I hope you’re all ahead of me on your Christmas preparations! I have a grand total of one single present bought so far… and that’s socks! Luckily, online shopping will probably save the day. And because I’d much rather be playing in Photoshop than going anywhere near actual brick-and-mortar stores… I have used that time to make some fun gift tags, instead!
For the samples you see below, I have used the gorgeous Dear Santa kit by Anita Designs and Elif Sahin… which goes wonderfully with my wrapping paper and Christmas decor (even though both the paper and decor are still firmly inside their boxes!).
I’m absolutely in awe of the hybrid creations that I see popping up on the blog and around the site, but I’m pretty sure I would literally glue my hands to something if I tried to replicate these things… and let’s be realistic: it’s Christmas and sometimes things need to be easy. Therefore, all I’ve done is create the tags digitally and then print them. I don’t actually have a colour printer, so I used a 4 x 6 (photo paper) sized document to make it nice and easy to print the tags at a local store. One thing I would recommend if you’re used to working on 12 x 12 canvas is to keep your shadows small so they don’t look weird. Or, you can also work at your normal size and crop later.
Once I had the actual physical print in hand… I simply cut the tags down to size, added a hole, and threaded some bakers twine through. And, voila — fun tags for the kids to discover on the gifts under the tree!
Give it a try and then come show-off your creations in the TDP gallery! I’d love to see the end result if you make something similar… even if you out-hybrid me and stick on some more layers!
About the Author Jude is part of the creative team here at The Digital Press. She lives in the UK with her husband and two fantastic girls. She loves traveling, and would be off in her campervan every weekend if she could get away with it. She loves time spent exploring new places and trying new experiences (and photographing them!). She also spends too much time on the computer, and still doesn’t go running as often as she says she’s going to.