As I was getting out my Thanksgiving decorations the other day, I came across a little gift bag I’d made last year out of designer paper. It was a little crushed so I decided to make a new one so here is my Granny Apple Green Gift Bag For Thanksgiving.
Part of my purpose was to use up this polka dot paper in the Halloween paper, Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper. But if I made the bag with this paper, then the inside would have the Halloween designs. Maybe it doesn’t matter too much, but I decided to make this bag out of cardstock and then decorate with the designer paper because the design is not at all Halloween!
This is just a small little bag (and could be an open box) so it is perfect for just a little treat or maybe as a table favor at Thanksgiving or a hostess gift. It’s really just a basic template we have all probably used before. You can squeeze the sides in like I did in order to close the top. I punched two holes in the top for some ribbon to tie it closed. You could use a little clip like the Gold Library Clips or any of the other kinds of clips in the Stampin’ Up! Store.
The paper is 12″ x 6″. I used Granny Apple Green in the Brights 12″ x 12″ Cardstock Assortment package. It’s a little harder to get your hands on 12″ x 12″ paper today but you can buy the assortments and of course a big package of Whisper White 12″ x 12“. I scored the long side at 1″, 3 3/4″, 6 1/2″ and 9 1/4″. Then I turned the paper and scored at 2″ which makes the bottom flap. If you are using a patterned paper, pay attention to which direction the pattern is going! For the front and back sides, I adhered pieces of the Toil & Trouble DSP cut at 2 3/4″ x 4″. You could stamp on the cardstock without adding designer paper. Just do it before you assemble the box!
You’ll notice on the flaps I cut them on a diagonal a little bit. Sometimes it doesn’t matter, but sometimes it makes it easier to fold things in if the tabs are just a little narrower. Sometimes that scored area gets things off kilter a little. After stamping or decorating the paper how you like, use something strong like Tear & Tape Adhesive on that side tab. Then fold the rest of the paper over to meet it so you can adhere it flat and not hold it up in the air to try to line everything up! Also adhere the bottom tabs.
Then just squeeze in the sides, put in your treat, and tie on some ribbon to close. This is what it should look like from the top.
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For the front, I stamped a label outline from the Labels To Love Stamp Set on Granny Apple Green Cardstock and punched out with the Everyday Label Punch. I also stamped the greeting in the same set and punched with the 1 1/2″ Circle Punch. To add a little embellishment, added two Metallic Pearls to the sides of the label. I adhered the label with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
If you don’t want to make it a bag, don’t pinch in the sides and leave the sides all straight. You could add a handle or just put some “shred” inside and your treat or gift or insert a cello bag of candy or whatever! Lots of possibilities and all of them fun and easy when you make something like this Granny Apple Green Gift Bag For Thanksgiving.