Patriotic Tag Tutorial and Giveaway

Hello friends!

Thank you for all the well wishes on my new job!

I love it!

Today we are sharing a patriotic tag tutorial!

I saw this cute little solider on a vintage

 boy's birthday card in my stash and thought he looked

 patriotic and perfect for a tag!

Start by printing and cutting out this image.

Choose your tag. I am using a #8 size manila tag,

but you can cut one from cardstock or use whatever you prefer.

Cut a piece of patterned paper to fit your tag.

I used a scrap that was slightly smaller than my tag.

Adhere to tag.

(I used paper by Pink Paislee's Declaration line)

Cut a coordinating piece of patterned paper to fit the top

 of your tag and tear across the bottom. Adhere to tag.

I used Frayed Burlap Distress Ink around the edges of the

 paper and tag to give it a nice vintage look.

I then cut a 2 inch star from white cardstock.

I used a score board to score along the points of the star.

If you don't have a score board, you can most likely

 use your paper trimmer as a guide to score.

Now start folding along the score lines

 until the star is 3 deminsional.

Tie a piece of ribbon through the top of your tag

and then adhere star to the tag.

Take a fine tip brown marker (i used Walnut Stain

 Distress marker) to add faux stitch lines around tag.

Adhere vintage image. I used pop dots

 to make him stand out.

Next, I took silver glitter glue and outlined the tag.

Then, I took a sheet of red rhinestones, adhered

them along top and bottom of tag to add some bling!

I then added a small vintage button patterned

circle to the center of the star, to add a little more detail.

Then, I took red, white and blue washi tape,

 ripped off a few small pieces and

adhered at random around the tag.

Next, I added a small red paper rose to the tag.

That's it!

I love making tags and I hope you

 enjoyed this little tutorial!

Leave a comment on this post and I will

 randomly pick a winner on Tuesday,

 July 3rd to win this tag!

Have a wonderful weekend, Lindsey