Groovy Love Treat Bag

Hi Stamping Friends!!!

For all of my Groovy Love Online Class members, I included a surprise little treat in their envelopes when I mailed their card kits.

Stamps: Groovy Love

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Stacked with Love DSP

Accessories: Mini Treat Bag Dies, Happy Heart EF, Sweetheart punch, Rhinestone Jewels, Black Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)

Here is a few pictures of how I created my bag:

After cutting out my bag, I used the "for you" Thinlit just to position my heart Thinlt. I removed the "for you" Thinlit before I ran it through my Big Shot.

Here is the heart cut out of the front of the bag.

These are the two pieces of the mini treat bag before gluing.

After folding the scored lines with a bone folder, I used liquid glue to attach the one side of the bag to the other.

I then glued the back of the bag closed.

Lastly I glued the bottom flap up.

After letting the glue dry completely, I ran the whole bag through my Big Shot with the Happy Hearts embossing folder. Then I decorated it. I love all the extra little Thinlits that come with the Mini Treat Bag Die. The little row of hearts is from the set, as is the heart and the "for you".

I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock to fit inside and attach my Groovy Love heart so it fit perfectly inside the front heart cut out.

I had a lot of fun making these and they are super easy. Each bag uses only one sheet of card stock. Would be great for a gift card too.

I best get back to getting ready for my weekend of stamping. Hoping to take some photographs this afternoon of all the cards we will be making.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamp something!

Krystal

How To... Stamp Names with Photopolymer Stamps

Hi Stamping Friends!!

Taralyn's water polo team chooses a "secret sister" during the season. On game days they give each other little gifts. We've never done this before, so the first time I just put together a small cello bag filled with candy and attached a small tag...

Apparently I'm the "cheap" mom because Taralyn came home with a full bottle of Gatorade, some Goldfish crackers and one of her favorite candies!! Lesson learned. Looks like I need to up my game. So I went to Target and bought every item on the "secret sisters" favorites list.

And since a tiny cello bag was not going to cut it, I decided to stamp on a large brown paper lunch sack. So here is a little tutorial on how to stamp names using Stampin' Up! Photopolymer stamps.

I used the Epic Alphabet stamp set...

Here is what the sheets of Photopolymer stamps look like...

The first thing I did was remove the letters I needed and lined them up on my grid paper with the "stamp" side down and the side that "sticks" to the clear block facing up.

I know it looks like I don't know how to spell, but that's because "scotty" has two t's and you only get one t in the set. So I was just creating space to come back later and stamp the extra t.

Next I placed my clear block on to the line of letters and "stuck" them to my clear block. (Photopolymer stamps are so sticky that this is very easy to do and none of the letters fall off).

Next, I removed the r stamp and inked up my "personalized name stamp".

After stamping the partial name, I came back with a single t and filled in the missing letter.

Then I added some stars that come with the Epic Alphabet set and the #yougotthis sentiment from the @SoSocial stamp set. (The "seriously" sentiment came from an old Paper Pumpkin kit)

I finished it off with a bag topper made from some extremely old, retired DSP. Trying to use up those scraps don't ya know. ;)

If I had created this for an adult, or if it was a one time deal kinda gift, I would have gotten much more "over-the-top" with my stamping and bag topper decorating. But we are talking high school girls here. It's going to end up in the trash or the bottom of their backpack anyway. So cest la vie. Let's keep it simple. And besides, it's whats inside that really matters in this case. And this time I was in the know and I filled that sucker up with all kinds of snacks. I'm not going to be the "cheap" mom any more!! ;)

Only a few days left to join my December $25 Club!! For more info, visit this blog post...

BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL

Or email me at krystalscards(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

Happy Stamping!!

Krystal

Rudolph Treat Bag

Hi Stamping Friends!!

Here's a little treat bag we made at our stampin' club last week...

Paper: Season of Style DSP

Accessories: Tag A Bag Gift Bags, Gift Bow Die, Autumn Accents Die, Woodgrain EF, Oval Framelits, Circle Punches, Corduroy Button (retired), Black Polka Dot Ribbon (retired)

I CASEd this cutie from Julie Pitta at Thoughts That Stick. I changed it up a bit by using a leaf from the Autumn Accents die for his antlers. I also didn't have enough red buttons so I looked through my retired stash and found these Corduroy Buttons that worked perfectly!!

Speaking of retired... have you checked out the Clearance Rack yet?! So many great items at drastically reduced prices. Last time I looked, that Black Scalloped Polka Dot ribbon was available.

Here is a link to my Stampin' Up! website:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/krystalscards/

Cute story about the Rudolph bag. One of my club stampers has young children and they have Jingle the Elf that visits their house during the month of December. One morning Jingle brought back a gift from the North Pole that the kids could open after school. Her 7 year old son looked around and asked, "Where is the present?". She replied, "I guess it's that bag right there." To which he responded, "Oh. I just thought that was something you made." Oops!! Mom almost got caught by her mad stamping skills!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Krystal