Just 9 days until Christmas! Are you ready? I still need to do some holiday shopping for my teenage boys. When did their “toys” get so expensive?! Sadly, no more trains, dinosaurs, or books.
This week I wanted to surprise you with a sneak peek of the new Parisian Blossoms product suite coming in the Spring Mini catalog (January 2020). For this week’s Make It Monday project I knew I had to use the beautiful Parisian Blossoms DSP to make a gift bag. The bag was inspired by my good Stampin’ Up! friend Antoinette Bay @ www.thepaperpapillon.com. She made a stunningly beautiful, larger version of this bag using the Magnolia Lane DSP.
Because I wanted to use up some smaller pieces, I adapted her bag size to one that measures 5-1/2″x2″x6″ when finished. However, I provided the quick measurements on how to make Antoinette’s larger bag in the instructions below.
So many beautiful subtle colors with pops of silver foil accents!
- Cut a 9-1/2” x 9-1/2” piece of Parisian Blossoms DSP.
- Noting top that will fold over in a later step, position the DSP on the score board and score at 2” and 7-1/2” to form the sides.
- Rotate DSP 90 degrees (top against left edge) and score at 1-1/2” and 7-1/2”.
- Fold over and adhere top flap on each panel so desired pattern is showing on front.
- Cut out bottom corner squares off one panel.
- Cut horizontally along score lines on other panel to create bottom flaps.
- Adhere a 2” x 5-1/2” scrap piece of cardboard to bottom of one panel for stability.
- Overlap panels and adhere together.
- Fold up and adhere flaps to form bag.
- Punch 2 small holes on each side of top flap and string through a 12” piece of Petal Pink Ribbon on each side to create handles.
- Die cut a stitched label from Stitched Nested Labels dies (largest) in Basic Gray cardstock.
- Die cut a stitched label from Stitched Nested Labels dies (2nd largest) in script print Parisian Blossoms DSP. Adhere to Basic Gray label with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Use grommet tool to punch hole and add a gray eyelet to top of tag. Add Petal Pink Organdy Ribbon and tie off with Whisper White Baker’s Twine.
- Die cut the Eiffel Tower from Parisian dies in Silver Foil and adhere on tag.
- Embellish Eiffel Tower with Champagne Rhinestones.
- Stamp sentiment “Life is a magnificent adventure” on a 3/4″ x 3-1/2″ piece of Whisper White cardstock in Basic Gray ink. Angle cut ends to match sides of tag.
- Adhere tag to front of bag with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
NOTE: This bag can be made in different sizes. To make a bag that measures 6”L x 3”W x 7”H, follow steps above with 12” x 12”
sheets of DSP, scoring at 2” for top flap and 3” for remaining sides.
Check out the Parisian Blossoms suite, starting January 3rd!