Thursday, November 5, 2020

Use Your Shaped Dies to Make Christmas Tags - Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags


Hi Friends! I've got a great idea for making quick and easy holiday gift tags ... use your shaped dies! Instead of starting with a rectangular tag shape and spending lots of time decorating that rectangle, why not just employ a few of your large shaped holiday dies and let the actual shape be the "wow-factor"?

You may have come from my friend Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags celebration, and if so, welcome! If not, make sure to check it out. This is Tracey's 10th year hosting this party for everyone, and it's quite inspiring!
 
 
I knew I had to use the new Essentials by Ellen Gingerbread Plushie Girl.Die since it's so nice and big. It's always a bummer when you have a teeny tiny tag on a large package. This little lady has plenty of space for a cute holiday-food-themed sentiment from the Retro Holiday Greetings set, and for the To/From.
 
Easy! Also, did you notice her hair bow? It's actual the heart that comes with the Skelly Add-on die set.

And we can't have a gingerbread lady without a gingerbread man, so here he is. Another fun sentiment. And I love how the legs make the perfect spot to write your To/From!


If you're a follower of my blog you may remember one of my hacks for making the most of your dies ... the gingerbread lady and gingerbread man is actually made with the SAME DIE!! I simply did some surgery and snipped off her dress, and cut a little higher between his legs, and TA-DA! Here's my original article if you'd like to learn more. Doesn't hurt to save a little bit of money (plus the gingerbread man was a hot seller and is currently out of stock).
 

Such a cute way to present your gifts this year. You could make gingerbread men for all the guys on your list, and gingerbread ladies for all the girls on your list. If you want to be really fancy, you could customize them and have all the presents for your husband in the green vested gingerbread man, all the presents for your mom with the pink hair bow, etc.

I absolutely love holiday traditions, and with many of them being skipped in 2020, I'm happy that Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags celebration is still going strong. So glad you are here! There are of course prizes from these 26 wonderful companies who are sponsoring the event. Stop by to find out more information.

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

 

Supplies used (affiliate links, thanks for your support!) 

20 comments:

  1. the tags are so cute love them

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  2. Lovely job of surgery. Very creative. I love gingerbread people. These are so cute. [Bunny]

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  3. I love these. So cute and fun. Hugz

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  4. I love these so much! My favorite tags so far! Darling gingerbread folks!

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  5. I love how you dressed up the gifts with the gingerbread man and lady!

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  6. Those gingerbread folks make up into the cutest tags! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  7. That gingerbread die cut is a MUST have. Thanks for sharing these darling tags to inspire us to use our shaped dies. I've gotta have that one!

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  8. Really fun gingerbread tags. I like the shape and also that you did the sentiment in white just like icing.

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  9. Kelly, these happy little gingerbread people make the perfect tags! Really cute and really fun!

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  10. So cute. It will be a different Christmas this year but I am happy some event are still going on.

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  11. Using die cuts is an excellent idea!

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  12. Okay, these are officially adorable!

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  13. Love the gingerbread folks.
    They can be used as a decoration
    for the tree after the presents
    are opened. thanks for sharing
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  14. Those are so cute- almost look good enough to eat. The curly ribbon almost looks like red hair on the cutie.

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  15. Your ginger people tags are just too cute! Perfect for the holiday season! Thank you for the inspiration.

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  16. These tags are just way too adorable and super fun thanks for sharing and thanks for the inspiration I got from this today

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  17. I like the idea for using the gingerbread men as tags. Nice share.

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I absolutely love reading comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave one! - Kelly