Monday, January 14, 2013

PTI Make it Monday #100!

Good evening fellow crafters! How have you all been? It has been a while since I have posted, and I love posting after I've created something that I am really excited and happy about! Today is Papertrey Ink's 100th Make it Monday video! How awesome is that! I've watched all the videos but I certainly wish I had participated in more of the challenges!

This week the challenge is about packaging for cards with over-sized embellishments, you know, the kind that won't fit into a standard envelope. I cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with. The size of my card is usually the first thing I consider when making a card, and I try to steer clear of a lot of embellishments because I know they won't fit into the envelope. I would have never thought to create a package instead!

I had a blast making this set. I am in love with this card and the package I created with it. I cannot wait to give this card away with the packaging! I found this card via Pinterest and I just fell in love with the design. I love love love the Kraft and white cardstock together, its beautiful. I just knew I wanted to create a Valentine's Day card with this same card design!

I started with a standard brown paper bag and Valentine's paper from the Paper Studios' All Seasons II pack. I cut off about 1½" on the top of the bag and punched a border. I made the accordion fold flower with the same paper and embellished that with some punched accents, embossed dots, the Papertrey Ink banner die, and some rhinestones. I added a Happy Valentines Day sentiment from Hero Arts on the same banner die cut to finish off the packaging.





The card is standard A2 size, made with a white card base and Kraft cardstock. I used Papertrey Ink's Heart-2-Heart #3 stamp set(designed by Melissa Bickford. The Heart-2-Heart stamp series is adorable!) for the stamped hearts. I used dimensionals to pop them up onto the card. I added some white dash lines along the edges and circles, just like Nikki did with her card. I added more of the patterned paper, and again used the PTI banner die to add the sentiment. The "I love you" is a $1 stamp from Michaels that I found last year. I added more rhinestones and then completed the inside of the card!











I think my favorite part of this set is how well the red, Kraft, and white all go together. I am going to have to make a couple more sets because I just love this one, I don't know if I want to give it away! I am working on many more Valentine's Day projects, I will share some more soon! Check out some of my Valentine's products in my Etsy shop!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great week!

7 comments:

Colleen said...

The bag and card are fantastic! I love your design and all the features you used to pull it all together! Fabulous!

Michelle said...

Hi This is really sweet I can see why you loved the idea.
Love the cute little bag you have made to pop it in !

Nancy Penir said...

I can see why you love the Kraft and white together, and the red is the perfect pop! Beautiful!

victoria h said...

love how the card and packaging match - perfectly co-ordinated. The accordion fold flower looks great too.

Unknown said...

Very cute card and packaging.
Your kraft card goes so well with your bag!

SheriE. said...

Such beautiful cards and packaging.

Linda said...

I love both of your projects. Very cute.