This is for Judy's terrific Technique Challenge - Mini Treat Bags. Judy gave us a link to Debby Hughes mini treat bag tutorial, click here to learn how, it is really great.
I used the tutorial to make a treat bag without a die. Instead of making the bag from a 5" x 8.5" piece of cardstock, I used a 6.5" x 8.25" piece of black cardstock.
The silver is a strip of self adhesive roofing tape. I adhered it to a piece of cardstock and sanded it with rough sandpaper (to remove a protective coating that repels ink and paint) then embossed it. I squirted some black paint on it and rubbed it over the embossed panel with my fingers. I wiped my fingers with a baby wipe, then using the same wipe, gently rubbed it over the panel. Before sticking the bag together, I attached the checkerplate panel.
Finished off with some silver twine, handmade tag and wrote "Thank You" with a white pen.
This was great fun and by using a ScorPal it was really quick and simple to make. It would be a good masculine gift bag for theatre tickets, money or vouchers. As it is made from cardstock (app 280gsm), it stands up very nicely.
Thank you for looking ladies. Hope you all have a great week.
Date: Monday, December 8, 2014 GMT Views: 1430
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Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Mon, Dec 08, 2014 @ 8:22 PM
You know this is my favorite technique and how cool it looks as a gift bag! Who would have thought to use it like this. I also love the "no die" method you used to create this. What a wonderful project, Susie!
Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Mon, Dec 08, 2014 @ 9:35 PM
Awesome treat bag...you just reminded me I am supposed to make 20 treat bags on top of the 20 Christmas card kits for an upcoming party (Yikes)...I think these might be to big for my purpose but I LOVE the look of this. You are right, you COULD use this for so many different things and I especially love that it has a masculine look.