Hanukkah is about to start and I’ve got a few quick and easy gift ideas to help you celebrate the holiday.  First up a gift tag.

I started with two blue Faber Castel gelatos, coloring a piece of white card stock and then spritzing with water.  Once the paper is dry I cut a section with a tag die. I took a 6″ strip of white silk and wrapped it around the tag several times.  I adhered the ends of the silk to the back of the tag and then die cut out a second tag with cardstock to hide the ribbon ends.  With a circle punch I cut out a 1 3/4″ vellum circle and added a SRM sticker.  I added a double-sided banner die, tucking the second side behind the card and tied the tag onto the package with burlap string.  I wrapped the gift in brown packaging paper and blue textured ribbon.

Next up I decorated a pillow box.  Using the same Faber Castel gelatos I punched a circle punch out of the colored paper and then added a SRM sticker to the top.  To add a bit of blue to my silk ribbon I ran the ribbon through the distress inkpad.  I layered my pillow box with a doily, blue ribbon, & white silk and then a vellum die cut and the top colored circle with a sticker.

Another fun idea is to take a tag and add a photo to the back of the tag.  In the photo on the right my youngest son is playing with a dreidel from our cousin.

And the last two goodies I have to share are a gift cardholder and a card.  Hope these ideas help inspires you.

Blog post by: Erin Thiem

May Arts Ribbon Used:

• AF03 Textured Two Toned Ribbon

• SK01 Silk Ribbon

• SM10 Burlap String

• EX 31 Snowflake Cut Out

• AG 31 Silver Metallic

• 350-58-03 Sheer Ruffle Edge

Partners in Craft Supplies:

• Echo Park For the Record paper
• Spellbinders Label 8

Other Supplies Used:

• Faber Castel gelatos, water spritzer
• EK Success circle punch
• PTI Tag It Sale die, double sided banner die, white and blue card stock, 1 3/4^” limitless layers die
• Vellum
• SRM sticker
• Brown packaging paper
• Doily
• Upcycled pillow box
• The Craft’s Meow Vintage snowflakes
• Rhinestones
• Jenni Bowlin Trendy Mini Papers
• Bowdabra bowmaker
• Tim Holtz distress ink tumbled glass