Carta Bella Paper: Door Gift Bag & Card

Have you tried creating a customized gift bag and card? Today I am sharing a set using the beautiful Spring Market collection by Carta Bella Paper.

The colors and florals in this collection are so beautiful and would be perfect to use for all kinds of springtime occasions. I thought it would be fun to customize a gift bag for Mother’s Day for your mom, sister, or bestie. But it would also be perfect to use for a wedding or baby shower, or even a birthday gift!

All of the flowers and garden tools reminded me of getting outside. One of the first things I like to do in the Spring, is to hang a fresh wreath on my front door and decorate the front porch with pots of flowers. I used my Silhouette Cameo to die cut the door from Kraft Cardstock, and then created a wreath from the Evergreen Shimmer cardstock using the Spring Greenery Die Set.

A watering can, flowers, and more die cut greenery decorate the steps of the porch on this gift bag!

I couldn’t stop there! I couldn’t resist cutting out one of the darling tags from the Floral Tags paper to add to the top of the gift bag.

It’s fun to create a coordinating card to go along with your decorated gift bag. I cut a quote from one of the 6×6 pattern papers and added it to the die cut frame.

A flower pot die cut and more greenery ties it all back to the gift bag for a coordinated look!

SUPPLIES:

“Coffered Flower Wreath Door Card” cut file by Jennifer Rush (Design #202013 in the Silhouette Design Store)

Enjoy your weekend!

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American Crafts: Twilight Gift Boxes

The One Canoe Two Twilight collection by American Crafts makes the prettiest projects for Spring! I recently used this collection to create gift boxes filled with store bought chocolates as thank you gifts.

The soft, pretty colors of the patterned papers with white die cut flowers on top would also be beautiful to use as wedding or baby shower favors … or even as decorations on your Easter dinner table.

I used several metal dies from my stash to create the flowers on top using white American Crafts cardstock. They get a splash of pink with the flower center cut from a scrap of coral pink paper and are secured with a pearl brad.

I also fussy-cut several flowers and leaves from the Twilight Blooms paper to tuck in with the white die cut flowers.

The flowers are adhered to a patterned paper band going around the matchbox-style box. Before adding the flowers, I wrapped white twine around the band several times to add a bit of texture.

I finished each box with a note to the recipient written on the coordinating Twilight Mini Notecards. So cute! (If you haven’t seen these cards yet, be sure to check them out! They come in the cutest little house-shaped box that will be displayed forever on my shelf … it’s ADORABLE!)

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Thanks for stopping by!

Echo Park Paper: Wedding Gazebo Gift Box

I love a beautiful outdoor wedding in the summertime! Create a crisp, white gazebo adorned with flowers to collect wedding cards at your next wedding celebration … or maybe even use this as a special gift box! The Echo Park Paper Wedding Bliss collection is perfect for this!

I created the box using the Carta Bella Paper Ultra White Felt Designer Cardstock and the gorgeous papers from the Wedding Bliss collection. I cut the Gazebo Cut File (Winter Gazebo by SVGCuts.com) using my Silhouette Cameo Electronic Cutting Machine.

I wanted the top of the gazebo to really catch your eye, so I used the Wedding Floral Paper with its beautiful gold foil accents. I added detail to the edges by embossing white cardstock with the Dainty Damask embossing folder.

Next, I created some big, beautiful flowers  and a Mini Paper Fan to use as a focal point on the roof. The flowers were cut using the Rose Flower – Small Cut File by Echo Park Paper (Design #193699 in the Silhouette Design Store). The leaves are from the Flower Cut File by Echo Park Paper (Design #192286 in the Silhouette Design Store).

The flowers are cut from the Lt. Pink/Pink coordinating solid paper. The leaves were cut from the Ultra White Felt Designer Cardstock and the Black/Ivory coordinating solid paper.

I tucked in a couple of tags from the Frames & Tags Ephemera Pack for even more interest.

For the windows I used the Easter Vellum Dot Paper in Blush Bunny. I adhered it “inside out” so that the dots were a more subtle pink. I fussy-cut the banners from the Forever and Always Paper to form a swag all the way around the gazebo, adding in a couple of lengths of pearl strands for more dimension.

I punched the flowers from the Lt. Pink/Pink Coordinating Solid paper and then added enamel dots for the flower centers.

The box opens up so that you can place electronic lights inside, if you would like. Here you can see the vellum adhered to the inside of the box with the pattern facing inwards.

I added the “Bride & Groom” sticker and heart stickers to the doorway. Look how cute it looks all lit up in the dark!

On the bottom portion of the box, I created another cluster of embellishments with more die cut leaves and two more Mini Paper Fans. I added a couple of enamel dots to the center of one of the paper fans for a bit of shine. I added the “I Do” sticker to the center of the other one.

Another great use for this project would be to use it as a centerpiece of a table; either at a wedding, on a small table along with the guest book, or maybe as a fun decoration for a bridal shower. There are so many possibilities!

SUPPLIES:

OTHER SUPPLIES:
Winter Gazebo cut file by SVGCuts.com
Rose Flower – Small by Echo Park Paper (Design #193699 in the Silhouette Design Store)
Flower by Echo Park Paper (Design #192286 in the Silhouette Design Store)
Flower Punch: Stampin’ Up
Pearl Garland
Hot Glue/Glue Gun
Liquid Adhesive

I hope you enjoyed this project today. See you again soon!

         

Scrapbook Page: She is Truly Lovely

Hi Friends! I’ve been on a roll lately with my scrapping and blogging. I’ll take advantage of that … I’m sure it will shift a bit as the months get warmer and the days get a bit busier.

As a reminder, I post my work here on my blog, as well as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. So feel free to follow me on whatever platform you enjoy using the most!

SHE IS TRULY LOVELY

A little while ago I purchased several pieces of the 1Canoe2 Hazelwood collection. At the scrapbook store where I purchased it, they had the Pink Paislee C’est La Vie line next to it and it looked so lovely together! I hadn’t picked up any of that Pink Paislee line as of yet, so I purchased some of it and have combined these two collections together on the next three pages I’ll be sharing with you this week. This is the first of the bunch.

This page features my adorable sister-in-law at her bridal shower a couple of years ago. I adore Jessi! And I’m so glad she is a part of our family. She proves that my brother has a head on his shoulders … Haha! … because she is that amazing! She is the most kind-hearted, hardest working, sweetest person I have ever met. My brother is a lucky guy!

I fussy-cut lots of florals and butterflies to use on this page. I love when you can get a lot of mileage out of patterned paper like that!

I used the Pink Paislee “Take Me Away” Thicker phrase for my title along with some older tile letter stickers by My Mind’s Eye.

I left the checked branding strip on this page, opting to trim 1/2″ off the top of the paper instead. I stitched along it and love the contrast of pattern and color it adds.

SUPPLIES:

• Tile Letter Stickers: My Mind’s Eye
• Adhesive/Foam Squares
• Scissors/Trimmer
• Computer/Printer for Journaling
• Sewing Machine/White Thread
• Gray Distressing Ink: Close to My Heart

Thank you so much for coming by today! Check back tomorrow for another page using these products along with a process video.

See you soon!