Jelly Belly!

Happy Good Friday! 

Are you all set for the coming of the Easter Bunny? 

I'm getting ready by creating some of these Easter Bunny Jelly Bean gift bags.  You can purchase these canvas bags from DRS Designs.  They measure approx. 6.5" x 5" when completely flat and have a drawn string closure.  They are available in 10 packs for $4.95.  Here is mine unfilled so you can see what I did to decorate it. 

I tried thinking out of the box and did a bit more than just stamping the bag as I had with the St. Patrick's Day bag I made.  After stamping and coloring the Jelly Bunny Bean (221M) image with Copic Markers, I opened the side seam and then used scissors to cut out the fabric from the bunny's stomach.  I used a sewing machine to sew an acetate panel in it's place to create a see-thru window.  I then sewed the side panel back up, stamped the One Line Happy Easter Greeting (665B) and then adhered pink ric-rack ribbon to the top and bottom of the bag.  Last, but not least, I filled the bag with jelly beans!    

Now I know why that bunny has such a big tummy...look at all the jelly beans he ate! LOL!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Working on Canvas

In our recent package of goodies from DRS Designs the DT was given a challenge. Each member was given several cute canvas bags to stamp up. Talk about a challenge!! It took me about two weeks to get the courage to start thinking out of my comfort zone-anything but a card and my brain has a tendency to freeze up and my creative mojo goes elsewhere! Considering the size of these bags they are not too much different than working on a card front-they measure approx. 6.5" x 5" when completely flat and have a drawn string closure. Once I put my mind to it however, the ideas came to me rather easy. The challenge was then how I was to overcome technical difficulties to get my ideas on that canvas work space!

What kind of ink should I use?

Will Versafine bleed?

Will Staz On be dark enough or will it look purple on the canvas?

What about if I use Copics, will Momento run on the canvas?

Will Copics work or will they bleed along the tiny canvas threads?

What other kinds of coloring mediums can I use?

Eeeek! These were a bunch of the questions that popped into my head as I brainstormed about how to get my ideas onto these little bags.  The first thing I did, was email some stamping friends and get their opinions. This helped me get started as many of the questions I listed above were answered. I then took the plunge to see what I could come up with.

This fun, St. Patrick's Day goodie bag was the outcome of my first brainstorm attempt. I began by first stamping Sean and the Rainbow (L521) with Momento ink and coloring it very lightly with Copic Markers. Considering the challenges and questions I had getting started, I was pretty happy with the result. Next, I stamped the One Line St. Pats Day Greeting (636D) below the image and then stamped the Shamrock Background (326H) all over to fill the empty space with SU! Handsome Hunter ink. I was so happy with the result that I created a matching card to go with it.   

What would you create with these fun little canvas bags?

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Handmade For You!

Amish Friendship bread is a favorite in our house and when it comes around I usually make quite a few rounds of it since each loaf rarely ever lasts long enough.  I must say, a slice of Friendship Bread with my morning cup of coffee is quickly becoming my favorite breakfast! 

This time I decided to try something different and I made a round of Friendship bread mini muffins instead of a regular bread loaf. I decorated my own bag toppers and I'm giving these as gifts to the girls at work. 

My bag topper was made with stamps from DRS Designs.  I used the interlocking snowflake background (H015)
and the Handmade for You Santa (F133), red and light blue ribbon and my EK Success decorative border punch.  I was a little pressed for time and wanted to keep these toppers fairly simple. I just folded them over the top of the ziplock baggie and used to staples to adhered it to the bag.

I jazzed up these simple bag toppers just enough to keep them from looking too plain Jane by adding Stickles to the Santa image and to the center of all the Snowflakes in the background.  Doing so made the entire presentation look so much more elegant!

So...do you think they'll like 'em?

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Season's Greetings Genie Bag Challenge

Today begins the 25th challenge over at the DRS Designs DT blog. Today's challenge is to make a genie bag. It's a quick and inexpensive way to package just about anything. Any size bag will do...you can find the tutorial HERE on SCS.

We would love for you to play along with us. Just post a direct link to your creation in the comment section of the challenge #25 post on the DRS Designs Blog so we can come check it out. If you upload to public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC25.

Is it too early to think of the winter Holidays and Season's Greetings? Once the holidays roll around I always wish I had more gift bags--it so much quicker & easier to "wrap" gifts this way rather then using regular wrapping paper--no scissors or tape, and no wrestling with the long roll! I thought I'd start rounding up a gift bag collection now so I'll be all set when the Holidays get here. I created this holiday Genie Bag for my challenge project to add to it.

I started this project with a white lunch bag and layered it with blue cardstock. I stamped the easy Snowflake Background stamp repeatedly with blue ink on white cardstock and adhered it on top of the blue cardstock. I colored the main image with Prismacolor Pencils and blended them with Gamsol. I spiced it up by adding Stickles to each part of the image.




I stamped the sentiment with black ink and cut it out using my square Nesties and sponged light blue ink around it while it was still in the Nesties die. I arranged the image and the sentiment on a light blue panel of cardstock and added ribbon and the snowflake ribbon slide before adhering it onto the bag.

Stamps: DRS Designs- Four Seasons (M270), All Seasons Sentiment (H296), Snowflake Ribbon Slide (D932), Snowflake Background (H187)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU! Bashful Blue, Brillant Blue
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by American Crafts
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Nesties, Red, Yellow, Golden Rod, Orange, Pink and Clear Stickles, Ribbon by Michael's Holiday Bow-tique, SU! Word Window Punch, EK Success Snowflake Border Punch
Finished Bag Size: 7 7/8" x 5 1/4"

Today I'd also like to send a big Thanks to my friend Beth who nominated me for this blogger award. Please visit her blog at Nana's Memories and More to see all of her great projects. I love how she uses different techniques often & creates a look and style all of her own! I'm sure you'll enjoy her blog as well!

Here are seven things about myself that you might find interesting:

1. My dad and I share the same birth date-February 6th
2. My favorite movies are: Top Gun, Pretty Woman, and Steel Magnolias
3. I'm addicted to my computer!
4. I love coffee!
5. My favorite house hold chore (if there could be one!) is laundry!
6. I'm NOT a morning person!
7. I'm afraid of Thunderstorms

Well, that's it for today, but stay tuned...Sneak Peeks of DRS Designs next release starts tomorrow! Whooo Hoo!

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Fun Filled Friday Gift Bag!

Yeah, It's Friday! I don't have to work this weekend, and I'm so excited!

You know what Friday's mean here at Ink N Scrap Habits...It's time for FFF!

Kimmy, one of my best friends, and I host card making challenges on our blogs every week called Fun Filled Fridays (FFF). We take turns every other week giving a challenge. These challenges are announced every Sunday, and we display our finished cards for that challenge the following Friday. Kimmy and I keep the details to ourselves regarding these challenge cards, so until her challenge post Friday, I have no idea what she is planning on making until I see it, just like you, and vice versa. I think it is so much fun to see how different or similar our cards turn out. Feel free to participate in our challenges! We love that! Just make sure to leave us a link to your project so we can check it out.

This week, I wanted to change things up a bit and make something other than a card. I challenged Kimmy to create a Gift Bag or Box for this week's Fun Filled Friday Challenge. I wonder what kind of bag or box Kimmy came up with?? I used this Bag in a Box tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.

I'm always surprised when I try tutorials out for things like this from Splitcoast Stampers. From seeing the pictures posted with each tutorial I always envision my finished project so much larger that it really turns out to be. This bag only measures 5.5" tall and at the bottom it is 2.5" wide and at the top it is about 4.5" wide. Pretty small bag, huh?! I guess it would be perfect to give your friends or other female relatives a fun bottle of lotion, bubble bath etc.

Over all this bag was easy to make. The hardest and longest part was creating my patterned paper. I used the DRS Designs Birthday Multi Greeting stamp and several colors of ink to decorate the paper used on the outside of my bag.


I used the Treading Water punch to create the bottom edge and doodled it with a white Gel pen. I added a little bling to my bag by filling the border punch holes with red Stickles.

I reinforced the holes for the ribbon handle by cutting 2 scalloped circles with my Nestabilities and scoring them in half. I decorated them with my white Gel pen as well.

From start to finish, I think this bag took me a whole half hour or so. Not too time consuming, and a project I will definitely keep in mind when I need a small gift bag later.


Stamps: DRS Designs- Birthday Multi Greeting
Ink: SU! Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Glorious Green, Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulence
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company
Accessories: Nesties, Friskars Treading Water Border Punch, Xmas Red Stickles, Ribbon Unknown, Crop-a-Dile, White Gelly Roll Pen
Finished Bag Size: 5.5" x 2.5" on the bottom and about 4.5" at the top.


Just a couple Reminders for today...

Don't forget to check out the DRS Designs featured Friday Stamper. You can see Jennifer Taylor's cards on the DRS Designs Blog.

Today is the final day to sign up for my blog candy if you haven't already done so. I'll be drawing a winner tomorrow!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! TGIF!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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