LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag winners! :)

We loved how you got creative with your doggy bags altered enthusiasts! :)  The winner for LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag is .....
 

Ros Crawford with this gorgeous creation

Congratulations Ros! You are the winner of LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag! Please email your mailing details so that we can get your prize shipped out to you! :) [Please grab your Winner Badge from the sidebar!]

Here are the Top 3 creations...

Stampersuzz

Sandi T

Tracey

Congratulations Stampersuzz, Sandi and Tracey! [Please grab your Top 3 badge from the sidebar!]

We also have a randomly picked winner for this challenge...

Congratulations LALO! :) Please send us an email.

P/s: Don't forget to play along with our current challenge - LESSology Challenge #4: Wall Art. The deadline for entries is Sunday October 30, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes. 

LESSology Challenge #3 Guest Designer: Karen Baker! :)

Our guest designer for LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag is the talented Karen Baker! :)

I am really excited to be a guest designer at LESSology! What a great site for inspiration and great tips on upcycling items to create beautiful projects.

My time is pretty limited with two boys in school so I appreciate those fall decorations that can last through the holidays in fall up until the first of December. I asked my two boys to save their brown paper lunch sacks for a couple of days so I could use them for this project. It took a couple of days for them to remember, but after a while I ended up with some lovely textured kraft medium. I knew I also wanted to incorporate natural items found this time of year, as nothing forces you to upcycling than the change of seasons! Both the lunch sacks and nature items, along with just a few other supplies, helped me create some decorative, abstract fall flowers.  Since I decided on a monochromatic landscape for my vase to set and for the flowers, I wanted to incorporate a lot of different textures into each ball.

To create the dried hydrangea flower, I die cut numerous scalloped circles from the upcycled paper lunch sacks, scrunched them into a bud shape and glued them onto a styrofoam ball. The stem is simply a skewer stick from the kitchen section at my local discount store!

The smallest flower is simply punched circles in varying sizes from the left over from the paper lunch sacks. These were then glued in an overlapping fashion to a styrofoam ball with my boys' school glue. The stem again, is a skewer stick.

The final flower consists of a number of acorn tops hot glued to another styrofoam ball, complete with a skewer stick stem.

I tucked the three flowers in a vase, secured them with whole acorns and embellished the overall look with dried wheat grass to give the piece some height. The backdrop is a recycled cranberry crate-I love the worn, washed out look of the wood and found the blue hues complimented the orange hues of my flowers nicely.

I had so much fun creating this project! I enrolled the help of my sons to pick the acorns and toppers, my sister and I brainstormed to come up with the hydrangea and I have a decorated spot in my living room that both my mother and aunt would be proud of! Thank you to the LESSology crew for inviting me to be part of their challenge, and I hope to see your "brown paper bag" ideas soon!

What an awesome display from Karen! Hope she has inspired you with yet another fabulous idea for LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag. Please leave a comment for our guest Karen.

LESSology Challenge #3: Creative project of Angi Barrs! :)

Today we are sharing the creative inspiration of Angi Barrs.



Hi everyone! Angi here. I've had some technical difficulties this week but am glad to be here to show you my Altered Doggy Bag for this week's challenge.

I made an actual "Doggy Treat Bag" for my sister's fur babies. I decorated the outside with orange cardstock and doggy patterned paper. I also added some bright orange gingham ribbon to the top of the bag.

Here's a close-up shot of the little doggy. I didn't make him myself. He was actually on another gift bag that I got at Walmart. I love his sweet little face and floppy ears. I filled the inside with doggy treats from the gourmet pet food store in my neighborhood. I'm sure little Tate and Rossi will love these yummies.

Be sure to play along with us for LESSology Challenge #3 - The Doggy Bag Challenge. You have until Sunday, October 16th to play. Can't wait to see your creations.

Hope that our design team has inspired you to take out your doggy bags and start creating! We would love to see your entries!:) The deadline for submission is Sunday October 16, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #3: Creative projects of Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders! :)

Today we are sharing how Amy Tsuruta and Lisa Saunders interpreted LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag.

Hello Peeps!  
Amy T here and super excited for the 3rd LESSology challenge:  
Doggy Bag

Seriously, what's not to love about doggy bags?  kraft?  ♥

Okay, so this might be considered an Amy sized doggy bag since it is only 7.5 x 5 without a gusset on the bottom:)

That luscious brown Prima bloom is fab, right?

Can you spot my upcycled item?  All the patterned paper is from various Cosmo Cricket collections....See that green panel?  Yup, that's my upcycled goodie...it is Prima packaging...gotta love that!

I sloshed some white paint on it....I'm still into the toothpick flags...I think they are a great way to showcase sentiments!

I can't wait to see YOUR Doggy Bag project!!!!

I love paper bags and can never throw them away.

I like giving them a new lease of life and reusing them as and when I can.

This little plain brown paper bag was given to me with a small gift inside.

So I have prettied it up to give it as a small house warming gift to a friend.

It's now full of homemade choccie chip cookies : )

It makes such a difference to a gift when giving in a pretty little bag.

Lisa xx

Are you working hard on your doggy bags now? We would love to see your entries! :) LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag ends on Sunday, October 16, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes.

LESSology Challenge #3: Creative projects of Julie Tucker-Wolek and Yvonne Yam! :)

Today we are sharing the creative inspirations of Julie Tucker-Wolek and Yvonne Yam.

Hi everyone! :)

For our paper bag challenge, I decided to use some of my older My Mind's Eye papers and my Cricut and make party favor gift bags for the kids that came to my daughter's 5th birthday party that was this past Saturday! :):):)

In hopes that the kids liked their paper dolls, I didn't want to adhere the dolls to the bags. So instead, I used mini clips to attach them to the top of the bags, so the kids could take them off easily! :):)

Can't wait to see what everyone creates! :):):) ~~Julie~~

Hello friends, it's Yvonne! :) I'm here to share my super-quick decorated doggy bag! :)

I used The Crafter's Workshop's woodgrain stencil with some distress inks to create the background.

And added some lovely lace ribbon from Gauche Alchemy, burlap, ice-cream stick, brad, stickers, wrapping tissue and a faux bird.

Inspired to try out LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag? We would love to see your entries! :) Please leave some comment love for our awesome designers!

LESSology Challenge #3: Creative projects of Audrey Pettit and Kirsty Vittetoe! :)

Today we are sharing the creative inspirations of Audrey Pettit and Kirsty Vittetoe.

Hi everyone! It's Audrey, and I'm so excited to share with you my fall pumpkin project for our third challenge here at LESSology, the doggy bag challenge. I love this time of year. Love everything about it. One of my favorite things to do is decorate my house for the changing seasons and holidays. 

This cute pumpkin doggy bag project is a quick and easy way to add some autumn cheer to your home decor, using only basic supplies you probably already have on hand.

All you need is some paint, a few trims and buttons, and a take-out bag from your next dinner out.

To get started, open up your doggy bag so that it stands up by itself. You can use kraft bags, like mine, or a white bag. We'll be painting them, so it doesn't matter. And any size will do. I've done this project with smaller lunch bag sizes, as well as large grocery bag varieties.

Fill the inside of your bag about half-way to two-thirds full with recycled newspaper, bubble wrap, or any leftover packaging material. Twist the top of the bag shut. You don't need any adhesive for this part. Simply twist the bag in your hands until the top is closed and fairly tight.

Paint the bottom, stuffed portion of your bag orange using acrylic paint. Then paint the top, stem portion green or brown, depending upon your preference.

Tie the top shut with twine, tulle, lace, or ribbon. Add a button and a leaf made from patterned paper. I also added green florists wire that I wrapped around a pencil to mimic the pumpkin vine. Finished it off with an autumn-themed tag.

Super quick and easy ! So next time you eat out, be sure to ask for a doggy bag!

 

Hi, it's Kirsty here, today I am sharing a project made with the good old brown paper bag...

a little gift bag filled with ephemera....

this little gift bag is so easy to make, after stitching up the edges, a little paint and stamping is all you need....

finish it up with your favorite embellishment

 for me, I made a bloom out the left-over muslin from my quilt project

so you see, your brown paper bag is not just a lunch sack, come on and get creative, join us at LESSology challenge #3 - The Doggy Bag Challenge

Do you have some fun ideas for your own doggy bag? We would love for you to play along with LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag. Please leave a little love for our designers. :)

LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag

Welcome to LESSology Challenge #3: The Doggy Bag! :) Ahh...the possibilities of a brown paper bag! We want to see you get creative with the brown paper bag! Remember to include at least ONE upcycled item on your creation! 



Our sponsor for Challenge #3 is Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator Jackie Bowman. In celebration of both of US and international players, Jackie is generously offering two prizes for this challenge! :)

For our international players, Jackie is offering a gift bag of products! :)

For our US players, the prize is a $20 gift certificate! :)

Here are some sneak peeks of our design team projects to help get you started! You will be seeing these awesome projects in their full glory as we reveal them this week! :)

Ready to play along? Link your creations via Inlinkz (located at the end of the post) by Sunday October 16, 11.59pm EST. Please read the challenge rules to ensure your eligibility for our prizes. Also indicate if you are based in the US or an international player. Thanks! :)