Baking Spirits Bright Holiday Sweet Treat Gift Bags with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi popping in to share some Christmas holiday gift bags featuring our Baking Spirits Bright Stamps and Sweet Treat Gift Bag Dies. 

It's been a while since I've revisited our Sweet Treat Gift Bag Dies, and I almost forgot how cool they are! They come with all the pieces to create three different styles of gift bags and/or handle options. You can also add a cutout to the front to create clear cellophane windows. The possibilities are truly endless. For both my gift bags today, I chose to use the optional curved flap with the added slit and tab to hook them closed. They are the perfect size to give a handmade felt ornament, cookies, candies, gift cards, or jewelry.

For both of my bags, I cut all the pieces from red cardstock. Before I started folding them along the score lines, I stamped them with a seamless polka-dot pattern assembly line style in my MISTI tool using the border from the Background Basic 2 Stamps. I then cut panels for the front using the brown prints from the All is Bright Paper pack with the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I added the candy cane striped patterned paper strip to the bottom of each panel and then trimmed them down to only be 3-3/8" high so they wouldn't interfere with the slot closure.

Using white embossing powder, I heat-embossed punny greetings along the bottom of each panel. I arranged all the darling images from the Baking Spirits Bright Stamps (and a couple of hearts from the Christmas Cookies Stamps). Before adhering the curved flap for my treat bags, I cut a white scalloped piece using the Scalloped Circle Mat 1 Dies and cut out the center with the Stitched Circle Large Dies. I then cut the scalloped circle in half to use as a decorative trim piece for both bags. I love that it worked out that nothing went to waste. These were so fun to create!

Here's a side view of the gift bags closed up and ready for gift-giving. I positioned my bows with a strong liquid adhesive above the slit and tab closure so that the bag can easily be opened and closed without tearing anything. The ribbon came from my stash and was one of those old mini 4-foot spools by American Crafts. The completed bags measure 3-1/2" wide x 4-3/8" high. 

That wraps up my project for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 

Also, don't forget today is the final day for our Black Friday / Cyber Monday Sale! Save 15% on Sunny Studio branded products, automatically receive a free "Mouse in Mug" enamel pin with orders of $25 or more, and free USA shipping on retail orders of $50 or more using discount code BLACKFRIDAY. These deals run through December 1st at Midnight PST, but some clearance items are in short supply, so shop early for the best selection. 💛

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Supplies Used: 

Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Christmas Cookies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Cookies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bountiful Autumn & Turkey Day Thanksgiving Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring our Bountiful Autumn Stamps and Turkey Day Stamps.

For my first card today, I created a mini slimline card measuring 3-1/2" wide x 6-3/8" high using the stitched mat die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. I was able to shorten the length by running it through my die-cutting machine a second time. Since we don't have any patterned papers that exceed 6" wide, I decided to use the repeating polka-dot border from the Background Basics 2 Stamps (pictured above) with Gina K Sweet Mango Ink. I love how these can be used to stamp a card background of almost any size. To frame my two mini scenes, I cut two circles from white cardstock using the Stitched Circle Large Dies and then grounded the scenes with pennants from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies, which I had also shortened a bit by running them through my die-cutting machine a second time. I embellished my small scenes using the turkeys, cornucopia, vegetables, and pie from the Bountiful Autumn Stamps and then heat-embossed the greetings from the Turkey Day Stamps.

 

For my second card, I created a larger slimline card sized 8-1/2" wide x 4" high. Because once again, a single sheet of 6x6 Sweater Weather Paper wouldn't adequately cover my full background, I decided to die-cut several different colors into 5/8" wide stitched strips using the smallest pennant die from the Slimline Pennant Dies set. I then found the center of the card (cutting 14 strips in total) and positioned the green and teal strips on either side of the center line, working out towards both ends until my entire card front was covered with a striped print. At that point, it was super easy to use my paper trimmer to trim off any excess overhang, which is always so satisfying!

To create the look of three polaroid photos, I used the smallest rectangle in the Stitched Rectangle Dies, shortening them again with a second pass through the die-cutting machine, at the same time as positioning a 2" square die from the Stitched Square Dies to form an opening for each little "picture." I added some 1/8" scor-tape around the perimeter, behind each polaroid, and backed the window openings with a teal vine print from the same Sweater Weather Paper pack. I decorated each picture using all the darling images from our Turkey Day Stamps and heat embossed the curved greeting from the set onto a Brilliant Banner 1 Die.

That wraps up my projects for today. Don't forget to check out the Bountiful Autumn Stamps, Bountiful Autumn Dies, and Sweater Weather Paper in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

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Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread happiness by sending a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used: 

Bountiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bountiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweater Weather Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Garland & Elegant Leaves Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fall cards featuring the Autumn Garland Stamps and Elegant Leaves Stamps.

My first card showcases all the images from the Autumn Garland Stamps which I heat embossed using Hero Arts Copper Embossing Powder and colored with Copic markers. I arranged all the extra pinecones and fir tree sprigs around my main garland image to form a cresent shape across the bottom of my card, adding the "Autumn Blessings" greeting from the same set.

Both of my cards today were an opportunity for me to play with some of the Distress Embossing Glaze powders I had purchased awhile back. This was my first time experimenting with them. So many of the colors in my stash are earthtones so I thought they would be perfect for playing with today's stamp sets. 

For this card, I started by inking a white cardstock panel with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and then used the Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils to apply the striped background by pressing my Versamark pad directly into the surface of my tacked down stencil and paper. It was difficult for me to capture here, but the stripes have a very pretty transparent and glossy appearance when they catch the light.

For my second card, I started by blending an inky background using various Distress Inks before stamping the polka-dot background over the top using the Background Basics 2 Stamps with a taupe colored ink from my stash. I then pulled out the Elegant Leaves Stamps to stamp a border of leaves around the edge of my card using clear VersaMark Ink. I took turns stamping them one at a time so that I could sprinkle on different colors of Distress Embossing glaze and heat set them as I went around the four sides.

I borrowed the brilliant idea to layer the polka-dot background with the stamp leaf images from Jennifer McGuire. By layering the two, it really shows off the translucent quality of these amazing glazes! I completed my card by trimming down the panel and centering it on a white notecard and heat embossing the word "thankful" and "for your kindness" on black cardstock using white embossing powder. I tried so many different combinations and in the end, I love the way the white over black popped against all the other rich colors in my background.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out our Elegant Leaves Stamps and Elegant Leaves Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!  Also, make sure to check out the loads of other card ideas on the Elegant Leaves Stamps product page, as there are so many other beautiful ways to use these stamps!

Supplies Used:

Elegant Leaves Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Elegant Leaves Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio