A fun tutorial from Ania

Here's a fun little tutorial from Ania on our DT. Whenever I buy clothes I always save the tags for future projects without really having any particular plans for them. Especially if the tags are in chipboard and cute.

For todays tutorial I figured it was about time to clean out some of the tags & the Hambly scrap-box at the same time.

Here's what you need:
Tags in various sizes
Leftover-scraps
Passport-photos
Small bits & pieces of chipboard, buttons, stickers etc. Today's about cleaning up and using some of the stuff you got lying around =)
Adhesive of choice. I used double-sided tape.
Scissors & exacto knife
Crop-a-Dile
Gesso
Bookbinder-ring

Assemble a number of tags. Don't worry about the different sizes or thickness.

Apply adhesive on the tags (make sure you cover up the "ugly" side) & dress them up with papers. Trim to fit.Repeat with the rest of the tags. Apply gesso on the backside of the tags (the "pretty" side) if you want to use them for journaling. Let dry. Punch holes and put on a ring. Place photo(s) and 2-3 embellishments together. Adhere. Gather the tags together and bind it with a bookbinder-ring or ribbon. Tadah :) You now got yourself a cute and sturdy little tag-album you can put in your bag :) 

 

-Ania

Comments

[rebekah]

love this idea! i'm always looking for ways to REUSE stuff! :) thanks for such a cool idea. :)

[melissa kaye]

Such a wonderful idea! I need to start saving the tags from clothing I buy. Thanks for sharing this! :)

[Diane B.]

i do the EXACT same thing with my clothings....save them and rarely use them so this will be a must-do for me!

[Lynn]

Love this! I always save the tags from clothes, thanks for inspiring me to actually create something wih them :)

[Shirley K.]

Neat! I hadn't thought about covering them with paper. Usually they just go in the trash.

[Abby]

Love them! Adorable! I hang on to cute tags all the time!

[Cassi]

Love this idea! Perfect time to start collecting those tags too...

[Brigid]

I freaking love this!!!!! So cute! I do the same thing with cute tags!! I am going to try this! Thanks for the great idea!!!!

[Kristy]

OMG this is so gorgeous!!! INSPIRATION!