A Thank You for a Friend – Canvas Bags

Hi!  It’s Julia, back to share another project made with a bag from PouchMart!

I love making gift bags as well as cards so I often incorporate my stamping onto these items.  Here I made a set of a gift bag and card – using the same stamp sets on both articles.

canvas gift bag

The stamps are from Vintage Garden Seed Packet and Vintage Garden Produce from Waltzingmouse.  I tied a bow with two shades of orange wrinkled seam tape, knotted a piece of button twine around the bow and sewed it to the top of the PouchMart canvas muslin bag with one stitch so it would stay on through openings and closings of the bag!

Here it is pulled open so you can see the stampings better.

These PouchMart canvas bags are my favorite bag to decorate!

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DIY Canvas Bags “Friends Always”

Hi everyone!  It’s Julia back again.  Today I’m sharing yet another project using my favorite Pouchmart Canvas Muslin Bags!  I used the 5″x6″ size, but they have other sizes as well - even some with animal print!

This colorfully stamped 5″x6″ bag is perfect for that smaller gift to a friend for doing that something special for you just when you needed it! Or maybe for a birthday!

This worked up really quickly – first I stamped the circles (which is actually a tree top stamp repurposed!) in 9 different colors on the bag. I stamped it again on a piece of card stock, stamped the sentiment over the circle and punched it with a circle punch. I punched a scallop circle punch to frame it, punched a hole in the top and attached it to the bag handle with a beaded key chain – and done!

All ready to pop in that gift card, bag of Dove Chocolates or favorite bottle of perfume and give to your friend!

I was excited to have this project accepted to be published in the PaperCrafts Magazine - 225 Cards and Gifts in March 2011.

Thanks for stopping by the Pouch Mart blog today – where there’s always something to inspire you!

Julia Aston
My blog: http://www.createwithjulia.blogspot.com

Stamps: Waltzingmouse – Teeny Trees Set
Paper: Night of Navy – Stampin’ Up, Rustic White – Papertrey Ink
Ink: Ranger Distress - Chipped Sapphire, Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmelade, Barn Door, Crushed Olive, Stormy Sky, Rusty Hinge.
Accessories: 5″x6″ Canvas Muslin Drawstring bag – Pouch Mart, Beaded Key Chain – Tandy Leather/Michaels, Circle Punch – EK Success, Scallop Circle Punch – Stampin’ Up