Meg's Garden

The inspiration for this project came from the poultry-themed collage sheets by Tweety Jill. These can be simple favours to give to friends or family at a get together. I altered the paper bags then created file cards to put in the bag, each with a fun poultry-themed quote & a small test tube filled with herbs. I also inserted some handwritten recipes into each bag.

Cut out your favorite collage images from the Poultry Party collage pack. Distress the edges lightly with brown ink. Glue the images onto the front of the paper bags & then stamp assorted images from the Poultry Party stamp set on the images. Take some beige cardstock & cut it down to 4”x6”  & then glue onto a piece of 4”x6” chipboard to create a strong & sturdy file card. Add a red tab to each of the file cards. The red paper is on one of the Poultry Party collage sheets. Cut out more images from the collage kit & trim to fit on the file cards so that it leaves a thin border of the beige cardstock. Distress the edges of the collage images with the brown ink & then glue onto the card. Also distress the edges of the card with the same ink. Cut out the quote images from the quote collage sheet in the Poultry Party collage pack & ink the edges. Tear some pieces of vintage music paper & distress with the ink also. Glue those pieces onto the file cards. Stamp more poultry images onto the file cards as desired. Take small test tubes & fill with your favorite herbs from your garden or dried herbs.(Test tubes can be found under the tab 'Embellish It!')   Create small tags from the burlap images on the collage sheets & punch a small hole in each & stamp the utensil image from the stamp set onto each tag. Punch a small hole in each tag. Thread a coloured twine or raffia through the hole & wrap the twine a few times around the tube & tie a small knot. Then wrap around the file card tightly & tie another knot. Insert a file card into each paper bag & insert your favorite recipes!   Designer Vanessa Spencer