Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Christmas Gift Bag

Why buy a gift bag when it's so easy to decorate one? Here's an upcycled small gold shopping bag that once carried fancy hair products from my local salon.  




Supplies Used:
Stampendous Supplies Used:

Other Supplies Used:
Gold Shopping Bag
Red Cardstock
Tim Holtz® Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Evergreen Bough, Old Paper, Antique Linen, and Vintage Photo Distress® Ink by Ranger Industries
Copic® Markers: R22, R24, R27, R29, G17, G21, G82, G85, G99, YG25, E41, E42, E43
Gold Leafing Pen by Krylon®
Tim Holtz® Tag Collection Framelits Alterations Die by Sizzix®
Grab a Guy Gold Starburst Shimmer Spray by Lindy's® Gang
Ribbons
Stamp Platform

Instructions:
  1. Using a Stamp Platform, position the Holiday Ephemera stamp face down onto mixed media paper that has been secured to the platform base with magnets.
  2. Close the platform and lift, then ink the stamp with VersaMark Clair ink. Stamp.
  3. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again until the coverage is excellent.
  4. Heat set.
  5. Use Distress inks to color the image. Heat set.
  6. Stamp the Poinsettia stamp onto mixed media paper, color with Copic markers, fussy-cut, then edge with a dark marker.
  7. Adhere the Poinsettia onto the Holiday Ephemera image as shown. 
  8. Trim the Holiday Ephemera image panel, then use a distressing tool or the edge of a scissor blade to distress. Run the leafing pen over the torn edge.
  9. Spray the piece with Gold Starburst Shimmer spray to add a sparkly festive touch.
  10. Cut a piece of red cardstock to 6" square and use this to mat the image panel.
  11. Adhere the matted image panel to the front of the gold shopping bag.
  12. Stamp the sentiment onto red cardstock using VersaMark ink. 
  13. Sprinkle with Jeweled Gold embossing powder and heat set.
  14. Die-cut the sentiment with a tag die and edge with the leafing pen.
  15. Thread ribbon through the hole in the tag and tie onto the handle of the bag.
  16. Add ribbon bows to the bag to fancify it.
Thanks for visiting today!





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