Endless bithday wishes Star shaped gift bag
Hello and welcome to the Jem's August blog hop!
This month’s theme is bags/boxes/3d projects; please take the time to hop through everyone’s creations! You’ll find the previous and next buttons at the bottom of my post!
As soon as I found out this month’s theme I knew I wanted to
use one of my punch boards, they are so useful and make many projects above
what they are intended for! I own the gift bag and envelope punch boards and
use both of them often. There are such inspiring makes with them if you have a
little search around on pinterest or YouTube! This is exactly where I found the
inspiration for this make. You can view Amanda’s video here which gives you the
full instructions on how to make the star shaped bag.
I also knew I wanted to create my own DSP for this project
and so I reached for the endless birthday wishes stamp set – a very useful set
to have! I love the little cake image! I also went for a colour combo I’ve used
a few times recently of Rose red, Blushing bride and Smoky slate.
I started by randomly stamping the cake image in rose red ink onto rose red cardstock. The cardstock is 8”x11” so can be made from a
sheet of A4 – bonus!!
Next I grabbed my gift bag punch board and did all my punching
and scoring – this bag is scored differently to a normal gift bag using only
the “side” score lines – I recommend viewing Amanda’s video as it’s easier to
see than me trying to explain here!
Once all the punching and scoring was done I burnished all
my score lines and prepared to start sticking the bag together! I used tear & tape to stick the side flap and liquid glue for the bottom as it needs room for
adjustment before setting – to be honest the bottom of the bag was the hardest
part!! Being a pentagon it was harder to get all the angles right but I’m sure
after making one or two more it would become a lot easier! Then I die cut 2
circles for the bottom of the bag – one outside and one inside, meaning it’s
quite a sturdy bag and could hold something with a little weight to it.
I threaded Smoky slate ribbon through the top and it easily
formed the star shape opening.
I next decided to make a matching tag using the scallop tag topper and corner rounder punches – these two punches get a lot of use - they
make beautiful tags in seconds! I layered up a Smoky slate and Blushing bride
tag and stamped the cake, polkadots and greeting from the endless birthday wishes set.
I hope you’ll agree it’s a lovely unusual shaped bag, it’s
really quite roomy too, I managed to fit 3
of my favourite hand creams in it! It was a fairly quick make too using only a
few products; I shall list them all below!
Thank you for taking the time to read my blog, I tried to
make this one a little more informative on how it was made rather than just
showcasing the end result!
Thanks for reading!
Sam x
Stampin up item’s used – all link through to my online shop.
Hi Sam - love this star shaped bag, it's a great shaped bag and one that I've not come across before. You make it sound really easy to make, so I'll watch the video and maybe have a go myself.
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Lovley project x
ReplyDeleteOoh lovely star box Sam... may just have to try one of these myself!
ReplyDeleteOmg just another project I want to have a go at, love the colour combo!
ReplyDeleteGreat project - and I love custom made DSP ! X
ReplyDeleteGreat tutorial for an unusual box, must try this one. K x
ReplyDeleteThe star bag was one of the projects I did at my all day Christmas Event last year & everyone loved it. You've combined 3 of my favourite products on your project, the punch boards, stamp set & Rose Red! Perfect! Love it. X
ReplyDeleteLove this bag, I have seen it around a bit and must give it go myself soon, thanks for the inspiration xx
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