Challenge 74 - Spotty, Dotty!

Good Top Tip Tuesday morning to you all :)


Well our UK Spring weather has well and truly gone AWOL!
Some parts of the country have had snow since I was telling you last week how nice it was....madness!
I just hope that wherever you are in the world, the weather is being favourable to you...and if not, what a perfect reason to stay indoors and craft :)


This week we have another fab challenge for you to get your teeth into...


Spotty, Dotty!

Our host for this challenge is Annette and she has done us a gorgeous tutorial for a 'Box In A Bag'











Firstly let's find out who's sponsoring us this time...

Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp is offering a $20 gift voucher to spend in their store!!

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world.  We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price!

Happy customers are the heart of our business.

We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies!  Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current.  Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!  




and

Stamp Fairy

On to Annette's tutorial...


Hi everyone, It's Annette here today to share a tutorial on how to make a cute little gift-bag. You can make these bags to any dimensions that you want, but I've made my finished gift-bag 6 inches (15 cm) wide and 2 inches (5 cm) deep so that it is suitable to hold my cards, which are about 5 inches (12.5 cm) square.




Here's my finished gift-bag so you can see what we're aiming for !!

Ok, firstly let's look at the supplies you're going to need:


1) Thick card for the 'box' base size 19cm x 9cm (dark blue in pic)


2) Patterned papers (I've used 2 pieces each 25cm x 15cm which means you can get both out of a 12" x 12" square scrapping page if you want)


3) Tabs for the handles (see later if you don't have these as I cheated for mine !)


4) Decorations - ribbon, brads, embellishments, border punch (for base strip)

Let's get started !!

Step 1 :

Score your base card 2cm inside each edge as shown in the picture below.

Cut 2cm on the scoreline on the longer edge (the short scoreline shown in red below)

Step 2 :
Glue the tabs that you've just cut and fold them inwards,
so that the glue sticks to the inside of the longer edges

This should leave you with a shallow box shape which is your desired size

In my case this is 15cm x 5cm

Step 3 :

Because I am using 2 sheets of patterned paper, I allowed for some overlap.

Therefore, starting on the shorter edge, using double sided tape, stick the patterned paper along the base of the box and wrap it around each side.

In my case, being 25cm, it has wrapped around 3 sides

(ie the 5cm short side + 15cm long side + 5cm other short edge)

Step 4 :

Wrap the second piece of patterned paper on the other side, starting at the short side again, so that it wraps around the short side, long side, and other short side.
Both short sides are therefore overlapped and double thickness.


Top Tip:
You could use one long piece of patterned card, or stick your two pieces together to make one long piece before you start sticking it to the box base if you prefer.


Below shows the finished basic box in a bag shape.
You can just see the darker base box in the bottom of the bag.

Step 5 :

Put 2 tabs on each side of the top (to attach your handles to)

In my case, I didn't have tab die cuts so I cheated (see below)

Try to get them evenly spaced from each side, and the same distance apart front and back.

Top Tip:

Ok so I didn't have a tab cutter, but I did have a Quickutz tag die.

I folded a piece of the matching card in half using a bone folder to get a nice crease.

I then placed the folded edge half way into the die, and cut !!!

You can see the result still in the die (I removed the excess card) on the picture below.

Then I rounded the corners of the folded edge.

Not bad, huh !!!

OK, back to business ...

Step 6 :

Attach your ribbon handles, I've used brads pushed through the tabs.

(make sure both handles are the same length !!!)

I've also cut a long strip of matching card and punched the edge with a pretty border design. Then I've wrapped this all around the base of the card, making sure the joins are at the side where they won't be seen as much from front or back.

Step 7 :

Now comes the fun part ...

I've added an image (Toby Everyday Angel from one of our sponsors - Stampfairy), backed with matching card.

I've used embellies in complementary colours, and of course some glitter.

I think that last part (the glitter) is compulsory !!!

The sentiment is actually 'confetti' from a wedding I attended

(I knew a small handful would come in useful sometime)

And don't forget the back of your bag.

I added just a little bit of decoration in the form of a heart die cut, so that it is still cute from the rear!

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, and hope that some of you will use it to make something dotty for our challenge this fortnight.


I look forward to seeing your creations.
Hugs
Annette
xx

Stamp Fairy Designers


Jackie made a 'box in a bag'

showcasing Barry Easter 2 and Barry Easter 2 Freebie

Gerda is showcasing Patsy Beachtime & Patsy Toothfairy

 Here's a closer look at each.

Patsy Toothfairy

Patsy Beachtime

COE Designer

Lena

Guest Designer

Tracey

Tracey has 2 more fabby Top Tips to share with you all.... 
Tip 3: When adding stitching to a project...make sure to never add adhesive or glue in the area to be stitched. This will make for straighter lines and flawless stitching. And to finish off cleanly, pull your strings towards the back and secure with a small piece of tape.
Tip 4: Using lace or frilly ribbon to edge panels instead of a border punch and cardstock adds more dimension to your project. If you missed Tip 1 & 2 you can find them HERE

TTT Design Team

(Some gorgeous Stamp Fairy images amongst them
and don't forget Simon Says Stamp sell all your crafting needs!)

Annette  showcasing  Toby Everyday Angel

Bettina showcasing Barry Birthday 5

Carol

Deneen

Elaine showcasing Jake Teddy 3

Heike

Janette showcasing Nelly Leo Love 4

Katrina

Lisa showcasing Molly and Sam, Love 4

Samantha using a House mouse stamp
from Simon Says Stamp

PLEASE remember we are looking fir our favorite Top Tip each challenge - leave TIP next to your name when you link and write your Top Tip in your post (specify that it is for TTT) and YOU could win one of the amazing prizes this time :)