Two Tutorials In One
Paper Bag Pocket AND Easy Washi Tape Flag Banner
Hello friends of The Kraft Journal! Karen Letchworth
here with a quick two-in-one tutorial for our Watch Us Wednesday blog
post. I am hoping that one, or both, of these quick tutorials will be
helpful to you. I started out my project by grabbing a sweet little Small Kraft Paper Sack from The Kraft Outlet.
I folded it in half bringing the bottom up to the top (opening), but
leaving about a half-inch border at the top. I ran this through my
sewing machine, creating a quick paper bag "pocket" perfect for giving a
gift card or tucking photos, notes, or memories inside. You will also
see that I cut out a little wedge of paper at the top of the paper bag
and attached a length of Tim Holtz Ruler Ribbon to make it pop.
Super easy, huh!? You now have now made your Paper Bag Pocket, and you
can tuck things inside and decorate it any way you like. I decided to
make a flag banner for mine, and here's how I did it:
I took a length of Red Baker's Twine and three different styles of Decorative Washi Tape including the Red & White Polka Dot, the Tape Measurer Washi Tape, and the Black & White Polka Dot washi tape.
Measure how long you want your baker's twine
to be by finding the middle of your card, layout, or project. Place
your first strip of washi tape in the middle. You simply double over
the washi tape even if it's too long, and let it hang. Just double it
over, space them out however far apart you like them, and then....
....you simply snip each piece of washi tape to create little flag for
your banner. This is really easy and works great on scrapbook layouts,
cards, or across any project including an album. Next, I tied bows in
my baker's twine right where I wanted to attach them. I adhered them to my Paper Bag Pocket with a touch of hot glue at the bows.
For the final step of this project, I took advantage, once again, of all
the pockets that you get when you make albums and pockets from paper
bags. Hey, they're built right in....why not make them look cute?
I used a piece of Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock to cut a little tag for the pocket and decorated that using a Jenni Bowlin General Store Postage Stamp Sticker. At the bottom, I added a Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Button tied with some more black and white baker's twine.
I hope that these little ideas have been helpful to you. You can find
everything you need to try either of these techniques by visiting The Kraft Outlet.
You can also make this Paper Bag Pocket by using an ordinary brown
paper lunch bag. Then, you're got your "kraft" product so that you can
enter our challenge this week! We love having you play along in our
weekly challenges for the chance to win some of The Kraft Outlet's awesome products.
This little paper bag pocket is such an easy little project, and the last time this posted...so many people enjoyed the idea and gave it a try. The Kraft Outlet has all kinds and sizes of perfect paper bags to give this a try!
ReplyDeleteI hope you all enjoy it.
Karen