Tag Box

My daughter had to have emergency surgery last week (she’s fine… and luckily the appendix is not a vital organ). But in my worried state I needed to keep my hands busy so I decided to make her some gift card tag folders. One thing led to another and next thing I knew, I was making a box to hold the tags. It was one of those nights…

I bought some Grafix Rub-Onz film probably a year ago and decided it was high time to use it. I laid a nameplate out in Illustrator using the Duetica Piper font. Duetica is a cool on-line lettering system that you can subscribe to. The software allows you to test out many versions of each letter so you can customize the word or phrase to look just how you want it. When we were working on Jess’s wedding invitations, this was one of the fonts that she liked so I used it here. The red, white and blue color theme reflects her job- she’s a LTJG in the Coast Guard.

You will need:

access to Duetica fonts
Sizzix Big Shot die cut machine
ScoreBoard Notebook Pocket die (on sale for $15.99!)
3 sheets of 6″ x 13″ matboard
red half pearls
ribbon
3 tags- 6 1/4″ x 3 1/8″
kraft paper
embossing folders (I’ve used one of my brand new sets coming out in December)
Distress ink pad- Lipstick
stencil brush

Box:

1. Cut out three Notebook Pocket dies from the red, white and blue matboard pieces in the Big Shot machine. Assemble each box.
2. Lay out a background design in your photo-editing software. Import the text you have selected from the Duetica site and insert in the design. 
3. Following directions, print label (or desired graphic) on Rub Onz film. You will have to print in mirror image mode for designs with text.
4. Rub image onto box! It worked- so cool!
5. Stack three boxes together. Run a line of double sided tape down the back of the ribbon, then wrap around the bottom of the stack of boxes, keeping them even. Wrap a strip of kraft paper around the top and tape in place.
6. Sew a paper ruffle on your sewing machine. Crumple and adhere to the kraft paper strip.
7. Slip a paper handle down each side and fold up. Adhere to strip. Cover strip with adhesive backed ribbon
8. Add adhesive pearls to finish off!

Tags:

1. Emboss bottom of tag using Textured Impressions borders. Score at 1 3/4″ from bottom.
2. Run thin line of double sided tape down both sides of the shorter flap. Fold up to make a pocket.
3. Rub ink over embossed sentiment with stencil brush.
4. Add ribbon to top of tag.
5. Insert gift card tag in each box.

Write your message on the back of the folder, insert your gift card and present it to your neighbor and thank them for picking your paper up while you have been away on vacation, for your babysitter, caregiver or teacher. These are so handy! Make a bunch of them to give as gifts or to use yourself.

Feel better Jess! Love you…