Here’s another thing that I’ve done with the Stampin’  Up! Larger than Life stamp set – gift tags. This will be the last Christmassy themed post for now; apparently I couldn’t just quit them cold turkey. Last, that is, until the Merry Monday challenges start up again next month!

My paternal grandparents used to give us money for Christmas and when we were small, our parents would spend it for us. To ensure that there was something to unwrap, my grandparents would buy what they called “under the tree” presents. We’ve continued that tradition, getting small Santa presents for each other – usually masterminded by my sister and myself. We had some Santa tags that we’ve used for years that originally came from Crate & Barrel; amazingly we’ve managed to keep the full set rather than losing some to the pile of wrapping paper that gets recycled. This year, whilst I was making gift tags, I decided to make some new Santa tags.

My sister Caro had mentioned that she was using the Larger Than Life set to make some monogrammed tags and I decided to go the same way. But rather than having a “from” on the back, I turned to the Embellished Events stamp set.

Doesn’t this just yell “from Santa”?! They are real red on whisper white and then matted on more real red. I didn’t have any real red ribbon but the cherry cobbler baker’s twine seemed to work rather well.

In case you’re wondering why there isn’t a C tag, my sister Caro didn’t celebrate Christmas with us this year (it was the in-laws’ year) but she has already checked that I’m intending on make her a C tag for next year and a B for Ben. Absolutely.