Large Gift Bag Using Gift Bag Punch Board

Yesterday it was the Watercolor Wings stamp set.  Today the gift bag punch board.  The video from Stampin' Up made it look so easy.  But it took me 5 tries to get it right.  So, when I made this one I used retired materials in case I goofed it up again.  And what do you know?  I got it right!

Here's the video from Stampin' Up:



I made the large gift bag, so I used a 12" by 12"  piece of retired DSP in Calypso Coral.  After scoring and punching, I cut 3" off the top, reversed the pattern and adhered it back onto the lower section.

A piece of gold sequin ribbon was applied to cover the seam.

I didn't use the board to punch holes for a ribbon, opting the punch 2 holes using the hand held punch.  Thick Baker's twine in Tangerine Tango and white was used for the handles.

On the front, a 2" Whisper White strip was punched with the Triple Punch at both ends.  I used the "Summer Silhouette" stamp set to create a collage in Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, and Pale plum.  This was adhered to the front of the bag.

For the tag, I used the stamp set "Merry Everything" and stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral.  It was punched using the coordinating Note Tag Punch.  A hole was punched using the 1/8" hand held punch, and it was attached to the bag with a piece of Whisper White Baker's twine.

"Thanks" an expressions natural element was glued to the bottom using tombo adhesive.

The flower was an after thought.  I couldn't make up my mind whether a white flower or a calypso coral flower would look the best, so I made one of each.  I opted for the white flower.  Both were made with the Fun Flower die, now retired.

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Fun Flower Note Pads- Challenge 177 LNS

This week, the challenge with the Late Night Stamper's group is ABC - Anything But a Card. These Fun Flower note pads are easy to make using scraps of card stock and left over ribbon and various embellishments. The note paper is 28 lb copier paper (the same weight as envelopes). The binder rings were purchased at a discount office supply store.

Stamp: Bright blossoms, Betsy's Blossoms
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Versa Mark
Papers: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, 28 lb copier paper
Accessories: Fun Flower XL die, 3/4" circle punch, 5/16 neutral brads embossed with cherry cobbler embossing powder. Crop-o-dile, Binder ring, scraps of ribbon (Island Indigo, cherry cobbler seam binding, crumb cake seam binding) to tie around the binder ring, dazzling details, large pearls.

I made several more of these to put on my craft table.  

Fun Flower Note Cards - Paper Players Challenge #67

These 4 note cards were made using the colour challenge with Paper Players Challenge here  Only 1 of the note cards is shown.

Papers: Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Autumn Spice designer paper
Inks: Cajun Craze
Accessories: Scallop Square Clear Die, Fun flower die, Boho Blossom Punch, Pearls

The base of each note card was a square scallop in Cajun Craze. A  5 1/4 by 5 1/4" piece of designer paper was adhered to the top of the scallop square,. On top of that I adhered a piece of Vanilla card stock 5 by 10" sponged at the edges and folded in half
The Fun Flowers were sponged and layered and adhered to the top half of the Very Vanilla note.  On each note card the flowers were arranged in a different color order.
A pearl was placed in the center, as well as the upper right.
Envelopes were hand made as the card is an unusual size.  A strip of designer paper was adhered to one end.