Floral gift bags

Hello lovely people,

My currently running countdowns;

25 sleeps until holibobs!

19 sleeps until the final exams for my prescribing course!

1 sleep until our new car arrives!

And no more sleeps until the new challenge at In The Pink because it's here today and our theme this time is...

DIES/PUNCHES
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Dies to Die For with a £10 voucher

I have made a little gift bag and although I made one like this before it was quite a while ago so I had to work out how to make it all over again!

I really wanted this version to have a little flap over the top, and decided to use a brad and piece of elastic to make the closure.

This seemed like a great idea until it came to attaching the elastic...uh oh!
I'm guessing a hot glue gun would have worked a treat but I don't have one of those so ended up using a very large blob of Glossy Accents, which worked a treat.

I made a pair of these to fill with choklit eggs to give to some lovely friends as an Easter treat :-)

Naturally I decorated the front with some pretty flowers and die cuts ;-)

Bag recipe;

DP: available as digi download from Nitwit Collections

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys
Punch: Double dot scallop - Martha Stewart

Charm: Daisy chain - The Hobby House

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Bauble gift bag

Hello lovely people,

Even though I am on my career break, I wouldn't dream of missing the annual work Christmas lunch at Pizza Hut which is happening today!
We always have the all-you-can-eat buffet so how many slices of pizza do you reckon I can eat?!
And how much exercise will I need to do to work it all off?!

While I'm off stuffing my face, it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

WRAP IT UP

I have made a gift bag, which is designed to match a handmade present...but you'll have to wait until next week to see that!

As usual I couldn't resist the gorgeous Christmas papers from Maja Design; there are some lovely reds in the collection too but I have used just the brown and blue ones here.

The bauble die was a freebie with a card magazine and the border was a little something that fell in my basket a few months ago but hadn't yet been used!

Bag recipe;

DP: Home for the Holidays - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: Dusky blue button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Border die - Joy! Crafts, Christmas bauble - Marianne Design

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Tune in again tomorrow to find out how much pizza I managed to eat!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Floral gift bag

Hello lovely people,

Another weekend has whizzed past, another Monday has been and gone and now it's time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday where we have the theme of...

CUT IT OUT!

We are sponsored by Shape EZ with a prize of 2 templates of the winner's choice

I have used the roll bag template but I have made the bag up without the wave shape at the top.  This was partly because I have to cut the shape by hand and it's a bit fiddly to get this shape neat and lined up if you push the top edges together, and partly because I thought it looked better for my design!

I have used some more of the new LOTV papers; this pack is full of lovely bright colours.
The teeny flowers are cut from the same DP so it would all co-ordinate.  I was inspired for this by Sue of Tanglemouse Cards; check this beautiful card out to see what I mean :-)

Bag recipe;

DP: Sunny side up - NEW from LOTV!!!!

Ribbon / twine: from stash

Dies: Perfect petioles - Memory box, Circle stax - MFT die-namics, Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the wonderful shaped projects from the rest of the team and there are some great tips for you too :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Cute Card Thursday (summer colours)
2.  Craft your passion (anything goes)

A Halloween Treat

Hello lovely people,

I am super excited to be posting my first DT creation for All Dressed Up and our challenge theme this time round is...

Halloween!

Well of course it is, and we have 2 fabulous new images to share with you.  I almost couldn't decide which cutie to use...but the witch won in the end and I decided to make a little treat bag.

This has to be the cutest little witch I ever saw...

The treat bag has a criss-cross design front so that a tag can be slipped in the front pocket...

Here's the tag taken all the way out;

Card recipe;

Image: Magical Day - ADU

DP: some random scraps

Seam binding / twine: from The Ribbon Girl

Buttons: from stash

Tab / spider / text: cut with Cricut

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 & R30

Hair: E35/37/47
Dress/bow/stars: V12/15/17
Wings: V0000/000/12
Hat: T6/7/8/10 & 100
Tights: T0/1/2
Pumpkin: YR15/16/18

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Papertake Weekly (happy Halloween hues)
2.  As You Like It (favourite not-a-card project - has to be treat/gift bags)
3.  Sweet Stampin' (Halloween)

There is so much more fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Dressy Girls on the ADU challenge blog and I hope you will join in our challenge using one of the ADU images :-)  The winner will get 3 digis of their choice from the ADU store - how fab is that?!

There is also a new freebie for you - check out the Freebies page on the challenge blog.  We would also love for you to stop by our Facebook page to join in the fun :-)

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx