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Tag's 'N' Quotes |
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This project sprang to mind when
Cath Wilson of Katy's Corner had an idea for a proposed tag & quote
swap on Katy's Corner UK yahoo group. I thought to myself what a good
idea, you can use tags to make a book, embellish a card, and hide the
tags in a box as I have done, the list goes on. Also as far as occasions
go, well you can use the idea to personalize the quotes to any theme or
celebration. To name but a few, Christmas, birthdays, weddings, new baby
and anything else you may wish to celebrate. I decided to make a matchbox
style box with the tags folding out of the box on both sides of the base.
I do hope you enjoy looking at this project in the various stages, and
hopefully will be inspired to come up with your own variation on this
idea.
Hugs Sylvia H <^..^> |
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Matchbox Tags and Quotes |
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On the left is the part of the matchbox
that slides over the base, the lines were scored before I decorated the
outside of the box using the direct to paper method. The grey area on
the right of the image is a mask to avoid this part being coloured with
the ink, by doing this it enables the double-sided tape to stick well. |
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| The picture on the right is the
base, scored equally from the edge on all sides leaving a base to suite
whatever tag size you use. Mask the four corners after cutting out the
v sections and decorate both sides. The outside I decorated using direct
to paper and on the inside I stamped a large flower and stippled it to
add some colour |
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To the left are the tags after being
coloured using the direct to paper method |
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| Stamp the tags using various inks
and stamp images. When all the large tags are stamped make some smaller
tags to accommodate the quote you wish to use. Then fasten the small tag
to the large tag using a small brad, this will allow the small tag to
open out, thus allowing the larger tag to be viewed fully. |
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Once the matchbox sleeve is stamped
and assembled I then had fun looking in my stash of embellishments to
decide what to use to embellish the front |
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| The above two pictures are views
of the tags on the left and the right of the matchbox base. I used strips
of scored and folded card attached to the back of the tags, and then attached
the ends of the strips to the inside of the box to allow the tags to be
folded out |
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