The new Diamond Art Freestyle program by Leisure Arts lets crafters buy gems individually to get exactly the colors you want. They have over 400 colors of gems, including metallics, aurora borealis, neon, and even glow-in-the-dark. (Affiliate links here and throughout the post.) With all the colors of sparkly gems available and two different adhesives that work on practically any surface, you can now create any design you can dream up. Today I'm sharing ideas for gift tags. First up, flowers. Scroll down further to see the instructions for the monogram tag.
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Diamond Art Flower Tag
Materials:
- plain tag
- Folk Art acrylic paint
- Flower punch
- Freestyle sandwich adhesive
- Freestyle gems
- Dotz Stick Freestyle adhesive
- embroidery floss
Steps:
Paint the tag and let it dry completely. Use the punch to cut flowers from the sandwich adhesive. Remove the white side of the adhesive and stick the flowers to the tag. Then remove the clear lining from one flower and start dotting. In this photo, you can see one completed flower. The second flower still has the clear lining on it.
When the second flower is complete, use the liquid adhesive to draw leaves and vines on the tag. Let the adhesive dry until clear, approximately 15 minutes. Dot the leaves and vines. Finally, add embroidery floss to the top of the tag.
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Diamond Art Monogram Tag
Materials:
- plain tag
- Folk Art acrylic paint
- Plaid Wood Letters
- Dotz Stick Freestyle adhesive
- Freestyle gems
- Supertite glue
- embroidery floss
Steps:
Add gems to the monogram. Glue it to the tag with Supertite, then add dots of adhesive randomly on the tag. Wait until the adhesive is clear, then add gems. Tie a loop of embroidery floss to the tag.
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For more ideas for using gems, check out all of my Diamond Art ideas! There is truly no limit to how you can use these.
These are so cute!
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