Gift Bags Decorated with Stencil-Prints!

I've made the happy discovery that plain white gift bags can be bought very cheaply!  If I remember correctly, I found mine at AmazonSmile.com.  But I've also seen them at art/craft stores like Michaels.

For this project I've made on pages from old encyclopedias.  I chose pages with botanical illustrations so there would be some rhyme-and-reason to the finished look.  To make these first three prints below, I used my 6" x 6" Ginkgo stencil.

Below are two similar prints, made with my 6" x 6" stencil Silhouette of a Wildflower Bouquet.

After the prints dried, I cut them out, then used a gluestick to add them to both sides of the gift bags.  Below are several giftbags created this way...

Above:  Another 6" x 6" stencil, Swatton Flowers Version 1, was used to make this print.

Above:  Silhouette of a Wildflower Bouquet Stencil (also 6" x 6") was used to make this print.

Above:  This print was made with 9' x 12" Thistles Stencil, placed over a print originally made with 9" x 12" Fantasia Stencil and 6" x 6" Tiger Lily stencil.  These details can be better seen if you click on this image to enlarge it.

At least three other members of StencilGirl Stencil Club have been brave enough to print with stencils directly onto giftbags!  That's a great idea.  But my giftbags were not completely flat when folded shut, so I chose this easier approach.   

My full line of stencils, including ones used today, are on StencilGirl.com pages that start here.

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