Welcome to the December 2011 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop featuring

Mad About You, a set of 14 stamps. If you are just arriving from {Annette’s } Blog you are on the right track. If you are starting here, just click on the link at the end of each post to go to the next blog in the hop. If you get lost along the way you can go to {Helen’s} Blog to see a master list of all participants.

Brown Bag Pocket

See below for detailed instructions or hop on over to{ Beth’s Blog}

Take a lunch bag with bottom flap facing up

 go down 5 ½ “ and score

 turn and score at 2 “

fold up at the 5 ½ and down at the 2”.

Now cut the following to decorate

Plaid B&t 5 ¼ x 5

Rose B&T 5 ¼ x 2

Zip Strip 5 ¼ long

Black CS ¾ x 12 use as wrap for card layer zip strip over this.

I used our new Art Philosophy Cartridge and my cricut to create the creative rectangle that I stamped in.  For instruction purposes I will share an idea that a dear friend of mine shared and that is to mentally label your key pad as follows…..

Then I can say A5 and you will know what image I want you to cut.  For this one you will have no special buttons selected along the left.

Colonial 1 ¼ “ stamp inside with black ink

Black 1 ½” layer under above.

I used foam tape to attach these    

Lastly I used the bling Pins, leaving plastic tips on I applied liquid glass to these and put under saying.

you can put candy, cocoa or tea packet or a gift card as i did inside the pouch this creates.

Hop on over to {Beth’s Blog} for another great idea!