Have a Smooth Year!

It's back-to-school time and that means it's time to make some fun teacher gifts...

we're taking this one-step further than the standard apple :) 
This idea was inspired by a previous project created by Ro Philippsen:

I'm covering a standard 10 oz. bottle of lotion, but you can adapt the tag to the

 size that will fit your bottle. 

1. For the base piece, cut your paper to 3.75"W X 5.75"H. 
2. Corner round the two bottom edges.
3. Cut the inner mat paper (shown as yellow) to 2.75"W X 4.75"H.
4. Corner round the two bottom edges; center and adhere to base paper.
5. Place the paper onto a score board.  From the top of your paper: score at 1/2"" and 1.75" marks. 
6. Place a 1.5" circle die (or paper punch) approximately 1/4" from the top center of the paper and cut. 
7. Fold paper along the score lines and you now have your bottle tag!

 I free-handed an apple motif onto the red dot Kraft In Color paper,

 but you may certainly use a template or digital cutting file.  My apple

  measures approximately 2.5"W X 2.75"H.  I sanded around the edge of the

 apple and added enamel dots for dimension.  The stem is actually a portion 

 of a tree sticker found in the Happy Harvest Collection!  

The leaves were trimmed from a Doodle Pop sticker.

Doodlebug Design has all sorts of tag stickers to choose from if you'd like

 to add that to your apple's front.  The Teensy Type alphabet stickers are a 

great size for adding a sentiment to smaller projects like this!

The opening slides right over the bottle top and hangs nicely. 

 I added a couple of small, low dimension glue dots to the back flap

 of the tag to secure it in place.

Keep this idea in mind for your upcoming Christmas gifts too!   

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