Christmas Purse

Christmas Purse
by Pamela Conner


First of all, I used the “RectGiftBox” from CD-17, which I altered and basically redrew! Being it was a rectangular box with a front flap, I decided to make it a “purse” gift box and designed it as large as I could on a piece of 12”x12” cardstock.


Supplies List


Papers: “Cardinal” Bazzill , “Pearl” Bazzill Bling & Gold Mirror Cardstock
Ink: VersaMark “Watermark Stamp Pad”
Embossing Powder: Old Town Crafts “White Jewels” & “Detail Clear Transparent” by Stamp-n-Stuff
Stamps: Snowflakes from “Winter Holiday” by Plaid All Night Media
Font: used for “Snowflake Medallion” is “Faux Snow BRK” and can be found here: http://www.fontstock.net/223/Faux-Snow-BRK.html
Cording: for handle & purse flap is “Iridescent White” Craft Cord by Needloft
Wire: for base of handle is “Paper Wire” by Paperbilities
Gold Beads: Rhinestone Stickers from Michaels
Ribbon: by ModelCrafts
“Joy Tag” is # 59-C from the “Charmers” that came with my Pazzles Inspiration
Corner Designs on the back is 61-A from the Pazzles “Swirls & Twirls” CD
Side Designs are 96-D from the Pazzles “Swirls & Twirls” CD



Notes:


For the handle, I used paper wire for the base and wrapped the “Iridescent White” craft cord around it tightly and then glued the ends tightly and let dry before running them through the gold eyelets. This was time consuming but I loved the end result!


I used three layers of the embossing powder on the “Snowflake Medallions” on the front and back. I also did the same thing with “Joy” on the tag and the designs on the back and each side.


After I cut the box out of the red Bazzill cardstock I used VersaMark on the snowflake stamps to stamp them, covered them with the clear embossing powder and heat set using my heat gun.


Once you make the box the possibilities of you embellishing and decorating it are endless, but the “Swirls & Twirls” CD has really fantastic designs that all ready for you to cut and apply your own touches to them!