Mix It Up Monday: Sketched Dots gift bags

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It’s Mix It Up Monday again and time for another colour combination from my In Color charts.

I’m really enjoying a vellum-y kind of a theme at the moment and, while this project doesn’t use vellum, it does continue the translucent motif in the form of the polka dot gift bags. These are really sweet and if you don’t have some already, I highly recommend you add them to your next order. They’re cheap, which is always a bonus. (Trans-Atlantic friends: “cheap” simply means “inexpensive” in the UK). They’re really versatile, they have polka dots on them and, best of all when you need to make 10 quick gifts for your Virtual Hostess Club members: you get 10 in a pack. Hurrah!

But you can trawl around Home Bargains as many times as you like and you still won’t find something that fits these bags perfectly. Luckily Aldi is just a few doors down and they sell the best chocolate ever (well, the best you can buy in Heanor). And did I mention that the bags are versatile? Well it’s worth repeating because you don’t have to stick to their original shape – you can of course trim them, fold them, scrunch them… well you don’t need me to tell you that, you’re crafters, too!

Because I wanted to keep an air of mystery about the contents, I decided to line them with a folded piece of Blushing Bride cardstock, then slide the chocolate inside. This does mean I don’t know who gets which flavour, although I did peek to make sure I wasn’t sending hazelnut chocolate to the lady with a nut allergy. I decorated them with my new Oh My Goodies! stamp set and matching Deco Labels Framelits Dies. I earned these free from Stampin’ Up!® recently. Apparently, despite not doing much this summer, it turns out I am still great and they rewarded me for my efforts. Which, I have to say, is jolly decent of them. 

Anyway, enough from me: I’ve just remembered there’s some of that chocolate left in the cupboard because, naturally, I bought spares.

Oh My Goodies Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134090] £16.00	Deco Labels Framelits Die [130102] £22.00	2-3/8" Circle Scallop Punch [118874] £16.00	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787] £15.50	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] £6.50
So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] £6.50	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] £7.25	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719] £4.50	Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack [138442] £7.25	Gold Cording Trim [139618] £4.50
Sketched Dots Tag A Bag Gift Bags [138316] £3.75	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323] £6.00	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] £6.00

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