Celebrate!!! 90th Birthday Card and Gift Bag by Lynne

Well hi there folks! A dear friend of mine is having her 90th birthday the end of September (and a surprise party...SHHHH!) so I  decided to create a card and a little gift bag especially for her.

I used Blue Fern Studios "Frolic" papers to cover the card and bag and added a little edge punching with a Martha Stewart punch. I inked the edges in a soft pink and did a bunch of fussy cutting which I popped up in spots with foam tape for dimension.

   

The cake piece was fun to decorate; to simulate the look of cake I mixed a little salt in with  the yellow acrylic paint. he icing is texture paste sprinkled with micro-beads and the candle is patterned paper run through an embossing folder then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder. The flame of the candle was heat-embossed in antique gold then rubbed with a little orangey-red ink.

The heart border strip single heart and gifts outline were primed with white gesso then heat-embossed with Bridal Tinsel glitter embossing powder. I then used a glue pen on them

before covering them with white glitter. (My friend likes sparkly things!!)

The gifts were covered in patterned papers;  I used a different paper for each package to give more contrast then I added the outline piece that was all glittered up. I love all the pieces in the Birthday Shape set but I  think these gifts are my very favourite!

Thanks so much for stopping by; wishing you a wonderful and creative week!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Birthday Shape Set 

 Border Sticks-hearts

OTHER ITEMS USED

Blue Fern Studios 12x12 papers-Frolic

Ranger embossing powder-bridal tinsel

Dew Drop ink-angel pink

Christmas Gift Bag

Merry Christmas, everyone!  Barbara here with my last post for this year, and I thought and thought about what I would like to share with you.  Then it came to me.  I want to give each and every one of you a bag full of blessings and good wishes for the new year.  So, I needed something to put them in, and what better way to present them to you than in a beautifully hand-decorated gift bag.  

As you know, Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts is chock-full of fabulous designs to help you with all of your crafting needs.  And here is just one example.  

I started with a plain, ordinary brown gift bag.  Nothing special, but I  hope you will agree that I managed to turn it into something quite nice, and it was so easy.  I made this in an afternoon, including paint drying time.  

CLICK HERE for a short video tutorial of this quick and easy process.

Here are a few closeups of the bag.

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Products Used:

Flourished Deer
Pine Tree Shape Set
Snowflake Shape Set
Christmas Shape Set

Other Supplies Used:

Brown gift bag
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Sap Green
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Phthalo Green-Yellow
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Green Gold
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Burnt Umber
DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics Dark Grey Value 3
DecoArt Media Texture Sand Paste
Finnabair Snowflake Paste
White Gesso (Liquitex) in dauber bottle
Crystal Stickles glitter glue
Viva Decor Ruby Glitter Liner

Be sure to stop by the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts blog tomorrow to see more inspiration from the design team, and check out the fabulous chipboard in the shop.  There is always something new.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Barbara