Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Stars are Brightly Shining

I've been creating so many Halloween crafts and cards -  I just had to move onto Christmas with today's creation.
It's a little purple jute gift bag (3  x 5")  from Pouch Mart (it's a lovely deep purple color - but looks kind of navy here for some reason?), decorated simply with die cut stars of brushed silver card stock.  I added a tag with a silver embossed sentiment from Verve hung with a key chain looped through the bag ties.  I die cut the tag with a Half and Half die from PTI - I trimmed off the edges a bit to fit the sentiment.
I'm entering this in the Cas-ual Fridays challenge - tags and bags
Of course- I still have some fun Halloween stuff to post -  that will come in a day or so - but today was a nice break from orange and black!!

Stamps:  Verve - Peace on Earth
Paper:  White - PTI, Brushed Silver - SU
Ink:  Versamark, Archival Jet Black
Accessories:  purple muslin bag - Pouch Mart.com, Star Nestabilities, Silver sticky half pearls - Michaels, foam dots, Glue n Seal - Ranger, key chain - Tandy Leather, Modern Label Punch - SU, Half and Half Die Collection - PTI, silver embossing powder, heat gun.

19 comments:

Tenia Nelson said...

LOVE this!! :)

Patti J said...

Beautiful creation, Julia!

Kelly Griglione said...

Those silver stars with the pearl centers are wonderful! Love your bag, Julia. Thanks so much for joining the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge!

Alice said...

love love the colors you used. such a beautiful project, Julia!

Sue Lelli said...

OMGosh I LOVE the color of that bag! And the silver stars and sentiment are so PERFECT!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Fabulous non-traditional colors and a fantastic design, Julia!

*Vicki* said...

Brilliant design with the stars Julia! Love it! :) HUGS

Sylvia Blum said...

gorgeous bag, Julia!!! LOVE the hanging stars!
Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!
Sylvia xx

Chrissy Larson said...

This is totally cool! WOW!

maria f. said...

That is one gorgeous sentiment. Wow.

Sian Ridley said...

This is a gorgeous break from black and orange! So cute! :)

dpkennedy said...

What a sweet gift bag! I love the silver stars...very classy!

Mona Pendleton said...

What a beautifully decorated treat bag Julia!

Pauline said...

Beautiful little treat bag Julia! Love that deep shade of blue, perfectly complemented by the silver embossed tags!

Stamping With Bibiana said...

Hi...it's being a while I have not come to visit you!!! time flies and I see sooo many gorgeous projects I love all the pumpkins that you did and the halloween cards...the project of today is so cute and good idea to give away...TFS...will try to visit morer often, I need 48 hours in a day!
hugs bibiana

Mary Marsh said...

I always like seeing your altered bags Julia -this one is so pretty

Jingle said...

This is SO pretty! I love the purple and silver! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at CAS-ual Fridays!

Leigh Ann Baird said...

This is lovely! So glad you joined us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous design, Julia! And your embossing is flawless! Thanks for playing along at CAS-ual Fridays:)