It's a bag day!!!

This weeks challenge over at One Stitch At A Time and it was ALI's turn to pick for Tracey and me.  Ali chose the beautiful digi 'Butterfly Frame' by Jessica of Floppy Latte Designs

Challenge #158 Theme ' Anything Goes'

Sponsor this week StitchyBear Digital Stamps 

Winning prize is all the images used by the DT used in challenge #156.  To win this prize you need to use a digi from the StitchyBear store.

I decided to use the image on the front of a gift bag.  My mum love a pretty bag to put gifts in (we tend to recycle them from one member of the family to the other so I wonder how long this one will last <g>).  This is a new project for me having not decorated a bag before and I must admit it was a bit of fun, certainly gave the opportunity to go over the top with embellishments.

Recipe:-

• Gift bag I had stashed away
• Digi printed twice so I could fussy cut the butterfly layer which I stuck on with foam tape.  I created a layer behind the digi too with a verse on it and 'with love' sentiment.
• Leave were clipart from IClipart which I converted to svg files and then cut on my Black Cat.  The leaves were then embossed with my Cuttlebug
• On my last shopping spree I found some really fun glittery plastic lacy stuff which I had to buy, this was sprayed with adhesive spray and attached to the bag before I applied the digi
• Pearls from my stash were added around some of the leaves
• To finish off I a bit of lace I had and some turquoise ribbon for a bow and attached this to the handle of the bag

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges:-

• Crazy Catz - Challenge 177...ANYTHING GOES.
• Card Crafters Challenge - Bugs
• Broken Box Stock - Challenge #23: Think Spring
• Digi Haven - Spring
• Stampin for the Weekend - Anything but a card
• 2 Sisters - Challenge #138 ~ Anything Goes
• Milk Coffee Challenge - ANYTHING BUT SQUARE
• Crafty Ribbon - Challenge 42...ANYTHING GOES WITH RIBBON

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a happy crafting day :)