A Big Thankyou and a Small Share

I am completely overwhelmed by the comments I have received since Kim Score featured a couple of my punched cards on her blog Paper Punched Addiction.  In actual fact over 1,500 people visited my blog on the 29th November and I am so excited.  A number of you have become followers of my blog and I hope that I can continue to provide some inspiration for you all.   Kim is an amazing paper crafter, so take a look at her gorgeous creations.  Thanks again Kim for sharing my blog with your followers.

Today I am going to share with you a couple of gift bags that I have decorated for a Christmas Party I am attending at the weekend.   The idea is to bring one female and one male gift. 

The gift bag on the left is one that I received with a purchase that I made recently.  I decorated the front by simply layering some Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper onto Cherry Cobbler cardstock which has one edge punched with the Eyelet Edge Punch.  The tag was inspired by some that my friend Shirley featured on her blog recently.  I cut my tag from Window Sheet.  The Very Vanilla card has been torn on one edge and all the edges sponged with Cherry Cobbler ink,  a  layer of Cherry Cobbler card – again with an edge punched with the Eyelet Edge Punch – as well as a thin strip of Holly Jolly Designer Series Paper has been added.  The snowflake image from Season of Joy has been stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla card and punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch.  A 1 3/8″ circle of Cherry Cobbler has been added and then it is attached to the tag.

The bag on the right is a Kraft coloured bag I purchased from Spotlight.  The decoration is the same except I have torn one edge of the Cherry Cobbler card instead of punching it.

The tags are a great way of using up lots of scraps of card and designer series paper (thanks Shirley).  By leaving the tags blank, I hope that whoever receives these gifts will use the bags again for someone special in their lives this Christmas.

I love being able to re-use the bags I receive when I am shopping, so I now have quite a stash.

Bye for now, Kris.