MMFS

Hello y'all!

I hope you're having a lovely day.

Today I'm showing you a little bag that I 

"made" for my friend.

I was going to visit and wanted to take

her a little something and thought this

bag would be perfect for her.

MMFS are her initials, to put them on the 

bag I found a font that I liked for her

and used it to make a stencil with some acetate.

I used my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition program

and my Silhouette Cameo to make the stencil.

I then used Aleene's Spritz-on Reposition-it Tacky Glue

on the back of the stencil to be sure it didn't move while

I was working.

Now I have to say, I've had this glue for a while

and although it worked great, it sure didn't spritz.

I had to paint it onto the stencil, which worked fine.

I positioned the stencil and covered it with

Dreamweaver Embossing Paste

While the paste was still wet, I covered it

with pink and purple glitter.

I did find that the glitter didn't stick as 

well as I expected.

 I used 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

to stamp most of the images and the 

sentiment, the "flowers" were stamped with

white ink.

The sentiment says

"Smile

you're my best friend

and there's nothing you can do about it"

which is from the Sassy Smiles Stamp Set

The "flowers" are from 

Casual Comfort set

The zigzag stripes are from

Holly Jolly Borders

All these stamps are from

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

The "person" and hat are from 

Man About Town

by Dyan Reaveley

I thought it looked more like a woman,

so I colored it as such.

The small images on the front of the bag

are random stamps that I found in my stash.

Once I had stamped the images I used my 

Fantasia Colored Pencils

to color them.

Did you know that you could color on canvas

with colored pencils?

You can, just start with a light hand

and color in layers.  You can see that it works beautifully.

My only worry is that it may wear off.

I didn't use fixative on this one, but will 

give it a try to be sure it doesn't damage the 

canvas in any way.

If that works I'll have Mary spray hers with a 

fixative to be sure it doesn't rub off at all.

I know she has some in her craft room.

Here is a closer picture of the initials,

glitter on embossing paste.

I think she liked this bag and I'm sure she'll

find a use for it, what crafter can't use a little bag like

this one?

I have more of these canvas bags in different colors

and sizes and I'm sure I'll be making up some more as

gifts for Christmas.

Thanks for stopping in today,

I hope you've been inspired in some way

or learned something.

Come again soon,

you never know what you'll find on 

Kristie Kreates.

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