This week at The Shabby Tea Room, we’re creating cards or projects, using the colors from this inspiration photo, along with roses and fabric or ribbon…
I created a small version of this handbag and I’m giving you my template to make it super quick and easy. You can download the bag template HERE. The bag is cut from a single 8-1/2″x 11″ sheet of card stock…
A lace background stamp was used to emboss a lace pattern onto the surface of the bag. The paper is a warm cream color and the embossing is in white…
There are a mix of flower embellishments~ a chiffon rose, a paper flower, a white burlap blossom and a pale pink flower that I made from glass pearls and a faceted clear bead in the center. I love what can be done with hot glue!!!…
I used some flower shaped grommets that I’ve had for years and some large jump rings to create the handle. The handle was cut from a rectangle of embossed cream cardstock and measures 6″x 5/8″. I used a corner rounder on all four corners to create nicely rounded ends and then set brads about a quarter of an inch in from each end. Cotton lace trim was used for a bow, velvet leaves and some more pearls, hot glued for flower centers…
Inside this little purse is a small gift of three, quick-to-make gift cards and envelopes. It could hold six, but I wanted this to be super quick!
I used some favorite papers from ‘Digital Papers’ on Etsy. The card bases and envelopes are all from the ‘Antique Paper’ collection, cut to 3″x 6″, scored in the middle and folded. I love the wonderful, vintage neutral patterns…
I used the negative and positive portions of some die cuts…
along with some scraps of card stock…
I kept these cards intentionally simple in order to make a start to finish gift in 30 minutes! I also made a template for 3″x 3″ envelopes which I made from different paper patterns from the same digital file of ’Antique Papers’ that were printed on ordinary copy paper. You can download the envelope template HERE.
This is a fun a fast project if you assemble your supplies in advance. If you give it a try, I would love to know how it went for you!
Hugs and blessings,
Rebecca
| Card stock | very vanilla | Stampin’Up |
| blushing bride | ” | |
| Patterned paper | antique papers | Digital Paper- Etsy |
| a ladies diary 6×6 | Graphic 45 | |
| Templates | bag and 3×3 envelopes | PaperPrimrose.com |
| Stamp | background antique lace | Flourishes |
| Ink | versamark | Tsukiniko |
| Dies | marvelous squares | Spellbinders |
| Leaves | green velvet | Prima |
| Pearls | white and pink glass | Michael’s |
You are amazing!!! What an incredible project this is!!!!
Stunning!!!! Stunning!!!! Stunning!!!!
Rebecca, thank you so much for sharing such a lovely gift idea! I immediately thought of how much my sister would love this special gift! Thank you also for your willingness to share the gift of your beautiful patterns.
I am so impressed by your lacy embossing background. Everytime that I try to emboss a large area, my embossing will not appear as uniformed as it shows in your photos. If you have the chance, would you be willing to share your embossing technique? I am somewhat new to using powders and I do have several products that I am using to try to achieve your level of expertise.
Thank you once again Rebecca for brightening my day with your inspiring projects.
Daar Rebecca, love your work, but am unable to click on the template to down load it, will have to keep trying,
Wow! Wow! Wow”! Rebecca, what an absolutely beautiful gift you have created. I just love everything about it, the bag, the flowers and the cards are special too. Please can I have a link to the Etsy shop for the digital papers.
Jennie
STUNNING so GORGEOUS and a great idea too to give card sets in such a sweet bag…..love what you did with the cards too..using the negative and positive die cuts…SUPER!!!!
WOW!! I saw the inspiration photo on the Shabby Tea Room blog then saw this and had to come over! It’s incredible, well done! I love the lace embossing too – stunning work!
Jane
Wow Rebecca, you just took my breath away! This is truly gorgeous and thanks so much for the template and the details of how you made it. What a brilliant idea for a stunning gift.
I just fell off my chair!!! This is unbelievable … The most beautiful bag I have ever seen and stunning cards … ( I hate it when you say quick … It would take me forever to come up with something so stunning) … I am definitely going to use that template for my friends up coming birthday … Thank you!! I hope you have a lovely day … creatively you never have a bad one! xxx
What a wonderful idea – and how gorgeous! This is one to be bookmarked. Thanks for sharing such an amazing creation. I can’t wait to see more xxx
Hi Rebecca – made one of these this afternoon and really enjoyed myself. Not as stunning as your creation but I think it turned out well. See what you think here http://margiesbluehouse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lovely-paper-purse.html
WOW…so beautiful…so…Rebecca…I love this!
STUNNING!!! That is such an awesome bag!!!!!!