Easy Gift Bag: Brown Paper Bag and Coffee Filter

Hey there Blends and 3 Girl JAM-mers

Today is my Design Team Day and 

I am sharing a fun little tutorial on
how to turn a simple coffee filter
and brown paper lunch bag
into a Marvelous Gift Bag
with the help of some
3 Girl JAM Crinkle Ribbon
and
other products.

If you are up to creating something amazing
and plan to use Ribbon,
you should LINK UP to the
Current 3 Girl JAM Challenge
taking place NOW . . .
ANYTHING GOES WITH RIBBON

Now, onto the project sharing ;) . . .

I made this Get Well Bag a while ago

when my Sweet Friend Forever (SFF), Heather Lynn
was not doing so well and
was making many trips to the Hospital.
She was very ill and I just wanted to do something
to brighten her days!

First I stamped the Brown Bag using
this beautiful Wishing Well and Sentiment Stamp Duo by SweetStamps
and some Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink.

Next I took my coffee filter and gave it a good "wrinkle up".
As it was balled up (with zero uniform....lol), I lightly dabbed
parts of it in an array of Fall Colored Distress Inks.  I
turned the filter inside out and wrinkled it up a few more times,
following the same steps with each color of ink.

After the inking was done, I folded it into a cone shape
and trimmed the ends (roughly, and again without uniform)
using my zig zag shears.

After placing the gift inside the bag, I folded the paper bag
down a few times, then placed the coffee filter
over the top and used Glue Dots to hold it in place.

To accent the bright colors on my filter, I chose to use
Hot Chocolate Crinkle Ribbon
from the Hot & Cold Bundle
 and tied it in a knot with two tails of ribbon dangling.

The small flower adorning the ribbon
is from the Pinque Peacock Shop.
It is a Small Layered Garden Beauty made from the
Nana's Pillowcase Fabric and Wild Oak Burlap.

Each LGB flower you order can be
adorned with a Flat Back Pearl or Rhinestone
from Miriam's Crafting Supply.
You can order the LGB sets
in any of the Fabric Options available
in the Pinque Peacock Shop.

This is a quick and easy way to create

a unique and personal gift bag for any occasion.

Now, before you leave, I want to share another quick project
I created over the weekend.

I used one of the darling Muslin Bags
by Stateline Bag Co., which you can purchase
at the 3 Girl JAM Shop as well!!!

So, if you need any ideas
on how to create something fun and unique,
using these fun bags,
peek around the Blog while you are HERE,

visit the 3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog for ideas,

or you can check out
the 3 Girl JAM Pinterest Boards!

Here is my project with a brief description below :)

I started with a Small 3.25" x 5" Muslin Bag (from 3 Girl JAM) 

and stamped the Turkey image and sentiment 

(by My Creative Time) 

with Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. 

I then stamped the image on several card stock 

and patterned paper pieces (all from my scraps) 

and began fussy cutting.

 I layered the feathers directly on the muslin bag, 

then popped a few up with 3D foam, 

and then layered a set of feathers behind the turkey body. 

The leaves were cut with the Leaf Die (also by My Creative Time). 

The rosette was adorned with a brown button. 

I simply wrapped the dark brown J

ute Twine (from Sparkly Sweet Craft Notions) 

around the bag and tied the bow. 

To finish the project, 

I wanted a little "Wobble with my Gobble"

and put the turkey on an Action Wobble!

Thanks for Stopping In Today

Thanks for Stopping In Today

Stop by 3 Girl JAM
to shop around
and place an order
for this Beautiful Ribbon!
or some State Line Bags!
or some adorable FLAIR Buttons!
or any of the other amazing products that are

a MUST HAVE in your stash!

Remember 

to Keep 

Crafting, 

Because 

♫ CRAFTING ♫ 

♫ ROCKS ♫ 

\m/-_-\m/ 

:O) Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Monday #15 (MITTMM)

Please be sure to scroll down for more posts that you may have missed!!!!

 Welcome to the 15th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

 to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of  
Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays,
where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.

Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.

There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

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First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to All of the great Chicks
at Chick Challenges
for the wonderful inspiration Day after Day!

I played along in the #18 Sketch by Kim challenge and was chosen as the random winner.
I was so happy to share my winnings with my BFF Teresa from skybluepinkcreations.
She and I have been friends for 30+ years and she just recently started her own
blog, after I enabled her a weeee bit....LOL!
When I told her to go shopping for her Kit of Choice, she was super excited and had a lot of trouble deciding!  We have all been there, right?  She ultimately chose to go with the kit you see shown below!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the Chicks who keep us inspired at the Challenges
and to Kim Bell, Ippity Chick, for her generous sponsored prize!!!

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You can order it HERE

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For the next shout out, I say THANK YOU to the lovely Kimberly at Kimberly's Paper Munch and Michelle at Scrappin' for Kenzie.   Michelle was hosting a fun Blog Hop to celebrate her blogaversary and Kimberly was one of the Hop Stops.
I was chosen as the random winner for Kim's giveaway and won this delightful pack of Bo Bunny papers and a set of adorable flowers!

 THANK YOU Kimberly!
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It is with great pleasure, that I get to shout THANK YOU to all the wonderful people at  Scor-Pal .  They were hosting a 2,500 FB fan giveaway on th  ScorPal FB Fan Page , and I was
amazed that I was chosen as the winner.  I have been dreaming of getting one of their cutting boards for a long time now.  I also won a self healing cutting mat...SCOR-E (pun intended)!

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH Scor Pal!!!

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Have you had the opportunity to view some of the fabulous images at Fresh Brewed Designs, yet?  If not, head there now and show Heather and the fabulous DT some love.

They had a Release Blog Hop March 17, 18, and 19th and added some really fun images to their already adorable collection.  There was a fun Trivia game along the way, and just for playing along, I won some cute digi images!!!


THANK YOU Fresh Brewed Designs ! ! ! !

Here are a few of the digi images I get to play with:
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Daisy's Cupcake ~ purchase HERE~

Grace Lollipop ~ purchase HERE~

Happy Easter Eggs ~ purchase HERE ~

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My last sincere THANK YOU  this week goes out to the wonderful group at Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog and Sweet Stamps Shop.    I love hopping over and peeking it at their wonderful talent and gorgeous inspiration.  Their stamps are TREMENDOUS and their Customer Service is TOP-NOTCH!

I was happy to play along in the #56 Monochromatic Challenge and even happier when I found out I was chosen as the winner of the $20 Gift Certificate to their store.  WOO HOO!
I shopped around and just knew that I would have to get one of the Medallion stamps I had been eyeballing and had on my wish list.  I also had an Irish sentiment in mind seeing as I didn't have many to play with around St. Patrick's Day!

THANK YOU SO MUCH Sweet Stamps!
Here are the stamps I chose:

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 You can order Tropical Fish Silhouette HERE

You can order Irish Flourish DUO HERE

You can order Six Sided Medallion #1 HERE

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time

:O)

Jessica

Lucky to Have You

~ ~ ~ Previous Posts~ ~ ~

Vote For Chardon HS to win Rock Your Prom ~HERE~

Save the Date for the CSDivas Spring Fling Blog Hop ~HERE~

FWF Friday ~HERE~

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Keep Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

My crafty mojo is on a roll, NO JINX PLEASE!

I just finished a fun Lucky Card!!

 The image of the clovers, Celtic background, and sentiment are

all from my new

Unity - February KOM Lucky To Have You 

Black and mint green card stock; green Core'dinations card stock;

Charcoal Twine from the Twinery; bling flowers (green of course...LOL);black Archival Ink; Cloud White VersaMagic; Graphically Speak cartridge, Whisper Strokes Markers; recycled corrugated cardboard;  green Studio G ink; foam squares; A LOT OF LOVE!

Challenges:

1. Allsorts - #143 AG
2. Creative Inspirations - #152 AG
3.  DL Art - Thankful Thursday 2/23 AG
4. Unity - Ippity - CAS
5. Craft Your Passion - #99 Paper Piecing
6. Ribbon Carousel - RCC42 AG
7. Sweet Stamps - #55 St. Patrick's Day
8. The Outlawz - Sketch SC0229

Keep Crafting 

:O)

Jessica

Creative Scrapbooking Divas - Snow One Like You

Today I am highlighting this card and all the details at Creative Scrapbooking Divas for my DT Friday post.  

I really do love this cute little card.  It took a little while to complete in between kids coming home and dinner and such!!!  But all in all, the time was well spent.  The Outlawz Sketch SC0111 was an instant "I can't wait to try that one" and the paper colors were inspired by Ribbon Carosuel Challenge - RCC35 Inspirational Pic!

The base card stock is from Recollections.  The chocolate brown is from a stack in my stash.  I stamped the Snowflake from Sweet Stamps using Cloud White VersaMagic onto the chocolate card stock.  I distressed all of the edges of each layer.  I embossed the white squares using my Snowflakes folder, then adhered some Recycled silver snowflake confetti from a gift received at Christmas.   I will enter this card into these additional challenges:
Fab 'n Funky - #103 Recycle It Challenge
Sentimental Sundays : #84 Snow, Blue, and/or Glitter
Made Especially for You - Machine Embossing


I placed some Icy Blue 3 GirlJAM Ribbon along the bottom and added a bow after tying it with by BowEasy.  The sentiment is by Unity Stamp Co., but I am not sure what set as it was a random stamp included in a Grab Bag I purchased last month.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Embossing powder in Vintage Photo for the sentiment.

Here is the Outlawz sketch I used:

Here is the RCC photo inspiration:

Thanks for stopping by
and Don't forget to
Keep Crafting
:O)
Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Mondays (MITTMM) #9

Welcome to the 9th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the

Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week (if time allows and if it applies), on Monday I will be posting a new installment of Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays, where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.  Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.  There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to Stephanie at Whimsical Designs.   Stephanie hosts the Whimsical Wednesdays Challenges 

I have loved creating with her inspiration direction on a regular basis and would love it if you would take a minute to visit her blog and let her know I sent you.   During the month of October, she hosted an awesome Halloween Blog Hop and I was chosen as a winner of a grand prize.  Well, after much "postal delivery" issues and unforseen circumstances, the grand prize was lost.  When she and I discussed it, we both felt a gut wrenching feeling that the prize would never be found.  I told her to not worry because I enjoyed the Hop nonetheless and after all, it was Christmas time.  She needed to focus on her family and enjoy the holiday. Around this time she was launching her new line of sentiment and image stamps.  They are all DARLING!  Her fonts and sentiments are top notch.   I was pleasantly surprised when I got an unexpected package in the mail about a week ago.  I opened it and was almost in tears.  Stephanie was generous enough to send me the entire new line of her stamps to make up for the loss of the other prize.  DOES IT GET ANY SWEETER THAN THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH   Stephanie at Whimsical Designs!!!

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My next THANK YOU goes to all those at Die Cuttin' Divas.  I have loved playing along in their weekly challenge blog as often as time allows.  I was fortunate enough to be chosen as a winner of the #44 Challenge - Tags, Tags, and More Tags.  I won some amazing digital images from Whimsie Doodles from their Tis' The Season Collection . . . .

THANK YOU SO MUCH  Die Cuttin' Divas   and  Whimsie Doodles !!!

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I know want to take the time to say THANK YOU to everyone at Sweet Stamps.  Their stamps are so fun and make it easy to create.  I play in the weekly challenges, too.  I was chosen as a winner of the Challenge #45 - Chipboard.  And, if you use one of their delightful images in the challenges, it counts as TWO entries...woohoo.     I was so excited to go shopping with the $20 gift card I won and knew exactly what I wanted to get....I got my first Tilda and an adorable school theme image!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH   Sweet Stamps!!!

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My next THANK YOU goes out to  the entire Team at I Did It Creations, now known as Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog.   I was chosen as a winner of the #86 - Thank You Challenge and won a Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps image.  I chose to get this Lake Winter image. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH    I Did It Creations, now known as Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog  & Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps !!

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I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time
:O)
Jessica

Quick and Simple

Today I am reluctantly sharing a card I created late last night.  Reluctantly?  Yes.  This is one time that I am not thoroughly pleased with a card I have created.  As simple as it seemed to create, the idea looked better amongst the confines of my own mind than it did when I snapped the picture.   I can't quite pinpoint the reason for my personal dissatisfaction, but it is what it is.  Here is the card:

I started with a vanilla cream card stock by Recollections.  I then stamped my wreath using Sweet Stamps Wreath 132E and Cherry Red Studio G ink.  I colored in the Bow using a gold Whisper Strokes marker.  I placed the gold foil vellum border sticker over the wreath image and added the pine cone corners.  The tag sentiment was created on my computer and printed on vellum.  Then I inked the edges and adhered a chipboard heart to the center.  The chipboard heart was a brilliant white sparkly piece that I inked up to tone it down.  I added a few red pearls to finish it off. 

I created this card with inspiration from the following challenges:
Paper Players - #76 CAS + Colour Challenge - Cherry, Gold, Vanilla
Sweet Stamps - #45 Chipboard
Paper Cutz Challenge - #119 All Hearts Come Home for Christmas

Keep Crafting
:O)
Jessica

Makin' It To The Mailbox Monday (MITTMM) #5

Welcome to the 5th week of  

Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays!

I started this installment series to showcase the generosity that floods our Crafty Blogging Community.  So many times we receive a very generous prize from a dear friend and this is where we can shout out "THANK YOU" to those who really deserved it.

You are the people behind the Magic of Making My Day!!!

I want to take this opportunity to shout a huge

 

to all of you who have shown me your kindness and  your generosity.

Every week, on Monday, I will be posting a new installment of Makin' it to the Mailbox Mondays, where I will give a proper shout out to the generosity I have experienced first hand each and every week!  I hope you will take the opportunity to visit all of the wonderful and talented bloggers that I mention each week, to see their beautiful creations.  Those of you who know me, know I wouldn't steer you in the wrong direction.  There is so much to see and all of these fine ARTISTS are just a click away!!!

First up, I would like to offer a sincere THANK YOU to Sandra of Sandra's Crafty Corner.

A short while ago, Sandra was hosting a celebration of exceeding 21,00 hits to her blog.  She was offering up some very generous Blog Candy during the celebration.  I was happy to be chosen as a winner!  I received 4 wonderful images (of my choice) from Meljen Designs .

Here are the lovely images I chose:

Stanley Scarecrow

Sew Country Bunny

Gift Bow Christmas Fairy

Santa's Jolly Smile

If you are a stranger to Meljen Designs, I highly recommend you pop over to see some of Melissa's fantastic images, old and new!  She is always busy creating new images and her new release posts are intriguing.  There is also a Meljen Designs Challenges Blog if you want to participate.   I can't wait to join in on the fun.  So be on the lookout for these wonderful images on some of my creations.

THANK YOU to Sandra and to Meljen Designs Shop!!!!

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My next THANK YOU goes out to Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog.   They host weekly challenges every Tuesday and I had the honor of being chosen as the winner for Challenge #8 - So Thankful theme.  The prize was a wonderful and generous $20 gift to use at the Sweet Stamps Shop.  There shop is full o f wonderful products that are a must see for all of you!!  I had trouble shopping with my gift card because I wanted everything I could see.  I limited my purchase though (because I had already exceeded my crafty budget for the month....LOL) and chose the rubber stamps you see pictured above.  You can also see one of the stamps in "action" on this card I recently created using the Crystal Snowflake stamp...

I hope that if I have inadvertently left anyone out of this gracious THANK YOU, that you all know you are all included in my thoughts, past and present.  Please, if you wish for me to do a shout out to you in a future Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday, don't hesitate to remind me of a prize you sent my way, and I will do my best to give you the credit you so rightfully deserve!!!

Also, if you would like to show off your own winnings, just title your post Makin' it to the Mailbox Monday and if I am your follower, I will gladly stop by to read it once I see it at my dashboard.  Or, if you'd like, you can leave a link with your comment below.  I would love to see the happiness that greets others in their Monday Mailboxes :O)

DON'T FORGET TO:

Happy Crafting and Until Next Time
:O)
Jessica

Shapes and Snowflakes

 Black textured card stock for base

cut using Lacy Labels - Beautiful (layer 1) at 6" then folded in half

Snowflake rubber stamp by Sweet Stamps

Image and sentiment by Paper Crafting World

Ink and Glitter glue by Studio G

Back in early October I received 2 PCW digi images in result of being randomly chosen as a winner during the Disney Blog Hop at Madison of Funky Cards blog.  I printed them immediately after receiving them and have had them laying on my craft desk staring at me.  Just sitting their waiting for the perfect challenge to call upon them.  Well, today was that day.  I popped over to Cooking With Cricut and peeked in at the PCW challenge.  Since the theme for the 1.  Cooking with Cricut - PCW Recycle - Reuse - Stash Challenge  is to use something from my stash, I was positive that this was the perfect timing to use the image.  The sentiment above the image  led me to the idea that I could couple this creation into a few other challenges to make it complete.  2.  The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday TT1117 challenge is Shapes and Snowflakes (shaped card with at least one Snowflake).  This opened up the idea for me to try my hand at shaped cards since I don't create them often as well as
 allowed me to get some use out of a new Crystal Snowflake stamp I received this week from Sweet Stamps.   The theme at 3.  The Paper Shelter this week is #40 Snowflakes.  I would love to win some of their darling images.  Being that the theme at Sweet Stamps this week is 4.  #41 - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors, I decided to color the ladies with pastel accessories.  Because the image is of two Snowladies and there is snow beneath their feet, the creation also fits well with the 5.  Craft Your Passion - #84 Let It Snow challenge.   Other than the digi image and sentiment, the rubber stamp and ink, I only used glitter glue to accent the card.  This allows me to enter the challenge at 6.  Crafts and Me #61 - Simples (easy on embellishments).  7.  Fab n' Funky #99 Baby It's Cold Outside challenge speaks for itself on this one.

I truly feel blessed to be creating more frequently as of late.  It is exciting to be creating, entering challenges, visiting my Blends, and browsing such wonderful creations all over BlogLand.


:O) Jessica