February's final FFD challenge! The best things come in the smallest packages...

Hi Lucky Girls! Thanks for joining us for the final February
FRIDAY FUN DAY CHALLENGE
Where imitation is the highest form of flattery!

This is officially your last chance to enter to win our March Kit - "Homemade Happiness". It's full of brand spanky new Echo Park, American Crafts & Imaginesce.

To participate the FFD challenge, you must create your own project inspired by any of the following from the February Friday Fun Day projects:

Overall Design
Color Combination
Title of the Project
Use of Embellies

Be sure to post your project to InLinkz gallery at the end of this post no later than March 2nd!

You can post any kind of project (layout, card, altered item, home decor, etc.) that has been inspired by any of the February Friday Fun Day Challenges - either this project, Ana's memory box , Natalie's journal, or Jessica's busy box.

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Good morning everyone! Stacy here with your FFD challenge this week.

Today your challenge is to create a homemade gift bag. I know it's fun to decorate the plain gift bags you can grab at the store, and in some cases depending on the size of your gift that is a FABULOUS idea. This gift bag is created for the smaller gifts ( money or gift cards ).

Here is how I decorated mine:

So let me tell you how I did the front of the bag and then don't worry ladies....I'm going to give you the measurements to create this gift bag out of cardstock also :)

On the front of the bag you simply cut your background piece of paper to 3 1/2" X 3 1/2". Then create whatever you want on top of this piece. I used some of the fabulous bling on mine around the stamped image. I also wanted to cut out some of the stars from the paper since they went well with the stamp I used, and of course I couldn't resist the pop dots under EVERYTHING!!

Now for the size of the bag. I hope you can see the measurements well in the picture.


- Cut you cardstock to 11" X 8 1/2"
- Score the 11" side from one side to the other at 4 1/2" & 6 1/2"
- Next to make the folds inside score 2" from each end on each side. (this is the diagnal score line which will help your bag fold)
- Score the 8 1/2" side at 2 1/2" and 6"
- Now all you need to do is fold each score line and your bag should come alive.
- once you have it all folded up hold it together and punch 2 holes in it to tie ribbon through.

**Before you tie it shut, it's easier to place your decorated piece for the front of the bag on while it's still flat**

Thanks for stopping by and I can't wait to see some of your creations!!

~~Stacy~~