How to Make a Vintage Scrapbook Tag

Create your own vintage scrapbook tag from patterned paper or a stamp, ink and card stock.

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Scrapbooks include a variety of embellishments to enhance layouts and pages. Tags add versatility and eye-pleasing dimensional interest to your page. Tags can be a purely decorative touch, although you can also journal on them or layer them with other embellishments, such as stickers, buttons and brads. Vintage tags provide an aged look to your scrapbook pages, perfect for little girl's pages, weddings, or heritage photos. While you can buy premade, vintage scrapbook tags, you can also make your own.

Related Searches:Difficulty:Moderately EasyInstructions Things You'll NeedTag template (See Resources)White or ivory card stockVintage stamps with words, script, lines or a random bubble designDistressed ink in one to three shadesVintage embellishments such as papers, stickers, buttons, flowers, paint or punches (optional)Adhesive of choiceBradHole punch (optional)Ribbon (optional)Suggest Edits1

Cut your tag from card stock using the tag template. You can also hand-cut a tag or use a die cut machine if you wish.

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Age the entire tag with distress inks as desired. Rub a lighter shade, such as antique ivory, all over the tag. Apply a darker shade, such as tea stain, around the outside of the tag. Edge the tag all around with your darkest shade, like walnut ink.

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Stamp vintage image onto the entire tag with walnut ink shade to create the background and visual depth.

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Add vintage embellishments as desired. If you add any papers, age them with inks in a similar way so they also have a vintage feel to them.

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Attach the tag to your scrapbook layout using a vintage-colored brad, such as antique gold or copper. Or using the hole punch, punch a hole at the top of the tag. Thread a vintage ribbon through and tie. You can also age ribbon with vintage inks as well.

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Use other ink colors, such as dusty rose or smoky blue for an antique effect for baby girl or baby boy pages. Ink-coordinating card stock and any additional paper embellishments to unify the entire layout.

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