Have you ever wondered what else you can do with all of those full page images that now come in the 12×12 paper pads?  Make gift bags!

I have been working on using up the Hope and Faith pad by Craftsmart and it included over 6 full page images!  While I am a scrapbooker, some of these larger images were too pretty to be covered up on a 12×12 scrapbook page.  So, I did some research on making gift bags.  I wanted to preserve the full image for the front of the bag, so I wanted to make the sides of the bag seperately.  Thanks to Sam at Mixed Up Craft and her video, I got an idea of how I wanted to make mine.

12×12 Inch Bags

For the 12×12 inch bags you will need:

• 2-12×12 inch pieces of patterned cardstock (front and back of bag)
• 2-8×12 inch pieces of patterned cardstock (sides)
• 1-8×12 inch piece of patterned cardstock (bottom)
• 2-2×6 inch pieces of cardstock (for braces inside the bag)

Scoring:

1. Decide which 12×12 inch piece you want to be the front of your bag and set it aside
2. Score the back piece at 3 inches up from the bottom
3. Score the side pieces at 1 inch in from each side
4. Turn the side pieces and score at 3 inches up from the bottom.
5. Turn your side pieces back to the original position and score at 4 inches from the top down to the 3 inch score mark.
6. On the side pieces, score from the intersection of the 4 inch vertical score mark and the 3 inch horizontal score mark out to each 1 inch score mark at the corner. This creates the creases so that the bottom of the bag will fold up).
7. For the bottom piece, score 1 inch in from each side.
8. Score the brace pieces down the middle horizontally.

**Please refer to the video HERE for the actual assembly instructions.

6×8 Inch Bags

For the 6×8 inch bags you will need:

• 2-6×8 inch pieces of patterned cardstock (front and back of bag)
• 2-4×8 inch pieces of patterned cardstock (sides)
• 1-4×6 inch piece of patterned cardstock (bottom)
• 2-2×2 inch pieces of cardstock (for braces inside the bag)

Scoring:

1. Decide which 6×8 inch piece you want to be the front of your bag and set it aside
2. Score the back piece at 2 inches up from the bottom
3. Score the side pieces at 1 inch in from each side
4. Turn the side pieces and score at 2 inches up from the bottom.
5. Turn your side pieces back to the original position and score at 2 inches from the top down to the 2 inch score mark.
6. On the side pieces, score from the intersection of the 2 inch vertical score mark and the 2 inch horizontal score mark out to each 1 inch score mark at the corner. This creates the creases so that the bottom of the bag will fold up).
7. For the bottom piece, score 1 inch in from each side.
8. Score the brace pieces down the middle horizontally

**Please refer to the video HERE for the actual assembly instructions.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please let me know if you have any questions on the scoring instructions for these bags.