Quick Card & Gift Wrap with Laura
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Hey crafty friends, Laura here. Today I’m sharing a quick card and gift wrap idea using the Take Me Away kit here.
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I always save the paper bags from the kits but rarely use them in anything other than their unaltered form. Today I was feeling adventurous! I took my cue from the circle dot patterned paper and pulled out a pale blue and pale green thread combo and hooked up my sewing machine. I ran a simple zigzag stitch around the closed edges of the two pink paper bags. I added my gifts and folded the tops and carefully ran a line of stitching to seal them shut. Now for a little embellishment (which is easy with a Lollipop Box Club Kit!)
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I cut “friendship” “hi” and “smile” out of the sketchy phrases sheet and trimmed them into pennant shapes. I added a hole to the top of “friendship” and “smile”. I used the circle dot patterned paper to cut a tag and added the “hi” pennant along with layered flower die cuts finished with a glittered sticker from the sticker book. I ran a line of straight stitch around each piece and added a little of the gorgeous teal twine to the tops. I carefully sewed them onto the present bags joining them all together into one cute bundle.
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For the coordinating card I created a square base using both sheets of the circle dot paper. I added a few lines of sewing to the front using my colour-matched threads. I cut a little slot in the front and attached a flamingo paper clip. It looked a little plain (even for me!) so I squeezed in a tangle of thread under the flamingo. I use tangles of thread to add colour, texture and in this case to help draw the eye to the focal point.
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