Billowing Peonies Gift Bag

I needed a gift bag to give 3 jars of my homemade jam to a friend as a thank you gift, and I found a plain white bag in my stash of saved bags. My husband teases me about saving all the gift bags I receive, but why not recycle them? In this case, rather than giving a plain white bag, I decided to decorate the bag and include a sentiment on it. 

I used Altenew's Billowing Peonies set to stamp, stencil, and die cut the floral focal point. This is one of my all-time favorite sets from Altenew! It's just stunning! After finishing that part, I chose three shimmer sprays from my collection that coordinated with the ink colors I used for the flowers and leaves and sprayed the bag. The shimmer sprays I used: Lindy's Cotton Candy Pink, Lindy's Sea Mint Green, and Lindy's Crème Brûlée Cream. You can't tell from the photos, but the background is shimmery in person. I let that dry and then added the Billowing Peonies using Altenew's Ultra Sticky Double-Sided Tape. 

To finish the bag, I stamped the "thank you" sentiment using Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Splendid Bouquet kit and die cut it with the coordinating die. I adhered it with more double-sided tape and then added 3 jams wrapped in pretty pink tissue papers: blueberry jam, cherry jam, and raspberry-peach jam. My friend texted me today that she had already opened the raspberry-peach and was loving it! (She just got the bag last night!)

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Challenges I'm entering:

The Ultimate Inspiration Challenge - Altenew: Choice of any of the challenge colors/themes from the year (I chose August's color palette):

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (1/3; ends 12/9/24) C10

A Cut Above: ATG with a die cut (1/3; ends at the end of the  month)

A Place To Start: ATG with optional twist of happy holidays (ends at the end of the month)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Thing 1: It's up to you (1/4; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Make it sparkle (I used shimmer sprays) (1/5; ends 12/9/24)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with twist of winter holidays (ends at the end of the month)

Stamping Sensations: ATG with the option of winter (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love Stamping: ATG or winter (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG or winter flora and fauna (1/3; ends 12/6/24)

No more challenges.