Gift Bag With Handmade Flowers

Today begins a new challenge at Frosted Designs - Handmade Flowers and Recycled Item.  This project can be a layout, card, canvas, gift bag or other project!!

I decorated a gift bag for my project today.

I started with some recycled book pages and a Tim Holtz flower die cut.  I ran the die cut and book pages through my Cuttlebug.  I cut several sets of the large and medium flowers. 

I played around with some Dylusions Ink and settled on Bubblegum Pink.  

I layered some large flowers and used a small brad to hold them together.  I rolled some of the petals with a pencil and bent others.  I glued the flower to the top of the bag and glued a gem in the center.

I covered the bag with scrapbook paper and added a bit of ribbon between the two papers.

I put a smaller flower on the bottom corner of the bag.

For the tag, I used one of the smaller flowers on the top with a gem.  I stamped a flower on the tag in moss green and the word LOVE on the bottom.

I love how the bag turned out!!

Supplies used from Frosted Designs:

Dylusions Ink Bubblegum Pink

Decorated Gift Bag (Frosted Desings)

Happy Monday!  Today I am featured at Frosted Designs!!

We have three November birthdays in our family and we got together last night for pizza and presents!  I forgot to pick up a gift bag for one of my gifts, so I made my own instead!

I took a kraft gift bag (size 8 x 10) and layered some beautiful papers on the front.

I printed out this sentiment from my computer and trimmed it to size.  I inked all of the paper with Pumice Stone Distress Ink.  The papers and ink are from the Rustic Beauty Kit.  Have I mentioned that I LOVE the Rustic Beauty Kit??? 

I inked the background paper too.  The striped strip was a bit short so I cut it into two pieces. 

 I put the flower over the gap.  The flower is from the Garden of Abundance Kit.

Shh - don't tell my secret! 

I made a little tag to mimic the bag and tied it on with some twine.

Jessica's Birthday Blog Hop

Hello!

Welcome to Jessica's 5 Year Anniversary of My 30th Birthday 

Blog Hop!!

You should of arrived here from MELISSA, but if you did not, please start at the beginning at Jessica's Blog!

For today's blog hop, we are celebrating..you guessed it, a BIRTHDAY!!! 

PLUS the 5 years will represent Jessica's 5 Favorite things:

1. Close To My Heart (We ALL know Jessica lives, breathes, and SLEEPS Close To My Heart)!

2. Jaded Blossom Stamps (Jessica is one of their TOP stalkers, lol)

3. SVG Cutting Files (Jessica LOVES the ease and the creativity in Anne's projects!)

4. Kiwi Lane Design Templates (Jessica just found and wondered how she EVER went this long without using them in her layouts!)

5. Die Cutting Machines (Jessica uses her Cricuts/Cameo/Evolution Advance in almost EVERY project!)

So, EVERY project will be birthday themed using one of the 5 items mentioned above!!!!

Now, you KNOW every hop HAS to have some giveaways!!! 

Here are our sponsors and prizes!!

Jessica-Craftin and Stampin

Close To My Heart FREE TO BE ME Paper Packet

Jaded Blossom WEDDING CANDIES Stamps

$5 Gift Certificate to SVG Cutting Files 

AJ Scrapbooking and Cards

• The Scrapbooking Queen

Royal Sayings Stamp Set

• Freckeld Fawn

Flair Buttons-- Set of Two Buttons

Filigree Rhinestone Stickers 

Connie Can Crop

 12" Border Template Set "Chevrons" 
from Kiwi Lane Designs

Michele Smith

http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/

 Jolee's Boutique Sweet Shop Stickers

We R Memory Keepers Enamel Dots

American Greetings Birthday Stickers 

DoYouScrapbook.com

Echo Park Designer Die 

Now that we showed you the prizes, onto my project!!!

I used my favorite die cut machine - my Silhouette Cameo - to make a beautiful birthday gift bag.  The cut file came from the Silhouette store. 

I included these 3D flowers.  The flower file is from the Silhouette store.  I dipped the edges in distress glitter. 

There is plenty of room inside for some yummy gifts!!! 

I just love this pretty floral paper!

Pretty bag for a pretty girl!!!

Be sure to FOLLOW and COMMENT on ALL blog stops in order to be eligible for the prizes!!! 

Now, onto DENISE!!

Here is the blog lineup in case you get lost!

Jessica-http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Melissa http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/****HERE

Denise www.craftconfectionery.com***NEXT

Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

Madge - http://www.thescrappinlounge.com/

Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Audrey - www.kreativekreationbyaudrey.blogspot.com
Angela- www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
Jenny- www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com

An'Jenic- http://www.anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Michele - http://michelescraftroom.blogspot.com/

Winners will be announced on July 1st (since Jessica is away celebrating CONVENTION AND HER BIRTHDAY in CA with Close To My Heart!!!) 

Thanks for hopping!!! 

4.BP.BLOGSPOT.COM

Wedding Decor (Blog Hop)

Happy Saturday

and

Welcome to this month's blog hop

with

The Creating Blog Hops Café

This month's theme is... Wedding or Anniversary. We have made some wonderful projects to share with you and to give some inspiration for those upcoming summer weddings.

Our Hostess for this hop is...

Robin Lane with... http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Our wonderful Sponsor for this month's hop is...

Alicia with... http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

Alicia is giving one lucky person a wonderful

wedding themed page kit from Mambi.

So, sit back and grab yourself a Latte' as we dare to amaze you with our projects.

My friend's son is getting married next weekend and I was honored to make a banner and some gift bags for her:

I cut out 6" triangles from burlap.  I created letter stencils using my cameo: 

I cut the stencils out of vinyl and stuck the pieces to the burlap.  

I painted the letters on with black paint.  When the paint was dry, I removed the vinyl.

I used mod podge to stick the burlap pieces to brown kraft paper to give it a nice backing.  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch the holes and twine to string the banner together.

She wanted some gift bags for the men who stood up with her son. 

She found this saying on Pinterest.  I made this on my cameo with fonts from my computer.  I sent it to my printer and trimmed the paper to fit the bag. 

The rehearsal dinner is at a baseball themed bar as they are huge baseball fans.  They wanted simple bags for the guests to take home the leftover popcorn bar, Big League Chew, Cracker Jacks and sunflower seeds.  As a baseball mom, I frantically took notes!!!

I made a simple circle monogram and cut it out of crimson vinyl for the bags.

I also made food labels for her for the shower and rehearsal dinner but forgot to photograph them.  I was happy to make these for her - she was my middle son's 5th grade teacher!!! 

Your next stop will be with...

Nanné

If  you get lost along the way here is the entire line-up for todays hop for you to get back on track and not miss a single project.

1. Robin L. with... http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

2. Eva Scraps with... http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com/

3. Amy E. with... http://www.scrapthissavethat.com/

4. Sharon with... http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com/

5. Miranda with... http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

6. Alicia with... http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

7. Cathy with... http://cathyplus5.blogspot.com/

8. Lori with... http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

9.  Nanné with... http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/

10. Connie with... http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

11. Jessica with... http://www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

Thank you for hoping along with us today and I hope that we have inspired you to get your craft on. 

The Buckle Boutique meets Gift Bags

I am excited to be featured on The Buckle Boutique BLOG today!!

I decorated tiny gift bags with Rhinestone Sticker Sheets today - these bags are perfect for gift cards!!

I ran some rhinestone sticker sheets through my Cuttle Bug machine using two different Tim Holtz dies.  I had these tiny gift bags for a while now and thought it would be fun to glam them up! 

I cut the bird and bird cage out of a clear rhinestone sticker sheet.  I used some ink to color the bird, branch and beak. 

These flower pieces are cut out in pink and gold rhinestone sticker sheets.  I layered them together and adhered them to the bag.

I cut the rhinestone sticker sheets out the same way I cut cardstock out.  I sandwiched the sticker sheet and die between two "B" plates and cranked the handle.  The sticker sheets just popped out!!

These are darling and will work out well for some upcoming birthday gift cards this month!!

You can find the sticker sheets HERE.

The Buckle Boutique's Link Listing

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Beautiful Floral Bag (KCC Blog Hop)

Welcome to this month's blog hop with The Krazy Crafting Crew!! 

If you are looking for the Happy Birthday Blog Hop, please go HERE.

This month we are making Tags, Bags, Boxes and whatever can be made 3D!! If you just came by to visit with me, thank you, but please start at the first stop with our hostess, Janet (www.janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com).

Janet is also offering a fantastic giveaway. Here's her description of the giveaway that you DON'T want to miss!! Close To My Heart Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit. Includes card bases, envelopes, cardstock, double sided paper, a stamp set, and washi tape, glitter tape and other embellishments to make 10 cards! Valued at $45.00! You can win this by leaving comments on each blog, and if you're not currently a follower, why not follow the blogs because there's always fun in this group and a blog hop each month to inspire you!

For my project today, I created this 3D gift bag with handles.  I purchased this file from the Silhouette Online Store.  The size of the bag is 8x5x3 inches.

I cut out the bag in hot pink cardstock, and the layer in floral paper from Basic Gray.  It was pretty easy to assemble.  I used my ATG gun to adhere the parts together.

The straps slip into the slits on the sides of the bag. 

I cut some flowers out of two different shades of pink cardstock.  I rolled them up - I have a detailed tutorial on how to make rolled flowers HERE. I put some Glossy Accents on the edges of the flower petals and dusted them with Picked Raspberry Distress Glitter from Tim Holtz.  I hand cut and inked some leaves.  I laid the bag on its side and used Glossy Accents to adhere the leaves and flowers to the front of the bag.

Here is a peek from the top.  You can see how the handles fit in the slits.  

Here is the back of the bag. 

This bag would be darling for an Easter, Mother's Day or Birthday gift.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting with me today. Please leave us a comment and let us know how you like our hop!! Now hop on over to the next stop with Zenita!

The complete lineup:

Janet         www.janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

Liz             www.tryin2craft.blogspot.com

Christina    http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/

Lissa Marie   www.somanycrafts.com

Lori            www.Scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com****HERE

Zenita        www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com****NEXT

Cicily          www.pinkdalmatianscrapper.com

Jearise       www.lorbysworld.blogspot.com

Miranda     www.nanasscrapspot.com

Paula          www.preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com

Katina        www.lifeslittleblessings.com

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Lego Birthday Banner

Welcome to the Happy Birthday Blog Hop

It's Connie Can Crop's Birthday weekend and what better way to celebrate than with a super blog hop full of fabulous projects, a spectacular lineup, and yummy presents for 2 lucky followers!!

Connie Can Crop is the first stop on her Birthday blog hop. Welcome to her Birthday Bash!!

This is a one day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these talented friends who are here sharing their ideas and creations. 

We have TWO awesome sponsors and giveaways for this hop!

 

ABusyBee
Is giving away 3 delicious Spring Colors of Skittles!!
What's a skittle?? Check out her store Here:
http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/p/store.html

 Connie is  giving away a gorgeous 6x6 paper pad and  may just throw in some fabulous LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon too!!

So what do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a  comment letting them know what you like best about their projects. 

Then come back to Connie Can Crop and post that you followed the rules.

You will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments. 

Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment  along the way!

Gonna Party! It's Connie's Birthday! Let's go!

For my projects today - I made a banner and decorated gift bags for one of my daycare boys.  He recently saw The Lego Movie and is in love with Legos!!

I cut cardstock into 4x6 rectangles for my banner flags.  I then sized a rectangle on my Silhouette mat to the same size.

I made six circles and sized them to fit my rectangle.  I spaced them evenly and made a template.

Once I cut my template out, I moved the rectangle off my mat and squeezed in as many circles as I could fit for my 8 1/2 x 11 paper and cut them out. 

I cut enough for two sets of 6 circles on each banner flag.  I ran half of them through my Xyron and adhered them to the banner flags using my template (above).  I pop-dotted the second set of circles on top of the first. 

Once I had them all completed, I pop-dotted the letters and number.  I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes in the top of the banner flags.  I strung blue ribbon through the flags, leaving long tails just in case.

Here is a close up of Eli - you can see the dimension a bit.

Next I made a template for the gift bags.  Then I cut the bigger circles out.  I only cut one set per bag. 

I put my template on the front of the bag and adhered the circles. 

I gently peeled up the template. 

I made 3 of each color.  These were fun to make, but took longer than I expected.  Eli loved the pictures I sent his mom!!  Thanks for stopping by!!

 Up next is my friend Robin!!

Here is our complete line up in case you get lost along the way.

1. Connie- www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com
2. Jenny - www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com
3. Janet  - http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
4. Sandy - http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com/
5. Beth~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com
6. Shawnee-http://sunshinycards.blogspot.com
7. Ellen-http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com
8. Sharon - http://piece-ofheart.blogspot.com
9. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
10.  Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com
11. Angela - www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
12. Jessica http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com
13. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com
14. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/***HERE
15. Robin L. - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com***NEXT
16. Holli - http://SunflowerHolli.blogspot.com
17. Carri - http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

Be sure to leave everyone a comment to be entered to win!!