More is More

Happy Monday!  I have a special project to share with you today.  This was a gift that, although I put together fairly quickly, it was created with a lot of love.  Unfortunately my photos aren’t the best because I had to snap them somewhat last minute before I gave this gift to a friend, but hopefully you’ll get the idea.  🙂

First I’ll show you the gift bag that features Embrace Beauty from Taylored Expressions.

When I created this bag I dug through a drawer full of older 6×6 designer paper pads.  I came across Basic Grey Stella Ruby and knew it would be perfect with this stamp set.  I used the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis die set and a Martha Stewart wide border punch to embellish the design of the bag.  Here’s a close up of the tag.

The silhouette image was stamped in River Rock ink and the sentiment was overstamped in Espresso. I love the soft look of these images in lighter inks like River Rock and Crumb Cake.  I used linen thread to hang the tag from two points.

The main gift inside the bag was a set of encouraging Bible verses in vertical badge holders.  I’ve wanted to do this for a really long time and I think I got the original idea from Becca Feeekan’s blog.

I used verses from Verve,  Stampin’ Up and Taylored Expressions along with Spellbinder dies and dies from TE.  I kep each tag pretty simple to showcase the verse.  I didn’t get a photo of each individual tag, but here are a couple of them:

 I love how this turned out and this is a project I’d like to do again.  I love the idea of having verses at your fingertips!

Thanks for stopping by!