Speedy round gift bag (Challenge 2 for the Palooza!)

Challenge two for the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog Birthday Palooza is to make a gift bag & card. This one uses some recycling (anybody have empty ribbon spools?) :-D It actually goes together surprisingly quickly too!

It's round. :o) Depending on the diameter of your ribbon spool
this type of round bag fits a bottle of wine perfectly:

(Woofy photo, sorry but you get the idea...You could
leave the paper full size for a taller gift bag...)

1...Cuttlebug Challenge Blog Birthday Palooza challenge (Gift bag & card)
2...make a round gift bag (from an old ribbon spool)

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Cuttlebug Challenge Blog

Be Inspired Wednesday #48 (Gift Bag & Card)

Hope You can join us in the challenge:

(#48 Gift Bag & Card)

The Cuttlebug team has made some
amazing things for this challenge!

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...make a round gift bag
(from a cardboard ribbon spool)

• an empty pool of ribbon
• scissors
• strong double-sided tape
• Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock
• Provocraft embossing folders (Happy Birthday & Floral Fantasy); and a Cuttlebug Machine

For supplies used to make the leaves please see this post.



Step 1) Trim the top & bottom rims off of a ribbon spool so that it is a squat cylinder.



Step 2) Trace it to cut 2 circles of cardstock to cover the hole & the writing on the ribbon spool.

:o) For a fun kids bag you could turn it into a shaker:

• Add one circle on the bottom of the spool
• Fill the spool (assuming it has a hole) with beans/whatever
• Add the second paper round to seal it
• Finish constructing the bag....
  

Step 3) Cut a piece of Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock (This ribbon spool is fairly large in diameter (3-1/2 inches) so it required the full length of the Core'dinations paper. I trimmed it to be 8-1/2 inches high, though, & covered the words with an extra strip of Core'dinations.



Step 4) Cover the sides of the ribbon spool in a strong double-sided tape & wrap the Core'dinations cardstock around it.



Step 5) Adhere the end of the cardstock down to finish the assembly.



Step 6) Emboss & sand strips of Core'dinations White wash to trim the bottom & top of the bag.

Step 7) Finish embellishing:

Since this is for a stampin' party, I'm gonna fill it up with stamping treats as a gift for the Bday gal (Hey, it would fit some rolls of ribbon perfectly, LOL.)

Thanks so much for visiting!

P.S. Here's the matching invitation
(& a pictorial on how the leaves were made)