More Vintage Roses

I have already given a few of these cards away but wanted to share them here anyway just so you could see how they look made up in different colours.

 

I had a selection of polka dot papers so I just used these.  I love me some polka dots!

 

 

This is the darker yellow paper with 'marmalade' Tim Holtz coloured roses.  The yellow colour I have simply wouldn't have shown up but I love the splash of orange this gives against the yellow background.

 

 

This is the multi-coloured mini polka dot version.  I could've used red or yellow for my roses but I lean towards blue for some reason??  I might try this one with red next time though as the red on red works but was a bit dark.  I might like a bright splash of red against a lighter background next time.

 

 

And my all time favourite colour combo was the teal blue!  This is the one I'd probably pick if I was buying this in a store.

 

In these shots you can see how the back of the bag sticks up that 1/2" in the back (see earlier post for template idea).  Once inside; my postcard stuck out about 1/4" at the top and I debated about stapling a ribbon tab to the postcard but it peeks out just far enough to get a grip on it to pull it out.

 

If anyone's interested my finished size paper bag (front measurement) is 5 5/8" x 4" and my postcard finished size is 5 3/4" x 3 7/8".  The designer paper on the front of the postcard is cut so that there is a 1/4" border on all four sides.

 

And for those of you lucky enough to have the postacrd set can you just imagine how cute it would be to add a paper bag to the mini postcard?  To make them up out of good quality brown wrap with a kraft coloured Christmas postcard in and tied onto the package with twine - how cute would that look?  Perfect for tucking a gift card into as well.  I might have to try that with my holly and mistletoe stamps next year.

 

When I gifted a few of these recently I tied them up with a thin vintage lace ending in a bow at the top edge.  It finished them off perfectly and who doesn't like a gift of a pretty bit of reusable wrapping?

 

Enjoy

 

Suezie