Hey Creative Scrapbooker Fans! Today I thought I would switch things up a bit from what I normally create and create some tags that you could use for any occasion. Using the beautiful Lavender Breeze Collection from FabScraps, a few fabulous chipboard pieces and flowers from Southern Ridge Trading Company, wonderful stones and embossing powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies and a variety of products from Ranger, I was able to create these beautiful Any Occasion Tags. Make sure to grab a cup of your favourite beverage, as I show you how to recreate my tags in the comfort of your own home.

To start, pull out two #8 Manilla Craft Tags from Ranger. With your tags out, you’ll need the Memory Lane and Simplicity patterned paper from FabScraps. Trace one tag on the Memory Lane patterned paper and trace the other tag on the Simplicity patterned paper. Make sure to also mark where the hole is at the top of the tag. With the tags traced on the patterned paper, cut the tags out. You’ll be using the grey checkered side and the purple woodgrain side. Once the tags have been cut out, punch a hole at the top of each tag. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the patterned paper tags. With the edges of the patterned paper tags distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger. 

With your patterned paper tags now cut out, using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger, ink the edges of both tags.

With the Simplicity and Memory Lane patterned paper from FabScraps still out, cut a piece from the Simplicity patterned paper that measures 2 7/8” x 5 ¼”, you’ll use the checkered side.  From the Memory Lane patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 3” x 5 3/8”, you’ll use the purple woodgrain side. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.

Next, you’ll need the Whisper and Memory Lane patterned paper from FabScraps. Cut a piece from the Whisper patterned paper that measures 2 ¾” x 5 1/8”, you’ll use the lavender bunches side. Cut a piece from the Memory Lane patterned paper that measures 2 5/8” x 5”, you’ll use the bike side.   Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.With the Memory Lane patterned paper from FabScraps still out, cut two pieces that measure 1” x 5”. At the bottom of the purple woodgrain side of the paper, tear ¼” to ½” off the bottom. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.With the Whisper patterned paper from Fab Scraps still out, cut two pieces that measure ½” x 4 ¾”.  At the bottom of the lavender bunches side of the paper, tear ¼” to ½” off the bottom. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Cut one piece that measures 3/8” x 2 ¾” out of the Memory Lane patterned paper from Fab Scraps, you’ll use the purple woodgrain side. Cut one piece that measures 3/8” x 2 ¾” out of the Simplicity patterned paper from Fab Scraps, you’ll use the grey checkered side. On the left hand side of both pieces tear 1/8” off. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger Ink.

Out of the Whisper patterned paper from FabScraps, cut out the “Made with Love” and “Love, Family, Home” chalkboard images. Make sure that the chalkboard images measure 2” x 3”. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Cut two pieces that measure 2 1/8” x 3 1/8” out of the Memory Lane patterned paper from FabScraps. Using an edge distressor, distress the edges of the paper. With the edges distressed, ink the edges using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Next, you’ll need to fussy cut two chairs and two lavender pots out of the Daydream patterned paper from FabScraps. Ink the edges of the chairs and lavender pots using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Fussy cut the “Love” bookcase and the “Home” bookcase out of the Family Love patterned paper from FabScraps. Ink the edges of the bookcases using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Fussy cut two flower jars from the Whisper patterned paper from FabScraps. Ink the edges of the flower jars using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.Fussy cut two bikes from a second sheet of Memory Lane patterned paper from FabScraps. Ink the edges of the bikes using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.On the backside of the Daydream patterned paper from FabScraps, fussy cut six hearts out. Ink the edges of the hearts using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool from Ranger.With all of the patterned paper pieces now cut out, it’s time to move on to the chipboard pieces. To start, you’ll need to the small Abstract Frame from Southern Ridge Trading Co. Cut the frame in half diagonally. With the frame cut, apply Emboss It Ink from Ranger to the two chipboard pieces.  With the ink applied, sprinkle Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies over each piece. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the piece aside to cool.Next, you’ll need to the Rod Iron Circle Frame from Southern Ridge Trading Co. Cut the frame in half vertically. With the frame cut, apply Emboss It Ink from Ranger  to the chipboard pieces.  With the ink applied, sprinkle Pastel Lilac Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies over each piece. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with your heat tool. Set the piece aside to cool.

Adhere the cut out patterned paper tags to the manilla tags.Adhere the Lavender Bunches patterned paper piece to the grey checkered patterned paper piece. Adhere the grey checkered patterned paper piece to the purple woodgrain tag. Adhere the bike patterned paper piece to the purple woodgrain patterned paper piece. Adhere the purple woodgrain patterned paper piece to the grey checkered tag.

On both tags you’ll need to start by adhering the purple woodgrain strip to the middle of the patterned paper. Once the purple woodgrain strip as been adhered, adhere the lavender bunches strip to the left of the purple woodgrain strip. The lavender bunches strip will sit 1/8” on the purple woodgrain piece. With the strips adhere, now adhere your chipboard pieces. The Rod Iron Circle frame pieces will be adhered onto the middle of the bike patterned paper. The small Abstract frame will be adhered onto the middle of the lavender bunches patterned paper.Adhere the “Made with Love” chalkboard piece on an angle to one of the 2 1/8” x 3 1/8” piece of purple woodgrain paper. Adhere the purple woodgrain paper to the middle of the small abstract frame. Adhere the “Love, Family, Home” chalkboard piece on an angle to the other 2 1/8” x 3 1/8” piece of purple woodgrain paper. Adhere the purple woodgrain paper to the middle of the rod iron circle frame. With the chalkboard pieces adhered, on the “Made with Love” chalkboard piece, adhere the small grey checkered banner at the bottom. Adhere the small purple woodgrain banner to the bottom of the “Love, Family, Home” chalkboard piece.In the bottom right hand corner of both tags you’ll need to adhere the bookcase, the lavender pot, a chair, a flower jar and a bike as desired. On the “Made with Love” tag, I used the “love” bookcase and on the “Love, Family, Home” tag, I used the “Home” bookcase.  Once the elements are adhered on the right hand side of the tag, adhere a heart to each of the flower jars as well as two hearts on each chalkboard sentiment. To finish the top left hand corner of the tags, adhere two purple roses and one white rose from Southern Ridge Trading Co as well as some Amethyst Gemstones from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies.To finish the top of each tag, create a bow out of purple ribbon.Here are some close ups of the individual any occasions tags.I hope that I’ve inspired you to recreate my Any Occasions Tags at home.Supplies Used:

• FabScraps: Lavender Breeze Collection – Memory Lane, Simplicity, Family Love, Daydream and Whisper.
• Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Patel Lilac Embossing Powder and Amethyst Gemstones.
• Southern Ridge Trading Company: Rod Iron Circle Frame, Abstract Frame Set, 10mm White Roses and 15mm Dark Purple Roses.
• Ranger : #8 Manilla Craft Tags, Emboss It Dabber and Glossy Accents.
• Tim Holtz for Ranger : Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Blending Tool with Foam.
• Tombow USA: Mono Adhesive + Permanent and Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
• Misc: Heat Tool and Purple Ribbon.

Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that you have recreating my tags at home! You can find more of my work on my blog at: http://www.katelyngrosart.blogpsot.ca

Happy Creating!

– Katelyn

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