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Sunday, January 26, 2020

Glassine Pocket Bag

This month, I participated in a Swap that required decorating 3 glassine bags.

(for more information on Glassine Bags - see my post HERE).

I decorated this bag with a pocket containing a tag & a bookmark.

Using the beautiful Mintay paper collection, "Dear Diary",
I started by punching a 5" x 6-3/4" background piece.
This is adhered to the bag by a Scor-Tape sheet.
Scor-Tape gives a very smooth and strong adhesive finish.
The main piece is decorated with tiny pearls on each punched eyelet.

Next I created a 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" pocket by scoring & folding.
This is adhered using Scor-Tape along the edges.
I chose the cute scene with the smiling bird on a stack of books.

To decorate the pocket,
I randomly placed flat back pearls & rhinestones in
coordinating colors of amber, cream & mushroom.

Inspiration from the book stack & typewriter printed on the paper
gave me the idea to make a bookmark.
It measures 2" wide x 6-1/2" long.
After placing an eyelet, a pretty 14" peachy toned ribbon is tied off.
A long ribbon is more easily seen when marking a book page.

This is the backside,

to which I adhered a cut out of a stack of books.

Next I made a 3" wide x 5-1/2" long tag.
An eyelet was placed and natural jute tied off.
I decorated the tag by placing a smaller
2-3/4" x 3-3/4" tag on top of it at an angle.
There's that cute smiling bird again on a stack of books!

The flap closure is made with two punched pages adhered together.
The eyelets are decorated with baby LeCreme colored pearls.
A beautiful Pearl/Bling piece adorns the top of the closure.
The colors of amber & cream are just gorgeous with this paper.

Glassine bags are pretty 'flat', so adding goodies, whether it be cookies or crafting gifts, forces minimization.

Your goodies should also be as flat as possible for a good fit.

This is what's in this bag.

These are gifts for my wonderful swap partner, Donna.

She beautifully creates with a vintage/shabby chic style.

Lace, lace & more lace!

Thanks for coming by & have a great day!
Lisa

Products used:

Mintay Dear Diary paper collection

for main background

for pocket, tag & book mark

for flap closure

for small tag (top of larger tag)

for book mark
(book stack cut out)

Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Punch Set

Scrapbook.com Nested Tags Die Set

Michael's Recollections - bronze eyelets; Bling on a Roll; Mushroom color flat back pearls; peach toned ribbon

Want2Scrap

LeCreme color Baby Pearls

Amber color Rhinestones

Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink

Adhesives

Scor-Tape Sheets

Scor-Tape

Tombow Mono Glue

Saturday, January 11, 2020

Pets Memorial - Lena

This is my newest addition to the Pets Memorial wall hanging.

Today I'm introducing you to the ever sweet, Lena.

She was a friendly stray that showed up one day.

Her photo was taken in 1996.

Lena's photo is in a 4 x 6 frame that I've spray painted in "Satin Silver Lilac".

Her name plate is made with air dry clay using Prima's IOD Mould "Labels 1".

It's heat embossed with Fran-táge color "Aged Ivory".

Lena had the prettiest green eyes, but in this photo she's squinting a bit.

She was mostly black with the other usual Calico colors of white & orange.

Her personality matched her beauty!

I really wanted Lena's frame to be sort of a "WOW Factor".

With this thought, I chose to use the whole chipboard piece

"Persian Ornament" by Blue Fern Studios.

I decorated it with pink & purple Wild Orchid Crafts roses

and gorgeous ReneaBouquets "Cherry Blossom" butterflies in her Tiny Treasures line.

This piece is heat embossed in Fran-táge "Shabby Pink"
which has a light pink base filled with gold flecks and white clumps.

Look how detailed and pretty ReneaBouquets butterfly is!
I love decorating with her products!

The opposite side of the frame is decorated with a piece of "Persian Ornament"

that I cut to the size and shape I wanted.

Using the same pink & purple color scheme, a different assortment of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers was used.

You can really see the gold flecks in this photo!

Here is the updated Pets Memorial wall hanging with the addition of our wonderful Lena.

Now for Lena's story....

Around 1989, when my daughter was 5,
I was going through a divorce so we lived a few years with my parents.
One day, this beautiful Calico cat showed up in the backyard.
She was a bit assertive, but in an almost desperate & pitiful way.
We realized she just wanted love & acceptance.
She was very healthy, so we decided to keep her.
My daughter named her "Lena Halloween".

This was the sweetest kitty!!! OMG!!!
She became a welcomed companion for my Dad, who adored animals,
and would follow him in the yard as he worked in his flower beds.

Years later, my mother met a lady who lived several blocks away.
Somehow in the conversation, the story of Lena was told.
It turns out that this lady lost a Calico cat named Lindsey,
who apparently was sleeping in the truck bed and jumped out when it stopped,
ending up in our backyard!

She was so grateful to know that we had taken her in and cared for her.
I think this conversation was meant to happen.
How many people get to find out the outcome of a beloved lost pet?!

Poor Lena died from cancer.
After having surgery to try to save her life, she lived another happy 3 months
before many lumps returned, so we had her peacefully put to sleep.

She was a wonderful pet with unconditional love & trust that we had to say good-bye to.