Bron's 60th Birthday Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to Bron's 60th Birthday Blog Hop and Insta Hop.
Bronwyn Eastley will be turning the BIG 60 this year.
There will be 6 Blog Hops over the coming 6 months all with different themes.

Tonight we kick-off the Blog Hop with our project inspired from the above picture.
Bronwyn has asked a few of her Stamping friends to join her virtually to help her
celebrate such a HUGE milestone later on in the year.

I decided this morning that I was creating a Scrapbooking Layout for this Hop,
BUT my plan quickly changed once I got out a few products to play with.
I was going to use the Celebrate Today Magnet Board 

to create a Mood board for my Studio Shabaz.
After playing for some time I realised that I needed to simplify my ideas...

So still using products from the Celebrate Today Magnet Board

 I created my very own lil envelope like is in the kit with Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock

So I traced around it and then carefully cut it out...

Next I used a retired product Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder
which has basket weave like on the bag, so I ran the Very Vanilla envelope
folded in half through the embossing folder in the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
This became my handbag from this envelope design.

 

Well a handbag needs handles right?
So I dragged out another retired product Braided Burlap Trim
to which I used for the handles of the envelope bag 😏

 I needed to decorate SAID envelope bag, so again diving into my STASH!!
Who has a STASH of products?  Well I do.
I have so many products tucked away in a cupboard waiting to be used...
So this time I used Striped Burlap Trim across the front my envelope stuck
adhered down with Tear & Tape Adhesive

Next I added Petal Pink ribbon from Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack
on top of the Striped Burlap Trim.
This bag could be used to add a gift card or some Birthday cash. 

 

Using a card from the Celebrate Today Magnet Board,
I fussy cut some daisy blooms for the front of my envelope bag.
Then I used Petal Pink Classic Stampin Pad and a Blending Brush
to add colour to the image to give it some dimension.
All the flowers are glued into place with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Then I added some Elegant Faceted Gems to the front of the Bag.
I also used Sponge Daubers with Crumb Cake Classic Stampin Pad to add
some colour around the edge of the Envelope Bag.


Now onto the card that I created for inside the bag.
Card measures 5 1/4 x  3 1/2 - cut from
Very Vanilla A4 Cardstock
I once again use the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder to add
texture and dimension to the card front.
I also used Sponge Daubers with Crumb Cake Classic Stampin Pad to add
some colour around the edge of the card. Just to bring in the brown colour
from the Coconuts in the picture.

 

 
Now in the photo there is a blanket inside the bag so I used White Frayed Ribbon

and pulled away some of the thread to make a fringe to replicate
the fringing on the blanket.
Next I added some of the White washed board to the front of the card,
I cut this out of the Heart & Home 12x12 DSP
I also added some more of the Striped Burlap Trim across the front my card

Next I added Petal Pink ribbon from Cotton Ribbon Combo Pack
on top of the Striped Burlap Trim with Tear & Tape Adhesive .

 

 

In the Celebrate Today Magnet Board there are stickers so you can decorate your board.
I used "Celebrate Today" sticker sheet on the front of my card.
Next I fussy cut some daisy blooms from the card from before
Then I used Petal Pink Classic Stampin Pad and a Blending Brush
to add colour to the image to give it some dimension. 
All the flowers are glued into place with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

 Then I added some Elegant Faceted Gems to the front of the card.

Seen as though we are celebrating Bron's 60th I decided to add a 60 on the inside of the card. 
These numbers were die-cut with Playful Alphabet on the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
from Petal Pink Cardstock with some Foam Adhesive Sheets to give them dimension.
Next I cut some more of the daisy blooms for the inside and once again I used the
Petal Pink Classic Stampin Pad and a Blending Brush.
All the flowers are glued into place with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.

I added a quick sentiment in Crumb Cake Classic Stampin Pad
"Just for You" from Ranunculus Romance Cling Stamp Set.
Finishing off by adding another Elegant Faceted Gems to the inside of the card.

 
 

Lastly as this was not a normal sized card I needed to make
a custom sized envelope for the bag and card.
I pulled out the retired Envelope Punch Board and measured my card
to work out which size cardstock I would need to make an envelope.
I needed 9"x 9" piece of  Very Vanilla 12x12 Cardstock to create my envelope.

Next I ran each of the panels of the envelope through
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine inside the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder
to continue the theme through to finish off decorating it.
Then I stuck the envelope together with Tear & Tape Adhesive.
On the front of the envelope I stamped "Happy Birthday" and "To You"
with Crumb Cake Classic Stampin Pad from the retired set
Happy Birthday To You.

 

 I hope that you enjoyed my project and feel inspired to create one for yourself.
Thank you for following along with Bron's 60th BirthdayBlog Hop,
I am loving all of the creations from the super talented fellow designers.
Up next is Bronwyn with her creative design.

 

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1. Bronwyn Eastley
2. Julia Quinn
3. Tina Gillespie
4. Jan Clothier
5. Leonie Stuart
6. Andrea Sargent
7. Lou Kitzelman
8. Monica Formosa
9. Chantell Randall
10. Sara Levin
11. Catherine Proctor
12. Sharon Dalton