Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Dino-Mite Goody Bags


Today Tracy over at Craft Junkie Too gave us the choice to design anything we wanted without a specific challenge.

My son's 2nd birthday party is coming up this weekend and I needed some cute goody bags for the fun party favors.  So, I purchased some lunch bags to embellish.  I figured the extras would be fun to do crafts with my daughter.
 
I used the Dinosaur from Create a Critter cut at 4 inches and did a lot of embossing.  The yellow layer is embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder, his body is embossed with the Mosaic Texture, and his belly is debossed (which just means the impression is going into the paper instead of popping out of it) with the Japanese Scales folder.    I added some cute googly eyes as well.  Always super easy, and really fun for critters.

The bags all feature different Stampin' Up patterned papers.  The color is all the same, but some have dots, leaves, etc.  

I attached the dinos with Action Wobbles, which I think is the real treat for the kiddos.  The dinos look adorable wobbling back and forth.

I added a strip of cream cardstock toward the bottom of the bag in between fold lines.  The phrase was made using my Gypsy to weld together letters from A Child's Year.

To close the bags I folded over the tops & punched 2 holes with the larger setting on my Crop a Dile.  Then I threaded some ribbon through the holes.

I'm sure the rest of Tracy's team has lots and lots of wonderful inspiration for you today, so be sure and head over to her blog to check out all the fun.  She also has regular linking parties where you can share your own creations and other fun ways to connect and be inspired.



15 comments:

Juls said...

wow!! this is fabulous!!! hugs Juls

KardsbyKadie said...

Amber: Your goodie bags are SO ADORABLE and I just know these are going to be a SUPER HIT with your son's friends. Thanks for sharing you adorable project with us - LOVE IT!
Kadie Fellow CJToo Design Team Member

Shelley said...

These are too, too cute! Love all the embossing you did! The kids should LOVE these! Great job!

Shelley - fellow CJToo DT member
http://carleys-closet.blogspot.com
shelleymace21@gmail.com

Miranda said...

These are adorable Amber!

Unknown said...

These are adorable!!!

Amanda said...

OMG, your goodie bags are adorable!! I just love the texture on your cute dinos and the crinkled ribbon add the perfect finishing touch..

Scrappy Hugs,
Amanda :0)

Stacy said...

Amber,
These are too cute, what a fun idea for a goody bag
Hugs
Stacy

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

So adorable, great idea with the paper sacks :)

Unknown said...

These are adorable!
Kristy (fellow CJ Too DT member)
craftin-on-my-door.blogspot.com

Kelly said...

OMG Amber, these turned out SO adorable! A lot of preparation went into these cuties, no doubt they will be the hit of the party!!

Princess Hilda said...

i love it so cute

Unknown said...

These are ADORABLE!!! You sure put a lot of work into these. I love that you put the dinos on action wobbles. Super cute.

Tara said...

Great work! They are going to love these! The bag might just be the best part lol
Tara

Angi Barrs said...

Soooo stinkin' cute. What an adorable project. :)

Anonymous said...

These are awesome! I think I may craft lift them!
If you do not mind:)