OLW71: Tag, You're It!

This week's OLW71 challenge was to make a tag, or three.  I had trouble with this one at first, but once I got started, I couldn't stop, and ended up making six!  The lighting was not ideal for taking photos, but this shows the general idea:

My favorite is this cheerful bit of holly. I used an old border set from SU, glazed the leaves and berries using my favorite Sakura glaze pens, and trimmed it with a gold leaf pen.  The tag itself is a leftover bit of white SU cardstock, trimmed with scissors and a corner rounder.  Simple!

 For this next one, I wanted to play with some flourishes.  Instead of the more usual gold, I decided to see what bronze would look like.  I added some sparkle to the sentiment using a Sakura glitter pen.  It does not show up too well on the photo, but I'm fairly happy with the results.

The workmanship on this next one is a bit sloppier than I would have liked (I didn't realize that my lines were crooked until too late), but I like the basic concept.  I masked off the center, and stamped snowflakes all around the border.  I then used the glitter pen to make the snowflakes sparkle, and also added some tiny dots and the aforementioned (crooked) lines.  My silver leaf pen added some contrast on the edges.

This next tag was actually the first one I made.  I realized that my tag template page included a round tag which looked a bit like an ornament.  I used SU Cranberry Crisp (retired years ago) and the poinsettia from the SU Christmas Cardinal set on SU Kraft paper, then freehand cut the ornament, added the label, and edged it with the gold pen.

About halfway through this process, I realized that tags are a wonderful way to use up stray bits of cardstock that might otherwise go to waste.  All it takes is a few clicks of the corner rounder and my mini hole punch, and voila! you have a tag.  This one uses a very old border stamp from SU, navy ink, and a glitter pen.

And finally, this one really did start out as a scrap: I was testing the "emboss resist" technique on a stray bit of cardstock.  Rounded the edges, clipped the corners and punched the hole, and now it too is a tag.  (The name of the recipient will go on the back.)

I will add the ribbons when I put the tags onto the packages, to coordinate with the wrappings.

I had a lot of fun making these tags, and I hope the recipients will enjoy them, too.