Saturday, August 29, 2009

Halloween Gift Bag


This gift bag is perfect for Halloween parties. It uses Sweet Pea Stamps newest addition to the stamp family, Halloween Plate 1. It measures 4" across x 4.75" tall x 2.5" deep.

Supplies:

Sweet Pea Stamps Halloween Plate 11
Brilliance Graphite Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
White, Black Card Stock (Unknown)
Black and Gray Halloween Printed Papers (Unknown)
Black Ribbon - .5 yard (Offray)
Chalks (CTMH)
Adhesive (Adtech)
Scissors (EK Success)
Hole Punch (WeRMemory Keepers)
Paper Trimmer (Purple Cow)

Instructions:

1. Stamp the children on white card stock and color with chalks. Trim out neatly.

2. Cut the black card stock pieces to these dimensions:
  • 1 at 2.5" x 4"
  • 2 at 2.5" x 4.75"

3. Cut the gray printed paper to these dimensions:
  • 4 at .5" x 2.5"
  • 2 at 4" x 4.75"

4. Cut a piece of printed black paper 1.5" x 4.5".

5. To assemble the bag, fold and crease the edges of both pieces of the gray printed paper along the sides and bottom .25".


6. Run adhesive along the folded edges of one piece of gray paper and position a piece of the black card stock that is 2.5" x 4.75" along the sides of the gray paper attaching with the adhesive.

7. Run adhesive along the creased edges of the second piece of gray printed paper and continue attaching to the sack on one of the 2.5" x 4.75" pieces of black card stock and then shape the sack and attach the two open ends.


8. With the sack sitting on a flat surface, creased bottom edges turned inward, slide the remaining piece of black card stock into the sack and push down until it has attached to the bottom creases sealing the sack.

9. Fold the small strips of gray printed papers in half so that they are .25" x 2.5" long and attach to the upper and lower corner edges of the sack.


10. Attach the black printed strip to the front of the sack on the left hand side about .25" from the edge.


11. Using the hole punch, place holes for the handles at the top of the sack about 1.5" apart on both sides.

12. Cut 2 pieces of black ribbon to 6", run one through the holes on the front of the sack and knot off inside, repeat on the opposite side of the sack to create handles.

13. Stamp the word "boo" on the front of the sack and color in.

14. Attached the stamped images to the front of the sack.

15. Enjoy sharing!

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