Simple treat bags.

Hello,

Today I wanted to share with you some really simple little treat bags that I made as swaps for our team meeting last week. They are so quick and easy as the bag itself is made using one 6 x 6 piece of DSP and scored 6 times. 

 

I used the Bright and Beautiful 6 x 6 DSP for the bag. I love this DSP set as it full of bright colours an simple designs that just pop. The piece I've used here features Lemon Lime Twist, a colour I think tied in perfectly with the Little Monkey stamp and little Monkey builder punch.

To make the bag, you need to score the DSP at  1 3/8", then turn the DSP 90 degrees and score at 1 3/8 , 2 3/4, 4 1/8 and 5 1/2"- as per the diagram below, the 1 3/8 and 4 1/8 scores only go to the score line while the 2 3/4 and 5 1/2 scores go the whole way up the page.                                                                            

I then folded and burnished the two long scored lines and the bottom score line. Cut away the shaded area and snip all 4 lower squares to create the base flaps.

Apply glue along one side (marked red on diagram) and fold the two edged together to create the box.

Then tuck in the bottom flaps, applying glue to each flap to secure the base. 

That's it - that's the bag made.

To make the bag topper, I cut some Lemon Lime Twist card stock using the 2nd largest of the deckled rectangles dies, which I then folded in half. I put a line of Seal along the fold and folded it over. 

To decorate the topper I used the large leaf stamp from the Little Monkey stamp set and stamped randomly over one side of the topper in Lemon Lime Twist Ink to create a tone on tone effect.

I then used a circle punch to cut a 2" circle from Lemon Lolly card stock and randomly stamp bananas around it in Lemon Lolly ink. Then used crushed curry to stamp the sentiment. You can see that I have only stamped half of the sentiment by only inking the top of the stamp. I glued this to the left side of the topper.

I stamped the monkey image from the Little Monkey stamp set in Pecan Pie ink and used the little Monkey builder punch to cut a monkey from Pecan Pie card stock. I then stamped the head of the monkey in Pecan Pie onto crumb cake card and cut this from the punch as well. I glued the face over the body piece to create a two tone monkey. I then glued the monkey slightly over the circle on the right side of the topper.

To finish the topper, I stamped a Banana in Crushed Curry onto a scrap of Lemon Lolly card and cut using the little monkey builder punch.

I then filled the bag with banana's and slid the topper over the bag to complete it. How sweet is this! 

Once I made one bag, I wanted to try another one. I found these limited edition milkshake lollies which I thought would be perfect to use with the Share a Milk Shake stamp set and Share a milk shake dies. Below are some photos of the treat bag I created with the alternate stamp set. 

 

 

Again, how sweet do they look! I think that either of these bags would make a perfect little treat bag for a children's party or for Halloween.

If you would like to make these and live in Australia, you can find all of the stamps, dies, card stock and DSP via my online store krishathomas.stampinup.net 

So that's all for today,

Until next time,

Happy Crafting.