One of my favorite tips is to cut multiples of a design whenever using my Silhouette. It saves me so much time in the long run. Not only do I have a ‘second’ shape available if I mess up, but then I have this little arsenal of shapes to use at some other time. If you saw all the things I brought for my time in Kauai, you’ll know what a huge timesaver that was!

Same holds true for boxes and tags. Great to have on hand, not to mention easy to store because you can keep them flat until they are needed. Pretty sweet.

Today the lovely Laura Vegas is sharing a few gift packaging ideas. Great for cutting a few up, stamp a few tags, and just have yourself a little pile.

Take a look at these cute little gifty things.

 

 

 

 

 

Soooo adorable and festive! Cut some bags or boxes, prep some labels, and voila! You can be ready in a pinch. Some really great ideas here!

Here’s Laura to tell us al about them:

Hey everyone, it’s Laura here! When I think of handmade gift packaging, I think of tiny little packages – gift boxes, little treat bags, and envelopes. We don’t exchange too many gifts in my family, but I do find myself gifting gift cards to quite a few people, and these small packages make gifting gift cards so much more fun. 

Kerri has so many awesome cut files for boxes, bags, and envelopes. I started by picking out 3 designs to focus on – Envelope: Tabbed, The Paper Bag, and Gift Box [Square] – and used my Silhouette to die cut each design from Christmas themed patterned paper. Before I assembled them, I used Kerri’s Inked stamp set to add some black ink splatters to my envelope and paper bag. Next, I assembled my little trio of packages. These are all so easy to assemble – just a few folds and a little bit of adhesive. 

I have several sheets of labels that I’ve printed using the Label kit, so I pulled out the black labels and added the “to you from me” phrase to several labels using the Looks Like Christmas stamp set. I also pulled out some older vellum metal rimmed tags from my stash, and added a stamped sentiment/image to three tags – using the Looks Like Christmas stamp set and the Peace On Earth stamp set – picking out sizes that would work on my packages. 

I added a stamped vellum tag to each package, along with a stamped label. I found some older Christmas themed embellishments – metal tags and a velvety leaf – and used them to add a little something extra to each package.