This weeks Scraps N’ Stash is more about the stash, than the scraps!

Here’s what I already had on hand:

The clear gusseted cello bags, paper shred, iridescent Easter grass, ribbon, Copic Ciao Markers, white cardstock, V-855 More Mimi and V-845 Penelope cardstocks, envelopes, TAC™ stamps sets: T-3208 Coffee Talk, T-3182 Sending A Latte, T-3205 Tea for Two, inks, and Clever Lever Punches.

The inspiration came in the form of 5 Coffee and 3 Green Tea gift sets that I got on clearance right after Christmas. Each set came with a screen printed mug, a canister of either green tea bags or powdered coffee mix, a metal teaspoon measuring spoon, and either a package of cinnamon sticks or crackers.

What I did:

First, I broke down the unattractive original packaging on the coffee and tea sets. I did away with the crackers, cinnamon sticks (saving those for a future project), and the teaspoons.

I purchased “photo” tote bags from the dollar store. I also bought a HUGE container of biscotti from Costco, you know the one I mean!

Here’s the Coffee tote with all the goodies inside. The stamped panels are virtually the same for both themed bags. I used the same 2 cup images, the spoon for the coffee and tea bag for the tea, and then two theme appropriate sentiments. I layered the stamped panels on slightly larger patterned cardstock panels, although they don’t really show in the photos, especially on the coffee totes.

The Coffee tote with the goodies on the outside. You can just see the letters on the mug peeking through the paper shred. They spell out COFFEE and are almost the same color as the ribbon. I put 3 biscotti in each mug, added shred, and wrapped the whole thing up.

I used my Clever Lever Oval and Scalloped Oval punches to create a custom gift tag, and attached with the organza ribbon. I also made a coordinating blank card, so that these bags could be given as gifts for any ocassion. You can’t see the card, because uh, I forgot to take it out of the bag!

Green Tea bag outisde. I was excited to find the green bags. The patterned cardstock framing the stamped panels shows up a little better here.

Green Tea bag with the goodies on the outside. Same as the Coffee version, including the biscotti. You can have chocolate biscotti with your tea, right?

You can see the TEA printed on the mug and the canister of green tea on the right. I didn’t have any appropriate color green shred or Easter grass, so I went with the iridescent. I think it works! The tag is from the More Mimi Collection.

Overall this was an inexpensive projects, that didn’t take much time. The coloring took the longest, but it was actually quite fun!

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