Sweet Wishes in a Miniature Coffee Bag

Today I have a little miniature treat bag to share!  I made it for Saturday's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers.  Audrie challenged us to be inspired by a wonderful miniature art web site Paintings for Ants by Lorraine Loots - a South African artist.  For 3 years, Lorraine painted a little miniature work of art everyday.

Lorraine had so many works on her site that to narrow it down,  I decided to go to my birth date - 9/5 and see what she drew on that day.   I found this sweet little cupcake.  I knew this sweet little cupcake stamp from the Coffee Set from WMS would be perfect - even down to the cherry on top (although I covered the cherry with a rhinestone!)-  and I decided to adhere the cupcake to a miniature coffee bag I made using some Kraft Glassine paper and the WMS mini coffee bag die.  It measures just 1 3/8" x 2 3/4" - so all is 'miniature' on my project!
I left one side of the tab closure strip open at the top so you could see how the bag is designed so it actually closes  like a 'real' coffee bag - I glued a piece of wire inside the tab so it would hold the bag closed when folded back. And I put 3 Cadbury Easter eggs next to the bag so you could visualize the tiny size of the bag!

Here's a view with the bag open.  Not sure if you can see - but there is even a little window cut out behind the cupcake and I put a piece of clear acetate there so, if I hadn't filled the space with a cupcake, you would see what was inside the bag 

(if there was anything in it - which there isn't at the moment!)

And here's a view form the side with the top closed. You can't fit TOO much in this little bag - but it will still be SWEET!!!

Unfortunately, this coffee bag die is no longer available - did you hear that Waltzingmouse is closing at the end of March?? So sad.... The versatile Coffee set is still in stock at the moment.

I'm also linking my project to:

Darnell's NBUS challenge -  

This is the first time I've used the coffee bag die

 

Stamps: The Coffee Set - Waltzingmouse

Paper: Kraft Glassine - Idea-ology, White - PTI, clear acetate (from packaging)
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, True Black, Classic Kraft - PTI
Accessories: Dies - Mini Coffee Bag and The Coffee Set (cupcake) - Waltzingmouse, ScorTape, lace from stash, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, 24 gauge wire, rhinestones - Kaiser Craft.