Tuesday, November 21, 2017

How to make amazing dimensional gift bags quick and easy

dimensional gift bags


Black Friday comes and goes.  And you’ve bought a few gifts you will want to come home to wrap them before anyone sees them.  What happens when the gifts are small and hard to wrap?  You grab a gift bag, right?  Well, you can make several dimensional gift bags in minutes that will definitely be a showstopper! 

These dimensional gift bags are quick and easy to make using some elements cut from Christmas cards and then embellished with little extra touches.

I always buy my Christmas cards through the mail and in the months that precede the holiday I receive stacks of samples with just the covers to choose from.  I would never throw them away and that is how the dimensional gift bags came about.  You just need at least two card fronts that are identical.  If you don’t get card samples just use an inexpensive pack of cards that are all the same for your dimensional gift bags.

Materials:

Two Christmas card fronts with individual elements you can cut out
Small sharp pointed scissors
Dimensional foam circles
Gift bags (I purchased a pack of 10 for under $5) or you can even use a plain recycled store bag and cover the logo with your image
Tacky craft glue
Small bows, rhinestones, jewels, pompoms or any coordinating embellishment
Dimensional fabric paint – Crystal sparkle

1.     Gather your supplies. Carefully, cut out both chosen images from the card fronts.





2.     Spread some tacky craft glue on the back of one of the images.  Center the image on the bag and attach. 



3.     Next, remove the paper from the double-sided sticky surface on the foam circle and attach to the image on the bag.  Add them all around randomly.  I like to add a second foam dot on top of the first one for extra height.  You can if you desire, use only one.



4.     Now, remove the paper from the dots and add the second image on top of the first one making sure you line it up evenly.

5.     Then, add the embellishments with some tacky glue and let dry. 




6.     Use the crystal sparkle dimensional fabric paint to accent the image.  Let dry.



7.     Add the gift to your bag and you will be sure the gifted recipient will save it and re-use it for years to come.

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4 comments:

  1. Crystal, these are so cute and amazing!!!

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    1. Thanks Gail, they are so much fun to make and the best part is that anyone can do it.

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  3. So beautiful Crystal! I wouldn't want to give them away! LOL! Big Hugs!

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