Humm ... how does the song go? On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... three French Hens? I wonder if those hens would fit in this darling Frosty Gift Bag! Frosty was such a favorite of mine last season that I just had to bring him back for another year. Isn't he just too adorable?
These little Genie bags are so quick and easy to make. If you haven't tried them you really need to. You will be amazed. The base of the bag is a lunch sack. Yep, a simple lunch sack. I used a white one but you can just as easily use the plain ole' brown one -- you know the ones that come in a pack of 100 for your kids lunches!
I cut the Real Red front and back just a bit wider than the sack I was using. I cut the sack down to 5" tall and cut my two cardstock pieces at 7" and used the Wide Oval Punch to make the handle openings. Attach the front and back to the lunch sack using Sticky Strip. Then it's time to decorate!
For this Frosty, I turned the Top Note Die on it's side so his face is wider and not so tall, although I did set the hat a little higher on his head to give room for his face to shine through. I just think he is so darned cute. I used Elizabeth Terrell's wonderful idea of giving Frosty a little friend, the little bird from the Birds & Blooms Sizzlet's Die set (a Stampin' Up! Exclusive Die). I glittered up a Jumbo Snowflake punchie (using a 2-way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter), added a couple of Stampin' Up! Little Leaves die-cuts and then attached the little bird using a small silver brad to connect everything to his hat. His little front wing covers up the brad quite nicely! You can see the detail of the bird and snowflake embellishment better on this close-up. You can also see here how I did his eyes -- I put SNAIL adhesive on the top and dimensionals on the bottom to give them a bit of depth as they stand away from his face just a bit on the bottom edge. Anyway, I am in love with Frosty and I hope you have enjoyed seeing him as well. Give him a try!
Hope you'll stop by tomorrow for the 4th Day of Christmas (in July)!
See you then! Blessings, Gretchen
This is darling!!!
I would have a very hard time giving this away to someone, lol.
Posted by: Lynn | July 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM
So cute! I love this Frosty.
Posted by: Cindee Wilkinson | July 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
This is just adorable! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm trying to figure out how you did the brim of the hat? Kayleen [email protected]
Posted by: Kayleen Clements | July 29, 2009 at 11:40 AM
what a darling bag and snowman, Gretchen! I really love the little bird and may CASE it for some Christmas cards.
Blessings,
Sue
Posted by: Susan Erickson | July 29, 2009 at 12:56 PM
This is just the cutest bag I've ever seen. I can't wait to try something like this!
Posted by: Sharon Carr | July 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM
I am loving your Christmas in July series. Frosty is just too cute. Great decoration on his hat.
Posted by: lisa808 | July 30, 2009 at 02:23 AM
He is soooo cute! Thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: Holly | July 30, 2009 at 05:27 AM
Oh that is so cute, but he looks sad... well its the third day only!! TFS... like the deco on his hat! Hugs always!
Posted by: Germaine | July 30, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I love him, I will be using you idea in my next Christmas stamp-a-stack. My stampers are always wanting a bag to take there cards home in, this well be great. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: stamper_jamie | August 07, 2009 at 09:31 AM
This is just so cute, no matter how cheap or expensive it contains, it will still look more elegant and epic.
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