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Monday, December 20, 2010

First Gift Bag

Today I made my very first altered gift bag. I wanted to make something for our family gift exchange and used a simple kraft bag. I bought a MS pine needle punch for $4.99 at Michaels yesterday and used it on some Pinefeather cardstock. It punched very nicely, even though in the past I have had problems with MS punches and PTI cardstock. I used it as a little border around the bag. I made a small border from some polka dot paper I had and cut some reindeer using my cricut. I punched a few snowflakes, used some tinsel glitter and a red rhinestone for the reindeer noses. Of course I had to make a matching tag to go with it and just scaled down all of the same elements I used on the bag. I love how this turned out and plan on making several more before Christmas Eve.

7 comments:

Stephanie said...

So, perfect, Cathy!!! I love it! Those reindeer are just darling and the blue with the kraft bag is perfect.

Diane Jaquay said...

This is really pretty Cathy, I love those deer!

Gayatri said...

Love the colors and the reindeers are cute. Great gift bag with coordinating tags, Cathy!

Jayne said...

This is super cute! I would love to get something like this - great job!

DF said...

Very pretty! The raindeer are so sweet, and I love the colours you chose.

BethieJ said...

Cathy this turned out so PRETTY! I LOVE those reindeer!!! :)
Happy Holidays!

Monica K. said...

This is such a pretty bag, Cathy! You did a great job with it. I love how you created a pretty winter scene. It looks wonderful!