another card-to-bag project...

I thought I'd share another recycled card project - same idea as before, but with a larger bag.

Here are the ingredients...a plain old white gift bag and a super cute snowman card from my cute friend, Holly. :)

First of all, I cut the front off the card and then distressed the edges with sandpaper.  Next, I mounted the card on green cardstock...because the bag was larger than the card.  I used my sewing machine to stitch the card around the edges.  And I distressed the edges of the cardstock with a scraper.

(All of the distressing tools you could ever want can be found in this awesome kit...and here's a different version of the kit with more files.)

Obviously, since the bag is square and the card is rectangular, there was extra space below the card - to fill it in, I simply wrapped red string (I love using crochet thread, but I think I'm going to order this set to try.) around a few times, then tied a bow.  Then I added this cute layered snowflake sticker next to the bow.

Did you notice the cute image on the inside of the card?  I used my fun circle scallop punch to punch out the snowman. Since I had to cut part of him off in order to use the punch, I used the same distressing technique I used on the card front - simply sanding all of the edges.  I used a little rub-on word next to the snowman.  Then I added a circle punched from a coordinating patterned paper, punched a small hole through the center, and tied the tag onto the bag.

I tucked in some coordinating tissue and my bag is complete. :o)