Party Owls Gift Bag

Hey Crafty Friends... I'm here bring you another project for team ebrush with our awesome sponsor Latina Crafters!! I love this owl stamp! I think this little owl trio is just corky!! And they always seem to bring a smile to my face. So I decided to use them to decorate a gift bag... because who says that stamps only have to be used on cards?!!

Supplies Used

Ebrush (Craftwell)

Some Birdy's Birthday (Latina Crafter)

Spectrum Noir Markers (CG3, CG4, OR1, OR2, TB1, TB4, TB5, LY3, CT2, GB3, GB5)

Cupcake Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug- Once Upon A Princess Set)

Spellbinder Nestabilities Fleur de Lis Squares

Xyron 3" Sticker Maker

Xyron 5" Create-a-Sticker

Canson 150lb Illustration Paper

Patterned Paper (DCWV- The Great Vacation Stack)

White Cardstock

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)

Small Gift Bag

Grosgrain Ribbon

Button

Glue Gun and Glue Stick

Scissors

I start off with stamping my Latina Crafter's Some Birdy's Birthday Stamp with Momento Tuxedo Black ink onto illustrator paper... this paper is made for manga illustrators that generally use alcohol ink markers. It is very heavy weight and dense so it keeps the ink from bleeding so much.

I colored in my image with my Spectrum Noir Markers. For the Blue parts I used TB1, TB4, & TB5. For the Orange parts of the body and wings I used CT2, GB5, & OR1.

For the beaks and feet I used OR1 & OR2.

For the Green parts of the birthday hats I used CG3 & CG4... and for the Yellow parts I used LY3, CT2, GB3.

I embossed a cupcake background from a 4.75"x6.25" piece of regular white cardstock.

Then I ebrushed my embossed cardstock with the same colors I used to color my image (with the exception of the yellows). I did it in sections at a time starting with the lightest of the colors and using the darker toward the edges.

 Here it is with the rest of the colors filled in.

Then I used my die to cut out my ornate square from patterned paper and then again used the same die to cut out my image.

I trimmed away the scroll work off my image die cut.

I then ran it through my Xyron 3" Sticker Maker and adhered it to the blue cut out making it looked framed.

I quickly ran my ebrushed background panel through my Xyron 5" Create-a-Sticker...

And adhered it to the front of my gift bag, right above the fold line. I didn't all my hard work to get smashed in the crease of the bag. And if the recipient want to store the bag it would fold easily.

I used foam adhesive to the back of my image and added it to the front panel.

I then tied a double loop bow and hot glued it to the front of my bag. Then I immediately glued my orange button to the front of my bow.

At the last minute I decided I wanted matching tissue paper to go with my gift bag... but all I had was white tissue paper... which was just fine by me!!

With the help of my decorative edge scissors, in this case a Zigzag edge, I cut the two ends of my tissue paper. I then ebrushed the cut edges with OR2. Just doing the ends gave it a nice ombre effect... and I love it!!

And here is my finished gift bag...

I hope you enjoyed today's project!!

Happy Crafting and THANKS for stopping by!!

~ Mitsy

Cupcake Boxes Again

Hello Crafty Friends! I'm back again with another cupcake box. This one was also made for a friend who was having a birthday. She had specifically asked for me to make her strawberry cupcakes and I was more than happy to make them for her.

Again, I used Design on Cloud 9's K-cup Box file and super sized it. For the exact measurements visit the cupcake box tutorial here. 

There's a couple of differences between the two though. One being the shape of the window and the other being this awesome purple flower. I created it using DC9's Fancy Flowers file set. 

For the window: I used DC9's Laurie's Labels and the same technique described in the tutorial.

For the  flower: I combined 2 different flowers from this set to make the purple flower. I used the violet (flower 3) and the daisy (flower 4) and combined them together. The daisy was the base and I glued the violet petals to each daisy petal. There are 4 layers of petals to make this flower.

So, it went:

Bottom/ base 

8 violet petals

then 7 petals

then 6 petals

then 4 petals

Make sure when you start a new row you start placement in between petals of the previous row. Otherwise, if you just place the next row of petals directly above the previous row it makes it difficult to see the separate layers.

I added some Prima hydrangea flowers & leaves, & buttons and Hero Arts' flower shaped bling for the centers. And, I twisted light weight wire onto dragonfly bead sand made stems, and curled the wire. Lastly, I simply colored the bead with permanent ink markers and glued in place behind the flowers.

 This box will hold 4 standard sized cupcakes. 

For  extra stability I added a 5.75"x5.75" sheet of chipboard to the bottom of the box .

I love the scallops of this box!! Too cute!!

You  can really see the scallops from this view as well as see the gorgeous paper better too!

Speaking of...

For this project I used paper from DCWV's Cherry Limeade Stack.

I really do mean GORGEOUS!!  The colors are so luscious & vibrant! And, the best part... I bought it at Michaels' for $5!! They had a AWESOME sale of DCWV 12"x12" pads... this was one of the stacks that was on sale for the special promotion! Yeah, I picked up 2 of this stack! I'd be crazy not to. LOL

GLITTER & FOIL GALORE!!

There you have it... A beautifully decorated gift box! I can almost guarantee that it took me longer to make the box than it did the cupcakes! Aaaahhh, what we do for friends. But, you know what, it's the extra little things that make them know just how much you care. And, whenever a friend receives a handmade gift you know they can just feel how much love was put into it!

Have a beautiful weekend 

&

Happy Crafting!!

John Deere Inspired Picture Frame

Here's another project I made. A personalized picture frame for a sweet little boy who had a John Deere themed birthday party. 

Killed two birds with one stone with this one... because I also submitted it into Little Scraps of Heaven's weekly challenge today!! 

I purchased a Hallmark shadowbox picture frame and personalized it with the birthday boy's theme and colors.The tractor, trailer, & hay bales were from LSHD's "Hayride Fun" pattern set. The clouds and sun were pattern I had drawn by hand and hand cut.