THE SHAKER

Hello all, today's project was "tweaked" a bit from a Pinterest project I saw where you make a bag/pouch or purse in my case using an envelope. I do have to apologize because I didn't save the pin but browsing around I found something similar here. The tweaking part comes in when instead snipping off one of the envelope sides, you snip off the top when in landscape view instead.

Ok, let me explain: take an envelope, close it shut with a strong adhesive, be a tape runner, sticky tape or score tape as I used on mine and, snip off about 1/8th of an inch from the wider side of that envelope. The envelope should be in a normal regular common position which would normally be on landscape view.

The next step is to open the envelope (minding the score lines) while forming a flat base as on left figure; next fold in the bottom triangular flaps and add strong adhesive on flaps to close shut, as on figure 2. The sides are folded along the score lines to gusset the inside if needed.


It should look something like the above pics. And there it is, so very simple!
I love making simple projects because they are so handy when in a hurry.


Time to decorate: Above are the embellishments I used to decorate the bag or purse (as I called it) when I decided to turn the envelope bag into a purse. A Shaker Purse, that is.

The pretty zig zag or commonly named chevron paper will be the background. It is from the same "Crush" 6 x 6 pack I used on my last project. For the frame and hearts, I used this red glitter cardstock (it won't leave glitter all over). The hearts will be the shaker pieces along with some red sequins. Because I needed the hearts be double sided, I just punched a few more hearts and used them as the backing for the previously punched hearts. the handle was made with thin wire covered with ribbon.

A few more pics from different angles.

and the "Shaker Purse" below.

Adorable!

And you can fill it with whatever treats you want. I was thinking a long handle would have been nice too and let a little girl use it to hold her candy to share.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by today and,

 I hope you find this Shaker Purse worth the try. 

Most of the supplies used are linked, including the must haves: glitter cardstock and the envelopes which are size A7 and the color is a beautiful brownish color called Rubbed Sage. Also very good looking and they have the cardstock too. 

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Cut Cardstock Supplies used in this project:

RED FOX TREATS

Hi all, hoping you 'Enjoy' today's post and help your creative side with some gift container/package ideas for the upcoming holiday seasons. I created these cookie holders for Thanksgiving but as we already know, they can be used for any event, from birthdays to weddings and more.

I used die cuts for all the needed parts but you can also find many templates online if you need to. My next step was to emboss the front of the container, fold the scored lines and add some strong adhesive like score tape to the sides, where I needed to form the container.

I also used some of this amazing product from Kuretake Gansai Tambi called 'Starry Colors' on the 'Enjoy' word and leaves. This product is like perfect pearls but much better. You just need a bit of water to activate and see the magic move in front of your eyes: like melting gold. You will be enchanted on how beautifully is. The set has 6 different dreamy pigments and they will all amaze you.

After I applied the red gold pigment, which dries almost immediately, I grouped my leaves in set of threes, added a bit of Tombow liquid glue to adhere and layer them to the top right side of the container and finally I put my super cute red foxes together and added them to that cluster of leaves.

I had baked some peanut butter cookies to give to some very caring team of health professionals who I have been admiring lately and these handmade treat containers will add a touch of love and caring of my to my 'Thank You' treats.

All cardstock used comes from the beautiful collection "Flavors Gourmet' from Cut Cardstock and I find it to be an excellent cardstock to work with. The colors I used are: Caramelized  Mustard, Lemongrass, Moroccan Cocoa, Rubbed Sage and Tangelo.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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MY VALENTINE'S FAVOR BAGS

hello all,

welcome once more to the digi playground blog.

this is agnes sharing a bit of inspiration and idea for your valentine's celebrations.

MY VALENTINE

i made a few of these to treat my sweet neighbors.

this is a jamie cripps file

and it looks like this before you make it your own.

but you know you do not have to and just make it like it looks here because it is adorable no matter what.

we can think neighbor's treats (like i did) or classroom, office, friends and lovie dovies.

i love this tag. 

the heart was embossed with a clear liquid embossing for a glossy accent.

i also added some sequins and the rustic twine.

i also stamped the kraft cardstock i used with some background script wooden stamp. any other design will be just fine too.

the corrugated red cardstock was torn by hand and added as the base for the pretty tag.

i inked all edges for a distressed look.

 

notice here the pretty finishes: the scalloped one is the top side and the zig zag one at the bottom. nice details.

and ladies and gents...this is all for now.

remember the digi playground is having a dt call you do not want to miss.

i certainly can't say enough good things about my term with them.

thanks for taking the time to visit.

have a great love day!

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HALLOWEEN TREAT CONTAINERS

hello all...

just that you know (wink)

i have been doing bits of "this n' that" around the house after been very limited. 

my lower back has been giving me a lot of grief for a while now, finally went for an mri that showed a very bad slipped disk and it is the

reason for not posting much lately. i still hurt but better after some steroid injection. 

now, i am playing catch up with blogger, etsy and household chores. 

in the meantime i wanted to share these small pouches that will hold any small goody for gifts or treats.

they are so very easy to make but a bit of time consuming since i made all from scratch. i did not even used my cricut.

i cut a 5" wide x 3" tall piece of designer paper, folded it in half and opened it again. i used a one inch circle paper punch to cut off a half circle you see on the front top (but you do not have to) to make it easy to access the content, glue the sides with your fav adhesive (i used my adhesive tape runner)

 and, there is the base for your treat. i had made the mini tags a while ago so i just proceeded to stamp on them with some of my g-studio clear stamps. i used jute to attach the mini tag and go around the pouch. 

(i made them for my etsy shop (hence all the info on them) but if i do not sell them i will use them for the few "trick or treaters" on our street).

hope these mini bags give you some ideas for your own. if you do not celebrate halloween, they are also perfect for any other yummy treats, small gifts and mini trinkets.

i hope you have a great weekend and thank you so much for stopping by.

HALLOWEEN TREAT POCKETS...using k&co embellishments

 i am so happy i was able to share my "publication" news with you all and see you were all so happy for me too. thanks again! 

today, i will share a few treat pockets/pouches i made that you can use not just for halloween but for any occasion you need to give some goodies away. they are so simple and i am sure you have seen them around a lot. you just have to add your personal touch to them and voila!, they are good to go. 

Halloween Treat Bags

4.5" inches tall by 3" wide

hehe, i love the rat. he is from a sizzix die cute die.

all i needed was a piece cardstock cut at 7" tall by 3.25" inches wide which i folded at 2.5" to make my pouch/pocket. i cut a few other pieces of patterned paper to embellish along with some bats from a martha stewart paper punch and the 3D embellishments from k&co. so easy! and the beauty of it you can make them any size you like. you can even use fabric for the pouches if you want.

i know some of you might know to make this but others do not. i sometimes get from granted we all know how to make some things and boy, i am so wrong!

anyway, i put these up on my etsy shop, yes, yes! the one  i have been trying to get up and running again with not much success of my part (darn pain stops me from it too). anyway, i wanted to share this easy project with you all since we have some holidays coming up soon.

take care you all!

MY PINK STAMPER PROJECT

and...

This is my contribution for this month of April to the 
My Pink Stamper Designers 
project
Spring Treats.
My partner Jo has her sweet project up too.  
You are going to drool when you see hers, lol.
We are teamed and our week is the 
third week of April, May and June.

BACK TO BASICS

(is a small kraft bag you can use for any purpose. 

I am using it here to share some of my flower seeds with my neighbor).

Back to Basics 

is an One Inch Bag from the TBBM cricut cartridge. You can find this bag on page #128 of the cartridge handbook.

---cut at w11 x h5.75 inches using a Martha Stewart cardstock in kraft color.

---the two shapes (called card 1) are from the sentimental cricut cartridge on page #65.
One is cut at w4.25 x h3.4 and the other one is cut at w4.5 x h3.5 inches. the brown shadow shape cardstock is from DCWV Green stack and the green color shape is from the paper studio/pink armadillo small stack.

---the back to basics phrase is also from the sentimental cricut cartridge on page #40 and cut at w2.5 x h3.5 inches. the shadow cardstock is an MS kraft cs again and the blue patterned paper is from colorbok/friendly forest. i used my white gelly roll pen from sakura to add some dot doodles to the letters.

---the red flower is from the stamping solutions cricut cartridge, #20 on the overlay pad and cut at 1 inch.

---the green gem is from my stash, lol and the red dotted ribbon from american crafts. the whole project was inked and the flower was popped with foam adhesive.

---the small tags are from TBBM cut at 1.75-1.50 inches high and the sentiment and mini flower on them are from my pink stamper clear rubber stamps, simply sweet occasions set.

***my idea on this back to basics bag is to put some packets of my gardening/flower/herbs seeds in it and give it as a Spring Treat Gift. the seed packets shown on the photo are from a template you can find on the web (gardenandcraftsdotcom). You can modify this bag and embellish it for any other season/holiday as needed.

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 SHOPPING BAG/CHIRP

This other small bag was made with birds in mind. 

(I love my wild birds and I feed them all year long).

You can use it for any other purpose too and both can be change to suit your needs.

I hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions about my projects please do not hesitate to use the 

FAQ LINK.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the support you give me.

XOXO