Today I'd like to share with you a Double Pocket Bag and

Gift Card. They were easy and fun to make!

(As a matter of fact, I made 32 of them for a Mother-Daughter Luncheon at our church.)

I found the directions for this bag at SCS in the resources gallery where Jenn Diercks gives great directions. The bag is made using one piece of 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper. First you score one inch on the top and the bottom of the DSP, then you fold it down and glue in place. Then turn the card stock and score the 12" side at 3 1/2" and 8 1/2". Fold on the score lines and add adhesive to form a "tube". Next you score at 4 3/4", 5", & 5 1/4". You will then fold in half and using a bone folder to make nice crisp folds. Then continue folding and using the bone folder. You will fold it up to make a "W". Next add a small piece of Sticky Strip to hold the bags together, this will also help it to stand. Then using a slot punch you will make the openings for the ribbon. You will only punch through the top layer of the bag. Then add your ribbon of choice to finish the bag.

Decorate as desired. Here I used the Big Shot and the Daisies die. I added leaves made from the large oval punch, cut to a point and added "veins" to make it look more real. I also added ink to the edges to give a realistic look.

We also made a gift card to match by using a piece of 3" x 6" card stock folded in half and added the same flower only using the 2 smaller petal layers to make it fit well on the gift card.
This is a fun project and can be used to give many kinds of gifts, such as teas, cocoas, candy, etc... I used it for my Mother-Daughter luncheon to hold a booklet, a bookmark, a package of seeds and a pen. It made a nice favor and everyone enjoyed receiving one.

Another Mother's Day Card

Here is another Mother's Day card that we made. It is made using the Manhattan Flower Textured Impression Die and the Big Shot on Card stock Vellum. We then cut around the top of embossed roses to make a contrast. We added a butterfly using the Beautiful Butterflies die and then topped with pearls from the Pretties Kit. (We wished we had run the butterfly through again and added some texture using one the Texture Plates.) We then added some Whisper White Organza Ribbon. We added Happy Mother's Day using the Wide Oval Punch and the Scalloped Oval Punch.

It made a very elegant looking card that would also make a nice wedding card.

I'm ready to start sharing again! Thanks for your patience!

Hi Friends!

I'm back and ready to start posting again! Please be patient with me as I get a handle on blogging. I will do my best to try to post a few times each week. I am finally feeling better than I have for a while.
Today I'm going to show you one of the cards that we made at my April Stamp Camps for Mother's Day.

It is a flower pot card. This card is so much fun to make. The flowers were made using the Big Shot and are held together using brads. Three flowers were added to the top of the pot. Then the top two flowers were attached to a piece of cardstock that was inserted into the flower pot to be able to include a written message. We stamped the message "I just realized that I'm turning into my mother... (lucky me!) on the card also. The card is held shut by the ribbon that we tied onto the front. I hope you'll try to make one! It would also make a nice birthday or get well card!