Scrapbooking 101: Hand-made Title Tags

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I love these photos of Seth that I took at Seal Harbor Beach last fall on our vacation to Maine. I also love the way this page turned out, probably because of it’s simplicity….perfect for a masculine theme. I stamped the little fish image from our retired Very Punny stamp set on the right side of the Night of Navy cardstock piece and then stamped it again on the handmade tag. I pierced a double line of holes on the left side of my page and added faux X stitches to the top with my White Gel Pen. To keep the continuity, I added pierced holes around the small “B” embellishment at the bottom of my page as well as on the Kraft photo corner.

Hand-made Title Tags:


The beauty of using a hand-made tag, especially for your title, is that you can customize it. Store-bought tags are fine but you’re limited in size (both length & width), style, & color. For this tag, I started with a piece of Kraft cardstock to match my page and cut it to a size that fit the area where I wanted it to go. Next, I cut the corners at an angle so it would resemble a tag & then added a knotted piece of ribbon tied to the top. Our Tag Corner punch makes these tag corners in a snap. I stamped the word “BOY” for part of my title and then wrote the “All” by hand. To tie in with the rest of the page, I stamped the fish image on my tag as well. My tag still looked a little plain, so I added some stitch lines with my White Gel Pen to jazz it up.



Stamp sets: pure & simple alphabet, very punny; Inks: night of navy, chocolate chip; Cardstock: summer sun, night of navy, kraft, whisper white; Embellishments: night of navy 1/4” grosgrain ribbon, white gel pen; Tools: mat pack, paper piercer, slot punch, photo corner punch, tag corner punch, circle punch

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