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TGIF peeps! Did you know that every Friday JustRite issues a fun challenge? The challenge is issued each Friday and then you have til the next Thursday to upload your project. Winners get a prize! Check out the JustRite blog each Friday for the weekly challenge. Today's challenge is all about tags. Any kind of tags, any kind of project using JR stamps.

For my project, I made these cute circle tags using Stitched with Love Borders & Centers stamp set. It's got the cutest sewing themed images and borders. I chose the little patchwork heart and paper pieced the centers with some Fancy Pants patterned papers. The tags were created by simply punching out circles. I finished them off with tied buttons and some ribbon stapled to the tops with my tiny Tim stapler.
Tags are so fun because you can use them on any project. My tags would be super cute on little gift sacks or a scrapbook page but I decided to use them on cards. I simply LOVE this card design below. In my notes, I had jotted down that it was a layout from a Stampin' Up! catalog.
I started my cards with PTI Kraft cardstock and Fancy Pants patterned paper. I stamped the Dots and Flowers background stamp from Hero Arts on my Kraft cardstock with Fresh Snow ink.
Then the really fun part came into play. I punched circles and cut scallops....tied ribbon....colored the hearts with Copics. So much fun!

Next up, I devised a strip to sew all of the punched circles to. By sewing the circles to this strip of cardstock, I was was able to keep everything in line and then simply attach the strip to my card. This also gives the look of stitching on the front of my card but without the stitches showing on the inside of my card. I cut my strips to 5-1/2" wide, adhered the circles and then stitched. After I adhered the circles strip to my card front, I then adhered my JustRite circle tags to where the blank spot is with pop dots.

From this view, you can see that I curled the circle edges of the circles up a bit to add more dimension to my cards.
A nice little stash....oh, how I love to see a little finished pile of cards.

Hope you get a chance to play along with the challenge. Also, check out this sale going on now at JustRite...20% off all month on the 1-5/8" products.