Pretty up some Organza Bags.

I have lots of Organza bags left over from when I used to sell my Jewellery, so I decided  to pretty some up with craft foil. I had a small anniversary gift to wrap and an organza bag would be the perfect size. Given the time of the year it would make a great Valentine Gift Bag too.

Supplies.

Craft Foil* | Burnishing tool: back of teaspoon or other smooth metal object | Double sided Sticky Sheets | Organza or fabric Bag | Sheet of Baking Paper (optional) | Suitable design to use with your Cutting Machine |  Exacto Knife | Cutting Machine -not pictured! |

*There are lots of brands of foil out there on the market but I bought the Jonestone Brand available at my local craft shop. I’d forgotten that I already had some Renaissance Foil stored in the shed that I’d bought years ago. Doh!  (no affiliation with either product by the way!)

No cutting Machine?: Stay tuned for a future post on decorating the bags with foil but without a cutting machine!

How I Did it.

• Select design:  I chose this Cupid design from The Graphics Fairy. I imported the jpeg into my Silhouette software and traced the outline only. I did simplify the design just a little by right clicking and choosing “simplify” from the Edit points menu.

• I cut the design from a sheet of double sided adhesive using the pre set in the software for Silhouette Double sided Adhesive. (Blade 4, Speed , Thickness 33) I was hoping for a “kiss cut” but it cut throught all the layers completely.

•  I separated the bottom layer of protective paper – this was a little fiddly to start but I used the tip of my exacto to lift a corner carefully and once that was done, the rest peeled off easily.  I applied the shape to the bag sticky side down. At this stage the top protective paper was still in place.

• Burnish!  I burnished really well. As the fabric has an open weave, it will help the adhesive to stick. Using the baking paper on top helped my spoon glide over when burnishing. If it’s not burnished well at this stage, when the foil is removed later it could pull off the adhesive too.

• I removed the top layer of protective paper with my exacto as before and stuck a piece of foil (shiny side up) on the now sticky shape  – Then I burnished some more….and more..

• I carefully pulled back the foil to reveal my shiny gold cupid! Any missed bits can be patched up by reappyling a fresh piece of foil over those bits.

I made a second bag with a smaller Cupid too….

I can see lots of potential for using the foil to decorate for all sorts of occasions.  Watch out for my upcoming post for decorating the bags with no cutting machine required!

Oh, I just want to mention that  these aren’t washable, but that was fine for my purposes.  If you want something you can wash then I’d recommend the Heat Transfer Vinyl that can be ironed on – it comes in metallic colours too.

This post is part of “The Silhouette Challenge” where fellow blogging friends participate in a monthly challenge to create a new project with their Silhouette Machine.

This  month’s Silhouette Challenge Theme was “Fabric”. The rules were pretty flexible  – as long as we used fabric and our Silhouette Cutting Machines we were good to go! It was a great relief to me that I didn’t have to sew anything though,  as I’m not sure if I could stand to move all the stuff in the cupboard that is hiding my trusty and dusty sewing machine!

Please join me and check out the links below!

Here’s a little preview to tempt you…..

 

 

 

 

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