Hello crafty friends, welcome to the My Favorite Things July Creative Construction with Blueprints Challenge!
With five different Tag Builder Blueprints in our ever-expanding collection, as well as the numerous tags included in our traditional Blueprints series, constructing tags to adorn birthday cards and gifts has never been easier. This month, we challenged the team to craft tags designed to celebrate the occasion we all love to craft for with designs that will be as cherished as the gift itself.
Here is what I came up with:
I often, and unexpectedly, give my friends some homemade cupcakes with handmade tags and they say “It’s like my birthday today. I love your cupcakes but your tag is far more precious!” :D I believe our little gift tags can make someone’s day!!
For today’s tags, I die cut the stitched rectangle tags from cold press watercolour paper using the Tag Builder Blueprints 4 Die-namics first, and then I made my own floral backgrounds with several flower stamp sets, added the word die cuts on them.
For my first tag, I used the Sketched Blooms and Desert Bouquet stamp sets to make the floral background and the word “thanks” I used the Thanks & Hello Die-namics.
For my second tag, I used the Modern Blooms and Mini Modern Blooms stamp sets to make the floral background and the word “hello” I also used the Thanks & Hello Die-namics.
Make sure to head over to the MFT blog today for more great projects from the design team for this months challenge.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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Are you ready to see? OK! Let’s dive right in!!
I made a watercolour card with the 
I just love the fine-lined flower die cuts on the watercoloured background!! I used the 
This Christmas card was much loved by many “crafty” people! I used the emboss resist stamping technique, one of my faves, in this card. I used the 
Love the delightful colour combinations!! I used the 
As many of you know, I LOVE making watercolour cards and loose watercolour painting is definitely one of my favourite techniques!! For this card, I used the 
Birthday balloon always makes me happy and gives me hope! And the 
I used masking paper to create a one layer card. The 
Here is another loose watercolour card from me! the 
After I’ve finished it, I said to myself, “well done!!” :D I used the 
A watercolour flower card with the 
To start, I stamped the 
To mount the A2 stamped panel on white card base, I used the 
To add the flowers and leaves on the card front, I used the 
And I used the Black 3D Foam Squares to adhere the black sentiment banner on top of the card. Black foam tape, it’s a proper use of black sentiment banner.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a fabulous day!!
To start, I placed a circle die on an A2 sized watercolour paper panel, then traced a circle very lightly with a pencil (or mechanical pencil).
Next, I stamped the leaf from the 
I then basically coloured them with Distress markers and 
I added more colours and more water! Because I wanted to have a more subtle watercolour effect!! I ripped out the bottom of the panel, inked the edges of it with 
Here is another card with the same design on kraft base. I stamped the leaf along the circle line using 
For my first card, I created a watercolour butterfly card with the Butterfly Notes stamp set – it is one of my favourites in the Lovely Notes Collection. First I stamped the large sized butterfly from the Butterfly Notes set on an A2 sized cold press watercolour paper panel with Distress inks: (from the top) Dried Marigold, Tumbled Glass, Victorian Velvet. I then added more colours to each butterfly with Distress inks using a wet paint brush:
For my second card, I used the Lovely Flowers and Handpainted Thanks (designed by Neat & Tangled) stamp sets. To start, I randomly stamped the flowers and leaves from the Lovely Flowers set on an A2 sized white paper panel with MFT hybrid inks using the Mini MISTI stamping tool. I then added some opaque white ink splatters over the stamped images. Next, I stamped the sentiments on the bottom left corner of the stamped panel using VersaFine Onyx Black – “thanks” from the (Neat & Tangled) Handpainted Thanks stamp set and “You Made My Day” from the Butterfly Notes set. Once the panel was dry, I mounted it on white card base using double-side tape, then added some clear droplets on the stamped flowers using Ranger Glossy Accents.
For my last card, I used the Wonderful Wreath stamp set. To start, I created my own background with the musical notes – I stamped them on white paper panel in Altenew Evening Gray dye ink. For my focal panel, I die cut from watercolour paper using the banner die in the Lovely Flowers die set first, and then stamped the leaf wreath from the Wonderful Wreath set on it with Altenew Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades dye inks. I also prepared the birds, fruits, pine cones for decorating the wreath. I mounted all elements as shown to an A2 sized white card base using dimensional foam tape, then embellished with a few PPP clear sequins.
Hmm, it looks like a Christmas card, don’t you think? :D
