Bag Box

OK, here's another oldie but goodie. It'll take me a while to catch up, so be patient with me ☺. Anyway, this was a fun project from a class that I taught last year. I first saw this cute bag design years ago by the talented papercrafter and vintage paper company owner, Melissa Neufeld. She demo’d the bag on the Martha Stewart show. But I couldn’t remember the exact date. So I looked it up on the MS website and it shows that it was “published 12/2006”. Wow, was it that long ago? Time flies☺. There are tons of fun adaptations of Melissa's original concept all over the stampin’ and papercraftin’ community, like the clever addition of the Round Tab punch to create a cute closure for the top of the bag.

For my next class on March 21st, we’ll be making a shorter variation of this bag and coordinating 3x3 cards to fit inside. We’ll be using different designer paper for this class. I love how it easy it is to coordinate all the different products – ribbons, cardstock, designer paper, buttons – because Stampin’ Up! does it for us ☺.

All supplies by Stampin’ Up! unless otherwise noted.
Cardstock/Paper(s): Bella Rose Designer Series Paper, Riding Hood Red cardstock
Accessories: Pink Pirouette 5/8” Striped Grosgrain ribbon, Boho Blossoms punch, Scallop Edge punch, Round Tab punch, Button Bouquet, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Crop-a-dile

stampin' hugs!
☺Dawn

Basket and Blooms

Here's a cute basket using the Big Shot die Baskets and Blooms that we made for a class I taught a while back. I used the the very sweet but now retired Georgia Peach designer series paper. Yes, (head hanging in embarrassment), it's taken me that long to post pictures on my blog. LOL! But the Washington Apple dsp which is the same print pattern as Georgia Peach except in reds and blues, is still available.

The tag and the flower are all part of the basket die. Note the yummy ribbon is double-sided! The "thank you" is punched with SU!'s coordinating scallop square punch. I love the fact that SU! creates their own exclusive images to coordinate with the punches that we carry.

The matching tag uses the exclusive Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) stamp set, Say It With Scallops. Every year, Stampin' Up! creates an exclusive set with a portion of the sales donated to the RMHC. I make it a point to purchase the RMHC set every year :)


Supplies: All Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.
Stamp: Say It With Scallops (RMHC set)
Ink: Old Olive
Paper: Georgia Peach dsp (retired)
Accessories: Scallop Square punch, SU! Exclusive Baskets and Blooms Bigz XL die, silver mini brad, Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla (double-sided) satin ribbon, Sticky Strip, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals.

stampin' hugs,
:) Dawn

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:) Dawn