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Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial

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Autumn Tea Party  in a Tag Tutorial with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe

Hello, Friends!  Thanksgiving is looming on the horizon, so I thought it would be nice to share an Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial with you today.  These lovely little tags are filled with fall charm, and perfect for your Thanksgiving table scape, autumn birthdays, craft fairs, or hostess gifts.  It’s also a great friendship, thinking of you, or get well item to have on hand.

Once again, we are working with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe.  I hope you’ve enjoyed our month of projects with this rustic collection.  I know I have!  Today’s tea party in a tag project is a really fun make, so I’m excited to share it with you.

Butterflies, Sunflowers and Paper Lollipops

There’s a lot to love in this sweet little number!  The party gets started with a clever gatefold slider on the front of the tag.

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Open the gates to read this sweet message inside.  And do you spy the sweet little dangle charm?  It’s the little details that really make this tag special.

Treats and Sweets

The back side of the tag is a box pocket filled to the brim with sweets and treats.  There’s even a hidden paper clip bookmark clipped onto the pocket edge.  This design is soooo simple and takes about 5 minutes to  make.  I’ll show you how in the tutorial.

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Fill your box pocket with anything you can dream up.  I chose a tea party theme with chocolate, cookies, tea, honey stick, demitasse spoon, mini note card and a paper lollipop.  But if you were making this for a scrapbooking buddy, you could add ribbon, stickers, small tags, lace, buttons. or foam tabs.  Wouldn’t these be fun to make for a crop?

Autumn Tea Party Tag Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to put these cuties together?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me on my YouTube channel for the tutorial.

I’ve tagged products in the video for your shopping convenience.  And you can find a linked supply list and basic measurements in the description box below the video title on my YouTube channel.

What’s Up for October?

Next month we’ll start sharing out Christmas tutorials with you.  I know it’s early, but this way you’ll have time to get them made before the holidays.  If you haven’t seen the papers and dies I’ll be using this year, you can check out this paper haul video on my YouTube channel.  Shopping links are provided in the description box.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Supply List:

  • Country Heart Cafe Collection (check Button Farm Club for the 12×12 pad)
    12×12 Paper Pad
    Laser Cut Elements
    Floral Laser Cuts
    Graphic 45 Regular Ivory Tags (tagged in the video)
    Staples G45 Regular Tag Dies (tagged in the video)
    110# Cream Cardstock (tagged in the video)
    Sunflower Dies: I used Heartfelt Creations Rustic Sunflowers. Try this die instead:
    Embroidery Floss in fall colors (tagged in the video)
    Brown Buttons from your Stash
    3/8″ Copper and Cream Gingham Ribbon (tagged in the video)
    Rosette Die

Bees and Butterflies Shaker Tag Album Tutorial

Paper Rose Bees and Butterflies Shaker Tag Album Tutorial for Wonderful Wednesday

Hello, Friends!  We have a truly Wonderful Wednesday on tap today with a Paper Rose Bees and Butterflies Shaker Tag Album Tutorial to share with you.  Putting this design together for you was so much fun!  Busy Bees, flirty butterflies, cheery floral designs and an invigorating color palette of gold and green really got my creativity buzzing!

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The album base is made with my Kathy by Design Shaker Tag Dies from Button Farm Club.  If you are subscribed to my Quarterly Card Kit, you probably have these in your stash.  But if you don’t, you can substitute any 4 1/4″ x 6 1/4″ tag in its place, or  you can order the dies from Button Farm Club (linked below.)

Lots and Lots of Great Tips and Techniques

While I was editing the video, I realized just how many techniques are packed into today’s tutorial:

  • How to create a tabbed spine
  • Using dies to create a shaker frame
  • Quick and easy slash pocket
  • Clever die placement for a BOGO shaker frame design
  • Triple pockets
  • Simplified Kinetic Waterfall with a neat trick that makes it glide like silk
  • No fail magnet placement
  • How to fix a boo-boo

That’s a whole lot of content!  What can I say?  I like to give you a lot of bang for your buck!

Beautiful Bees

The bee images in this paper collection are just gorgeous.  If you are a bee lover, like I am, I think you will really enjoy seeing all the many ways that bees are represented in this album.

Isn’t it amazing how a simple tweak to a mechanism can make it sooo much easier to make?  I’m excited to share this simplified kinetic waterfall design with you!

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One of the things I like the best about this album design is the fact that you can make it start to finish in a day.  Keep a supply of them on hand, made up with a bunch of different themes and papers and you’ll always have a lovely little gift on hand.

Bees and Butterflies Shaker Tag Album Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to see just how simple it is to create this adorable little tag album?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack, put your feet up for a half an hour and enjoy this tutorial on my YouTube channel.

I’m so excited to be working with this collection all this month.  Next week, I’ll share a tutorial for a bee-utiful banner with you.

Until then, if  you live in the US, I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July celebration!  It’s one of our family’s favorite holiday.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Christmas Tags in Bags Tutorial

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Wildcard Wednesday Christmas Tags in Bags Tutorial with Simple Stories Yuletide

Hello, Friends!  Are you ready for a quick, easy and fun Wildcard Wednesday Christmas Tags in Bags Tutorial?  These festive little ticking bags filled with holiday goodies are the perfect place card, Secret Santa, or teacher appreciation gift.  You could put them in a pretty Christmas bowl and use as a table centerpiece or even hang them from your tree.  They are guaranteed to make the Christmas season just a little bit more merry!

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Even if you don’t sew (I don’t!) I think you’ll be able to stitch up these cute little bags.  Here’s the easy way to do it:

  • First, cut a long piece of red ticking fabric to a height of 8 inches.
  • Next, fray the top and bottom edges.
  • Now, fold the fabric in half so that it measures 4″ high.
  • Then, cut out 4″ wide rectangles of the folded fabric.  The bottom will be the fold, and the sides will be open.
  • Stitch up the sides on your sewing machine, placing the seam about 3/8″ on each side.
  • Fray the sides and fill the little bags with goodies of your choice.
Dress ’em Up!

Now comes the fun part!  Dress up your little bags with an little floral display mounted on a die cut doily.  Add trims, a rusty star, and a button to finish off these cute little tags in bags.

TIP:  Die cut your doilies, THEN emboss with a 3-D embossing folder.  This way the embossed design doesn’t get flattened.

A Peek Inside

Now cut out the cute tags from the Simple Stories Yuletide collection and mat them on kraft cardstock.  Punch a hole in the top, thread a pretty topper through the hole, add charms, jingle bells and flower and you’re done!  There’s room on the back of the tag to write a little note.

Now fill that little sack with a Christmas tea bag, demitasse spoon, and honey crystals.  Add chocolate for the perfect finish!  There’s even room to tuck in a gift card, if you wish.

Christmas Tags in Bags Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see how easy it is to make these cutie patootie tags in bags, please enjoy this tutorial on my YouTube channel.

Do you think you’ll make a few of these tags in bags for Christmas?

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Happy Wildcard Wednesday, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Christmas Tea Party in a Shaker Tag Tutorial

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Prima Tea Party in a Shaker Tag Tutorial for Wonderful Wednesday Tag of the Month

Hello, Friends!  It’s Wonderful Wednesday, and I have a lovely Prima Christmas Tea Party in a Shaker Tag Tutorial to share with you.  Oh, what fun I had putting this pretty little confection together!  It’s a tag, but it’s also a display piece.  It’s a shuttered shaker, and it’s also a tea party in a box.  Does it get any more fun that that?  I don’t think so!

If you haven’t guessed already, our theme for October (and November, too) is everything Christmas.  If you have any specific requests, now is the time to make them in the comment section below this post.

 

Mixed Media and Upcycled Product Packaging

The base for our Tag of the Month is a Graphic 45 Staples Packaging Tag.  I chose it for this project because it is strong and sturdy.  This mixed media creation needed something that would bear the weight of the box pocket and this fun shuttered shaker box without bowing or bending.  Do you save your Staples Packaging, too?  My Closet of Inspiration and Delight has quite a pile that I’ve accumulated over the years.

You’re going to love how quick and easy it is to create this shuttered shaker box, too.  No foam tape required!

The Flip Side

Here’s a peek at the Tea Party in a Box.  Why cover just one side of a tag if you can cover two?  You’ll get to peek at all the goodies inside the box in the video tutorial below.

Prima Christmas Tea Party in a Shaker Tag Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to build this darling tag?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and enjoy this video tutorial on my YouTube Channel.

I’ll be back next week with our Christmas Banner of the Month tutorial.  We’ll be using Simple Stories Yuletide Collection, so you know it’s gonna be great!

You can find a linked supply list below this post.  I’ve also tagged hard to find supplies in the video tutorial. Simply click on the tags in the corner, and you’ll be directed to a safe shopping site.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Busy Bees Tag of the Month Tutorial May 2024

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Busy Bees Tag of the Month Tutorial for May 2024 with G45 Let it Bee

Hello, Friends!  It’s only fitting that this Busy Bees Tag of the Month Tutorial is our project for May 2024!  Between baby showers, softball games, Button Farm projects, getting the garden in and just every day life, I feel like I’m as busy as a bee!  But it’s all good fun, and my heart is filled with joy.  With Mother’s Day on the horizon, I wanted to create a tag that could double as a gift.  I think you are going to enjoy seeing this whimsical creation come together.

Even Busy Bees Stop to Smell the Flowers

We’re going big today with a Tim Holtz Medium Etcetera Tag.  These 1/4″ thick tags measure 6 1/2″ x 12″, so there’s lots of room for adding lovely details.  I’ve dressed my tag up with Graphic 45 “Let it Bee” papers. Then I created a meadow full of cone flowers with Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace Vignette Watering Can Dies. Reneabouquets Lemon Blossom Bees decided to join the party, too.  Of course, I found  way to add some vintage buttons from my stash to the design.

You’ll learn how to create the cute posies and the adorable watering can in the tutorial below.

Busy Bee Tea Party in a Box

You know what’s extra nice about these tags?  You can use the back side to create a lovely tea party in a box for mom!

The goodies include a darling little bookmark, note card with a fun surprise inside, Biscoff cookies, Lemon and Ginger Tea Bag, honey stick and a sweet vintage silver plate spoon.

This would be so cute as part of  your kitchen decor.  When the treats have been enjoyed, why not store recipe cards in the spacious box pocket?

Busy Bees Tag of the Month Tutorial on YouTube

If you’d like to see how this honey of a project comes together, please grab a cuppa and enjoy the tutorial on my YouTube channel.

You could easily make this tag with any style paper for any occasion.  How fun is that?

You can find a linked supply list below this post.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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