At 45 minutes per bag I won’t be making many of these but I do LOVE the e d result and am using stash stuff so maybe just a few more
follow maymaymadeit sophisticated satchel you tube video to turn the following into a lovely handbag:
3 A4 sheets lightweight base card (cream for me)
1 A4 sheet matting paper and half for contrast matting
2 12″ x 1 3/4 ” strips card for the handles
brads or candi plus embellishments
I want my handmade cards to be personalized and usually light-hearted so stamping a message isn’t the answer for those special cards. The scan n cut draw function with the universal pen holder means my gold gel pen can deliver a professional greeting, even direct on to this kanban linen look note card.
To add dimension I used the cat die from the crafts beautiful free gift this month and foam mounted it .
confession, although the card looked fab, clean and classy without, I had to add scan n cut ric rac border of gold top and bottom to hide a glue splodge
I also used the draw function to write ‘thanks’ inside. By keeping all the elements to gold this card looks understated and grown up. Love it
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PS a dog version might be contemplated if I can work out the greeting !
Beautiful papers from Craftwork Cards Antiqued and Chinoiserie pads were used to make some serious cards for ‘thinking of you’ messages
I used the scan n cut to create a decoupage effect with the water lilies (very impressed with the direct cut feature now I have tried it) and the trellis strip (a border from the pattern library) Continue reading
A simple way to make envelopes, particularly useful for large items or flat presents
measure the item you want to insert diagonally from one corner to another, say six inches. Then cut a square (always a square even if the insert is rectangular) of paper one inch bigger ie 7 inches square.
place the insert on the paper and fold each corner of the paper loosely over the insert towards the centre, crease the folds and then put the insert to one side
where the four creases intersect at the edges, cut out the triangle overlaps as shown
stick double sided tape along both sides of one corner (in this case the westerly corner with my mug on it) and stick the adjacent flaps to it to form an open envelope
round the shoulders and tip of the remaining corner for neatness and seal as you choose (stickers can be usefully used up here)
A stamped image was cut into jigsaw pieces using a downloaded svg file
I mounted a border to the jigsaw on a backing card and made an envelope for the mount and smaller one for the jigsaw pieces (separate post on that)
I wanted to present some of my mountain of hand made cards so I made gift bags using a roll of wallpaper (I buy 50p remnant rolls of the more ornate papers when I see them). This is sturdier and more pliable than paper or card.
method: cut a rectangle of paper about 34cm wide by 20 high ie just bigger than A4, this will hold 8 ish A6 cards and envelopes
fold about 3 cm down and towards you to make a cuff with the reverse of the paper showing, then score down over the cuff at 3 cm, 16 cm, 19 cm, 32 cm – all the way to the bottom
then fold under about all the way across about 3 cm from the bottom to make your base
cut up the score lines from the bottom to that last across score line to make the bottom flaps and cut out the tiny rectangle bottom right
fold the score lines to form the bag shape
stick double sided tape on the right hand down strip and bottom flaps to fix bag
punch matching pairs of holes in the cuff front and back, I used an office hole punch which fit inside the bag neatly. Thread ribbon or cord through the holes and tie knots inside the bag to fasten
if needed cut a piece of card to fit inside the bottom to reinforce the base, wallpaper seems strong enough for a light package though
You can pinch the side panels to give the impression of a side gusset and embellish or label as well..
A craftwork cards Leisure kit contained the greyboard apron shaped cut outs so I have covered them with paper and die cuts from the kit, made pockets as pen holders and attached post it note pads with red liner tape
on one I took part of a memo block and covered it in paper to make a note pad
to finish I stuck ribbon scraps to make the handles and found some mini pegs to clip on the sides as receipt holders
little Mothering Sunday gifts, done!
Men! They would rather a bottle of wine than a lovingly hand made gift and card toppers are so often fuddy fuddy that I nearly BOUGHT funny cards for the current group of male birthdays.
However tintin saved me… I found a downloadable cartoon which I tweaked with my Pages software and printed on photo paper. The right size for my card bases.
Then for each recipient a personalized caption was also printed on photo paper. The backing is some Tyre print effect paper so i feel comfortable that these are acceptable…
I love how this was made from bits and pieces…
The cardboard box was cut into a ring doughnut shape using a craft knife around a dinner and side plate as templates. Honestly, the finished piece looks as good as a bought polystyrene ring would.
The ring was then wrapped with strips of burlap to give a bit of dimension and cover the card. Any plain fabric, canvas or even paper would do. I then wrapped lace effect cord on top of the burlap at about 10 centimeter spacing with about 20 cm spare at the end, which I pinned through the burlap to create a hanger.
You could use a longer loop for hanging if you wanted your cord to show and garden string looks good on burlap if you don’t have a long enough piece of cord. If you tie shorter pieces of string together, glue your decorations over the knots.
Pre cut, die cut flowers from a craftwork cards beau paper kit were stuck on with hot glue and supplemented with flowers cut on the scan n cut from the same paper pack. I found putting the flowers on the inner and outer of the ring face added more dimension.
l added ‘candi’ to the flower centre as a bit of detail, but the waste from the office hole punch would work, as would beads or buttons if you like more frill effects.
When you feel it looks full enough, hang it up to check from every angle and fill in the gaps, as fuller is better to plump up the paper.
The beauty if this is that the theme and colours could change according to the paper you have – from a glittery festive to a ‘natural’ palette.
I followed a scan n cut you tube idea to create some home made decor this year. A modern version of paper chains!
For a Christmas themed garland you will need to cut out an assortment of paper snowflakes in different sizes. I used a selection of papers and wish I had chosen doubled sided stuff as the garland twists a little in use.
if you don’t have a cutting machine folding the paper and hand cutting is an option if you have the time (or child labour!)
at the sewing machine pull a long tail of thread through then sew a long straight stitch through the centre of the first flake. (I used a white thread as most of the papers were pale or had white in but a contrast thread in a decorative stitch might be fun).
Be brave, go straight off the end of the flake and sew a few stitches in the gap before you put the next snowflake through. This creates a chain for your garland. You can overlap a few flakes or stitch a small one on top of a larger one as well.
Continue for the length you wish and leave a long tail of thread at the end for tying.
Easy to recreate for Valentines, Spring, Easter, Birthday, Halloween or Anniversary versions …
Tip: remember that paper will blunt your machine needle
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