Peony Dies - More Handbag Style Gift Bags with Faceted Sides

Hi There! :o)

Yesterday I showed you a beautiful Handbag / Card set created for this month's Stampin' Friends Blog Hop. I also shared a Video showing you how to create these lovely Handbag style Gift Bags with Faceted sides. You can find all the details HERE.

Today I'm sharing the other samples I showed you briefly in the Video.

This was my prototype for this project. I used our retired Woven Threads Designer Series paper for it.

The flower was created using the Peony dies. All the pieces were cut from Vellum cardstock. I coloured the reverse using the Dark Purple Posy Stampin' Blends alcohol marker. The leaves were coloured using Old Olive and Mossy Meadow - the stamens were Mango Melody.

In the Video I show you how to create the faceted sides using cardstock, but for this sample, I used more of the paper. It isn't going to be as strong as the cardstock, but it worked out just fine :o)

I used papers from the Boho Indigo Product Medley kit for this bag ... and this time I didn't add a handle - not deliberate, I just forgot and got a little ahead of myself!

The papers in this kit are 6" square so I had to construct the Bag slightly differently this time. I cut a 6" x 2" base from Night of Navy card and attached the front and back sections (6" x 5 1/2") to it. If your paper has a directional pattern on it, then you will need to use this method to construct your Bag. In the Video I used a piece of 12" x 6" paper for the back, base and front of the Bag.

The sides and flap for the Bag are Very Vanilla Thick cardstock. I embossed these pieces using the Ornate Floral folder - which is incredibly pretty!

Instead of using Vellum for my Flower this time, I used cardstock and daubed the edges using the same colour inks. Sadly I didn't put my dauber away after using it and managed to place the Bag on top of it, so I got Navy ink all over the sides - so this Bag is no more. I really hate it when I do things like that! :o)

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Supplies Used

Woven Threads Designer Series Paper - retired

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Peony Dies [152701]	Boho Indigo Product Medley (English) [153132]	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584]	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577]	Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576]
Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock [133683]	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013]	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887]	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238]	Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149566]
Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147945]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144597]	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148547]	Simply Scored [122334]	Pretty Peacock 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Scalloped Linen Ribbon [149751]
Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725]	Celebration Labels Dies [153570]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]
Mini Glue Dots [103683]