JAI634 Furry & Bright Gift Bag

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Just a quick little post today; I always exchange gifts with a friend from church; she is like a mom to me, and although our gifts are very inexpensive (yard sale or thrift store finds!) they mean a lot to me!  The Just Add Ink challenge is "Anything but a Card" so it was a perfect opportunity to create a little gift bag for my present to her:

After a few false starts with the measurements, I finally got it right:

The final measurements of the bag are 3 3/4" high, 3" wide and 2" deep.  The bottom is 1" across.  My friend has several cats and dog-sits her daughter's dog every day, so I thought the cute retired Sweet Stockings DSP would be a good decoration!  I stamped a sentiment from Christmas Scottie and diecut it with a Tailor Made Tags die, then tied it with some Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine to the Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine bag handles!

I am also entering this at the Double D Challenge this month, which is Christmas stockings!;

And do you want to see what I tucked inside the bag?  Here we go:

Isn't he a cutie? A bargain from Goodwill!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Scottie
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Cherry Cobbler, Sweet Stockings DSP (ret)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Thick Baker's Twine in Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags, 1/8" Punch (ret), Scoring Board

Scottie Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My niece has a birthday coming up and she has THREE scottie dogs!  Her house is a madhouse when the doorbell rings! But they are so cute!  I chose to only use one scottie on her birthday card today, it's from Christmas Scottie!  Here we go:

I used the sketch only from In(k)spire Me:

I stamped and fussy-cut my scottie, then diecut a gift from the Spruced Up Outlines dies in both Pool Party and Glimmer Specialty Paper.  In hindsight, I should have used just the plain white Glimmer Paper, but this will have to do!

I gave him a Pool Party bow, added a Pool Party heart and mounted him on a Basic White layer on top of a Pool Party scalloped mat.  The background paper is from Celebrate Everything and the sentiment is from the retired Picture Perfect Birthday.  Here's the inside as well:

It was fun to use a non-traditional color; I usually gravitate towards red when I stamp scotties!  Hope she likes it!  Thanks for popping in today!  And speaking of red, there's a lot of it in my travels lately, along with orange, yellow and green:

Just beautiful!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Scottie, Banner Year (ret), Picture Perfect Birthday (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Pool Party, Celebrate Everything DSP, Glimmer Specialty
Ink	Pool Party, Versafine Onyx
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Scalloped Contour Dies, Spruced Up Outline Dies

JUGS636 Furry and Bright

Happy Monday, peeps!  I got some new goodies this past week from the upcoming holiday mini catalog and I couldn't wait to play with one of them...Christmas Scottie!  SO CUTE!  I paired it with the Give It a Whirl dies, because I hadn't played with that one yet and thought it would be fun to combine them.  So here we go:

There are no directions that come with the die, so I went on YouTube and found several good videos that helped explain it! It's not hard at all and the set comes with tons of other fun dies as well.  I stamped the scottie in Basic Black and punched him out, then mounted him on a plaid panel of Soft Succulent.  I stamped the ribbons on the Real Red mat in Versamark and added a couple of Real Red glimmer stars with dies also included in the set.  I used three of the sentiments to show through the window:

I added the last sentiment on the inside as well as one from Christmas to Remember:

And since the JUGS challenge is to add a moving element to your card, I am entering there as well!  

A trip to Sakehana means practicing her chopstick technique!

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Scottie, Christmas to Remember
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Real Red, Soft Succulent, Red Glimmer
Ink	Memento Black, Real Red, Soft Succulent, Versamark
Accessories	Brad, Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Give It A Whirl Dies, Scottie Punch