Thursday Craft 'n Chat - Using Pop Tabs To Make Tags

Welcome to this week’s edition of Thursday Craft 'n Chat. Every Thursday will feature a different crafty tip/technique from one of the Made Especially For You design team members. Click here to view last weeks tutorial on how to use Cuttlebug die cuts. 

The project I am sharing today for the Made Especially For You Thursday Craft 'n Chat is tags.

 Not just any tags, but tags using an interesting little embellishment.

I was first introduced to this little embellishment by a fellow DT member at Colorful Creations.

The first time I used this little embellishment was for a up-cycle project I made for a blog hop.

It's the little pop top tab on a can of soup, vegetables or pop can.

I had so much fun making a tag for the FCCB - "Save the Earth" Cricut Crawl in April.

I received many positive reactions to my tag and clever use of the pop top tab.

I hope you will be inspired to save those tabs and create a project of your own.

A list of supplies needed to create my tag sample:

I used recycled cardboard for the base of my tag

I used a recycled checked shopping bag for my background paper

You can also use wrapping paper, bags, junk mail or other paper you have on hand

You will also need:  

Scissors, paper trimmer, 1-3/4" circle punch, small 1/2" circle punch and a tiny hole punch

Adhesive, medium glue dots, sponge dauber, distress ink, sentiment stamp

a die cut image and background for underneath ( mine is from Elegant Edges/Cricut cartridge)

Embellishments:

Jute, pop top tab, 3 flowers, large brad, 3 tiny buttons, chipboard butterfly

Trim your cardboard base to 3-1/2" x 6-1/2", as well as the background paper

Punch out a coordinating piece of cardstock using the 1-3/4" circle punch - cut in half

Cut a small 1/2" circle out of coordinating cardstock, to cover the lower part of the tab

Adhere the background paper to the cardboard

Adhere the large half circle to the top center of the tag

Using a glue dot, adhere the 1/2" circle into the lower part of the tab

This step is to cover the ragged edges of the tab

Using the tiny hole punch, punch through the layers on the tab and cardboard

Attach a large brad to the center of the tab

Using the sponge dauber and distress ink, sponge around the edges, stamp the sentiment

I also used the edge of the ink pad and lightly pressed onto the oval for some distress lines

Adhere the front and back of the die cut together

Adhere the die cut onto the tag and add the embellishments as shown in the photo

I hope you enjoyed today's project 

and 

have been inspired to use this unique embellishment on your next project

Scroll down for a few more samples

Thanks for reading my tutorial!

Catch the Frenzy! - Karen

http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com/