I love bunting and I love making my own gift tags and I wanted to share a way of making your own simple stamp to decorate gift tags which I originally saw on pinterest. We seem to have a glut of pencils, the type with a rubber on the end.
I took one of these and, using a scalpel, cut three sides of the rubber away to leave a bunting shape.
This can then be used on an ink pad to create your own small garland of bunting on a piece of card.
To finish, punch a hole in your gift tag and thread with colourful bakers’ twine or ribbon.
This is such a straight-forward craft and you probably have everything you need so it’s cheap too! If you don’t have an old pencil lying around you could also try this with a cork or even a potato for a larger triangular flag.
20 Comments
Faith Hope and Charity Shopping
September 22, 2011 at 7:47 amI think I pinned that off Pinterest too! It is very effective.
Marilyn
September 22, 2011 at 11:01 amWow – so creative. I love it.. Found ya on hop/linky party, officially following with smiles.. Great blog you have here & I can’t wait to read more.. I’m Marilyn from – hope you can stop in sometime.. :)) TY
mummiafelice
September 22, 2011 at 1:22 pmHow fab is that!!! Great idea!!! Love it!
Thanks so much for linking up to Handmade Thursday x
Sharon
September 22, 2011 at 4:53 pmWhat a fab idea!!
emma tustian
September 22, 2011 at 8:06 pmThat’s a great idea…hops off to repin the idea!
Annie
September 23, 2011 at 7:47 amLove it !
Wendy
September 26, 2011 at 8:35 pmIt’s a brilliant idea, and would be good to keep kids amused too x
Butterfly Blossom
September 26, 2011 at 8:42 pmThis is a brilliant idea that I never would have thought of doing – thank you so much for sharing!!
Adaliza
September 26, 2011 at 10:39 pmSimple ideas are definitely the best. That really works – thanks for sharing it.
Jill
September 26, 2011 at 11:57 pmThis looks really good and I will definitely give it a try.
Jill
redneedle
September 27, 2011 at 9:16 amIngenious use of the rubber pencil and a great effect – well done
Polly Polkadot
September 27, 2011 at 11:34 amso simple and effective – Thanks!
Anna
September 27, 2011 at 9:30 pmGenius! Thanks for sharing! Anna x
Jan @ Handcrafted by Picto
September 29, 2011 at 9:21 pmA great idea and really effective, thank you for sharing.
Jan x
abi hunter
April 11, 2012 at 8:44 amgreat idea! i had a go myself and i loved the effect. I tried adding some string as well but i think maybe they work better on their own pictures here http://abimakes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/bunting-stamp.html
jenny
April 11, 2012 at 2:35 pmSuch a great little stamp! Thanks for visiting.
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