Teacher Gift Bag

Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing my first project as a Susan K. Weckesser designer. My daughters finish up their last couple days of school next week and are absolutely thrilled to start their Summer vacation. I created small gift bags for their teachers, who deserve a big thank you for all their hard work this year.

The colorful alphabet design on the Susan K. Weckesser Live, Love, Create Patterned Paper was absolutely perfect for this project! This gift bag measures 11cm x 8cm x 3 cm, which means I was able to create 2 gift bags with one sheet of 12x12 inch paper! (I used a gift bag template that I found here.) Susan K. Weckesser patterned papers are printed on a heavy cardstock weight paper, making them perfect for off-the-page projects. This gift bag is stronger (and cuter) than its store-bough counterparts.

I highlighted the colored letters on the patterned paper with a black marker for added interest. I then cut a tag from the Susan K. Weckesser Live in Color Tags Patterned Paper, added a stamped sentiment using the Insta-Cute Stamp Set and tied it to the handle with some colorful twine. I finished the bag with a flower and some tissue paper. This gift bag is the perfect size to hold a gift card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana Tatar - Susan K. Weckesser Designer

Happy Birthday Gift set

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today and I am thrilled to be the guest designer this month for Susan K. Weckesser.  

I received  the Live in Color Collection.  This is a gorgeous collection of whimsical images and beautiful colors and knew they'd be perfect for a gift ensemble.

The gift bag was originally pink and was somewhat faded by the sun.  Using the new ColorBox  Chalk Inks  in Harvest and Splash, I rubbed the ink pads across the gift bag, mixing the colors.  The colors of the inks coordinated really well with these papers.

 

 

 

I cut the Beautiful Daydreams paper to fit the gift bag, matting it with gray cardstock.  Then I fussy cut a cloud and the kite, adding them to the gift bag with foam adhesives for dimension. 

 

 

 

 

 

Not wanting to waste any papers I had left, I created a coordinating  birthday card with the remaining paper and stamped "Happy Birthday" on a die cut oval I had left over from my previous birdhouse project.  I then matted it on several other dies before adding it to the card. 


Thank you to Susan K. Weckesser, Inc. for giving me the opportunity to be a guest designer this month.  And thank you for stopping by today.

Steph

 

A hand bag gift bag.

For a couple of years now I've admired the Christmas Love Campaign and all the inspiration it produced and now I'm so pleased to be part of it myself as a design team member. 

What better way to give a small gift than with a gift bag, well, a handbag gift bag to be exact.

To make the inside of the gift bag I used an ordinary paper bag and cut it down to 4" high. The bottom has one of those folded gussets (if that's the right word) so I measured from the top of the flap as it'll be opened and flattened out at the base to sit in the bag itself.

I cut two pieces of card, 10 x 4" (4" is the width of my paper bag) and 7 1/2 x 4.  I scored  the longer one at 3 and 7 1/2" and the shorter one at just 3". 

Glue the two base pieces together as shown below. 

Now comes the fun bit, the decorating. I chose to use some gorgeous polkadot paper in a collection by Fancy Pants called Happy Go Lucky to cover the bag front, back and flap. I die cut some flowers using Core'dinations Glitter cardstock which is perfect for Christmas projects.

I made a tag to go on the gift bag and decorated it with Susan's Snow Man stamp and finished the bag off with twine and ribbons from CanvasCorp and May Arts Ribbons.

Perfect for little goody's.

HAND-MADE CHRISTMAS CONTEST

To start off this wonderful year 5th year of the Christmas Love Campaign, we are having a Hand-made Christmas Contest. 

What you have to do: 

*Follow along during our Hand-made Christmas event from November 2 - November 16, 2013 at Susan K Weckesser Inc blog 

*Like the Christmas Love Campaign Facebook page ---> HERE. 

*Make your own Hand-Made gift. (it can be something you designed yourself or if you want try something that the designers have created please go ahead and have fun and do that!) 

*Take a picture and post it on our facebook page. Or if you have Instagram post it there and tag it #craftuplove , #christmaslovecampaign & #susankweckesserinc so I see it! You can find me @ [SUSANKWECKESSER] on Instagram, so come follow me and I would LOVE to follow you! So much fun! 

*Give your gift to a neighbour or stranger to make them smile! SPREAD THE LOVE! 

*Come back to our Hand-Made Christmas post and let us know that you have crafted up some love and you will be entered to win a awesome prize pack from the above sponsors. The prize will include lots of goodies so you can craft up more love! How awesome is that! You have until November 17, 2013 at midnight MST to enter. Have fun! 

COME & JOIN US!

I hope I've inspired you to create and join the fun.

Jaine