Perfect In Pink

Using the Ulti Bags Board from Crafter's Companion the possibilities are endless. To promote the board to the German market I was asked by Crafter's Companion to design a few bags using the board. The samples where shown this week on HSE24 (German shopping channel) and have been used in a DVD in German that accompanies the Ultimate Pro. For the DVD I made a step by step for both the samples so I've decided to share these with you.

Yesterday was all about Christmas, so today I'm going to show you how to make a cute pink handbag gift bag...

Products Used:

·         Floral pink card stock

·         Scissors

·         Craft knife

·         Scoring tool

·         Extra strong double sided tape

·         Spray and Slide

·         Ulti Bag Embossing Board

·         Collall Silicon glue

·         Collall Tacky-Glue

·         Embellishments, brads and raffia

·         Ulti Make Pro – Bow Maker

1.      Spray selected patterned card stock with Spray and Slide

2.     Place patterned card stock onto board using sticky tape to secure to board to stop it from moving. Trace around the bag design with embossing tool.

 3.    When outline complete, cut out.

4.     Fold all folds as indicated.

5.     Add Collall Tacky-Glue to the areas indicated with an “X” on the outside and stick.

6.     Add Collall Tacky-Glue to the areas indicated with an “X” on the inside and stick.

7.     Add Collall Tacky-Glue to the areas indicated with an “X” on the inside and then the outside and stick.

8.    The Handbag Gift Bag is now ready to be decorated.

9.     To create the bag handles cut 3 equal lengths of co-ordinating raffia and plait to the desired length. Attach to the top inside flap of the bag with strong tape.

10.  On the inside of the bag flap, find the centre point and pierce a small hole with a sharp pointed tool.

11.  Insert the brad from the outside. Attach a small piece of hook and loop tape to the back of the brad and to the front of the bag and close. This allows the bag to open and re close.

12.  Add co-ordinating floral embellishments of your choice.

13.  Using a piece of the patterned card stock trace around the smallest scalloped tag and cut out.

14.   Using your Ultimate Pro Bow Maker tie a small bow in the same raffia as used for the bag handle and glue to the tag. Attach tag with Collall Tacky-Glue to the gift bag.