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.
I think I pinned that off Pinterest too! It is very effective.
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How fab is that!!! Great idea!!! Love it!
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What a fab idea!!
That’s a great idea…hops off to repin the idea!
Love it !
It’s a brilliant idea, and would be good to keep kids amused too x
This is a brilliant idea that I never would have thought of doing – thank you so much for sharing!!
Simple ideas are definitely the best. That really works – thanks for sharing it.
This looks really good and I will definitely give it a try.
Jill
Ingenious use of the rubber pencil and a great effect – well done
so simple and effective – Thanks!
Genius! Thanks for sharing! Anna x
A great idea and really effective, thank you for sharing.
Jan x
great 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
Such a great little stamp! Thanks for visiting.