Whimsy Wednesday: Holiday Gift Bag
by Terria ~ December 2nd, 2009. Filed under: Cartridges, Die-Cutting Machines, Inspiration, Reviews.
Hello everyone and ~Welcome to Whimsy Wednesday~ This week I am going to show you a bag that I made for the holidays. I made this bag with the thought that it would be great for a cute little crafting gift to a SS or friend. I think a small set of stamps, ribbon, punch or other craft items will fit nicely in this bag.
The products I used for this project were as follows:
Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes, and more cartridge
DCWV "The Christmas Stack (with glitter)
American Crafts Premium Ribbon
Featured Product :Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes, and more cartridge
My Thoughts
This is actually the first time I used this cartridge to make a box or bag. I have used it just for tag making in the past. Since I did not have the longer sticky mat I was not able to make my bag as large as I wanted but this bag is 5 1/2 inches. I used the shopping bag template. What I liked about this was that I didn't need a template first and I did NO cutting...the cricut did it for me. I was able to get 2 templates out of one 12x12 piece of paper which was nice also.
This was a simpler bag to tape together but I'm not sure how long it would have taken me if it was one of the harder ones. Since there is no instructions as to which way to fold, and it's not scored you have to kind of play around with it to see how it's to be put together. And you must be careful that you are keeping your folds straight since it's not scored. It does however give you a slightly actually (very small) cut where it wants you to fold at so that is helpful.
All together I would give this cartridge a 3 1/2 rating I like it but it's not one of my favorites. I do like the convenience of not needed to print out and cut out a template, trace it on your paper and then cut again,this is a time saver.What about you? Have you used this cartridge? What have you used it for and how did it turn out for you?
Product Name: Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes, and more cartridge
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(Project and Reviewed By April Lower)
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April you did an amazing job. I love the Pattern paper , this looks like a fun cartridge to play with
What cute little gift bags, I think I may give these a shot, thanks for sharing!!
Very cute, this is a great idea for giving cards with pizzaz!