January 31, 2003, Newsletter Issue #114: Using Tags on Your Layouts

Tip of the Week

Make your own Tags:
*****COLUZZLE tag template****** With this template you get 3 styles of tags in 3 different sizes! Coluzzles make it very easy to cut out your tags! No tracing required! Plus it is all compact and easy to organize!

To veiw the coluzzle tag template visit this website.
http://michelle.leavingprints.us/product-detail.asp?id=669§ion=35

Using Tags:
Once you have selected a tag for your page you can decorate it any way you want to coordinate perfectly with your theme or color scheme. I often use tags when I can¡¦t think of anything else to use on a page, but just know it needs something.

Journaling
Titles
Decoration
To mount acidic items to keep the acid from spreading on your pages.
Other Craft Projects
Photo Matte Tag

Reinforcements for the tag hole:
*Eyelets
*Make your own with cardstock, small circle punch and regular hole punch for the center.
*Regular paper reinforcements can be purchased from office supply store.
*Use buttons or any circular object.
*Any shape with a circle in it. Like a punched star shape with a small hole punched in the center.

Ties for Tags:
*Cotton string
*Ribbon
*Jute
*Waxed Twine
*Thread
*Cardstock Ties
*Yarn






Directions for making your tags:
1. Decide on a theme. Keep it simple and specific. Sometimes theme is dictated by either the album page
you are making.

2. Decide on a color scheme- Colors can be pulled from photos, the paper or the sticker set you have on hand, or the general theme itself.

3. Create your `base` tag.

3. Place reinforcement or eyelets in your top hole if you are using them.

4. Decorate your tag.

5. Add the fibers to the hole on top.

6. Add the tag to your page!

Hang them from the photos, hang them from a border, or hang them in each of the 4 corners on a page.

Other Ideas:

„h I have seen tags made into cute shaker boxes
„h You can turn large die cuts into tags also by just adding a hole and eyelet at the top of the die cut. If you have two die cuts identical, stack them, cut out the center of one and make a shaker box tag!
„h Use die cuts or stickers on tags. Matting a diecut or sticker with a tag background gives `body` to the sticker and grounds it on the page.

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