Vintage Thank You Card

 SRM has recently released some new fabric bags.  They don't have to just be used as bags and I decided to challenge myself and see if I could find a way to use them on a card!    I love the romantic feel of the Linen Bags with Lace so I decided to create a card incorporating that one. 

I used the 3 X 5 Linen Bag with lace along with a 4 inch White Doily to create the base for my card.  It had a bouquet feel to it so I went with that and started adding flowers, leaves, and pins to play up that idea.  Although it looks like the flowers are tucked into the bag they are actually just placed at the top!

If you wanted to add a little gift inside the bag (jewelery would fit great) you could and the bag could easily be pulled off and opened! I didn't put anything inside of mine but did choose to top it with a sentiment.  I felt like the mood of the card called for a Fancy Sentiment so I used one from the Fancy Sentiment/Thanks set.

What kinds of different stuff would you create with a bag like this?

Supplies Used: 

Flowers: Prima

Sticker: SRM Stickers

Bag: SRM Stickers

Doily: SRM Stickers

Vellum & Cardstock: Core'dinations

Boys of Summer Layout

I am up with a project at the JustNick blog today! Summer is in full gear and it's the perfect time to share how fabulous the Swiss Cheese Background file is for making those summer layouts! I absolutely love how this turned out with pics of my cutie pie boys!

There are a tons of ways you could use this file but I used it to have kind of a sunrise/sunset feel to it using lots of colors.  That was easily achieved by just adding a striped patterned paper behind the file.

I cut the file on a cardstock that was already embossed and it still cut super easy!  There are also tons of options for titles in the store and today I used the Summer Words file to cut out "summer."

I added some letter stickers to personalize the title to my layout and it was done!  One of the things I love about using background files like this is that you don't have to do a ton more to the layout - they give you a really fantastic base to start with and you can just add a little more!  As you can see I added a big circle and stitching to create a sun and a few little wood pieces and words - there is not a ton to this!  

Files Used:

Swiss Cheese Background

Summer Words

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Core'dinations

Patterned Paper: Simple Stories

Stickers: Simple Stories

Throwback Thursday: My Favorite Core'dinations Projects

My term has wrapped up with Core'dinations and I thought it would be a perfect Throwback Thursday Post to do a wrap up of my favorite projects that I created for them!  Each one will have a link back to the project post below it so that you can check out more if you'd like!

Pencil Flower Bouquet

Harvest Wreath

Thankful Layout

Quilt Wall Hanging

Easter Cross

Fall Layout Using Debossing

Leprechaun Hat Card

Father's Day Card

You Are My Sunshine Layout

Awesome Layout

Blooming Dahlia Wreath