Art Philosophy Bag and Tree Card

Hello! The holiday preparations are squeezing out my crafting time (decorating the tree, baking cookies), so today I have an oldie but goodie from last Christmas to share with you. I was thrilled when I first got my Art Philosophy cartridge last year and couldn't wait to make this cute bag!

I wasn't blogging at the time this was made, so I don't have a tutorial. All the cuts are from Art Philosophy, and the bag can be found on page 23. I cut it at 'Fit to Page'. The frame on the bag is from page 63. I hand cut the banner.

For the card, the layers can be found on page 33 and 53. That adorable Christmas tree is found on page 31.

Wow, the more I look at these pages from Art Philosophy, I'm seeing so many projects that I want to do! Now I just need to find the time :) I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season so far!

Happy Crafting!

Artiste Reindeer Bag

Hello! Rachel here again with a fun little holiday treat bag. You may remember THIS post with my owl bag for Halloween? Well, I decided to use the same bag to make a Reindeer for Christmas! Isn't it cute?

It was super easy to make with the Artiste cartridge! I used the bag from page 77, cut at 4 1/2", and the leaf shapes from page 54 for the ears. For the antlers, I used the Accent 1 scroll shape from page 43, cut at 2". The eyes and nose are simply circles cut at 1/2", 3/4", and 1" from page 48.

After inking all the edges, I put it together and added a Hook and Loop dot under the nose to make it easy to fill with some yummy Christmas treats.

For a final touch, I attached a strip of a zip strip border from Pear and Partridge, a cranberry grosgrain ribbon bow, and a punched holly sprig. If I had more time, I would add some Red Glitz Glitter glue or Liquid Glass to the nose to make it shine!

Happy Crafting!