Aloha, all!
Today is the last day I'll be posting a project from the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition! But don't forget – you can still subscribe to this fabulous series of 6 WEEKS OF PROJECTS! I've been thinking that getting these projects all at once might be a lot of fun – and they're available to everyone who subscribes for ONE YEAR!
Today's project was a challenge just for the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition Design Team. We were to make a bag or a box and a tag. That sounds like Christmas to me!! Well, it could be a birthday, or any other event that calls for a small gift. And such a unique way to present a special gift!
A couple of years ago I made a lot of these "box in a bag" (or is it "bag in a box"?) containers, and I forgot how much I loved to make them – and how EASY they are!! I looked around for a pattern and found quite a few. But I kind of felt like "Goldilocks" when she was dealing with the Three Bears: This one was too tall, this one was too wide, this one required retired products. I wanted one that was "just right." So I made my own pattern with my own measurements and found that "just right" size and set of products for this holiday season. The base for the "box" bottom is 2" x 4" and the whole bag is 4-1/2" tall. The closest existing pattern for the shape that I wanted is one posted by Andrea Walford back in 2008, and she in turn based her design on one by Diana Gibbs earlier the same year. In the 3 years since, lots of people have made variations on the same design. If you can't find a tutorial that you like for this project, just let me know in the comments on this blog post and I can point you to them.
The card stock for this whole project is Wild Wasabi,(with a touch of Real Red on the tag) and the designer series paper is from the Holiday Mini set, Holly Berry Bouquet. I just love the little Holly and Berry overall pattern on this paper – I could almost use a whole pack of it all by itself!
The stamp on the central motif on the front of the bag is from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set (also in the Holiday Mini Catalog). I used my Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red Stampin' Write Markers to color the stamp before I applied it to the Very Vanilla Card Stock. The card stock is a 2-1/2" square and it's mounted on Wild Wasabi that I cut with the Sizzix Scallop Squares Duo Die. The gift tag is a 1-3/4" square (cut a piece of Very Vanilla Card Stock 3-1/2" x 1-3/4" and fold in half).
I hope you've enjoyed everything that I've been sharing with you as I've participated in the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition! I've been kind of scarce here on my own blog because I've been busy with them. But from now until the end of the year, I'll be back here in full swing, ready to show you what I've been creating in my Craft Room!
I hope you're having a great weekend – and are having some time to get some of your holiday crafting done! Have fun whatever you do!
I remember making these when I first got started stamping and just LOVING them!! Your's is just beautiful!! Think I will make one today! Thank you for inspiring me and for all of your awesome projects throughout the last six weeks! 🙂
I would love to have the directions. I have seen these but failed to save the directions.
Beautiful and so creative! I would love to have the directions. Thank you for sharig.