ETA: Thanks everyone for your sweet comments! The flowers made followed this tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eufh8sFpKc8
In honor of school going back into session everywhere, we thought it would be fun to issue a Brown Bag Challenge. We want to see what you can do to dress up, alter, change an ordinary brown lunch bag into a paper crafting work of art. You could modify it to become a gift bag with handles, create a card base by folding it in half (complete with a slide out tag), add a window to it or whatever else you can dream up. After the hop is though, we should all have plenty of inspiration to help us create amazing projects with inexpensive brown bags! We look forward to seeing your creations!
Welcome, I have two projects for you tonight. Our challenge this month was to use brown paper bags, chosen in honor of "back to school". I had several ideas ... but utlimately decided to use the brown paper bag as part of my embellishments.
The first card features die cut flowers (these are PTI dies), I inked the edges in Hawaiian Shores ink - spritzed and crumpled together. And in continuing the main theme, I decided to see what else I could find in the kitchen - and found this great white mesh. Its from a bag of Laughing Cow lite baby bell wedges. I think these flowers came out great!
In my second card, I used the brown paper bag die cut in the blossom and die cut with fillable frames #1, the sentiment is from Handwritten Notes. In the "stuff from my kitchen" (my unofficial theme) I embosed an aluminum foil panel and I also used a bit of twine with the flowers.
The details: *all supplies from PTI (except the things from my kitchen)
Cardstock: Kraft and Hawaiian Shores (Card #1), Aqua Mist (card 2)
Dies: Beautiful Blooms II #1 and Fillable Frames #1
Stamps: Fillable Frames #1 and Handwritten Notes
Ink: Hawaiian Shores and True Black
Acccessories: Hawaiian Shores buttons, twine, aluminum foil, brown paper bag, Hawaiian Shores ribbon, mesh bag
How fun! Love the flowers and the mesh and the embossed foil. You're so clever Rebecca.
Posted by: Debbi | August 25, 2010 at 05:31 PM
What beautiful paper bags!!
Posted by: Jessica Griffin | August 25, 2010 at 07:01 PM
OH my your flowers are gorgeous! Such beautiful projects!
Posted by: Laurie W. | August 25, 2010 at 07:02 PM
two great techniques from the kitchen- love it! TFS!
Posted by: Karli | August 25, 2010 at 07:04 PM
Wow, these are awesome!! The paper bag flowers are beautiful, and I also just love the netting on the first card and the embossed foil on the second
Posted by: Diane Jaquay | August 25, 2010 at 07:05 PM
I love the flowers ....... great look with the inking on the edges!!! And I love Laughing Cow ...... great touch to the card and really keeps in the theme!!!
Posted by: Sue Ann | August 25, 2010 at 07:05 PM
I am totally going to case those flowers. they look great!!
Posted by: Karen Corbett | August 25, 2010 at 07:06 PM
I just love the netting on the first card and the flowers are fabulous!
Posted by: Stavroula | August 25, 2010 at 07:07 PM
O-o-oo, such pretty flowers! Who would think a paper bag could look so good! Kudos!!
Posted by: Linda W | August 25, 2010 at 07:07 PM
These cards are wonderful!! Awesome!!
Posted by: Dani C. | August 25, 2010 at 07:09 PM
Love how creative you were here! I really like the first card!
Posted by: Amy | August 25, 2010 at 07:10 PM
lovely flowers! great idea!!
Posted by: Kari | August 25, 2010 at 07:11 PM
Aack! How cute is this? And to think, I threw out that Baby Bell mesh! :)
Posted by: Kay Demonbren | August 25, 2010 at 07:11 PM
EEEK I LOOOVE those flowers! They are so vintage looking! PERFECT blue background with the lovely netting...so creative! Love the gleam of your second card, tooooo!
Posted by: Kelly Schirmer | August 25, 2010 at 07:11 PM
Love these, very creative ways to use the bags!
Posted by: Debbie Gaydos | August 25, 2010 at 07:12 PM
oooooh! I love these flowers!
Posted by: Lynn Darda | August 25, 2010 at 07:14 PM
I love the flowers what a great idea
Posted by: Yvette | August 25, 2010 at 07:17 PM
Your flowers are awesome. Love the card.
Posted by: TammyButz | August 25, 2010 at 07:23 PM
Your flowers are GORGEOUS! I am so doing that!!
Posted by: Paula Laird | August 25, 2010 at 07:26 PM
How great is that first card with the mesh and gorgeous flowers? Love it! The second card is beautiful too.
Posted by: Sara Mac | August 25, 2010 at 07:26 PM
Oh my gosh, I love those crinkled flowers & the mesh is awesome!
Posted by: Kelly Braund | August 25, 2010 at 07:28 PM
Great job on both of them! The flowers are wonderful and I love the embossing on the second one too!
Posted by: Terri Moore | August 25, 2010 at 07:29 PM
What gorgeous flowers! Both are so pretty!
Posted by: Mona | August 25, 2010 at 07:31 PM
Flowers??? So fantastic, and I would have never of thought of it! On to my growing list of brown paper bag ideas! Beautiful!
Posted by: Melissa Hungria | August 25, 2010 at 07:31 PM
So pretty, everyone here is just so creative!
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | August 25, 2010 at 07:32 PM