💙How to make Quick and Easy Gift Bags | Spellbinders

[Music] hi guys this is debbie with debbie j’s crafting corner i’m actually restarting
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um recording on this i created these cute little bags but for some reason
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some of my recording didn’t work so i’m going to just start over these both were created using some patterned paper this
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was from just a patterned paper pack from paper studio it is some thin paper
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so you can make these using thin paper and i think they turned out great and they do
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it’s not really that hard to fold all the pieces this one was using a piece of
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a pattern paper pack from scrapbook from sorry from spellbinders
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this is part of the have a springy day paper pack that was part of the card kit of the month this month and i figure i
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can use some of the embellishments the ephemera from the paper pack to decorate
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this one up so i’m going to be doing that in a bit but what i decided to try since i just did two different ones with
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paper with patterned paper this one’s really pretty thin this one is thicker
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but it is a bit thin too so this time i’m going to try it with some
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cardstock this is some spellbinders cardstock i think this is a hundred pounds so what i think i’m gonna do is
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actually cut them out of both the heavyweight that’s this one and some lighter weight cardstock that i’ve got
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from this is some michaels i think that cover color looks kind of
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cool i think this one’s kind of a tealish color so i’m going to do two more bags and do them out of some lighter weight card stock these are the
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dies that come in that set from spellbinders this is part of the celebrate you collection and it’s just
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the two dies but it’s everything you need to create the bags you do want to cut these out twice and you can see all
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these little score lines that show you where you need to fold your paper which like i said when you’re using thinner
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paper is pretty easy to do so let me go ahead and cut those out and
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then we can start putting those little bags together okay first off this is right at
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just just under five and a half you can see that this line i have drawn here on
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the washi is right at my five and a half inch mark from the edge so that i have just enough room so you do have enough
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room to be able to cut out an entire bag from one sheet of cardstock if you’re using the patterned
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paper since it is six by six you’ve got plenty of room and you’ve got a little bit of extra on the side if you slide
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the die all the way over the side to be able to cut out your your little
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handle so that works out pretty good so first i’m going to cut these two
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pieces of cardstock down to five and a half each
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okay so now i’ve got two that are the heavyweight cardstock and two that are
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the lightweight cardstock i think i’m going to start off with the lightweight
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and just run that through my platinum six machine that i have sitting over
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here off to the side and like i said because this is you know this is exactly five and a half inches
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so you’ve got just barely enough room
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okay so i’m basically lining that up on the edges there
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and let’s go ahead and run that through my platinum six
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okay and now you can see let me see if i adjust the lights if you can see the
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score lights a little bit better
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there you go so you can see that there are these little score lines there and those are the places that you’re going to want to fold your card
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okay so i’ve got all of those cut out now with the scraps you have left over here because it’s only five and a half
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it’s not quite long enough to count for this strap i’m
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i’m thinking having it just a little bit shorter isn’t really going to matter all that much so i think i’m going to go
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ahead and cut out the straps too from both up from all of this and they’re just going to be about
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uh right about a little bit less than half an inch short and that should still be fine you also don’t have to use the die
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for this you can just cut the strips for whatever width you want these are
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basically right at a quarter inch so quarter inch strips would work fine
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to be able to make your handles so i’m going to put that off to the side for the moment and i’m going to go ahead and
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start working on assembling these guys now because they are you know because of those those score lines it is sometimes
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a little bit tough to see them and i’m thinking it’s probably going to be a little bit more difficult to fold
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them you know fold them easily anyway using this heavier weight of paper
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instead of this lightweight this lightweight paper so what i’m going to do this time
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is i am going to go ahead and use my scoreboard to score those lines
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now the hard part is seeing exactly where those lines are
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and then you’ll want to line up the line with the score
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the score mark in your scoreboard in order to get them right so i’m first going to do the vertical
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ones so now you can see that line a little bit better this one is right about here
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so i’m actually going to crease that a little bit on the end so it’s easier for me to find and same thing with the
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second one and that way i can just line them up with the mark in my scoreboard
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and create that that score that i can see a little bit better so that i can fold it a little easier
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do the same thing with this one
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okay and then we’ve got so we’ve now got all of the vertical pieces now we need the
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horizontal and do the same thing with it and i can see it a little bit but i want
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to make sure that you guys can see it too
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just adding to the existing score line okay then the other lines that are on
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here that need to be scored instead of being vertical or horizontal those are at an angle
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so i have this cool little tool it’s actually made for the score envy but i’m
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just using it on the scoring board that i have and what i need is a
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diagonal right there okay so what i’m going to do is i’m going to
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butt the edge of my paper up and
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find that piece there there we go
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and then i’m going to score to this corner here
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now this creates a bag that doesn’t fold flat so i’m just turning it over this
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time and that way i can see where i’ve already scored i’m going to line that up with one of my
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grooves and go ahead and score that side and now i’ve got this bit here that we needed to have to
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be able to fold the bag i’m going to do the same thing with my other
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piece of cardstock so now we can go ahead and start
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assembling our card now the first step to do that is to basically glue the pieces together and the way that that
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works is we’ve got this thin line here that’s going to attach to the wider line on that side
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and the same thing on the other so i just need a piece of scor tape to go down that edge
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okay and again i am using my trusty scoreboard to help me get everything
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lined up
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before i do that though i am going to go ahead and burnish these make sure everything is
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where it needs to be
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and this helps me to see that this that the gusset is actually the right size
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okay so this gusset is going to be adhered right there see what i mean
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okay so let’s take that double-sided adhesive off
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butt everything up right at the edge and then i’m going to take this piece and it
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basically tuck it down onto the edge and attach it to that double-sided adhesive tape
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okay it should be right up against the edge
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you do want to make sure that the parts that have got the um diagonals are both on the same end otherwise you’re going
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to have kind of an upside down everything is nothing’s gonna work right on your
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on your little bag okay so there we go we’ve got one side done and now we just
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have to add some double-sided adhesive on this other side
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take the release paper off
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and press everything back down and now we have got
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the beginnings of our little bag so for the bottom side what we need to do is the way i think of it is like when
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you’re wrapping a package first you put the paper around your box and then at the end
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you fold a couple pieces in right which this would have helped if i had actually folded
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on the diagonals first which i did not do glad i scored them well enough
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so we’re going to actually this was going to help
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okay so that’s broken just a little bit the sides go in
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the two sides go in and that’s going to form these little
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triangles on the sides just like when you’re wrapping a present
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so that’s like the end of the box down there okay
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and then we just need to adhere these down to the bottom
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so for that i am just going to use some more of that scor tape
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go ahead and adhere that part down i’m putting my hand inside so i can give it a little pressure and help to burnish
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that in and i’m going to do the same thing on the other side
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and now we have this cute little bag
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and there are a lot of ways that you can decorate it
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i’ve seen folks do embossing on you know going through with an embossing folder
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on the main panels putting panels on top all of those good things so i think what
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i’m going to do right now is go ahead and gather up some things to start putting things together and then we can see about decorating our
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little bags
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so for my first bag i decided to use well i decided to go into my little scrap bins of all the extras that i’ve
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had so far this spring and i’m going to use this cute little bunny and this is
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basically just the scrap from where i created the box to give me an idea of what it’s going to look like flat
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before i start putting everything together what i do want to do is add a little dimension behind the ear so i’m going to
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do a few layers of cardstock behind that so that’s the first piece that i’m going
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to do and this is just like i said just a piece of scrap from my scrap bin
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and i think i think four layers of cardstock behind
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that ear should be enough to pop it up nicely
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and if it turns out that i have any edges that are too you know too big for the ear i can
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always just trim those down a little bit
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and it all fits just fine behind my little ear so that is perfect
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and you could use some foam tape for this i’m just choosing this time to use some cardstock
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okay let that dry for a minute and then i’ve got this little
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this little flower i believe was from the same set and
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there are these little centers that also come with that same die so i’ll go ahead and adhere that
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together
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and then i will put that right on the end of this hello stem
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that is going to be adorable i’ll put the ear down first
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because i want it to actually be on the bag instead of hanging off
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and now we can go with the face
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go ahead and add some adhesive to the back of this ear
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i also have a couple of these gold bows that i had
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die cut out during that other project go ahead and add one of those down
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i think i want this to be a girl bunny so i’m gonna put it up in her hair
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and then add a little bit of glue behind this little sentiment
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that is super cute
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okay so i’m going to start working on this bag decorating it up and what i’m
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going to start off with not sure 100 what i’m going to do on that one but what i wanted to start off with is this
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first this glimmer cinnamon now i had done this um sometime last week i went ahead and glimmered up a few different sentiments
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from one of the new sets this one is from the week dance glimmer sentiments and i’d already trimmed it out but now
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i’m deciding i think i want to use this cute fishtail banner that is another one
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of the dies that is in the celebrate you set so i am going to center that
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over my happy birthday and i’m going to basically re-cut it so that it’s got that nice little banner
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and then another die that comes in that set is this piece which cuts
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a cardstock string if you will to attach your little banner with
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so let me go ahead and run both of those through my platinum six and tape this in
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place first and what’s nice is this one is actually perfectly sized for this
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little um for this sentiment the sentiment is right at a
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looks like it’s might be a quarter inch but i think it’s actually a little bit bigger than that but let me go ahead and
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tape that down and tape it to my magic mat so hopefully
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it won’t shift at all and then i’m going to just take a piece
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of scrap and i know it’s not the right size but i don’t necessarily need the whole thing and i’m just going to go
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ahead and cut that one out as well at the same time
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and i have a second string so that looks good let’s see how this one came out
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and that looks pretty much perfect okay i am still going into my
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extras and something that this made me think of is since we’ve got that little hole i’m thinking i want to attach this
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to my bag with a brad so now i just need to decide which side do i want that to hang from
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i’m kind of wanting it to hang at an angle as well so that means i’m thinking also i’m going
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to put some adhesive on the back to hold it in place first let me go ahead and add my little
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hole up here in the top and i’m just using my pokey tool to poke
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a hole in there and then i’ll attach my little banner
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i’m also wondering should i put another color behind it do another banner i can because i’m just doing this with the
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the brad i can always change my mind later and add something more if i want
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okay so i’m not going to attach that completely yet but that does look kind of cool i also wanted to add some of
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these little balloons and i’m thinking that this little was supposed to hold our little banners
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would work great to hold our little balloons
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and it’s not going to really be seen but then again i think that’s pretty much okay so let
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me go ahead and just add this to the back of one of my balloons here
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and that i think will look good yeah that looks good let me go ahead and
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add some adhesive to the back of the entire thing and then i can put this down
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on the front of my little bag
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my little brad with my little brat in the hall
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and then right about there that’s gonna be good
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okay and now my second bag is done
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for this third bag i’m reaching into my ephemera and thickers and basically my
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club kits stash this one is from the january set and had all these really
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cute little flags and i think i want to use one of those and i think i want to use one of the
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thickers that’s on the front too so i’m really liking this one that says
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smile and then these little bouquets are from this last month’s ephemera pack
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every one of the ephemera packs from spellbinders has got tons of flowers and i think that they are just lovely and
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would work for so many different things i’ve also used these in my planner and i mean i have always had a problem with
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trying to even use ephemera because number one i didn’t actually color
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everything up so that’s one of the bits but the second one is you only get so
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much and then you run out but i am finding that there is so much in each of the club kits
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in each of the card kits of the month from spellbinders that aren’t unlikely to be able to use it all
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up when you are on um when you’re getting these each month so
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i have still got a lot from january and february and march that i still need to
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use up and that’s going to be a lot of quick and easy cards for whenever i need some cards but this
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is another way that you can use your ephemera it’s just adding it to a pretty little gift bag
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to basically customize it so now taking this smile thicker
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that’s what i call them i think there was a brand or something like that at least a couple years back but these are
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basically a glitter foam sticker so they are thick because of the foam
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and they are stickers because of the adhesive and they are all nice and shiny and glittery
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so just add that
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smile across there and i missed one of the little bits that’s stuck in there let me get that out of the e okay
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and we don’t want to forget the little tittle okay so now it’s in the right place and
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it’s kind of stuck there so i am going to press it in to make sure that that stays
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and then i do want to use one of these and i think i’m going to go with this one that just says
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just for you and then stick it up near the top so it
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looks like it’s attached to the top and then that one is all done
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for this last bag it’s kind of plain but it’s springy because of the yellow i
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decided i’m going to use some of the dies from the idents die set is again
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another one of the new ones from this new march release and i cut out a bunch of little flowers and a coffee cup and i
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also had this sentiment left over when i was doing my doing a little bit of a glimmer session
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last week so i’ve got this one that says sending a cup full of hugs and i think it’s from the celebrate you
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so like i will definitely link down below which sentiments um which glimmer sentiment sets that’s from so i’ve cut
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out a bunch of these flowers and a bunch of the greenery to go with it and the coffee cups and i’m just going to start
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assembling some of these and then i’ll decide you know how i want them to go on the front of that little bag
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and each of these pieces this um this little coffee cup has some embossed lines to let you know
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where you need to line up your little koozie on the front
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and then of course we’ve got the piece that is for the lid i’ll put that on there too
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and this is probably more than enough to go on the front of that up front of that
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excuse me in front of that bag for the flowers i figured i would go
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alternating with the colors
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we’ve got basically got some pink and light pink dark pink light pink and i think that’s going to be pretty cute you
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could also go in and kind of round the petal shapes a little bit to give it a little dimension but this is a gift bag
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so i figured i’m not gonna put that much dimension on and i figure this is gonna be quite a
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bit of dimension anyway just from the layers of cardstock
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and then i cut out a couple of the smallest bits and i’m going to make a couple of small
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flowers to go on this as well
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and i think that is going to be perfect for the front of this coffee pot um coffee mug
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it’s kind of where you do it and then as an after you thought you think you know i bet that’s where it belongs and sure
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enough that is exactly where that little flower belongs so for this one i’m going to put it on
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one of the darker pink with the lighter pink koozie
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and i really really love the way that looks okay i think this is kind of the basic
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design i’m gonna go with i am gonna add some more greenery and though let me first start off with
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my flower and leaving a little around the edges space so that i can add some flowers in
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while not having it go
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over the edges to snag on things okay
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same thing with my mugs
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so
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so
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and this i think needs a little bit i think it needs to be popped up just a little bit
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so let’s cut a couple pieces of cardstock to go behind it
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now you can always add more cardstock to the back or even use some foam tape
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i just wanted a little bit of dimension for the sentiment just to pop it up just a touch
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mostly that i don’t do a lot with gift bags but i have a feeling that some
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of these bits may try to come off when it’s in use but the cool
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part part of this is even if you give somebody a really sweet gift inside
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they’re probably going to want to keep your little piece of artwork that you did with the bag
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now i think that is just precious
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[Music] so let’s take another quick look at all four of the bags
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and you guys let me know down in the comments which one is your favorite so we’ve got this one that uses the bits
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from i dance this one it uses some ephemera pieces
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and thickers from one of the card kits this one uses the small die of the month
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actually this was the that’s actually the card kit of the month from last month and then this one uses bits from
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the open road set and of course the glimmer sentiments that go with a couple of these kits this month so i think that
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they all turned out super cute you guys you know now because i’ve done it if i can do it you can too check out this
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other video where i’m making some more projects using some amazing spellbinders products and you guys have a wonderful
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day thank you so much