Hi everybody! I wasn't sure I would blog again before Christmas, but here I am! LOL! I did some midnight crafting the other night! Does that happen to you? Do you get ideas late at night too? Earlier that evening I was practically falling asleep on the couch. I was all snuggly with my kitty on my lap. Well, I started watching TV and before I knew it I was all crafty and it was so late at night! But, I gave in to the temptation and decided to make another project with the awesome new release from Simon Says Stamp. Everything was still out on my counter top and I love it all... I ended up making some Valentine treat bags with glassine bags. This is one of my go-to projects for Valentine's Day and I usually end up making some version of these every year. They are a bit shabby chic and vintage, and romantic.... I also used a brand new paper pad (Metropolitan Girl) that just came in the mail. One tip for these kinds of projects is to use all papers from the same pad. It makes it all go together so nicely! Black and pink always looks nice together!
I hope your Christmas week is going well. I am out doing errands and meeting friends for coffee and lunches...and getting a manicure. Doing some fun things in between working. Spending time with my favorite peoples. We will have a quiet Christmas day at our home. I'm still deciding on the menu!
Here are my finished treat bags. They are filled with Hershey's Kisses because everyone loves Kisses! I sometimes will put a coffee gift card inside or a small present. I used my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to staple the tops closed before I decorate them. I found the perfect shade of coral twine in my stash. (Supply links at the bottom of my post)
To spell out "Love You" I used parts of two different dies. I love that all the new dies are the same font and scale so you can mix and match all the words. I die cut my words out of pretty silver glitter cardstock for a bit of shimmer on my bags. A crisp white doily always makes a card or treat seem more special and vintage.
I die cut out the numbers from rich black cardstock for nice contrast to all the pink going on. I mounted them onto the bag using foam tape. Before layering on all my pretties, I started with a belly band of black and white striped paper cut to 1.75 inches wide. A couple of tiny banners stick out from under the belly band. I wanted to somehow get some floral paper onto this project and this was just a nice little touch.
EEEEEP! This tiny envelope!!! So cute! I used one of the new stamp sets to stamp 'forever' onto the front of the envelope and then put on a tiny pink heart (part of that die set).
Okee dokee! That's it for today! Thanks for spending part of your busy holiday week here with me! I hope you are staying warm and toasty where you live and hope you're having fun! XOXOXO
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So pretty. I love the black and pink, the scripty die font, and the tiny envelope.
Posted by: Julie | 12/23/2016 at 07:41 AM
Oh what beauties! I have awakened several nights and had great inspiration, but, I am so far from my craft space here in Florida. I brought some knitting but no card making stuff. Oh well I wrote things down and I'll get to it. Happy Christmas week Wanda. Enjoy! (I did bring some postcards to color)
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 12/22/2016 at 05:07 AM
These are sweet (no pun intended! LOL) Wanda. I love them.
Merry Christmas...
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 12/22/2016 at 04:58 AM
SUUUUUUUUUUUUPER cute!!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 12/22/2016 at 03:49 AM
Love these adorable little treat bags Wanda!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | 12/22/2016 at 03:46 AM