SSS Handmade Holiday Release Tags

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It's release day at Simon Says Stamp!  There are all sorts of fantastic new things in the store, as part of the Handmade Holiday release, including the new dies that I'm showing off today.

I really love making tags, and as soon as I saw these dies I thought they would make perfect, elegant tags.

First I die cut the tags from both white cardstock and a dark green paper.  If you like these tags there are two options for purchase.  The solid tags shown in the picture above are part of the Suzy's Holiday Tags and Dies set which includes the dies as well as 12 sheets of Suzy Plantamura's illustrations printed on TH watercolor paper.  The other option is to purchase the tags separately - the Large Rounded and Large Standard dies which are an open rather than solid tag.  

Anyway, the next step was to cut the Etched Delicate Frond and Etched Berry Branch dies twice from white cardstock.  The two die cuts were layered on top of each other for some extra dimension, and then adhered to the tag die cut.  Once dry, the excess portions of the die were trimmed off.

I thought about adding sentiments to the tags, but I really love the CAS look, and leaving them 'blank' allows me to use them for any occasion.  

These were really very easy to put together.  I'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration, but in the meantime be sure to head over to Simon to check out the entire release.