Monday, December 18, 2017

Mini Gift Bag

Welcome to another Big Waddle from the Stray Ducklings.

Today I want to share with you a cute little mini gift bag that you can make out of 6" x 6" squares of paper.  For this I used our Quilted Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper but you could make this using any 6" x 6" paper.

Start off with 2 matching 6" x 6" pieces of paper.  Score both of them the same way - 3/4" on one side (this will be the top of your bag) and 1-1/2" on the other three sides.

Fold on the scored lines.  Cut out the 1-1/2" squares on ONE of the pieces and on the other one only cut from the sides to the scored line.


I used Tear & Tape and this is where the tape goes. 

Start by attaching the two pieces together joining the bottom of the bag.


Bring up one of the sides and attach it to the smaller flaps from the bottom.


Next bring up the final side and attach the side edges together.


Put a bit of adhesive inside the 3/4" top flap and gently fold it into the bag and smooth it into place.

I took some scrap paper and cut it to be the width of the bag.

I folded it in half then used the 1/8" punch and punched a hole in the center.  This is now my template for punching holes at the top of the bag to add the handles.
From here I just punched the holes, cut 2 handles 7-1/2" long and threaded them through the holes and tied knots on the inside.  I used our tinsel ribbon but any ribbon would work just fine. 


To make gift tags to coordinate with the bag I used used my Stampin' Write Markers and colored the "For - From" stamp using Real Red and Garden Green and stamped it on Whisper White cardstock.  This is from the Merry Little Labels stamp set.  I punched it out using the Everyday Label punch and then offset it with a layer of Garden Green cardstock also punched out with the Everyday Label punch.

Here is a close up of one of the labels.


These went together quite quickly and now I have cute bags to hand out goodies.

Have fun making your own mini gift bags!!  And enjoy waddling over to the next blog post!

Debbie K - You are here
Bonnie A    

Idea CASED from Jessica Taylor






Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Wise Men from Afar

Here is a card with some non traditional Christmas colors but I thought it was kind of fun and wanted to give it a try.  I stamped the images in Elegant Eggplant then came back over it with an aqua painter and made some of the colors bleed a bit to give it some grounding.  Then I came back with Sweet Sugarplum ink and used the aqua painter once again to give it another layer of color.

Here is what I did for the inside of the card.  I mimicked the thin layer of Sweet Sugarplum cardstock and stamped the sentiment in Elegant Eggplant ink.

I stamped the wise men also on the envelope to give it a finished look.
CASED from Lyssa Zwolanek. 

Monday, December 11, 2017

Snowflake Thank You


I needed some quick thank you cards and these came together so fast.  A quick run through the Big Shot and the front was basically done.  A tiny bit of stamping and these are good to go.


One little stamp on the inside mirrors the front to add a little interest to the inside of the card.
A quick stamp on the envelope to make it matching and this one is GOOD TO GO!!
Here are the cutting sizes:
Pool Party card base: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored at 4-1/4"
Whisper White:  4" x 5-1/4" (times 2), and 1/2" x 1-3/8" 


Sunday, December 10, 2017

FREE SHIPPING!!



Here's another opportunity to get some great Christmas Shopping done for either a loved one or to get some of those wonderful products for yourself.  It's only for 24 hours on December 11th so make sure you take advantage of this great sale.  Happy Shopping!!