Gift bags

 I have seen these little gift bags for sale but thought they were a tad expensive. Instead I bought a metre of calico for $3.99, brought my sewing machine out of hibernation and whipped up 12 bags, six each of two sizes.

 The first one I stamped with pine cones and branches

and the second with holly leaves, berries and a flourish. Both of these bags use Waltzing Mouse stamps apart from the flourish which is Inkadinkadoo.

I took apart a small flat bottomed paper bag to make a template for myself and created this cute little gift bag. I should have take a side a side view to give you a better view, never mind I am sure you get the gist.

A close up of the tag, I double stamped the sentiment to give it a shadow.

Sentiment stamp - Waltzing Mouse

Star die - Memory box

Zig Zag edging and die cut for sentiment - Stampin Up 

Paper - Collage Press

Ooh Baby Baby

I am liking the doily trend I have been noticing online and decided to make this card to use up some of my scraps. It was supposed to be a quick card but I got carried away and decided to make the little felt jacket and sewed some trim to the lapels to match the colour of the "Girl card". I used  the chicken wire stamp I had ordered online from Waltzing Mouse, together with the ticket stamps and die from papertrey ink. I have just ordered the ticket stamps and punch from Stampin Up, looking forward to getting them in my hot little stickies.

Here is the inside of the card.

A little inspiration

Here is some paper that I brought from Officeworks to wrap our presents with, I was taken by the colours, baubles and deer and thought I could come up with some matching tags with all the dies I had at home.

 
 This one uses Spellbinders ribbon banners and scalloped circle, Memory box dies, Snowflake wreath and Woodland Creatures

 Spellbinders bauble dies , EK success deer punch, Waltzing Mouse stamp (sentiment) Just Rite bauble stamp - Merry and Bright

Memory box leaping deer, MFT Banner, PTI Stamp.Spellbinders Bauble die

Woodland Creatures again, Sizzix die - Pine Trees, Memory Box Tree, Large background tag Stampin Up! die and Waltzing Mouse sentiment stamp.

Sorry about the poor picture quality, they were taken at night time.