Christmas Goody Bag

When you're making all those holiday goodies, it's always nice (and fewer calories for you) if you give some of them to family and friends. Here's a cute goodie bag you can make to use for an eatable gift.

Materials needed:
Tag a Bag Gift Bags (#131370)
Very Merry Tags stamp set (#130402)
Framelits Labels Collection ()#125598)
Bigz Top Note die (#113463)
Decorative Label punch (#120907)
various red and green patterned papers
white card stock
Raspberry Ripple In Color ink

1. Run your Top Note die through the Big Shot machine using a red patterned paper. Run a medium die from the Framelits Labels Collection to cut out of green patterned paper.
2. Score and fold the Top Note die in half so that it will fit over the end of the gift bag.
3.Stamp the "naughty nice" greeting on to white card stock with Raspberry Ripple ink.

 

4. Use the Decorative Label punch to punch out the greeting.

5. Adhere the green Framelits cut out to the folded Top Note die with part of the framelits sticking above the Top Note.  Adhere the "naughty/nice" stamped image to the green framelits.

6. On another piece of green patterned paper, stamp the "to/from" from the Very Merry Tags set in Raspberry Ripple ink. Cut out a rectangle about 1 3/4 x 2 1/2". Adhere it to the back of the folded Top Note Die.
7. Fill your gift bag with homemade goodies. Fold the top over about 1/2."

8. Place the decorated Top Note over the bag fold and staple it down. The staple will hold the goodies inside the bag until ready to be eaten.

Snowman Gift Card

Christmas is one month away today. It's coming soon. Here's a card that you can slip an extra something special in to. You can put a gift card or a cookie in the pouch, depending on who you're giving it too.

Materials needed:
Jolliest Time of the Year stamp set (#116584, retired)
Tag a Bag Gift Bag (#131370)
Real Red card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Black Staz On ink
Early Espresso marker
Crumb Cake marker
Cherry Cobbler marke
Gumball Green 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon (#126848) 10-12"

1. Score the gift bag at 3 7/8" and fold. Adhere the bottom of the bag to the Real Red card stock.

2. Using the Black Staz On ink, stamp 3 snowmen on the front of the gift bag. Use the markers to color bits of the snowman, as shown. (You can stamp the bag before or after you adhere it to the card stock.)
3. Wrap the ribbon around the gift bag and tie.

You can place a longer item in the bag, if you wish, because the bottom section is not glued together.

4. If you want to place a small item or a gift card in the bag, adhere the top and bottom together so it won't flap open.
5. Place this card front on to a card base. Add your greeting and note inside the card.
That was easy enough! At least, I think so.

Popcorn Gift Bag

You can make this gift bag using 2 sheets of 8 1/2x 11" paper or cardstock. The decorations require 1 sheet of Whisper White cardstock and 18" ribbon.

Choose 2 pieces of identical patterned paper from Snow Festival DSP (126908). This is 12 x 12" paper but the bag can be made from 8 1/2 x 11" paper or cardstock.

Trace the pattern for the bag. You can find the pattern on my Patterns page. Trace the pattern on both sheets of paper. Cut out each sheet. Only cut on the outside lines. The other lines are fold lines. Do NOT cut on the fold lines.

Use theSimply Scored Scoring Tool (#122334) to score all the lines as marked on the pattern. Score carefully because some of the lines are angled.

Fold on all the scored lines. Most of the lines will fold to the inside but the score lines for the side panels, fold the opposite way.

Before you put the two pieces together, you will want to decorate the outside of the bag.
To do that, you need the Ornament Keepsakes stamp set (#128051) and the Framelits Holiday Ornaments (#127816).

Stamp the ornament of your choice on Whisper White cardstock. Stamp 4 in Real Red and 4 in Gumball Green classic ink.

Use the Framelits Holiday Ornament dies to cut out the ornaments on your Big Shot.

Now you will score each ornament in the center using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool.

Score all 8 of the ornaments.

Place adhesive on half of one side of the back of an ornament. Attach half of another ornament to the back of this ornament. You will make four ornaments with this, 2 red and 2 green.

Place the front side of your gift bag on the table. Using Gumball Green 3/8" Satin Stitched ribbon (#126848) make a bow leaving tails about 3" long. Place glue dots on the back of the bow and adhere to the middle of the gift bag front. Place the ornaments with the hanging end against the bow.

After you have all four ornaments on the front of the bag, trim the ribbon tails at an angle.

Now, it's time to put the bag together. Fold on all score lines.

Put Sticky Strip (#104294) across the narrow side.

Pull the red strip off of the adhesive. Carefully, line up the the other side of the box(the side with 2 folds) with the edges of the narrow side. Pay special attention to lining up the top edge. Press together.

Place Sticky Strip on one of the large bottom pieces and both of the small bottom side pieces. Pull the red strip off the adhesive. Fold the small side pieces in and then the large piece. You will have one large piece wihtout sticky strip. This one goes on top of the sticky strip. You should be able to stand your box upright now.

This is great for putting a small gift in, small toys, candies, or baked goods. Add tissue paper to the top so the gifts don't show.

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