Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Yikes!
It’s time to get serious about producing those cards to mail and treats to give. Seems like every year I take my time designing little treats and cards, but then I’m in a last-minute mad dash to make enough of them to actually mail and give out.

The treat bag that I’m sharing today is one that I came up with after watching Angie Juda’s video. Her bag is really cute, and I made one myself after watching the video. The problem I have is that most of the papers in the Stacked With Love DSP pack have the design oriented in the portrait or 4.5″ not the 6.5″ direction. I plan to make 15 little boxes with this paper, and if I follow Angie’s directions, most of the bags will have the pattern running the wrong way. So. I decided to fiddle with the dimensions and made numerous bloopers before I figured out a simple way to make the bags that allow me to use all my paper. I took the time to draw off a pattern to share, thinking that others might want to have this same option.

 

 Begin with a sheet of 4″x 6.5″ paper. (If you’re using the Stacked with Love DSP pack, you will need to trim off 1/2″.)

In Landscape mode, score paper at 2 3/4″ and 3 3/4″.

Turn paper to Portrait mode and score at 1″ and 3″ (So sorry that my numbers are upside down in the photo…).

Next, you will score at 1/2″ in down to the second score line on both sides.

Crease along all the fold lines with a bone folder.

Cut away the 1/2″ on both sides down to the second score line. Then trim the small tabs in a smidge so that the sides will line up nicely.

Apply Snail adhesive or glue to the remaining 1/2″ strips all the way down to the second score line.

Assemble the bag. I pushed the sides in a little to make a soft crease and then punched a hole for the ribbon. I also closed the top with a Mini Glue Dot just above the punched hole so that the ribbon (silver 1/8″ ribbon) wouldn’t pull loose (AFTER adding two Dove chocolates to the bag).  Of course, this little bag is cute on its own, but I added a Whisper White heart with For You in Crisp Cantaloupe (both from the Mini Treat Bag Framelit set) and a tiny sliver glitter heart.

Now all I have to do is get all the little bags made before I eat all those yummy Dove chocolate hearts! Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions about my directions, just leave a comment and I’ll answer it.

 

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