Paint Chip Gift Tags

I love tags.  I love making them, looking at them, collecting them, hanging them everywhere...  To me they are little bits of art.

Half the fun is finding a base.  I love shipping tags but I also love using something different.  Today I wanted a quick and inexpensive way to make tags. So naturally I grabbed some paint chips from my favorite home improvement store....  I picked the shapes and colors I wanted.

Basic supplies needed are paint chips, Susan K. Weckesser Color Pop stamp pads, stamp sets, acrylic block, scissors, twine, a paper punch and embellishments.

I love the ombre look of paint chips.

For these tags I used the Painted Sentiments stamp set.

I was particularly fond of the shape of these chips.  They seemed perfect for the One Of A Kind Winter {Christmas Campaign} stamp set.

And they seemed perfect for a whole little street of houses using the HeartFULL Homes stamp set.

Also from the HeartFULL Homes stamp set is this sweet set of flowers....

Perfect for the season is the Very, Very Merry stamp set.

And then I played with these paint chips too...

I kept my embellishments simple: sticky back crystals, pearls, and some twine to tie them on....

You could fancy them up with whatever goodies make your heart sing.

I wanted to focus on the simplicity of the stamps and paint chips.

Any of the stamps that did not get a great impression, I just did not use for this project.

This may become my new go to for gift tags...

It was such a fast and easy project.

I think the snowmen are my favorites...

These would be perfect for an art abandonment...

I hope I inspired you to do some quick creating today.

Brooke Bock, Susan K. Weckesser Design Team

Tagging You @ Christmas

I've been thinking and thinking outside the box to come up with a different kind of tag for this post. I had several unique ideas along with many traditional ideas. But then I saw a tag in a small acrylic globe that was made by my friend, Carly Pool and I knew I wanted to try one of my very own !! I think my days as a counted cross-stitcher helped me immensely with working in a small space. And my handy dandy tweezers !!  I was happy with the finished result - which believe me, does NOT always happen when I am trying something new and different. A big shout-out to Carly for the inspiration !!

• I started with the Very,Very Merry stamp set and stamped the bird image with  Colorbox Color Pop Mini ink in ICE.  A simple tree shape was cut out of Susan's Live In Color paper and I adhered it to the inside back of the globe with some mini Glue Dots. 
• I took 2 3D Glue Dots and formed them around the bottom of the bird image, almost like a nest. I played with the Glue Dots until the bird stood up and didn't fall over. I then carefully placed the bird on the bottom of the globe using tweezers. 
• Artificial snow was then put into the globe using a small funnel and positioned around the bird. You could also use a small Dixie bathroom cup to put the snow into the globe. 
• I attached a small pink ornament to the hanger with Maya Road Pink Lemonade Twine Cording.  This cording is also perfect for attaching the tag and also using it to hang it as an ornament if you'd like. For the picture, I sat the globe on one of my new favorite washis by Scotch which are now available at Target. ( I bought 6 different designs !! They had many more ).

I hope that my "outside the box" tag will encourage you to create something new. My teammates have created some gorgeous tags this month already and I am working on more for my next post later this month. Thank you for visiting { My Sweet Earth }.

Very, Very Merry stamp set

Debra Davison

Susan K Weckesser Creative Team