Friday 26 October 2007

Falling Leaves Bagalope

Lori posted a tutorial for a bagalope -a lovely gift sack made from an envelope- on Split Coast Stampers.

I decided to have a go with a brown envelope and combine it with Clare's Falling Leaves challenge on CBC and made this:



I had a vague recollection that paisley is based on leaf shapes so I used the large paisley backgrounder by CHF and inked it up in various shades of brown then added a little strip of Bazzill with small leaves punched out. I made the tag with a chunky foam stamp and pigment ink stamped on a coffee filter coloured with various food colourings and dusted with some gold lustre powder. I've tied the bag shut with some jute garden twine that I twisted to make a slightly chunkier cord.

Supplies: Large Paisley Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms), chunky foam leaf stamp, chalk inks in burnt sienna, chestnut roan and dark brown, Pretty Colour dark brown pigment ink, small leaf punch, corner rounder, coffee filter, food colourings, gold lustre powder, jute garden twine.

Thanks for stopping by!

12 comments:

Courtney said...

How festive! I love the leaf... those bagalopes are so easy and addictive! Great job!

Dawn Wheeler said...

ooo how delicious is this ,i love it ,well done ,Dawnx

Lisa Silver said...

Beautiful job on this! I love the fall leaf with the kraft colored envelope!

thanks for sharing!
lise

Sarah said...

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! Just so rustic and lovely!

Andrea, said...

This is fab, love the colours

Alhambra Club said...

This is so pretty,love the paisley stamp

Janice said...

Oh I think it is even better in brown Joanne. Lovely bagalope.

Janice

Unknown said...

YOUR NEW CARD IS JUST STUNNING!

Anonymous said...

oooh I love bagelopes... yours is stunning :D

Mary said...

This card is so pretty. I love the brown and pink together and I love that you used the paisley BG stamp. :)

Mary

Hazel said...

I absolutely love this, Joanne. I'll have to have a go at one of these. Very effective.

Crafty Green Poet said...

This is wonderful!