An Altered Frame For My Sister - Webster's Pages

I was transferring pictures from my phone to my computer and came across this picture of my sister and myself that was taken at her son's wedding back in September. I think it might be one of the only pictures we have together by ourselves and I decided to print it off and make a frame to give to her tomorrow while we are at our Aunt Betty's for Easter. Since she doesn't have the internet this will still be a surprise for her! I thought it would be nice if we both had one of these frames so I made one for myself as well...something I rarely do! I made a matching gift bag and card with the scraps left from the frames.

Supplies Used:

8x10 wood frame

Webster's Pages, not sure of what collection

Paper Studio Poppies & Paperie flowers

Generic paper flowers

Nuvo Crystal Drops

Translucent Vellum

EK Success Small Daisy Punch

Chipboard

Mounting Foam

Glue Gun

Art Glitter Glue

Hobby Lobby was having an awesome 75% off clearance sale about two months ago and I picked up a couple of packages of the Paper Studio Poppies and Paperie flowers. Of course I have a few flowers in my stash but for the 75 cents that was marked on the package I figured I could make room for a few more and I'm so glad I did because they worked great on the frames. I did use hot glue to attach the flowers as I have found that any other type of glue or tape just doesn't cut it in the long run. I punched out some vellum flowers using the EK Success small daisy punch and added dots of Nuvo Crystal Drops for the centers. I can't find a link for the small daisy punch but it is one of my go to punches for when I need a "filler" on a project, I actually have 3 sizes of the daisy punch and love each one of them!

All the paper is from the Webster's collection and I can't rememember the name and forgot to look before I used the bottom strip as a border on the frames. I know it was from 2012 and was from one of their warehouse sales where you ordered a box for like $40 and got a TON of awesome stuff in the box. 

I didn't have to do a whole lot of fussy cutting on this project but I did do some as there were some good images to use that made the project just come to life *okie wonders if anyone notices she is just typing kinda random shit about the project to make it sound interesting, and then okie wonders if anyone really reads the shit she types anyway*.

I fussy cut the large border at the bottom of the picture area and used chipboard on the back and then some mounting foam because ya know I'm all about dimension when it comes to such projects! I printed the saying "I'm as lucky as I can be because the world's best sister belongs to me" on the vellum and I used my laser printer as it does an excellent job on the vellum. I don't think this is a true vellum, but more of a "kinda like vellum and better for what okie wants to use it for" kinda paper.

After getting the frames completed I made the matching gift bag and card with the scraps left over from the papers I used for the frames. I think my sister will be surprised and pleased!

Gift Bag - Zebra

Okay yesterday I said zebra print is hot and since it is hot I had to do a Zebra Bag!

I always think that pink seems to go the best with zebra print, it's gotta be because of the color combo of white, black and pink. I knew I had some nice pink wire ribbon that I could use with the zebra print but I did have to go to another one of my stacks for the pink paper since there wasn't any in the Recollections stack of animal prints.  

After I got the bag done it looked a little plain and it seemed to need just a little something else. I cut a nice size flourish for the bottom and POW, that was it!

The stamp I used is from Stampin Up's Happiest Birthday Wishes, a set I got sometimes ago, and I love this particular stamp because you can stamp it several times and then punch out the parts and then layer. I can't remember the particular sizes but I think it was the 1" circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 3/4" scallop circle and then 2 3/8" scallop circle. I pop dotted the top layer for dimension.

I think out of all my gift bags this one is my favorite!

Gift Bag - Wild Birthday Wishes

Why are animal prints so fun? I know Zebra print is hot and has been for a bit now but before that it seems everything was leopard print. Now I think just about any animal print goes. 

I do believe red goes nicely with leopard print and that is why I chose to accent the bag with the birthday in red and the red ribbon. I thought about decorating a little more with some red paper but then I remembered "it's a giftbag, it's likely gonna get tossed in the trash" so I refrained and kept it more simple. 

I thought a fun sentiment on this one would be nice, I can't remember what font I used for the Wild and Wishes but I do know I used the "Sister" or "Sister Frisky" font for the Birthday. It looked a little plain so I decided to add the green vine to jungle it up a bit. I think the printed paper at the bottom might be a giraffe print, at least that is what it looks like to me, whatever it may be it goes good with the leopard print and that is why it was used. 

Okay my last giftbag for awhile will be posting tomorrow and then it's on to the mini albums!

Is anyone getting tired of my crafty posts yet? I am beginning to think I might be crafted out soon.

Gift Bag Series - Sunflower

I don't know what it is about sunflower images that I love but there is certainly something! I think it is the bright happy yellow colors contrasted with the warm comforting brown tones that are set against the refreshing greens *okie thinks she sounded a little artsy fartsy with her description*. 

At any rate, I saw this sunflower paper in the stack of the K & Co. pad I was using, remember I mentioned it had like 5 or 6 different collections in it, and I knew I had to do a gift bag with it! The striped paper on the left and the bottom patterned paper were also included in the collection.

The colors between the patterned paper of sunflowers and the sunflower I cut actually look better in person than the picture. But as we all know most things always look better in person than they do pictures. Well except when we take pictures of ourselves and airbrush off the wrinkles and zits, then we probably do look better in a picture than in person. 

I made the sunflower file quite sometime ago using an image trace, and have been dying to use it and this was the perfect opportunity to cut that sucker and see how it turned out, which I think it turned out rather lovely...don't you?

Gift Bag - Western Happy Trails

I'm sober today! HA HA HA This is a larger giftbag than the one that was posted yesterday, you might be able to tell from the pictures, and required a little more paper but as luck would have it I have plenty of paper...I know hard to believe but it's true!

Again the papers are from the Recollections pack and the western is also from what I ordered a few years ago from Dollar Scrapbooking. I really like this larger one, the smaller one was okay but I think I like the papers on this one better.

I cut the "happy trails" and the little horseshoe with my Pazzles. They might be hard to see but I added two little copper brads on the Happy Trails image and it seemed to make it look a little nicer.

Instead of adding some ribbon for embellishment I used some jute since it looked more like rope and would make this a nice giftbag to use for a male or female. I untwisted the little bit on the tag to make it a little fuller.

Gift Bag Series - Western Concho

Okay for those who saw this post before I ran in here to edit must have been thinking "OMG okie really did take up drinking as hobby!". The truth is, well I load photos after I get the projects done and then go back and do the content of the post and I guess I forgot to check my dates to see what content needed to be entered and edited *okie hangs head in shame*.

So about this nice little western gift bag...I like it! The lower print came from a pack of Recollections paper from Michaels, where the other animal type prints have come from lately and I think there are a few more I have used it on. The upper paper was from Dollar Scrapbooking that I got a few years ago. Since I am from Oklahoma I do try to keep some western theme on hand...it only makes sense!

I cut the tag and the cute little concho with my Pazzles. The tie on the concho is some more of the Maya Road cording. The little star on the tag is from a punch and it added a little more interest to the tag.

I'll try not to do anymore drunk blogging *okie cracks up laughing* but there can't be any guarantees about that!

Gift Bag Series - Peacock

Growing up I remember people having bouquets of peacock feathers as decor and I always felt those eyes on the feathers were looking at me. I'm not sure if I was mesmerized or scared shitless. I always wanted to touch them because of their gorgeous iridescent color but was always afraid of what would happen, more of my mom who would have beat my butt than the feathers getting me.

Now that I'm grown I won't have peacock feathers as decor but I do like to decorate cards and bags with peacocks. This paper was in that same K & Co. pad and I loved how it looked but wasn't sure what to use to go with it until I figured just an image of a peacock might be nice. I added some blue tulle with the brown for these bags and I think it turned out nice.

The peacock got a little lost in all the patterns of the paper so I went back and cut a white outline to go around it and I think it worked well in making the image stand out a little more. I used my white gel pen to add some accents to the bird as well and it seemed to really pop then.

Someone on Facebook asked what I do with all these bags I make and I guess I never thought to say what I do with them so I thought I might tell y'all...I use them as prizes at my Christmas party! When I first did this I thought my guests would think they were stupid prizes but turns out they love them!

Gift Bag Series - Maya Road Cord

Did anyone else get the Maya Road Cord when they had it on some kinda flash buy a few months ago? It's a lot thicker than I thought it was going to be but I do love it and wanted to use some on giftbags.

I loved the colors and patterns of this set of giftbags and I think the wording paper is a great addition on the bags. I could see these being use as graduation giftbags or other life events of accomplishment.

I tried to use the color of cording that went the best with the colors in the chipboard shapes. I think I ended up getting 6 different colors of the cord.

I cut a few tags on my Pazzles since I wanted a larger tag than what my punches make. I added a few  strips of scrap paper for decoration and then a little one of the Michaels Bridal Flower Confetti flowers.

Gift Bag Series - Stampin Up Pansy Punch

Are y'all getting tired of seeing the Stampin Up Pansy punch yet? I am sure not tired of using it and the coordinating Flower Shoppe stamp set!

In the K&Co. collections there are always some pages where the design takes up a whole page and I find hard to use most of the time, but this time was different! I cropped the paper down to use the whole image as the base design and then just added some coordinating strips to the base image.

I used one of the stamps from the Flower Shoppe set to stamp brown on the Purple cardstock and then also on some yellow. I punched the flower out using the Pansy Punch and then used a 1" circle *okie wonders if it was the 3/4" punch instead* to punch out the center and lined it up on the flower.  I used a bone folder to curl the petals up just a bit.

I think these turned out to be a little elegant looking and will be great for older adults.

Gift Bag Series - Stampin Up Punch Flowers

I found a nice big collection of K&Co in the thinner papers at Joann's one day when Linda and I were in Norman. I told her I really wanted it since it had 6 different collections and I knew it would make some great bags. I can't remember the price we paid but I am thinking it was about 50% off.

I used some brown tulle to make a large bow for the top of this bag. I kept wanting to add more decoration to the bag but I kept telling myself "self don't do it because it is probably going to end up in the trash anyway" so I did refrain from adding more embellishment.

The flowers are made with the Stampin Up Blossom punch, Pansy Punch and Spring Bouquet punch . I think punched 3 layers of the Blossom and Pansy for the flowers. I added the Candi dots for the centers and those work wonderfully and are a lot cheaper than using big brads and prettier than just a small circle.

Gift Bag Series - Glitter Chipboard

One of my favorite things to alter is giftbags *okie thinks if she were completely honest she would have to say she likes to alter anything that can be taped and glued*. Linda and I were at Goodwill last year after Christmas and they had a big laundry basket of Christmas giftbags that were either 50¢ for $1 but the kicker was they were like 75% off, at least I think that is what they were. Any rate, I got the majority of them and did allow Linda a few for her own stash. For the next few days I am going to be sharing the giftbags I altered recently.

I prefer to use thinner paper for giftbags so they aren't as expensive and usually get the paper pads at either Michaels or Hobby Lobby.

To get my paper cut the right sizes I make a template in Make The Cut and figure out how big to cut pieces from there.

I added a little tag that I made with my Stampin Up Tag Punches and used some twine to attach it to the handle. I found some glitter chipboard pieces in my stash of embellies and thought I would try some of those to add to some bags. I think they worked out great! I did use Terrifically Tacky Tape or Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to attach them to the bags because I wanted to make sure they would stay put.

Gift Bag - Margarita!

 I have been trying to use Cricut Craftroom lately, sometimes with some I am actually able to get something designed and cut...but most of the time I get frustrated and quit, going back to my beloved Design Studio.

There are some of the digital images I like and one of the new ones that came out is Mixed Drinks. Of course me being the big party girl *okie snickers* that I am I knew I would have to get this digital cart. The bad part is that I can only use it with CCR *okie gives an exasperated sigh*. My friend Linda, aka LGuild, sent me a link to Melanie, of Courtney Lane Designs, website where she had made a wonderful gift bag with the images from this cart. Lucky for me Melanie was nice enough to include the file. All I had to do was copy and paste the images so I could cut 4 designs. If you would like to see Melanie's version please go to - Courtney Lane Designs. I really loved Mel's ida of cutting the blender smaller and using it as a gift tag! INGENUOUS!!




I have so far made the margarita, mai tai, daiquiri and pina colada and will be posting those later this week. Here is the Margarita bag I made with Mel's file for CCR. I only took a picture with my cell phone so the picture isn't great.The gift bag came with the stripes on it. They were some I picked up at Michaels on clearance last year. I love making gift bags because I use them as prizes at my Christmas party and all the guests love getting them. I have been told that they do NOT like to use them which makes no sense to me.

I used some Glitter paper for the drink and the salt on the rim. I think it gave it some great sparkle. I also cut the salt rim twice and then pop dotted the layers.

Forever Young - Giftbag Gorgeous

This is the last of the Forever Young gift bag card sets and I am glad because I am ready to move on to something else.


Supplies Used:
Cricut Expressions - Forever Young cartridge, George
Core'dinations cardstock
Doodlebug flock
White flowers misted with Glimmer Mist
Patterned paper My Minds Eye Simply Delightful
4x5 notecard
Hot Fix gems
White Signo gel pen
Cat Eye Chalk Ink



The mat the girl is on is from Elegant Edges. It was a little wider than what I needed so I resized it using the Gypsy. There are some great cuts on Elegant Edges and I can't wait to use some! I just chose a simple one for this since I wanted the Forever Young cut to be the focal point.

The white border is from Elegant Edges as well. They are some fantastic borders on there! And with using the Gypsy or DS I might never have to buy another border punch!

I was going to glitz up the gal a little but then I thought "who the hell is even going to care if she has a sparkle on her flower". Most of my friends that come to the Christmas party are not crafters so they don't notice the little details all you guys do.




Doodlebug flock was applied to the word "Gorgeous" the same way I applied glitter on the previous gift bag. Using the Xyron to do this makes it a lot easier than using glue and you get a more smooth application, at least I think so.


So I am off to new projects now. I think I am bored of just doing cards so it might be time to alter something....I wonder what I can find in my stash to alter!

Forever Young - Giftbag Posh

This is the third back of the Forever Young gift bag and note card set. I decided to mix it up a little and go vertical with the paper instead of horizontal *okie thinks she so loves to live on the edge somtimes*.

Supplies Used:
Cricut Expressions - Forever Young cartridge, George
Core'dinations cardstock
Doodlebug Glitter
White flowers misted with Glimmer Mist
Patterned paper My Minds Eye Simply Delightful
4x5 notecard
Hot Fix gems
White Signo gel pen
Cat Eye Chalk Ink


I actually got up off my lazy butt and looked to see what the patterned paper was that I have been using for the sets. I think I should have made the circle bigger but I am cheap and wanted to get 4 out of one sheet of paper, little did I know I was going to end up another sheet of paper for the small circles on the note cards! *okie gives herself a V-8 smack on the forehead*

After cutting the word "posh" I ran it through my Xyron and then sprinkled Doodlebug glitter over it.

The belt on the girl did have a flower but I decided to use a small Prima flower and use a small hot fix gem in the middle.



I had white flowers and used Glimmer Mist on them to color the flowers. I found that you have to have some patience to let the flowers dry because if you layer them too soon they will bleed. Luckily I found out quickly and was able to get them away from one another to dry and it didn't really mess them up. I think I will be trying some more of these flowers!!