Cricut Project – Mothers Day Gift Bag

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.
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