If your anything like me a homemade gift bag is sometimes as exciting as the gift itself. This Mother's Day why not give your Mom a gift she will cherish before she even opens it.
Materials:
- Cricut Expression Personal Electronic Cutter
- Cricut Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge
- Cricut Joys of the Season Cartridge
- Cricut Alphalicious Cartridge
- Pink Thread and a sewing machine
- small pink rhinestones
- Pink, Green, Kraft and Cream paper stock
- Straight and zigzag Scissors
- Glue
- Foam Adhesive
- Tan ink
- Cream Lace
Directions
- Cut bag. Using Plantin SchoolBook cartridge and green paper stock, cut one 7¼" bag. Score, fold, and assemble. Ink edges.
- Cut card. Using the Joys of the Season cartridge and cream paper stock, choose Card feature and cut one 4¼". Trim off front of card. Trim at sides using zigzag scissors. Ink edges. Sew around edge. Glue to bag front using foam adhesive.
- Trim ribbon. Using pink paper stock, choose Layers feature and cut one 3". Glue as shown. Embellish branches with rhinestones.
- Cut M with the Cricut Alphalicious cartridge and kraft paper stock, cut one 1½" M. Glue at middle of frame.
- Using kraft paper stock, cut ½" letters to spell MOTHER. Glue in place like picture.
- Tie a bow out of the lace at the handles.
Mothers Day is just around the corner. I was looking for something to make with my Cricut and this is the perfect idea. My Mom loves homemade gift bags. I may have to order the Alphalicious Cartridge though.