Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog hop where our theme is ‘any but a card’. I have used the Sketched Butterflies stamp set to make a sweet little wrap around, pinched top bag.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the wrap around, pinched top gift bag, you will need:

Thick Basic White card – 2¾” by 2¾”
Basic White card – 8⅜” by 4½”
Scrap Basic White card

 

Using my Simply Scored Scoring Tool, I scored the small square of Thick Basic White card at ⅜” on all four sides.

 

 

I wedged out all four tabs and used Mini Glue Dots to add each tab to the outside of each side of the box. By gluing the tabs to the outside gives a much neater finish as they will not be seen when the box is finished.

 

I randomly stamped the butterfly, from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink all over the 8⅜” by 4½” piece of Basic White card. I used the light and dark Fresh Freesia light and dark Lemon Lolly and light and dark Flirty Flamingo Blends Pens to add colour to the butterflies.

 

 

The stamped layer was laid face down and strip of Tear n Tape was added to the bottom edge and the right-hand side. I removed part of the backing tape along the bottom and pressed the tape edge to the centre of one of the side panels. I carefully wrapped the layer around the box sides pressing it into place. When you reach the starting point, remove the remaining piece of tape and close the back by overlapping the edge.

 

I pinched the top together and punched a hole. A piece of Lemon Lolly ribbon was fed through and secured. This holds the top together.

 

On scrap Basic White card, I stamped the sentiment from the Poised Peony stamp set in Flirt Flamingo ink. I used a die from the Enduring Beauty die set to cut out the image. I ran the sentiment through twice as I wanted the tag to be smaller. A hole was punched in the label and a piece of Lemon Lolly Baker’s Twine fed through. I fed the twine through the ribbon and tied it in a bow.

 

A tiny stamped butterfly was added to the label to finish off the gift bag.

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: