Happiness in a Muslin Bag

Earlier I posted a "Cherish" Base & Bling necklace in antiqued gold. A beautiful piece of jewelry and a lovely gift. I wanted to package this special bling in a nice way. The drawstring muslin bags make a perfect tote for these little lovelies! They can be stamped on and personalized any way you want!

I used the Country Born stamp set for the front of this bag. I rolled the barn stamp in three colors before stamping; Indian Corn Blue, Barn Red and New England Ivy. The sentiment was stamped in Cocoa. I find that darker, richer colors work best. You will also find it helpful to insert a piece of cardstock inside the bag before stamping. This makes it stiffer and will stop the ink from bleeding to the back of the bag. A simple stamped tag and twine are added at the top.

{Z1822 (3) 4"-6" drawstring bags $3.95}

Country Sketch

The Paper Players has an interesting sketch this week. I decided to use the Country Born stamp set and some older Elemental papers. The finished card makes me really happy...maybe it's the colors or the sweet country images.

 

The City is exciting, but Life is Good in the Country!

 

 

Country Born Grad

One more graduation card for you today! Like the last post, it is not a typical graduation card. It was created specifically for the Grad! I chose the soft, feminine Clementine papers and the lovely horse image from the Country Born stamp set. I thought the addition of natural twine was fun and did not take away from the pretty paper or beautiful stamped image.

Happiness is Homemade {and recycled!}

I am constantly saving my BirchBox's to be repurposed as card boxes. The challenge on The Paper Players was the perfect reason to get me motivated. With Mother's Day just around the corner it was a great opportunity to get some homemade gifts made!

The box is a kraft material which makes recycling it super easy! I only needed to simply decorate the top lid to cover the BirchBox label.

Here is the before~

I inked up the County Born stamp once more this week to create a country themed box and set of cards. Here is the outside of the box recovered! Don't you just love the little wooden clothespin?!

Inside the box is a set of 10 cards, 2 each of 5 designs.

 

 Here is a close up of each card. One of the cards matches the outside of the box.

...and a hug around the neck!

Today's card features the Dynamic Duo's colors of light blue and cherry red. I chose some older CTMH textured papers in Crystal Blue and the retired Tulip red cardstock. I also threw in some neutral kraft cardstock and a scalloped border. The image is from the Country Born stamp set that I used yesterday. I'm having fun with the images on this set and the sentiments are so country cute!

Clean and Country

I finally got the Country Born {D1543} stamp set inked up! This stamp set will be perfect for a couple of people I know! I used the clean and simple sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. The gingham orange ribbon felt like a great match to the country inspired Mother's Day card!