December Pocket Tag

  My apologies for this late newsletter posting but life has been exceptionally busy. Happy to announce that the new art is finally here for the last in the Pocket Tag series. I hope everyone has been enjoying following along and making these tags. So exciting to look back at all of the Pocket Tag […]

Summer Pocket Tag

Ahhh Summer! I love the long days here in the northern hemisphere. June is also the month we celebrate Dads so my free, newsletter Pocket Tag art includes a bit of summer sunshine and something for Dads. Pocket Tags are part of my monthly newsletter where I offer free, downloadable calendars and illustrations to embellish […]

Mother’s Day Pocket Tag

My latest Pocket Tag freebie art is now available through my newsletter. This month it is about celebrating Mother’s Day, birthdays and even Cinco de Mayo. The fun part is that you can mix and match pieces from each month’s free art to create so many variations. Make each tag, fill the pockets with memorabilia […]

Pocket Tag Mini Album – April

If you haven’t signed up for my newsletter yet {link in the menu, top right} you’re missing out on making these fun Pocket Tag Mini Albums each month. In my newsletter you will find free ideas and inspiration to create these fun little pocket tags that make a mini album for the year. They all […]

Easy Holiday Gift Card Tag

If you have friends and family members that are hard to shop for on your gift list this season then here’s an easy solution. How about a gift tag that holds a gift card? The tag is created by layering a die cut slotted tag on top of a solid tag and then inserting a […]

Fourth of July Mini Bow

Happy Fourth of July! I wanted to share this simple project to celebrate this American holiday. The simple red, white and blue bow is created using my Paper Clippables die set by Sizzix. I love using washi tape to create the bow because the patterns are small enough to look nice at this scale. Since […]

Christmas Tag with Free Printable Calendar

When I designed my new Picture This! Collection of stamps and dies, one thing that I really wanted was a tag die that was just the right size. It had to be large enough to hold an Instax Mini photo but it had to be small enough to not over power the size of the […]

Father’s Day Gift Tag

Welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection project for June. This month’s theme is Father’s Day or Fourth of July. I chose to do a quick and easy gift tag for Father’s Day using my Mini Photo Embellishing dies by Sizzix. This post contains Affiliate Links. See details posted above.   I started with some vintage […]

Hipster Santa Christmas Tags – DCC December Link up

Welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection December link up. What started off as a fun, offbeat project for my December DCC post combining several shapes from my Sizzix Mini Photo Embellishing die collection turned into a great make ‘n take at the recent Sizzix Maker Faire. I started by cutting the kraft paper tag shape using […]

Gel Press Christmas Tag – DCC Blog Hop

Welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection {DCC} September Blog Hop sponsored by Gel Press. Disclaimer: I received the Gel Press plate to create this project but all opinions are my own. Also featured are my Mini Instant Photo embellishing dies from Sizzix available in October. These are a line of craft dies that cut frames, banners, booklets, […]