This post has photos of the fronts of the treat bags I made for Valentine's Day. Recently I was reorganizing in the craft room (again.... ) and I came across almost a full package of speckled card stock:
This card stock is a good weight and other than the speckles... I decided I would use it for the fronts of the bags. I wanted to stamp and use stencils for the bag fronts so the first thing I did was the base layer which was stamping. When JustRite stamps was having their going out of business sale I picked up a page background stamp that has words and blank spaces here and there on the stamp and I thought that would be a good base for the bag front piece. I stamped this stamp all over the card stock using a brown ink. Here is a photo of this piece showing the stamping background as well as the different layers of stencils:
With the script stamp on the card stock I then did the pink flowers using a Memory Box stencil and a rosey pink ink. Followed that with the green leaf stencil, then the brown splatter stencil, a dotted stencil and also a mixed media shaped stencil. Once all that was done I finished it using red ink and a falling hearts stencil. I sponged the edges of the card stock using the brown ink and once that was done I spritzed this piece with clear Shimmer Mist. Set that aside to dry:
For the heart on the front of the bag I covered white card stock using 2" Tear and Tape and covered the tape with lots of washi tape patterns. Used a heart die and cut out a heart. Put this on a larger red foil heart I die cut and put a paper heart doily behind the washi tape heart for the bag front. Used a LOVE die from Waffle Flower for the red foil love on the bag front. Here is a photo of the bag front:
Have wanted to learn to make bead dangles and decided my PIC (stamping Partner In Crime) would get the first one I made -- here it is on the front her treat bag hanging on a bulb pin:
