Sunday 16 November 2014

A little extra baggage

There are times when you just want to make something other than a card and as I managed to get my hands on some 6x6 plain white bags a few weeks back, I had it in mind that I would throw together a few gift bags.

This one was made using a gorgeous stamp from the Party Paws Xmas range  and my lovely Spectrum Noir pens.

The image is quite detailed and took a while to colour but not that hard to do as it turned out. I seem to have found a good batch of colours to colour black areas, which give the appearance of black without losing the contrast (it was a variety of shades from the IG range). I was a bit worried about colouring the tree but this turned out to be really easy in the end as I just used a light base colour to colour all over and the 'blobbed' a mid and dark shade here and there to get a bit of shading in.

You can also just about see a bit of sparkle in there - this was achieved using a Graph It glitter pen which has a very subtle sparkle.

As you can see, I went to town a bit with the dies on this one, and they were all cut from white card originally, before colouring them with my Spectrums to get a perfect colour match.

So that's my little gift bag which I hope you like :-)

I now have lots of lovely Christmassy challenges to enter and here they all are:

http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-141-anything-goes.html
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-81-festive-furry-friends.html
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/2-or-4-legs.html
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-81anything-but-card.html
http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-289-anything-goes-option-of.html
http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-285-13th-of-november-christmas.html
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-83.html
http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/challenge-19-christmaswe-do-doobadoo.html
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/week-285-anything-but-card.html
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/crafty-calendar-november-challenge-its.html
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/chnc-challenge-extra-for-november-2014.html
http://a-crafty-mess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/challenge-2.html
https://www.facebook.com/SpectrumNoir?v=app_375772462579359&app_data=gaReferrerOverride%3D

Thanks for visiting me today and a happy Sunday to you all.

Sharon x

14 comments:

  1. Great project thank you for joining us at A Crafty Mess Sue DT xx

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  2. So glad you joined us for our CHNC extra challenge this month with this wonderful creation!!
    Hope to see you back for our next challenge :)

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  3. A gorgeous gift bag. Love the image and pretty papers.
    Lorraine x

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  4. Beautiful gift bag, love the cute image and how you've coloured it. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts this week for our Anything But a Card challenge x

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  5. Love this little bag and the image is so sweet. Beautifully coloured. Hugs, Carol S.xx

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  6. What a prettily decorated gift bag Sharon and perfect for our theme.

    Thanks for sharing your lovely work with us at Allsorts challenge this week.

    B x

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  7. Love that gorgeous image and such great colours too!
    Thank you for joining us at the Cutie Pie Challenge. Jane xxx

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  8. This is such a love Christmas gift bag Sharon, I love the colours and the layout - thank you so much for entering the Crafty Calendar (All about Christmas) Challenge this month, lots of luck to you.

    Hugs Sue Pxxx DT

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  9. This is a GORGEOUS bag!! I LOVe it!! Awesome coloring! Love that image!! Just wonderful!!

    - Susan
    {Scrap A Thousand Words}
    Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenges (DT Call Until Nov. 22nd)

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  10. Hello, A lovely project, A lovely style. Thank you for joining us this month with our first challenge at A Crafty Mess Good luck. We would love to see you again next month.

    Teighan DT

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  11. What a beautifully decorated gift bag, love it, it is such a cute image.Thanks for joining in with us over at Nutcrafters.Hugs Debbie x

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  12. Fantastic gift bag, love the image and all the bright cheery colours. Thank you for sharing with us at the Cutie Pie Challenge. Shona xx

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  13. What a fabulous little gift bag, Sharon, for some very lucky recipient. Love your colouring!

    Hugs,
    Jennifer. x

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  14. Thank you for sharing your lovely crafting for my CHNC challenge extra for November - hope to see you again soon x

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon