Tutorial - Envelope Gift Bag

Hi, Kim here with a quick tutorial today. There are some fabulous little gift bags and boxes on the Home For Christmas cd from Polkadoodles, but I’d like to share how I make little gift bags from envelopes.  You could even make them with used envelopes – great recycling!

I start with a C5 envelope (but you could try with all different sizes), some backing papers, toppers, ribbon, a hole punch and an edge punch

Seal down the envelope and then mark and score lines 1” from the outer edge and 1½” from the bottom edge

Trim one of the shorter ends open and then use an edge punch to add a fancy edge. Fold the central fold inwards and then fold the corners into the bottom of the bag - you may need to gently press the folds into place at the bottom! 

Then decorate as you like with papers and toppers.  I’ve also used the hole punch and added some ribbon and a sentiment from the cd cut into a tag shape

I hope you have a go at making an envelope gift bag - ideal for making little treat bags for some Christmas sweets and chocolates! 

A - Week 41 - Halloween

Hi everyone - time for another Challenge today! Before we do, just a little reminder for our Design Team Call!....

...we are looking for someone who ADORES using Digi images to join our fantastic new Design Team! So if you are a digi geek like the rest of us here then please email us to apply. You MUST have an active blog and be able to commit to one project a week. We don't care what brand of marker you currently use or if you love to use watercolours or anything else - we just need someone who loves using digi stamps and is able to meet the commitment which will be a minimum of 4 months term. Closing date is 19th October so don't miss this - we have a great team and you will love to be part of it! Send us your blog link and a short bio about yourself and why you'd like to be on the team and why we should pick you - this call is for a BRAND NEW CHALLENGE which will be here on the Polkadoodles and Studio 12 challenge blog on a Tuesday and the team is separate to Polkadoodles and Studio 12. We already have some amazing talent signed up but we need 2 more people to make up the team!

Ok, let's get to the inspiration for this week's challenge...

Halloween!

The Design Team have had a great time this week using all the fab digis in the store - check them out here...

The winner of this challenge will win a £10 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles store!

As explained last week we have tweaked our challenge rules and we are now picking a RANDOM WINNER each week to get one of our great prizes! We're doing this as a massive thanks to you all for entering each week and we think it's much fairer that everyone gets an equal chance to win some lovely goodies, so from now on, if you enter then you're in the draw! We will still choose our favourite top 3 as well and they will receive a little prize too. IN ADDITION, you can now enter as many challenges as you wish and are no longer restricted to 10!

Our randomly chosen winner for Week 39 'More than one fold' is 

..... No. 3, Helen!

Well done, email us to claim your prize!

In addition, the Design Team have picked their favourite Top 3 which are:

No 4, Sue....No 16 Dawn and No 24, Sarah J

Well done everyone! Grab your blinkies from the sidebar!

If you have a Challenge blog with more than 300 Followers and would like a new Sponsor we have a couple of free Sponsorship slots available at Polkadoodles so email us your blog links and what you require and we will consider sponsoring you too! 

Alethea - I found this cute little tin and decided to decorate it with papers and embellishments from the Witchie Witchie 2013 Download Bundle. I was hoping to fill it with goodies before taking photos but just haven't had the time!!! Halloween isn't really something we celebrate here so don't want to go too overboard with Halloween stuff!!

Asha - I made a treat box using papers and elements from the wickedly wonderful Witchie Witchie 2013 Download Bundle. The box measures 3"x3"x1.5" and can hold a generous portion of ghoulish goodies. It's the perfect spooky giveaway!

Karon - Have been wanting to make a banner for ages and thought this was the ideal opportunity.  Using the new 2013 Witchie Witchie Download Bundle and the Witchie Digi Stamp which has been coloured with alcohol markers.  The letters and the witch have been put on pop dots to add some depth.

Sally - I have had fun putting this card together with the fab Witchy Witchy Woo Download bundle
I made a stepper card using black cardstock and then downloaded a lot of the embellishments and my little monster image and chose the spooky background.  I cut out the images and placed them on the steps. I used my icicle die for grass and put some wobbly eyes on the jars of bats eyes.

Rebekah - Hi everyone, I have created 3 little treatbags for my 3 kids for Halloween this time using the great Witchie Witchie download bundle I have used papers and sentiments in these fab spooky colours to create simple tops for celophane bags full of goodies!

Zoe - I've created a sign to go on my front door this Halloween, using the gorgeous Witchie Witchie download bundle. I took the images into Serif and created this scene using papers & embellishments. I also printed off the Witchie digistamp which I then coloured with a mix of markers. I added the witch to my scene along with some Glossy Accents & sparkle!

Claire C  I've decorated a little bag to put some goodies in for any trick or treaters who visit, I've used Witchy Goth and papers from the fabby Witchy Witchy download bundle. I used Graph'It markers to colour the image.

Miria I made a black and white easel card. I printed the scene and images from Witchy Witchy download bundle , distressed them then I printed this fab web over the scene to give a even more spooky look. I added a sentiment from the same collection and some matching washi tape.

Lidia Hi! Everyone and for this challenge I made a Card whit images by the Sundae Seasons Cd I hope that you Like it! 

Hopefully the DT have inspired you to make your project for this weeks challenge and we cannot wait for you to share it with us. Please use Mr Linky to add your details so we can come over and see your project in full.   Remember you have until Sunday 20th October noon to enter this challenge.

Don't forget to enter our Design Team Call! 

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Studio 12 stamps

Good morning it's Anjie here today with a Studio 12 project.

This box started out life as a plain paper mache box. I gave it a coat of plain old emulsion then used some distress ink around the edges and corners. I used a mask on the lid to create a bit of a pattern. Then got busy with some Studio 12 stamps. I used the Distressed Zig and Zag stamp set, and the Vintage Ephemera stamp set.

I added some acetate to the lid and used one of the stamps on that as well. This is so easy to do, why not get an old box and get creating. They make lovely little pressies.