Monday, August 27, 2012

Back 2 School Blog Hop

 

Hi everyone!!!  Welcome to the Back 2 School Blog Hop!!  If you came here from Cassie’s Blog….you are in the right place!  If you just happened upon the Blog Hop, please start over at Cassie’s Blog so that you don’t miss out.  There are giveaways along the way and Craftwell is giving away an eCraft Machine!!

 

When I get my boys ready to go back to school, we always come up with a little gift to give the teacher to welcome him or her back as well.  Usually we like to include some school supplies because teachers can’t seem to get enough school supplies!  A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted by State Line Bag Company and they asked me to try out some of their new Premium Muslin bags.  I just knew that these would be perfect for my teacher gift.  These bags are perfect for packaging so many kinds of things.  They are made from a high quality muslin and come in lots of different sizes.

 

To start my project, I turned to a Lettering Delights Cut Its Set called Toad-ally School.  I selected my image and then using Make the Cut, manipulated it by using the Boolean Join function so that I actually created a stencil of each color.  Then I cut out each one in vinyl.  Next, I took some scrap cardstock and placed it inside the bag.  I applied the first vinyl stencil.

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Then I painted it in…

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Then removed the stencil…

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Once the paint is dry, apply the next layer and repeat until all done.

Now, I couldn’t stop there.  I decided to add the teacher’s name to the bag using a thin metal die and fabric and to do that I used my trusty eBosser.  I am guessing that you want to see how I did that, so I made you a little video…

Here is the final project!

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GIVEAWAY TIME!!

Now, on with some fun stuff!  State Line Bag Company has given me some bags to give away!  To win the bags, you must be a follower of my blog and you must leave me a comment below!  That’s it! Easy Peasy!

 

And you don’t want to miss out on that eCraft giveaway, so make sure you continue on with the hop by going to Kelly’s blog next.  Here is the whole lineup in case you get lost!

Cassie Box http://www.somethingfromcassie.com/

Denise O’Connor: http://purplepaperparadise.blogspot.com/ <—YOU ARE HERE

Kelly Feldman: http://www.wannabeescrapper.blogspot.com/ <—GO HERE NEXT

Kim Gaughan: http://www.craftypinkanchor.blogspot.com/

Carrie Walz http://everydaymoments-carrie.blogspot.com/

KimberlyRae Forde: http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog/

Aimee Maddern: http://aimeesarmoire.typepad.com/

Jodi Baune: http://dancingintherainjb.blogspot.com/

Debi Tullier: http://fabric-ecraft.blogspot.com/

Lowri McNabb: http://www.papervinenz.com/

Craftwell Blog: http://blog.craftwellusa.com/

 

Happy Hopping Everyone!

30 comments:

Gloria Westerman said...

These little bags are just to cute...love em....also a new follower here too....tfs

Else49 said...

Love these bags. You did such a great job with them as well.

carrie said...

This is adorable! I love what you did with the bag!!

Paper Issues said...

Fantastic! I love this project!!!

Cherie said...

OH my! Super cute!! I am a new follower :)

cherie.goyer at gmail.com
http://oneheartscrapper.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

The bag came out great! She's gonna love it, and all the goodies inside!

heidiscoll said...

So cute! I'm following! Thanks for the extra added giveaway! :)

KimberlyRae said...

Wow! Love it, Denise.
Thank you for the inspiration
my Aunt Loves frogs!
Hugs and Blessings,
KimberlyRae

Caryn S said...

This is fantastic! Enjoyed seeing your process. TFS!

Pam Zirbel said...

How creative you are!!! Well done!! A New follower here and am quite sure I will learn a lot from you!! Thank you for the video!!!

Lyssa Beth said...

THose bags are awesome! Great job! I love how it all came together :)

Misty Morgan said...

I love your bags! So creative and adorable! I'm a new follower :)

Claire Spielman said...

So new to this idea...still stuck on paper! Thanks for sharing your talent...the bag is adorable. Please stop by and say HI.
Creative Wishes,new follower
Claire S
www.scrapmyway.blogspot.com

Davy T said...

denise my wife has spent the whole afternoon watching yr youtube ebosser demos. She cant wait for it to come over here to England. Thanx for the heads up :)

marg0006 said...

Great bag and it looks so invitng with all the goodies. I am already a follower.

marg0006 at verizon dot net

Kim said...

Denise this bag is adorable! Such a great teacher gift.

Kylie Bowers said...

WOw these bags are amazing!!!!

June said...

Awesome bag...you sure have a lot of work in that...great idea...leaving a comment but trying to figure out where I sign up to follow your blog..

Jean Bullock said...

I just joined your site. Which is way cool by the way.
This is my first blog hop. So thanks for the opportunity!

Jen said...

Such a great idea! I'm sure the teacher is love it.
Thanks for sharing.

Penny Walker said...

thanks for sharing and purple is my fav color of all.

vi said...

great bags!

ehbost said...

Love 'Toad-ally School'. It's way too cool! Am now a follower.

Patti L said...

These bags are so cute and your idea is great. I am now a follower too!

Jess said...

cute bags!

Scrapaholic Mommy said...

this is an adorable bag! great idea!! i am a new follower thanks for the chance to win!!

LauraLee said...

Too cute!

MsMad said...

cute bag
Barbara Bird
MdStrwbery@aol.com
MdStrwbery.blogspot.com

Ga said...

Cute idea -thanks for sharing!!!

Misty Morgan said...

Soooo cute! I love your frog bag. Thanks for sharing your video about the eboss machine. I want one now! LOL

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