Fun tags to make for Halloween!

Halloween Tags

Last year I posted about how to make Black Potion Bottles. They are super easy to make – and cheap! These were made with dollar store containers. Anyway, I did make some ragged looking tags for more of a spooky twist, you can check them out here. But after a little while I decided I wanted to make more fun – and colorful – tags to go with these jars.

Candy Tag

Supplies Used:

• Stampin’Up! Tags Tags Tags stamp set and coordinating dies
• Sizzix thinlits – Jim Holtz Stacked Baroque Dies
• Stickles
• Black ink
• Cardstock: orange, green, yellow, tan
• Scrap Halloween paper
• Bakers Twine

How To:

• Stamp ‘it’s all about the candy’ stamp or cream cardstock, cut out with coordinating die and edge with black marker.
• Cut out 2 jack-o’-lanterns out of scrap piece of orange cardstock.
• Cut 2 small yellow circles out, glue to back of orange jack-o’-lanterns.
• Cut Baroque die out of scrap piece of Halloween paper, edge with black marker.
• Cut piece of green cardstock 1×3 inches. Notch ends.
• Cut 1 1/2 inch circle and punch 2 holes in it. Thread bakers twine through the holes and clue circle to the back of the Halloween paper.
• Using foam dots attach the green cardstock. Use Stickles to make glitter lines on the green.
• Using foam dots, attach the It’s all about the candy die cut and attach the 2-orange jack-o’-lanterns.

October 31st Tag

Supplies Used:

• Stampin’Up! Festive Post stamp set and coordinating punch
• Scrap piece of Halloween paper
• Cardstock: tan, orange
• Ink: orange
• Bakers Twine

How To:

• Cut a piece of scrap Halloween paper to 1 3/4 x 3. Notch ends, edge in black, and punch 2 small holes in middle of paper. Thread bakers’ twine thru.
• Stamp diagonal lines onto piece of scrap orange cardstock, punch out with postage stamp punch.
• Using foam dots attach orange to Halloween paper.
• Stamp October 31stamp onto scrap piece of cream in orange, cut out slightly larger then image. Edge with green marker.
• Using foam dots attach October 31 piece on top of orange piece.

Boo Tag

Supplies Used:

• Stampin’Up! Warm Hearted stamp set
• Cardstock: white
• Scrap pieces of Halloween Cardstock
• Ink: black, orange
• 1/2-inch green ribbon
• 2 inch circle die
• 2 1/2-inch scallop circle die
• Green Liquid pearls

How To:

• Stamp Boo stamp in Black ink on cream cardstock. Stamp shading in orange. Cut out with 2 inch circle die.
• Cut 2 scallop circles out of purple Halloween paper. Slip thru crimper, and glue together.
• Cut 2 x 4 1/2 inch piece of Halloween paper for base (Mine had chevrons on it and I cut with the design to give interest.), edge with green marker. Punch hole at top and add baker’s twine.
• Cut 7 inch piece of green ribbon and adhere to base. Using foam dots add 2 scalloped circles.
• Using foam dots adhere the stamped circle.
• Using green Liquid Pearls add ‘dots’ around circle on edge.

-Dawn