Pinkies Birmingham Weekend Swaps

On the 25th and 26th of June was our weekend to meet up as Stampin Up Demonstrators , to share creativity and inspire and be inspired. We had an exciting weekend packed with projects using new papers and stamps from the new annual Catalogue and also the upcoming Winter Catalogue.

We each have to make a small 3d item or card front, that we share with each other, there will be about 40 of us, so we will make 40 small projects and swap with the other 40 people, so we will all end up with 40 swaps each.

I love little bags and made this one as my swap

If you would like to try to make one of these for yourself, they are so easy to make.

Cut cardstock to 9 1\2” x 4”. Score on the 9 1/2” side at 3”, 4 1/2”, 7 1\2” and 9”

In pencil make a mark at 3 3/4” and at 8 1/4” score from the marks you have made to the two corners of the panels as shown, the dotted line is the score line.

Cut your cardstock as shown and score along the dotted lines.

Add glue to the tab, and add your DSP panels 2 x 2 7/8” x 2 3/8”to the panels as shown
Fold in one of the large panels, add glue to the outer flaps then glue down the base
Your bag should look like this.

We will add the straps now, you will need two 6” X 1/2” strips of cardstock, score it down the middle at the 1/4” line, leave 1/2” at the top and bottom of the strip unscored.

Fold and burnish the score line, when you get to the unscored parts, place your bone folder on the 1/2” unscored strip and pinch the scored strip so it forms a v shape, whilst keeping the edges flat, do this on both strips.

Glue the open ends of the strip up to the half inch unscored edges. For the Flap cut a piece of cardstock 2 1/4 “ x 1 1/2” score on the 2 1/4” at 1” and 1 1/4” Add straps to your bag and the flap as shown and decorate.