Father’s Day Bag & Tag
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Just before you dash over there - here’s a little about my DT project today.
The challenge was Father’s Day and not a card.
So I chose something to put the Father’s Day gift in… I think I nailed it!
This Gift Bag started out with one of my favorite Polkadoodles paper packs - Gnome Fishing Printable Paper. I used one pattern for the gift bag and a 2nd paper to create the trim around the top of the bag, and added some coordinating ribbon for handles.
This gift bag needed something else… A tag of course! I used more of the pattern papers from this pack to create an adorable gift tag featuring images from the Fishing Gnome Bundle and “Reel-y” cute sentiment included in the Gnome Men Greetings.
I’m loving that super glossy fish!
To Create the Gift Bag:
First off the gift bag measures 4 inches wide, 5 inches tall, and 2 inches deep.
These measurements could be adjusted to create a smaller or larger bag.
So 2 options, this happens a lot, I know. However it’s great to have options.
Option 1: (for the bag above using Polkadoodles printed pattern paper).
When I print a pattern paper, I can resize that to many different sizes, though nothing larger than what is capable of printing on my 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock page. For this option I printed 2 pages of chosen pattern papers and the measurements required will go from there.
6 1/2 x 7 (Cut 2)
Score at 1/2 on each 6 1/2 inch side of each piece.
**Join the 2 pieces together using one of the 1/2 tabs.
Using the seam as if it were a score a line - Score 4 inches from the seam, from the other side score at 2 inches from the seam. ( 2 - 4 inch sections, 2 - 2 inch sections, 1 1/2 inch section.
Turn the paper a quarter turn and Score @ 2 . You may have to fold in half at the seam line to score since the full measurement of the paper is 14 1/2 x 7.
Crease the score lines. Snip and create tabbed edges as in photo. Fold into bag/box shape.
Glue the remaining 1/2 tab to create closure of the bag. Glue bottom flaps into place to create the bottom of the gift bag.
Top Edge Border:
Repeat the scoring and tab gluing from above to create a 14 1/2 inch x 1 inch border section. After scoring is complete, glue the border into place along the top outside edge of the bag.
Using a small hole punch, create 2 holes on the top edge of the bag on both sides of the bag. Attach a coordinating ribbon on either side of the bag to create handles.
Option 2: (if you are creating this bag with a 12 inch piece of pattern paper)
12 x 7 pattern paper.
1 inch x 7 pattern paper.
Score the 1 x 7 section of pattern paper in half at 1/2 inch.
Attach the 1/2 tab using glue to the 12 x 7 section. Giving you 12 1/2 inches in total.
Score 12 1/2 x 7 inch piece of pattern paper at 2, 6, 8, (there will be a 1/2 tab left at the end).
Turn the paper section a quarter turn and score @2.
Crease the score lines. Snip and create tabbed edges as in photo. Fold into bag/box shape.
Glue the remaining 1/2 tab to create closure of the bag. Glue bottom flaps into place to create the bottom of the gift bag.
Creating the Tag for the Father’s Day Gift Bag:
Start with a gift tag die, or a 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 Piece of Pattern Paper.
Punch a hole in the top or add or cut any design for the top of the tag.
Cut a 1 1/2 inch section of coordinating paper from the Gnome Fishing Printable Paper and glue to the bottom of the tag. Use a corner rounder on the bottom 2 corners of the tag.
Attach the printed greeting strip centered over the joining of the 2 pattern papers on the tag.
Size & Print the fishing rod and the fish images from Fishing Gnome Bundle. Color & cut out the images. You can cut the images out with scissors or using the print then cut feature on a Cricut machine.
Using liquid glue to attach the images to a small piece of vellum cardstock. Then fussy cut around the entirety of both images.
Using foam tape attach the vellum section to the tag.
I completely covered the fish in Nuvo Crystal Glaze ( I use this a LOT! ). It adds to much fun and dimension to images - just a special little touch.
I also used a Iridescent White Cord from Simon Says Stamp that greatly resembled fishing line.
These small final touches along with amazing images and pattern paper from Polkadoodles created a simply adorable gift bag for my gift.
NOW….
