With thoughts of chocolate and love in the air, I wanted to give a little bit to my lovely roommates. I mean who doesn't love chocolate and a cute hedgehog?! These tags began when I opened up my new distress ink mini kit #15. I knew I wanted to play with the beautiful red in the set and Valentine's Day was the perfect excuse to get a bit inky! I used my ink blender tool on some 7 Gypsies tags to get an ombre effect.


Once I had a solid red ombre I moved on to a little bit of stamping. I wanted a subtle pattern on the background of the tag without adding a lot of texture. I decided to use one of my Studio G stamps that said XOXO on it. I stamped this in the same distress ink I used on the background. My stamping adventure continues on these tags and I use the Lawn Fawn set called Hedgehugs. A super cute mini set that is definitely a need! I stamped all of these stamps in Memento black ink.


To give my tag a little more dimension, I stamped the sentiment on some white cardstock. I put it up on foam to give dimension and added some flag endings. At first, I didn't like the way the sentiments stuck out at the ends, but it's growing on me. Even with this dimension, the tags still felt a little bit flat. To finish them off, I added a couple clear sequins from Darice to add shine and pizzazz.


 I also wanted to add some softer textures. I dug through my stash and found this Halloween pom pom trim and thought it was perfect! I added a small strand of this to the bottoms of each tag. It adds just the right amount of frill to the tags.


To bring it all together, I packaged up a couple of lip shaped chocolates into some plain ole lunch bags. Of course, I couldn't just leave them plain, so I stapled my tags and a doily on top for the perfect Valentine's day gift! I hope you enjoyed this fun DIY tag/gift! Thanks for stopping by!