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Red and Aqua – Take 2

October 11, 2011 By Spoonful of Sugar - 13 Comments

While I had all my red and aqua papers out, I have made up a batch of gift bags. I love the plain white gift bags which are readily available from craft stores. By adding a Christmas die cut and some scrap booking paper, we now have some decorated bags of varying sizes for Christmas treats.

I found the free Christmas Dove svg file here.

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  1. Bela says

    October 11, 2011 at 3:10 am

    So beautiful, dear Lisa!! This colors are perfect for x-mas!!
    Lisa, I have a doubt and I would appreciate if you could answer it: do you use scissors to cut the doves?
    Sorry if I am disturbing you, Lisa.
    Love, Bela

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  2. shez says

    October 11, 2011 at 4:51 am

    these colours are so cool Lisa,well done,love them

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  3. Thimbleanna says

    October 11, 2011 at 5:09 am

    Love that red and aqua! Very, very pretty Lisa!

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  4. Terriaw says

    October 11, 2011 at 6:04 am

    what a lovely dove shape to adorn gift bags. They look so elegant and inviting!

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  5. suzitee says

    October 11, 2011 at 6:09 am

    You’re making great progress on your Christmas preparations 🙂

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  6. Green Mountain Realty says

    October 11, 2011 at 7:14 am

    The colors are so beautiful together, Thanks for sharing

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  7. Ashleigh says

    October 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    What a great idea! Red and aqua always look schmick together.

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  8. Celestial Charms says

    October 11, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    Ahhh, beautiful!
    Maureen

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  9. Jenny says

    October 11, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    I am loving the red and aqua combination
    looks so fresh against the white

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  10. Lillabilly says

    October 11, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    I just can’t get enough of this colour scheme! I really love those blank bags too – we always decorate and use them for personalised loot bags when we have parties for Miss Six – they get reams of comments – I think the parents love them as much as the kids!

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  11. Linda says

    October 11, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Lovely Lisa

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  12. Melanie Gray Augustin says

    October 12, 2011 at 12:39 am

    They are so sweet! I love your Christmas colour theme!

    Reply
  13. notyet100 says

    October 13, 2011 at 6:24 am

    Ur so creative

    Reply

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