Okay, so I broke my own promise–for two reasons–I was told not to stop sharing them, LOL, and I wanted to share the one that I would be featuring at my Stamp-A-Stack of stuff next week!

I have always loved this set (not as much as DD Grapevine which is long gone but not forgotten).  I think my downline love it as well since I am sad to report I can only find ONE sample of the many nice cards I’ve made with it so I had to start from scratch on this… I’ve got to stop lending my samples out!!!

I usually start a gift bag & stationery holder from inspiration from a card.  You can see the card in the bottom left hand corner.  I did 3D it with the 3rd bunch of grapes.  I think making one bunch of grapes 3D is more effective on this than masking.

The gift bag has one bunch of grapes popped up as well as the large grape leaf (at 5:00) and the smaller grape leaf (at 11:00).  The gift tag is a large grape leaf stamped on a folded piece of cardstock to make a “card”.

I used an “oatmeal” colored tissue (you can find wonderful shades of tissue at party stores) for the stamped matching tissue paper.  The bag is kraft colored and there is sponging of More Mustard (hence the mustard stripe in the gift bag top & bottom) to give it an “earthy” feel.  The grapes are stamped on vanilla rather than white as well.

Okay, I will start sharing other cards & projects as the week goes on!

Here is my second set of stationery “ensemble” this time made with Serene Sunflower Set in Always Artichoke, More Mustard & Chocolate Chip.

The background stamp is “Cheesecloth” which is retiring this June and I don’t agree with that decision. 

We have so many “fabric” type backgrounds but we need this one because “Aida Cloth” & “Linen” & “Canvas” are redundant but the uniqueness of this background stamp makes it stand out. I love how the edges “unweave” and I have used it for Halloween backgrounds as well.

Oh well, you know they really should call me before they make these types of decisions, don’t you!?

This is one of the two sets of stationery that I have made so far for teachers gifts this year.

I took a small 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 3 inch Kraft handle bag and put a ‘false front’ and stamped the vanilla tissue.

The bag matches the card and stationery container all made with cardstock.  I have the stationery holder standing at far left and shown open at the bottom.  The card is standing up.

I am sorry to see French Script go, it is the background script used in the card. The main set used is “A Touch of Nature” on Pg. 133 of the 2006-07 Idea Book & Catalog.  The colors are Always Artichoke, So Saffron (sponged with More Mustard) and Black.

I got the inspiration for the entire ensemble  from the card (which I got in a swap but didn’t have a name on it–gotta put your name on stuff!).  The center of the flower is a brown pom-pom… the 3D look is priceless.

I will be sharing the other bags over the next few days.  My June Stamp A Stack will feature a matching card/portfolio/bag as a project, so don’t miss this class…