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My measurements:

 - striped paper: 12 x 1 
 - dark swirly paper: 12 x 2 ¾
- a 12 inch punched strip of pink patterned paper 

 oooh.....what a pretty bag. I love it Jess.

SBcrazee wrote: oooh.....what a pretty bag. I love it Jess.

Thanks!

We have a lot of wine enthusiasts in my family so this will work great! 

I used the Making Memories Slice machine to cut my sentiment brackets but you can cut ANY shape with whatever you have. Use chipboard, other die cut machines, tags, or a simple circle or square cut with your trimmer. I added the flourish and flowers and some Adornit tiny alphas and finished the bag off with a big bow at the handles. 

  

 I love the colors you used on the wine bag.  So rich!!

Now we are going to mix it up and do a take-out box.  

The first step is to… wait for it… measure! To do this I placed my take-out box down on my paper and traced around the outside. Then I used a ruler to mark lines slightly inside the edge and cut it out like this (you cut the inside line… I just wanted you to see my markings):

  

Use this as your template to cut out all four sides. My boxes sides were two different sizes. The sides with the handle in them were slightly smaller. All I did to correct this was to trim those two sides down to fit. Here is how I cut and decorated the sides for my box:

  

Oops... double post!

I cut accent strips from the large dotted paper and the brown paper and hand cut the ice cream treats from the coordinating paper. I raised the ice cream items up with foam squares. 

Any dry adhesive should adhere the paper to the box. It gets a little wonky when you have to adhere the sides with the handle. I removed my handle first, then stuck the paper down while I held the box in shape and then replaced the handle (you’ll have to poke a hole in the paper). It takes a little wiggling and urging but you can do it! 

For the top I stuck the flower stickers on cardstock and cut them out. I stuck them on the two interlocking tabs. The only other thing you need to do to the top is cut two thin strips of the brown paper; one for each side. 

To complete the box I tied bits of ribbon to the handle. Done!

  

 Ok wow that bag was the fastest class I ever took. 

 Love the gift bags!!!!!

 One more... but it is the most involved... and pretty cool!

ctaylor0312 wrote: Ok wow that bag was the fastest class I ever took. 

Lol... I know!  I am flying because we have a lot to cover. 

 There's only one way to make the take out container any cuter....add one of your cupcakes to it . So darn cute! You are so creative!

Finally, we are going to make this cool gift card box out of only paper! 

   

 These are ALL so cool!  I love all the ribbon on the handle of the take out box!

We will start with constructing the top and bottom.         

  For the bottom:

 -  cut a piece of cardstock to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
 - score each side ¾”
 -cut one side of each corner as shown: