Country Birdhouse Gift Bag Embellishment Tag

When I'm in the mood, I love making these purses and keeping them handy when I need one as a gift bag. But when I keep them plain (so that they're suitable for any occasion), they can look a little too plain and in need of a little decorating. The Country Birdhouse bundle of stamps and dies are retiring later this month (technically May 4th) and this was a great excuse to pull it out and make a little something fun with it. 

I used the Country Woods DSP for the birdhouse roof and base, with Boho Blue as the scalloped edge and bird card stock colors. Here's the paper purse: 

What do you think...? Did it "make" the gift bag/purse or not??

Thanks for stopping by...have an awesome day!

Painted Petals - Paper Pumpkin alternate designs August 2024

Here I go again…getting a kit and loving it but…wanting to do my own thing with the components. To me, it’s not about making the most cards out of the kit (it usually makes 8 -10 cards) but mostly about doing something different with them. But this time, I did both and made 18 cards from the kit.

The Paper Pumpkin kit from August 2024 originally made 9 cards. But  by using the elements slightly differently than originally designed, I created 18 cards, 3 each of the following 6 designs:

 

Three of the designs use the identical sketch, using a front panel that is overlaid on the card front.  I love this design and use it often.  Here I've used different color schemes based on the printed focals:  

 

And the inside of each looks similar to this: 

The last 3 designs are based on the original plan for the cards in this Paper Pumpkin kit, with a few customizations of course: 

Thanks for stopping by. If you have this kit and haven't used it yet, I hope my cards inspire you to get the kit off the shelf and onto the crafting table. Have an awesome day!