Fa-BOO-Lous Guest Designer: Muslin Bags

Hooray! Thanks for joining me here at the Fa-BOO-Lous Halloween Inspiration Week party hosted by Tamara from Happy Life, Crafty Wife!

I feel so excited that I'm a part of this! Whoo-hoo! 

I've got TWO posts up today, with two giveaways, so make sure that you visit both! :) Here's the other one!

Today - we're showcasing some Fa-BOO-Lous cotton muslin (like canvas)bags from State Line Bag Co.  (Please also go 'like' their FB page and let them know I sent ya!)  These bags are PERFECT for 'customizing' into pretty much anything! You can stamp on it, sew on it, iron-on transfer it, draw on it, paint on it, whatever your little (or big) heart desires!

You can use these to put a little gift inside, use them for favours, or for your craft projects... which you know have endless possibilities!

So, being on a Unity Stamp Company design team, I, of course had to STAMP on it! Surprise, surprise! There's a super cute stamp set that inspired me to make the bag!

Cute, right? A simple plain bag turns into this... so fun!

I stamped a witch hat onto another canvas, stitched onto a black burlap to make a little tag. I find that the black Memento ink stamps onto the canvas the best.  Other ink that I've tried looks faded, and hard to see the images. This was attached to the bag with an eyelet. Oh, and if you see, I pulled out the 'regular' string that comes as a part of the bag, and replaced it with licorice twine :P



I wanted 'Trick or Treat' to be my main caption, so I stitched a layer of natural burlap behind it to make it pop.



I love that little spider hanging down from the top... looking mischievous with those googly eyes!

At the bottom corner of the bag, is my usual clustering of the buttons... and washi tape adhered and just completes the look! See that pretty orange star flair button? That's from Paper Play Studio - talented Tamara's flair button shop!



Oh, and I put a button though the twine drawstring... just added to the cuteness!

Here's the stamp set I used, in case you're interested! {That's creepy...}



See how fun it is to dress up a bag? Here's a chance for you to WIN some bags for you to CUSTOMIZE them!

Now, onto some fun!

Here's a giveaway from Happy Life, Crafty Wife's blog today... go leave some love for your chance to win!

There's a Fright Night Friends stamp set from My Thoughts Exactly (did you know that I used to design for that company? They make amazing stamps!), bags from State Line Bag Co, We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon and $10 Gift Card to Paper Play Studio! Would't you LOVE To win this?

Be sure to 'like' her FB page as well, if you haven't done so! You're missing out! :)

There's also a 'Ghostess with a Mostess' challenge going on over at Tamara's blog - be sure to link up any projects that have GHOST for your chance to win another amazing package!

...AND I will also be giving away 25 of the 5x7 bags from State Line Bags Co.  I will be drawing a random winner from comments here next Monday, and the bags will be shipped to you directly from the company.

Thanks for stopping by... have a crafty day!... Oh, and if you haven't been to my other post yet - I have a giveaway for $10 SVG Cuts gift card!