Hello everyone!
A busy person who happens to also be a crafter…is…well…busy! Meaning sometimes there is no time to craft. Sometimes though, there’s a 10 minute window.
This tag, is for that 10 minute window.
The YouTube tutorial can be found here: Make a tag in 10 minutes! -- A 10 min Craft video
But just in case, here’s the written version!
Enjoy!
The first step, is to gather materials:
Ephemera
String
Book pages (about 5 or 6)
Glue
Gesso
Crop-a-dile or something similar
Eyelets
Sewing machine
Scissors
Stamp
Stamp pad
Washi tape
Just a few things to make a quickie tag!
Step two:
Sew the 5 or so book pages together in a small square using the sewing machine.
Bundle the book pages all together, and sew a small square.
So that it looks like this:
About 5 book pages sewn together.
Step three:
Cut out the square
Cut out the square.
Step four:
Glue some ephemera and add some washi tape.
In this case, I just added a piece of torn book page (from a different book. You can see that it’s darker than the pages used to make the main tag part). Then I added a bit of washi tape.
Add some elements to your tag.
Step five:
Stamp on an image.
Here I used a small dragonfly stamp and archival black ink.
Stamp on an image.
Step six:
Punch a hole at the top and add an eyelet.
Punch a hole and add an eyelet
Step seven:
Use some string (which is what I used) or ribbon and thread it through the eyelet, then tie off.
Thread some string through the eyelet.
Step eight (final step):
Add some gesso on the back to create a blank space for writing on.
Add some gesso on the back of the tag.
And that’s it! You’re done! Woo hoo!
A tag made in ten minutes!
I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial! Let me know what you think, and how it went for you! Feel free to send me pictures of your tags too! That’d be awesome and I’ll share it in the blog!
Now get back out there and do whatever it is that you had a ten minute break from with renewed vigor and satisfaction!
Cheers!