Childs Card and Sweety Bags

 I needed a card in a hurry earlier this week for one of the children I work with, again I sought inspiration from the internet. This card was inspired from a card I saw on Pinterest by a lady called Kris but that's all that I know about her.  This not an exact copy of her card. I changed it up by adding clouds, I used glitter paper for the numbers and thread for the balloon strings rather than drawing them in.

I decorated the flap of the envelope with a paper that matched one of the balloons. Now I have to confess I really didn't plan this, I had stamped an image on the flap and I had intended to colour it but I messed up and smudged the ink,  not wanting to waste an envelope I  decided to cover the error with  DSP paper .

I usually give the boys a small quantity of sweets on a Friday for good behaviour throughout the week.   I had run  out of the small poly bags I usually use,  so I decided to make some small paper bags  and decorate them to make them more appealing to the boys. I have to say, I was right they did appeal to them and one of them even pointed out it was better for the planet....less plastic waste. I was impressed with his thinking and I was in total agreement but also dreading the thought of making them every week. 

I used copier paper to make these bags.   Cut to 7 x 6 1/2 inches.  

 Along the 7  inch side  I scored at  2,   2 1/2 ,   3,      5,     5 1/2,      6  inches    The last half inch is the glue tab to join the sides. 

  On the 7 inch edge  score at 1 inch. This will form the base of the bag.  These measurements will make a bag  2 inches wide by 1 inch deep and 6 inches tall. This may seem quite small but you can get quite a lot in them.

  I stamped jelly beans in  multiple colours many many times.  I used an edgelet die to  create the serrated edge along the top.

 Then it's just a case of snipping  all the score lines at the bottom up to the 1 inch score line, folding them over and gluing together to form the base.