Gift box/purse

A few months ago I made a box purse for my niece's 13th birthday. It turned out super cute and really easy. I filled it with makeup and girly things to help her be even more "fabulous"!


It is super simple and fun to make. I started out with a clear stationary box from Papertrey and made a template out of Chatterbox double sided paper. I wrapped the paper around the box and only needed to use adhesive on the finish/end side and the top and bottom.

I then wrapped the box with a smaller piece of the other side of the DSP and Pretty in Pink cardstock and decorated it like a card. I used the Fabulous Flowers set from Stampin Up!. The flower is stamped on shimmery white cardstock in Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink inks (I used the markers and then misted the stamp). "Dare to be Fabulous" is stamped with Close to Cocoa classic ink. I glued rhinestones in the center of the flower and on the bottom right.

I used Crop-a-dile to punch holes on the top sides for brads to

attach the ribbon handle:

I used a wide grosgrain ribbon and made a decorative cut on the bottom to give the ends a finished look.

I hope you all have a chance to make one of these gift box/purses. I thought of several things to fill it with:

• cards (obviously)
• makeup (like I did for this one)
• gift cards
• candy
• embellishments (brads, eyelets, 1/4 sheets of cardstock, ribbon, etc...)

I am thinking of making these for my son's teachers' end of year gifts and filling them with thank you notes...

Ziploc Purse Tutorial

During this past weekends VSN (virtual stamping night) at Splitcoast, I made the purse seen in my earlier post. In the comments section some very nice lady asked if there would be a tutorial on my blog. I hadn't thought to do that but will give it a shot. So... Ladies, here we go~ my very first tutorial!

For this project you will need the following items:

• 1 Quart size Ziploc bag
  



• 2 sheets double sided paper (DSP)




• 12" ribbon




• 2 brads




• Mono-multi adhesive




• sticky strip




• 1/16" hole punch




• oval cutter (I used the Creative Memories cutting system)




• Scoring tool




• embellishments

Step 1

• Cut the front piece of DSP to 7 1/4" x 9"






• Cut the back piece of DSP to 7 1/4" x 12"

Step 2

• Score the back piece @ 9"

Step 3

• Using an oval cutting system, cut half of an oval~ lining it up with the score line (do not cut past the score line)

You may need to snip the edges:

Step 4

• Line the ziploc's edges with the sticky tape, front and back. On the top of the bag, put down the sticky tape just above the ziploc closure.

Step 5

• Remove the bottom strip lining on the back of the bag and adhere to the back piece of cardstock.




• Remove the side pieces and then the top





• Repeat for the top, making sure the top lines up just slightly underneath the score line.

Step 6

• Fold flap over, making sure it folds nicely

Step 7

• Punch holes for the ribbon in the upper corners of the top flap






• Attach the ribbon handle (see finished product picture so see how it looks attached)

Step 8

• Make a decorative closure




• Attach half of it permanently onto the flap




• Spread around some mono adhesive to the unattached half and let completely dry (making it tacky for closing)

Step 9

• Decorate and embelish






• Fill and give to someone special!