Gift “Clutch” Envelope
June 28, 2010 at 12:43 am 8 comments
Did you ever have a gift to give and discovered at the last minute that you completely run out of gift bags and your last gift box was being used as a construction paper aquarium??? 
With some quick improvising, I came up with this large gift envelope using two 12″x12″ sheets of kraft card stock and ScoreTape. A bit of stamping and the brush tip of a Copic marker for hearts to decorate plus a velcro dot to close the top flap … got the job done! 
Whew!
Please check out what the rest of the KS Crew has cooked up for today.
The winners of KS Crew Challenge #26 will be announced a little later today (Monday – June 28th).
Happy Stamping!
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Materials – Stamps: 3 Step Hearts & Roses and Big & Bold Swashes from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Paper: 12″x12″ Kraft and Shimmery White – SU! Ink: (all Memento) ROSE: Step#4 – Rhubarb Stalk, Step#3 – Rose Bud, Step#2 – Rose Bud – stamp off 1x, Step#1 – Angel Pink. Swashes and Heart Burst to create background: Desert Sand. Embellishments: Velcro dot. Copic Sketch Marker (to make hearts) #RV17. Atyou Spica pen – Clear. 2″ circle punch. Scalloped paper edgers from Fiskars.
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lisa somerville | June 28, 2010 at 5:46 am
Beautiful envelope for your gift, I’m sure your recipient loved it!
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Anita Champagne | June 28, 2010 at 6:07 am
This is sooo cute…love it!!
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Julie Masse | June 28, 2010 at 6:55 am
What a great idea!!! Necessity really is the mother of invention!!
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Nan Cee | June 28, 2010 at 7:04 am
Nice idea! Did you actually stamp the rose backward from step 4 ending with step 1?
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kitchen sink stamps | June 28, 2010 at 8:36 pm
Yes Nan – I find that sometimes it is easier to line the stamps up when stamping backwards … especially when steps #1 & #2 are very light colors.
You can find a full tutorial about stamping backwards on KSS’ Tutorial page. It is called Multi Step Stamping 102. Here is a direct link to our Tutorial Page: http://web.me.com/degrassicolosimo/KSS_IdeaGallery/Tutorials.html Happy Stamping!
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Connie M. | June 28, 2010 at 7:38 am
Oh Maria! This is just so perfect!!! You are just sooo clever!
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Makiko Jones | June 28, 2010 at 7:56 am
Maria, this is so wonderful!! I love the custom envelope…makes the gift more personal!! What a fantastic project!
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Lynn | June 28, 2010 at 3:10 pm
What a fabulous project!! Perfect for so many things!! I love the gorgeous rose closure. Awesome work, Maria!