DIY: Paper Fringe Tag

Creating fringe is an easy way to add some texture and visual interest to plain colored cardstock; I used this simple technique to make a gift tag with.

SUPPLIES

• Colored cardstock
• Scissors
• Double-sided permanent tape
• Pencil
• Ruler

DIRECTIONS

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Cut a rectangle from the cardstock. (Mine is 4.5 x 2 inches.)

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With scissors, cut the bottom corners off. (My cuts start from the bottom center of the rectangle to about 1.5 inch up the sides.)

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On the back of the cut rectangle, draw a line with the pencil near the middle of tag. (My line is about 2 inch from the top.)

Note: This line acts as guide. When cutting the fringe, you want to cut to this line.

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With scissors, cut from the bottom of the cardstock to the drawn line. Repeat until the fringe is complete.

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Cut a second smaller rectangle from the cardstock. (Mine is 3.75 x 2 inches.)

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With scissors, cut the bottom corners off. (My cuts start from the bottom center of the rectangle to about 1.5 inch up the sides.)

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On the back of the cut rectangle, draw a line where the angled cut ends. (My line is about 2.25 inch from the top.)

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With scissors, cut from the bottom of the cardstock to the drawn line. Repeat until the fringe is complete.

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Write your message on the front of the smaller cut rectangle.

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On the front of the larger cut rectangle, place double sided permanent tape onto the unfringed section of the paper. Adhere the smaller cut rectangle onto the larger cut rectangle.

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With scissors, cut the corners of top corners off. (Mine is about 0.5 inches off of the width and height.)

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Adhere the tag with tape onto a package. Or if you prefer, punch a hole at the top of the tag, thread a ribbon and knot ends; tie tag to a bag. Paper Fringe Tag complete.

Extra: Consider creating shapes and fringing them as decoration.