new handbag; dont think so!

i love handbags!!!

 i mean i really love handbags.

during staff training yesterday, we went to look at gifts on the first floor, (most interestingly handbags!
there was one i really liked . . .  black leather with little leather flowers and diamontes in the middle.
but it was £100 even with 25% off, and my discount it was still too much to justify at the moment, oh well never mind.

anyway,
 at home today i had an idea to bling up an old boring bag using my new big shot.

i brought some leather pieces in a bag for £1 a while ago, they were a perfect colour.

i used the tim holtz tattered floral die and cut out several flowers .

they were a bit flat so i painted them with golden medium and left them to dry.

when they were nearly dry i heated them with the heat gun, hopefully to make them curl up at the edges. . . they did beautifully.

then i layered them and fixed them to the bag with big brads... luckily there were  holes cut in the surface of the bag so it was really easy.

hey presto instant £75 bag. well nearly!