Sweet Cupcake Gift Bag Tutorial

Hello all! Today I am sharing a sweet project on the Sizzix blog, inspired by Leo's recent first birthday.

This Cupcake Gift Bag can be customized to fit many themes, but just changing the colours and sentiments. I used dies by Lori Whitlock and was happy to see that the Cupcake #2 fit perfectly in front of the Favor Bag, making it easy to dress up the bag and turn it into a cupcake. You might already know that I love watercolours, and I was happy to use Prima's new Classics set on this project, together with their Paintables paper.

To see all the steps and close-ups, you'll have to head over to the Sizzix blog.

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix Bigz Die - Cupcake #2	Sizzix CUPCAKE #2	Sizzix Bigz Die - Bag, Favor	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 16PK - Card, Birthday Pop-Up	Sizzix BIRTHDAY POP UP CARD
Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Polka Dots & Starflowers Set	Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2PK - Sunburst & Waffle Set	Prima Flowers 6 x 6 Paintables Watercolor Paper Pack VINTAGE EMPORIUM	Prima Flowers THE CLASSICS Watercolor Confections	Tim Holtz SIMPLE SAYINGS
Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets	Sizzix Paper Leather Sheets - 8 1/2" x 11" White, 10 Pack	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS WHITE 8.5x11	Tim Holtz Idea-ology DECO SHEETS
Tim Holtz Idea-ology MIRRORED HEARTS	Tim Holtz LACE Trimmings	Ranger 4 Oz. MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Prima 3D GLOSS GEL	Prima Flowers SPLASH Art Ingredients Micro Beads 962630
Prima Flowers TURQUOISE Glass Beads	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE	Big Shot Machine	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White
Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM

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Mini Pocket Watch Necklace

Hi friends! We have had a good Easter. Anton and I made some marzipan figurines, and some pretty ugly, but good, dinosaur chocolates. Yesterday, we had a very windy outing to a neighbouring town at a lake. The ice on the lake is melting and very cool ice formations had been created at the shoreline. It is Monday and this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge we are Seeing Things Clearly and using transparent elements, something that is a favourite of mine.  

I was planning to make a transparent tag, but when I was looking through some embellishments I came up on Tim Holtz new Mini Pocket Watches and decided to make myself a necklace instead. My clear element is the glass in the pocket watch. 

When it comes to transparent surfaces, my favourite is Wendy Vecchi's Clearly For Art Modeling Film. If you want some inspiration regarding that check out my Ticket Notebook; Sunshine, Freedom & a little Flower Canvas, and Vintage Wood Panel, for example.

I used an old photo of my grandmother and mom and cut it into a circle. The lid of a Distress Paint bottle was used to trace the circle, since it was the perfect size. The edges of the photo were sanded slightly. My grandmother's favourite colour was turquoise, so I coloured a Mirrored Heart with Stream alcohol ink. The sentiment comes from the Small Talk set, but I cut the stickers smaller and distressed them with Antique Linen Distress Ink, so that they would fit.

Then, I remembered a tiny package of clock parts that I bought over ten years ago and was pretty pleased to be able to find it within less than three minutes. They were glued with matte multi-medium. It wasn't quite dry in this photo, you can no longer see the adhesive.

To fit with the clock theme, I used two Sprocket Gears on the necklace, a brass and a copper coloured one. I like mixing different metals.

You can use lots of different Tim Holtz idea-ology pieces on a necklace. For more inspiration check out my Family Locket Necklace, which is loaded with idea-ology items.

I also used some glass beads that I bought really long ago.

Glue the back of the watch to the front, making sure to first clean the glass and that no dust gets trapped inside. The Mini Pocket Watches would be great embellishments for 3-D projects too.

I'll have fun wearing this necklace, although I maybe not when Leo is around, because he is now the age when he loves to pull necklaces (and earings!).

I hope you will join us in our Transparent challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

If you use instagram add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads, so that we can see them on there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz MINI POCKET WATCHES	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MIRRORED HEARTS	Tim Holtz CLIP BAILS Fasteners	Tim Holtz SPROCKET GEARS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 75 JUMP RINGS
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink STREAM	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Idea-ology SMALL TALK Stickers	Tim Holtz SANDING GRIP

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