OK here's my sneak peek of some of Papertrey's soon-to-be-released stamps, ink and ribbon!
As a lot of you know - I'm taking a gel nail course right now.
I bought a box of these small 1/4 oz bottles of nail oil and mini (3.5" long) nail files.
My plan is to give the oil and files away to clients who refer new clients to me as I start this new business venture.
Of course being a stamper these MUST be packaged up not only cute - but inexpensively. And I HAVE to make them myself!!
I started with a package of Papertrey's medium glassine bags - at $3 for a pack of 25 it's simple and affordable to keep several on hand.
I took a sheet of Papertrey's Stamper's Select White card stock and stamped one of the images from the Boxes, Bags & Tags stamp set all over it using Aqua Mist ink.
The stamp itself is perfectly designed to line up quickly and easily and with a gridline block it made it even faster to stamp the entire sheet.
I used two of the flower stamps from the same set and stamped them using the NEW PT colors - Sweet Blush for the solid flower and Berry Sorbet for the detail flower.
After I was finished stamping I cut the sheet into 1.5 x 7" strips and set them aside.
I wanted to include a little tag with each bag - and one of the other new sets called It's a Celebration has this cute little tag image.
I stamped the tag a dozen times onto a 1/2 sheet of Papertrey White CS with Aqua Mist ink.
I then stamped the same detail flower used above onto the tags using Sweet Blush ink.
I purposely stamped them a little off each tag as they don't have to fit perfectly.
The "a gift for you" stamp is also from the It's a Celebration set - PERFECT for what I was making!
I stamped it onto each tag using the Berry Sorbet Ink (and since the stamps are clear it was a snap to line them up perfectly each time).
I cut out each tag with a pair of scissors - taking care to cut just a little outside the line of the tag.
FYI the scissors are by Martha Stewart from Michaels.
To dress up the bags I took the strips of card stock I stamped earlier and scored them with my Scor-pal.
To find where I needed to score I just placed the strip of card stock on the scor-pal, then placed one of the glassine bags over it to see exactly where I needed to score (marked by the arrows).
Once I knew the spots I quickly scored each piece then adhered them to the bags with double-sided tape.
I used a 1/8" hole punch to punch 2 holes near the top of each bag, and a 1/16" hole punch to punch holes in each tag.
I then put one bottle of nail oil and one file in each bag and tied them shut with the new Berry Sorbet Luxe Satin Ribbon:
And there you have it!
I now have cute little custom packaging for these nail oil bottles and files - and the best part is is that I figured out the average cost of each bag when finished and they are about 33 cents each (that's the cost of the bags, 2 sheets of white card stock, about 3 yards of ribbon, and then I added a little extra for adhesive and the string I used for the tags).
You could easily alter this idea to make bags for bridal or baby showers, birthday party favors, gifts for the students in your child's class etc etc etc and they would only cost about 33 cents each plus the cost of whatever you filled them with!
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Don't forget to check out the post below with the links to the other Design Team member's sneak peek posts and also check out Debbie's blog tomorrow to see what she reveals!
And of course you all must remember to check out Papertrey's site on the 15th when the new stamp sets, ink, card stock, ribbon and patterned paper are revealed in full!
