Magnolia Lunchbox/Purse

Hello, thanks for stopping by. Today I wanted to play along with the template challenge at the Just Us Girls challenge blog. So I used a Lauren Meader template that I purchased from Papertrey Ink. I just love her templates and now she's opened her own store called My Time Made Easy. This is the lunch box template.



When I printed out this template, I increased the size to fill an 11x17 in. size paper. The materials I used for my project are: DCWV papers, Offray ribbon, Spellbinder dies, MS punch, and I colored my Magnolia image with Copics. I will also be entering my gift purse at the following challenge blogs:

All Sorts - hearts and flowers
Midnight Madness - sketch
Flutter by Wednesdays - open challenge but needs to have a butterfly, fairy, or angel on your project
Creative Inspirations - feminine
A Spoon Full of Sugar - freestyle (anything goes)



That's it for today. Thanks in advance for any comments you may leave, I love to read them. Have a great day!

Inky Impressions - Challenge #26

Today at the Inky Impressions Challenge blog, the challenge is to add embossing (dry or heat) and glitter or flocking to your project. So today, I have a gift bag to show you that I made for my daughter to give her teacher. Here it is:



The stamp I used is Angelica's Bunny Hugs from Inky Impressions. This stocking bag is a free template that you can download and print out from Papertrey Ink. I did increase the size just a bit when I printed it out.

Angelica and the Christmas tree were colored with copics and decorated with brads, beads, and charms. Using the Cuttlebug and swirls embossing folder, I embossed the toe and heel of the stocking and I also embossed the backside of the stocking. I sanded over the embossed swirls so that the swirls would show up better.

Here you can see Angelica a little closer:



Can you see the flocking on the bunny? I used white and brown crushed velvet flock from Doodlebugs to get a lighter brown color and applied it to the bunny - I like how it turned out. I used my scalloped oval nestabilities for the tag and a Merry Christmas rub on. The charm, ribbon, and poinsettia stickers were found at Michaels. I also added red stickles to the edges of the stocking to give it a more finished look. I found the feather boa at Joanne Fabrics. My papers are from K & Co.

Here you can see the embossing on the toe and heel:



My daughter, Christina, filled the bag with chocolates and a gift card for her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Craig. Hope she likes it.

Happy Holidays to you!