Hotel Chocolat Ribbon Bag

January 2, 2021 Claire Taylor

I haven’t met very many people who are not keen on chocolate. I know that a few chocolates will cheer anyone up and are greatly appreciated. My favourite are the Gems and my parents favourite Dark Chocolate Brazil nuts are from Hotel Chocolat., they come packaged in the Ribbon bags, they look super pretty. Although they are prettily wrapped, I like to add to the beauty by using gorgeous paper to wrap them in. I try to change the packaging for every celebration.

The original bag uses the gorgeous In Good Taste DSP, I made the second bag with the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP from the January to June Mini Catalogue (available from 5th Jan). It is a gorgeous combination of stunning painted flowers and abstract patterns. I love the colours and that the flowers are a large design perfect for large bags and creations.

One of my favourite packages is this gorgeous bag. The video below shows how I have created this bag, I have used the Fine Art Floral DSP but any designer series paper will work.

Instructions

Imperial -

Piece of DSP measuring 9.75” x 11.5”

Score on long side (11.5”) at: - 1.75”, 5.5”, 7.25” and 11”

Score on short side (9.75”) at: - 1.75” flip the paper and score at 2”

Metric -

Piece of DSP measuring 25cm x29cm

Score on long side 29cm at: - 4.5cm, 14cm, 18.5cm and 28cm

Score on short side 25cm at: 4.5cm flip the paper and score at 5 cm

I need to restock up on Ribbon bags, but I hope that you like these which do you prefer, the masculine version or the floral version?

Santa's Workshop Box

October 23, 2018 Claire Taylor

In my Santa’s Workshop examples, I showed a Santa Box, made using the Santas Workshop speciality DSP. It is super super cute, I must confess that I CASEd the idea from Scrimping Mommy she made an amazing castle box. Whilst mine does not look like a castle the basic design is the same. The dimensions mean that the largest die cut (the Santa and list) will fit with a boarder. I had planned to do a video but haven’t got round to it (someone stole all my spoons again.)

I used the dies to cut out Santa, the elves and Mrs Santa (Mrs Claus sounds better) from the DSP. Of course you could use the stamps and colour using blends or Stampin’ write markers. It works with either option.

The dimensions are:

Box:(Poppy Parade) - cut card to 8 15/16 x 8 15/16 score on all four sides at 3"

Lid:(Poppy Parade)- cut card to 4 1/2” x 4 1/2" score on all four sides at 3/4"

4 x Decoration Panels: 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” (5 if want to add panel to top of box.)

I hope you like the box. I love it. I hope to create a video soon.

Simple Hexagonal Tealight Holder bag

September 6, 2018 Claire Taylor

I wanted to show you one of my favourite bags, although it may be a box. It is a tealight holder which I make when I need a gorgeous quick pressie or table gift. The box/bag was created by pootles. It is gorgeous and so easy to make.

I created a cute christmas version using the 'All is Bright' DSP paper and the 'itty bitty greetings' stamp set. The brilliant thing about the light bulb paper is that they are all random so the direction is not important. My second example was using the 'Frosted Floral DSP'. I love the colours and it shimmers.

Dimensions and Directions

Piece of Designer Series Paper – 5 3/4" x 4″ (14.5cm x 10cm)

Score on the LONG side at 7/8", 1 3/4", 2 5/8", 3 1/2", 4 3/8", 5 1/4″ (2.3cm, 3.6cm, 6.9cm, 9.2cm, 11.5, 13.8cm)

Score on the SHORT side at 7/8", 3″ (2.3cm, 7.5cm)

The video below shows the instructions for the bag. The video below shows the supplies needed.

I hope that you like it. I am going to make some more for a craft fair. Enjoy watching.

Tranquil Textures Post it holders

August 17, 2018 Claire Taylor

I love making Post it note holders. they are perfect for gifts and also for craft fairs. There are so many different sizes but the 2” squares so cute and you can get 6 from one sheet of card stock.

They are really simple to make and can be decorated any way you like and no stamping if you don’t want to. On these smaller sizes I think that a few embellishments finish off the decoration perfectly. There are two videos below, one with the items you will need and one with the instructions.