It’s been a couple of months since I’ve been able to participate in a Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. I always enjoy them and am glad to be around this month. Here’s the August challenge:
This challenge was a lot of fun and I ended up making two different bags and a card to accompany one of them.
I placed the Beautiful Blooms dies inside the bag and ran them through my Cuttlebug and then layered the paper from Green Boutique and Library Ledger behind them. The buttons are all from the Holiday Mix collection, and I tied some button twine through each of them. The ribbon bow is Aqua Mist satin. For the card I used papers from the same collections on a Kraft card with Ripe Avocado mats. The Nestability label is Scrap-Mart’s new Oval/Square which I cut and embossed, and added a sentiment from Friendship Jar Fall Fillers (which arrived in yesterday’s mail). The felt flowers are cut with Hawaiian Shores and Vintage Cream felt. I inked all the edges of the cardstock and patterned papers with the Camomile Tea Dye. Here’s a closer look at the bag and the card:
I’ve wanted to try and make a pinwheel for ages. You need double-sided paper for this, and since Papertrey’s papers are all single sided I used my Xyron to glue together two coordinating papers from Autumn Abundance. It makes for a thicker paper, but it worked just fine.
The stick and brad are from my stash. I purchased a package of these sticks years ago for another project. The sentiment is from Vintage Picnic Sentiments, one of my favorite Papertrey sets.
Thanks for looking, and enjoy the blog hopping!
Beautiful stuff!!!
BEAUTIFUL!!! I love the pinwheel ……. it reminds me of being young and barefoot!!! The first one is amazing too the HS is so bright and full of life!!!
These are SO pretty! I totally LOVE the pinwheel bag!!
I love the pinwheel embellishment – any little one would enjoy getting this!
love the matching card and bag! i like that that you cut out the flowers and put paper behind them. fun! great job with the challenge!!
omygoodness… both are awesome! i love the colors of the first one, and the 2nd one is just too darling 😀
Super cute pinwheel! I like how you used the negative space on the top bag. Great projects!
I love how simple but yet beautiful your bag looks!! And must I say anything about your card but gorgeous?? Love the die cut flowers!
Both are fun. I am really digging the pin wheel.
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
I love both of your projects, but that pinwheel bag is so, so cute. What a great idea.
Great bags- love the technique you used on the first one, and that pinwheel is great!
So lovely, love that matching pair, and the pinwheel is so sunny and lovely too!
What a great idea to cut out parts of the bag with the dies- def will be giving that a go! TFS 🙂
Super, Karen! The bag & card are charming and would be such a great gift set. The pinwheel is so well done! I love the autumn papers you chose, they go so well with the color of the paper bag!
So super cute! Love the cutouts, and love, love, LOVE the pinwheel!!!
These are both great, but I adore the pinwheel one!! Must be the fall colors that I’m loving these days!
Beautiful, Karen! Really loving the big pinwheel!
The pinwheels are adorably cute Karen and I love the colour pallette of the top project!
What GREAT projects!!!! Such fun colors!!
Have a GREAT day.. Happy Hopping!
Beautiful projects. I love your first bag. So simple, yet so classy looking.
Holy cow Karen! Loving your projects! They are all fabulous but my fav is the pinwheel on the bag! Too cute!
Sweet how you did the cutouts with the flowers and DP, what a great idea!
soo cute..love the pinwheel bag!
I love them both and the card is perfect!!! Fantastic work!!
You did a great job! I love that pinwheel! And I like how you did the flower cutouts and backed them with the patterned paper.
Cute projects! I love the pinwheel bag!
Oh LOVE how you punched the bags and had the cute dp behind the flowers…and what a creative and colorful pinwheel. These gifts are sure to make someone smile,I know I did!
Really pretty. I like your technique on the first bag. It reminds me of reverse applique in quilting. It adds depth to the total look. Great job on all three!!
it’s all adorable, but I LOVE the pinwheel!!!
Those pinwheels are so yummy!
Rinda
Very pretty gift set with the matching card and bag. Love our pinwheel!
Nice job on both of them. I especially like the first one though!
Very cute! Love the paper-backed cut-outs!
Oh my, how cute both of these are!!! LOVE them!
What fun projects! Awesome pinwheel!
Both are great,Karen….wonderful idea with the pinwheel.
The pin wheel is great but I really love how you die cut the bag and placed the patterned paper behind.
So you actually cut flower shaped holes in the bag and put paper behind it? How cool is that! I love that idea.
I really love the pinwheel!
Oh these are gorgeous, Karen 🙂 I love the blues with the brown especially, and the flower cut-outs are lovely xx
Cute, cute! I love how you cut the flowers out of the bag and then put the patterned paper behind them! And, that pinwheel is super, super cute!! I’d love to receive a gift in that! 🙂
Sweet! I really like how you did the flower cutouts. Adds so much dimension to the bag and what a great way to add interest!
Wow, love both the bags and the card. What a great idea to die cut the bag and back it with paper. It’s so pretty!
So pretty – all of your creations. That pinwheel is such a cute idea too :>)
Such cute projects! Great idea to cut the bag and put paper behind. And I love the little pinwheel. So cute!
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