Fa La La La

I love 3D projects and when I saw the Just Us Girls Challenge #612 I thought of making bags like the ones in their inspiration photo below, along with incorporating the Fa La La La, trees, stripes and snowflakes from it as well. I made a white bag like the Fa La La La framed picture  on the kitchen counter, and kraft bags like the ones on the floor of the kitchen.

Then, while I was on a roll, I started making bags with doubled-sided patterned paper as you can see below. Once you've made one bag, it is easy to cut, score, die cut the sentiment and adhere the boxes together! I am thinking of adding acetate to the inside front of some of the bags so that candy or other gifts won't fall out the front.

I found the right size bag that I was looking for from my all time favorite tutorial writer Sam of Pootles Papercraft here! My Fa La La La die fit perfectly on the one side of this bag. I die cut the Fa La La La out on one side of each bag then adhered the bag together. Next I just had to embellish each one. I stuffed some tissue paper inside and they were ready to go! Completed, they measure 4" W x 4.5" H x 1.5" D.

Products:

Stampin' Up Jingle All The Way stamp set

Hampton Art Stamp and Die set (large gold heat embossed/watercolored tree on white bag)

My Favorite Things Fa La La die

Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Minis dies (small die cut trees, gingerbread man)

Ellen Hutson Reindeer die

Stampin' Up! Reindeer clips and snowflake thinlit die (clips hold my bags closed)

Rhinestones here and there

Mini clothespins

I can see Valentine, Easter, 4th of July and birthday bags in my future crafting adventures! Check out Sam's video! Sorry I said Fa La La La so many times in this post! LOL!

-Carol