# Watercolour Gift tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [December 31, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633 "2022-12-31T10:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marrhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@marrhys](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/marrhys)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633/1 "2022-12-31T10:10:34Z")
my partner and I try to personalise our gift wrapping as much as the gifts. For some years now this has meant that I make my gift tags with my own drawings. This year I did not have many parcels to label and I decided that I would venture outside the traditional Christmas themes for my labels. I draw and paint directly on to cards already cut to size, so it is a challenge to get them to look professional, but I prefer it this way. There are 2 outliers - the violas and the hippeastrum; these were to have been used, but became unnecessary and were therefore completed after the event. ![Eastern Rosella gift card](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/e/e22143dd2436b083ef4d2e14d5c125e1d655aa25.jpeg) ![small scale hippeastrum 27 De 22](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/f/f9e050dde6e80b8f66bc347d77fd097dbc581908.jpeg) ![violas 25 Dec](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/f/f22f62003036bfe11075a69709b0fd9a7abb3899.jpeg) ![Wahlenbergia Gift Card](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/b/b70eb30a0131351f538a7caf8dca0cc2c07df4e8.jpeg) ![wahllenbergia 2 gift card](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/6/6e886af56642bdd72bb60ee1e06d8996fe6f11ff.jpeg) ![Jacobean Lily gift card](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/9/9c4217b7251c048dc00836508773f528f6867238.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633/2 "2022-12-31T17:14:53Z")
Very good idea. Great job. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![ThatOtherGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@ThatOtherGuy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/ThatOtherGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633/3 "2023-01-01T20:44:54Z")
They look great! Did you cut down watercolor paper or find some card stock thick enough to withstand watercolor work? ---
**Author:** ![marrhys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@marrhys](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/marrhys)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633/4 "2023-01-01T22:58:34Z")
Hello Troy - this year I used 300gsm paper, probably by Born. Essentially I was practising while making these tags. Other years I simply used card such those packs of do-it-yourself business cards. When using them, I used my black Artline pens and watercolour pencils. They were less time consuming than these! ---
**Author:** ![Figurista2022](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de0a6/32.png) [@Figurista2022](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Figurista2022)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/watercolour-gift-tags/2633/5 "2023-01-16T09:48:39Z")
The Christmas gift papers Selfmade are beautiful 🙂 Paper bags with toned colour are also not bad to change with fat pencils, acrylic pens to a selfmade gift paper 🙂