I was finally able to re-do my tutorial for "The Perfect Gift Bag/Box". I will post that in a few minutes.
Before I get to the Tutorial post, I have a new project to share using my Perfect box/Bag.
As I have posted before, we are in the process of moving. That means the house is on the market...and needs to be kept "mostly" clean so that I can show the house to a potential buyer on short notice. Now I say "mostly" clean because...come on..I have 2 young children!! AND I am a messy crafter!! LOL
I have asthma and allergies which makes it hard to me to clean my house without ending up sick! Therefore, we have a "cleaning lady". Shannon has been cleaning my house for over a year...every 2 weeks. Since we put the house on the market, she comes every week. We only have a few more weeks left in the house so I wanted to give her something special to say "Thank you" for all of her hard work.
I made her an altered notebook so she can keep track of her customers! Tidy up Tillie from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is the PERFECT image for my gift!!! Isn't she the cutest!!
I used the layout on the notebook and the bag front from Friday Sketchers this week. The DP is MME Everyday Tango collection. I used a Martha Stewart doily lace punch on the side. The DP was put through the spiral coil using the SU Spiral punch. The ribbon is also SU Bashful Blue stripped ribbon. And the image was cut using a Nestability die.
Tillie was embossed in Black and watercolored using Twinkling H2Os....
To hold her notebook, I created the Perfect Gift Bag...
I used the same materials to create the bag...adding PTI Stampers Select White for the bag base. I had to use a different border punch on the decorative top for the bag since the Martha Stewart punch wouldn't punch through the PTI white...it's too thick!! So I used a SU punch instead. The brads for the handles are also SU as are the flower buttons (the large button on the notebook is PTI, but it matches so well with the SU flower buttons).
Here's another view...
Edited to add... This is one of the Projects of the Month (POTM) at High Hopes. This image along with Danni Dress-up and Singing Catrina are on sale this moth for 25% off when you buy them and their sentiments together. However, they are not on the website yet. So if you want them, email Tina or Bethany directly at [email protected]
Ok. Now on to the tutorial here...
~Lacey
Super cute! What a fun set!
Congrats to you as well my friend, I'm so excited!!
Hugs, Kelly
Posted by: Kelly | July 08, 2009 at 12:47 PM
TOO CUTE!
Posted by: paula s. | July 08, 2009 at 01:59 PM
This is fabulous Lacey! Love it!
Posted by: Tracey | July 08, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Hi Lacey
Your boxes are very nice. Especially this one (because of the colors and stamp). This is a great tutorial. Thank you very much for sharing.
Posted by: Carole RB | July 09, 2009 at 08:17 AM