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Hi Everyone!!! Welcome to another super fun
Tek Tuesday!!!
Today I will be showing you how to alter all of those really nice store bags that you get when you shop...particularly this time of year.
The bag I started with was a store bag that measured 10 x 10. I found paper that matched the pretty chocolate brown that the bag color that was my base. It's all past season
SU! holiday scraps. I then chose my image,
Christmas Scamp and he's the CUTEST!!
I measured the DP mattes one inch down for each design.
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I matted the images together and sewed 2 of them together using red thread.
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I then colored
Scamp with my
Copics and
Sakura gel pens. I used
Stickles to
glitter-fy his hat trimmings and then sprinkled white velvet flock over that. It's SO cute and 3-D in person!!
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I added some embellishments and adhered it all together. I then put a plain piece of
cardstock on the back (or you could embellish both sides!!!)
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I then used my
SU! word punch to punch out the handle on both sides of the bag.
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You could tie a ribbon or fibers here for an easy closure or add a small magnetic snap!!
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It's SUCH a fabulous way to recycle the bags rather than use them to take your lunch to work in!!! They are better than that!!!
I wanted to share with you my inspiration for this bag. A LONG time ago...my
darlingist friend
Joanne, who was our
SU! demo, taught us how to alter a simple and so affordable paper bag. You could easily do these for
goodie bags for a child's party for SO much less than buying the themed ones!!!
But I digress. Joanne showed us how to do this and I was HOOKED!!! I've used it over and over and am surprised that I'm just now showing you this!!
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Thank you for the inspiration Jo!!! AS ALWAYS!!!
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Thanks for visiting!! And have fun altering!!!
XOXO
Meredith
What a great idea Meredith! I may have to do that for some of my holiday gifts! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to make your gifts look fabulous! I really should do this more often. What I need is about a week with no kids and no chores... LOL (who am I kidding, an eternity wouldn't be enough time to do all I want!!!)
ReplyDeleteLove the decorated bag and the stamp image is just too darn cute.
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