Is it a Tag, Is it an Ornament... -TeamKNK

Hi there fellow KnK-ers!

Around this time every year I sit down and make a batch of gift tags that will be attached to my Christmas pressies, this year I have designed a bell with a large bow at the top. The cut file is available at the end of the post 🙂

Materials:

My wonderful Zing
Make the Cut software
2 shades of Glitter card stock
Silver Cord
Sparkles

Settings:

Blade = Standard
Blade Height = 25 post-it notes
Offset = 0.30
Speed = 9
Force = 60
Passes = 1

Pic.1. One of the benefits of having my Zing is being able to control the size of my projects, with some careful placement in Make the Cut, I managed to cut 8 tags from each sheet of A4 card:

Pic.2. Here are all of the pieces needed for one tag, I cut the larger bell and bow pieces in the darker shade of glitter card and the smaller pieces in the lighter shade as these will be towards the front. The colour difference will help with the illusion of dimension, that’s the idea anyway ;). As my glitter card doesn’t have a smooth reverse to write on, I cut a second large bell shape from some plain white card to back my tag:

Pic.3. First assemble the bell and bow separately. The smaller bell piece and the ringer are attached to the front of the bell with a strong red liner style tape then the white card is attached to the back of bell. Before I stuck my bow pieces together I gave them some shape, I ran the long edge of a bone folder along each piece to add a gentle curve, a pencil would work well for this step too:

Pic.4. To finish the tag, add some more strong tape (or hot glue) to the middle of the bow and place just beneath the loop on the bell. I added some silver cord to the loop on my tag and popped a sparkle in the middle of the bow:

Pic.5. I made my tags in 3 different colours:

Other uses: The finished tags are so glittery and sparkly that they could easily be used as Christmas ornaments, I would recommend making them double sided if you wanted to use them as hanging tree ornaments so they can spin and be just as pretty on both sides. Alternatively, try making 2 silver bells and placing them side by side with a white bow for your wedding projects.

If you would like to see more projects that I have created with my Zing and access my free cut files you can find my blog here: www.birdscards.com

Here is the Cut File used for today’s project:

Bell & Bow Cut File by Bird

26 thoughts on “Is it a Tag, Is it an Ornament…”

So cute! I’ll use this for sure!

You have done it again. Lovely tags/ornaments. I look forward to making some.

thanks so much…..wonderful file…really pretty bells.

Beautiful bell! I had to make it right away out of some glitter cardstock. It turned out perfect! Thank you!

Bird on October 30, 2013 at 12:58 pm said:

Oh excellent! 🙂

Thank you so much for the beautiful file and project!

Love your work. Thanks for sharing another great project.

How wonderful, thanks, Bird, love these!

Can you tell us which gllitter cardstock you used??

Bird on October 30, 2013 at 12:52 pm said:

It was a pack of 50 pastel glitter A4 sheets from create and craft, the backing isn’t great on it which is why I covered it up with some white card, the backing is a bit thin and papery and caused it to rip in a couple of places too which is why I slowed the speed of the cut down to 9. I have cut other brands of glitter card with a firmer backing before and they cut great, basically I got seduced by the colours in this pack:)

http://www.createandcraft.tv/Pack_of_50_A4_Glitter_Paper_Pad_250gsm_162455.aspx?fh_location=//createandcraft/en_GB/$s=glitter

So cute! Love this! Thank you for sharing

These are great! I think I’ll make these for this years gifts! Have you run into any problems cutting glitter CS with your zing? Does the glitter have an adverse
Effect on the machine? Thanks for shariing your settings. It’s always good to have a place to start test cutting.
Sandy H

Bird on October 30, 2013 at 12:57 pm said:

I’ve not noticed any adverse effects on my Zing but it is a bit of a workhorse so that doesn’t surprise me, although it can dull your blade a little if you are cutting very chunky glitter.

I love how you used the two shades to get a dimensional look to your bells! Those turned out beautiful! Thank you for another great post.

It looks very PRETTY. Another great idea to add to my decoration this year. Thank you sharing the files.

I love your bells, Bird. I was wondering what kind of glitter paper you use that will cut out
on your zing? I love the colors you have chosen and could easily see them as ornaments.

Bird on October 30, 2013 at 12:56 pm said:

I have cut a few kinds of glitter card on my zing with great success, I tend to place the glitter side down on my mat (it needs to be very sticky for this and I use masking tape too if needed) and cut through from the reverse. I’m not sure if it’s in my head or not but it seems to not dull my blade as fast.