Saturday, March 12, 2011

Paper bag card – tutorial

How to turn a paper bag into a card… with rooms for gift cards and letters

1. Place the bag flat on the table and fold it in half

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2. Glue or staple ribbon in place

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3. Cut paper to fit and glue in place

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4. Staple bottom of bag to make a gift card pocket. You can also punch small holes on the sides and create the pocket using brads.

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5. Decorate the card with flowers, die cuts, sentiments and more.

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Paper bags come in multiple sizes. Make sure that you measure the bag you are going to decorate before you cut any paper.

More examples:
Birthday cake
Belated valentine
Easter with a buckle
Halloween Tilda

2 comments:

  1. Hei på deg! Så fin posekortet ble. Veldig pene farger til den brune posen.

    klem.

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  2. Ann Kristin, Love your card!
    You are so creative.
    Just wanted to let you know that the shipment of rubber stamps finally arrived in case you or your mother were still interested. Cheers, Shanna

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