tag to start and stamped the small pointsettia blossom and single pointsettia in black. They have a quick color of markers and then I used a (very old) Christmas words stamp in green to overlay the text. I used several colors of distress ink to color from the edges of the card and topped it off with some ivory with gold taffeta ribbon and paper pointsettias with brads in the centers. I love using paper flowers. It’s a quick and beautiful embellishment.

The snowflake tag is a very simple tag. I just received my snow flake card kit so I was playing with the snow flake trifle stamps. They're stamped with medium/light blue. I used this ink to sponge some color around the end and then ran the edges through the ink for a darker color. I ran a piece of silver glitter ribbon along the edge. I love these ribbons. They are so unique. I punched blue and silver snow flakes and topped them with some silver rhinestones and stamp 'To" in black . These are my favorite crystals because each individual piece has adhesive - no cutting the strip and hoping the crystals stays with the adhesive. Finally, it's topped with blue taffeta ribbon. Let it snow (on my card and in my imagination, but not outside my home or anywhere I drive).

The holly tag is also simple. It starts with a die cut green tag. I used the mini star and versamark ink for a subtle watermark look. Next I cut a piece of holly holiday paper and embossed the “To” in gold. It's layered on gold cardstock and has a coordinating ribbon across the top and bottom. The ribbon adds another strip of color and some texture. I added the ivory with gold taffeta ribbon on top to finish the tag.

Finally, I wanted to use the wreath stamp as the basis of a gift tag and I decided to use the espresso stamp set (and a coffee bean stamp) as the focal points. I added a little color and some rhinestones. Both the wreath and the background paper were punched with Marvy craft punches. Because I wanted to show that sharing a cup of coffee can be a special treat between friends, I used two tags on this card which were liked by the coffee theme and the background paper. The green grosgrain ribbon is wrapped around the bag of coffee and both tags are hanging like stockings on the mantle.

I hope you enjoy the hop and appreciate your stopping by my blog today. Please leave a comment to have a chance to win a DeNami gift certificate. I would have no problem using that up quickly.

The next stop on the hop is

Simone Naoun

Enjoy the day and have a happy holiday season and new year.

42 comments:

  1. Great tags! I especially love the snowflake one!

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  2. Great tags! I think the snowflake is my fav. And, I really like that small oval tag. thanks for sharing!

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  3. Beautiful tags. I love the silver one the best.

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  4. Great job on all your gift tags! Love them all!

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  5. What a fabulous set of tags you created!

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  6. What a wonderful collection of tags :) I can tell you had fun because each one is soooo pretty!!

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  7. Love the wine/green tag the best! Although, all of them are lovely.

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  8. Wonderful tags! Lots of variety, and they're all beautiful.
    *smiles*
    debbi

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  9. Gorgeous tags! My favorite is the snowflake one, just beautiful!

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  10. What a great set of tags! Thanks for sharing it! I love them all!

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  11. You've been busy, Annette! So pretty!

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  12. Awesome collection of tags! They are so full of detail and wonderful to look at.

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  13. I love these tags! The snowflake is my favorite. They are all so elegant, classy & beautiful. TFS.

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  14. Your tags are so adorable, Annette!
    They are all so fun. :)

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  15. Beautiful tags! So elegant!
    Barb :)

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  16. Wow look at all those tags! So pretty!

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  17. Great tags! I love the poinsettia tag, and that coffee wreath tag is brilliant! What a great idea! Happy Holiday!

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  18. so pretty--all of them :D great way to make each one different!

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  19. Wow, you have been busy Annette! Each of these tags are so fun and unique! Those who get these tags are going to love them!

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  20. Great variety! Very lovely tags! TFS!

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  21. Such clever tags- I think my favorite is the poinsettia.

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  22. Very pretty tags...snowflake is gorgeous!

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  23. They are all so pretty. Looks super easy to put together too. Love these. Thanks for sharing, now hopping along...

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  24. Your tags are so festive and cheerful!

    http://lillianchild.blogspot

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  25. The poinsettia tag is my favorite but all of them are so pretty!!

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  26. What a great way to get into the season! These are so beautiful and do I spy some Dunkin :)

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  27. I love how elegant these are! Great job!

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  28. I like the snowflake tag and I really like the poinsettia tag a lot, too.

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  29. These tags are all so festive and pretty!!! Great work!!

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  30. Great tags! My fave is the snowflake one but they're all wonderful!

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