Small Clear Gift Bag.

I found this great tutorial at: Kristianne's crafty adventures. It was fun to put together. I used my cardstock I painted.

The only changes I made is, that I made the bottom part 1 1/2 in wide. This way I had cardstock to glue to the base, not acetate. I sewed the acetate to the cardstock about 1/2 in. from the bottom of the acetate. I hope this makes sense. This made my bag 4 in. tall. In the back I just glued the cardstock together where it overlapped. On the top I added one staple to keep it closed. Where the acetate overlapped in the back, I didn't do anything.

I stuffed my bag with some ephemera I made and I used rope for my handles.

I added a shell to the front with a mini safety pin.

This our cat Elliot in the background.

While back I made a flip-flop card. It's on my blog if you would like to check it out. Here you can see part of my blueberry bush. I better get to picking!!!

This is a little booklet, made with playing cards.

The back of the booklet.

My flip-flop card.

And some more ephemera.

I made this calendar on my computer. .

I like playing with Tim Holtz' ticket stamps. Sometimes I just use the numbers, or just use part of the stamp.
Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration.
Renate