 Γεια σας! Είμαι η Βικη και είμαι σήμερα με ένα καλύτερο προγένειο που θα κάνω τρεις τάξεις χρησιμοποιώντας. Απίσης αυτή η τάξη, αυτή είναι από τα πιο καλύτερες πράγματα, είναι από τη λεπτυξη της εργασίας και είναι called Cross Stitch Tag. Τώρα, as you can see, there is that grid with all those dots that you can cut out or you can separate it from the tag and you can place it on pretty much any shape you like. So first of all, I'm going to cut it out as it is and I'm going to create three different cards, one out of red cardstock, one out of white and one out of craft colored cardstock. So here are my tags ready to go. You can of course go online and find your favorite design and start stitching, but if you go to the official website of my favorite things, you will find some images there, perfect for Christmas. And some of the proposed designs are perfect for winter tags, so maybe for a winter birthday just like this owl here. Now I'm going to show you for the first tag how you can do it the lazy way. So instead of stitching, I'm going to do full stitching and I will be using these gel pens and just transfer that design on my tag. So I looked through my colors and decided which colors I'm going to use for my owl. And I'm actually going to use the exact same colors as the one that is sketched here. So we'll start transferring the design. Now I'm using these specific gel pens just because they are shiny, they have glitter on them. And since this tag is going to be quite simple, it's not going to have any texture. Since I'm not using a floss or any type of thread, I decided to add a touch of shine at least. So all I'm doing is creating my axis, changing my gel pens as I need, and I will end up having a beautiful design at the end that is going to look as if it is stitched if you look at it from far away. Now the truth is that when you hold them they are not as beautiful as the real stitched ones, but you do get the same feeling and I think it's a great way if you are in a hurry. I'm going to do all the stitching first and then at the end of the video I'm going to turn them into proper tags. So I have moved on to the second tag for now, the red one. And for that I'm going to stitch the snowflake with white thread. And again this is one of the designs that you can download for the official My Favorite Things website. So I'm just following the pattern there. And here is the finished look. It has quite of a texture and it's quite dimensional. And instead of using soft floss I end up using this white thread that I had that was perfect for helping that snowflake stand out and get the background. Now I'm not going to stitch the rest of the grid there, just because I'm lazy. You can go ahead and stitch that with red floss, but I thought that it wasn't necessary. Now from my last tag I'm going to follow the reindeer pattern here. Again from the proposed ones by My Favorite Things. And I'm going to change him up a bit and I'm going to turn him into Rudolph. So as I'm stitching I'm going to leave an empty square there so that I can go back later with my red floss and fill in the gap. And there I have Rudolph. And again for this tag just like with the snowflake one I'm not going to fill in the rest of the tag with a background color because it's going to take me forever and I don't have time for that. But you can totally go ahead and watch a movie and stitch as much as your heart desires. So now I'm going to turn them into proper gift tags. So I'm going to remove the inside grid from this tag so that I can cut it out without the grid. This way I will have a backing for the tags that I already have and this is going to provide the best way to cover up the mess from the stitching at the back of your tags. Now the first tag that I have with the owl doesn't have any ugly backing since I didn't stitch anything actually. But I am going to back it with this blue cardstock and it is going to provide a nice background. You will be able to see that blue cardstock coming through the holes at the front and it is going to help that owl stand out a little bit more. Now at the back of course you can write down to and from and I have also cut out a few more pieces to embellish my tag a little bit more. I'm sticking to white and blue as a color combination and I'm trying to keep this tag quite neutral so that I can give it as a gift tag to any winter birthday so it doesn't have to be just Christmas. And I'm going to finish off my tag by threading some white string through that slit at the top. Now I'm going to work on the red tag and I have cut out a few pieces to embellish it a little bit more. I am going for red and white here so I have added that top part out of white cardstock and now I'm sticking down that reinforcement that I have cut out of red cardstock and I need to cover up the back and for that I need to use some strong adhesive so I'm using this double sided tape around the back. The back is quite dimensional so you need to make sure that these two tags are going to bond nicely together so make sure that you use something strong like a double sided tape adhesive or any strong white glue around the perimeter of your tag. To finish off my card just because this is going to end up as a Christmas gift tag that I am going to put with a present underneath my tree I decided to embellish it a little bit more and add those jingle bells. I am using this red floss and I am going to thread it through the slit and remember these are tags that you cannot easily must produce so you need to give them to someone special who is going to appreciate all that handmade work and time that you spent making this adorable tag. Now remember that as always you can find links down below to the description area to multiple shops where you can get the supplies that I am using in the video. And here are all three tags together and you can see that for the reindeer one I just embellished it again with jingle bells and also used some shiny cardstock at the top. And that was the project for today I hope you had fun and you got inspired to create some cross stitched gift tags. Don't forget to hit the subscribe button because this is the way to tell me that you love my videos and you want to see more. Thank you all so much for watching and I'll see you next time.