Hello all and welcome to my post for Meg's Garden. Today's project has been inspired by Mother's Day, which is just around the corner. I have created a unique and softly feminine gift giving collection. The beautiful colours and soft tones in the Rose Quartz Papers lends itself perfectly for that special gift for Mum.
My first two creations are a card and matching paperbag envelope that I have altered to
To create the paperbag envelope, I have folded the base of the paper bag up and glued down both sides to create a pocket for one of the Cut and Create tags
and I have slipped my card into the bag opening.
My card is quite simple, just a piece of folded baby pink cardstock. I have used a border punch down one side and also accented with a white cardstock border. I have used more of the Cut and Create sheet, large Gardenia, dusty pink ribbon, twine, baby paper roses and a fancy frame. I have inked all my edges with Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet Distress ink.
I have also added the punch borders to the inside of the card.
My next creation from this gift set is an altered white glass jar. I am sorry readers, but I have no before pics, but I do have a bit of a tutorial on how I added the Cut and Create label.
I fussy cut one of the labels from the Cut and create sheet. However I found that the paper was a little thick and wanted to crinkle around the edges. So I decided to gently rub back some of the layers. I gently spritzed the back of the label
and then ever so lightly, I rubbed the back of the label till it started to "ball up".
I repeated this a couple of times, being very careful not to rip or remove too much.
Once I had removed enough layers that the label now sat flush, with hardly any wrinkling or crinkling, I glued it into place with some mod podge.
and then sealed it with some Jo Sonja's decoupage varnish.
And last, but not least is my gift bag. I have a few of these little craft paper bags in my stash and this was the perfect size for my altered jar.
I have used ....... Rose Quartz to decorate the front and the back. To embellish I have used the large metal filligree rose and layered a cream gardenia to it. I have also used the cream trim and lace from our kit. I fussy cut the "Love You" tag from the Cut and Create to tuck in behind the flower as an added sentiment.
Items I have used to create my projects are:-
Thank you for joining me today.
....till next time
remember to live your bliss......
✿ღ.~♥ Much Love ♥~ღ.✿
