Quick and easy gift Bags

Hi everyone! Today I'm going to show you how I whip up a quick and pretty gift bag in no time at all. I am really bad a wrapping presents- no matter how hard I try they always look like a 6 year old wrapped them- so I take the easy way out and use gifts bags whenever I can.

For these ones I started out with just a plain old paper bag found at Michaels for a whopping 59 cents. I found some yummy wide ribbon on sale too (the kind with the wire in the edge) and my brain got cooking on how to jazz up that boring old bag.

I randomly stamped some pretty leaves from the Hero Arts set "A Season of Giving" on the bag using my Brilliance inks - then embossed them.

I cut a piece of the ribbon to wrap all the way from the front to the back (the wire in the ribbon makes folding over the edges and base a snap too) and adhered it in a few spots with some double sided Scotch tape. I found a precut die cut shape and stamped the sentiment and inked up the edges- added 2 little leaf buttons and a few Hero Hues pearls. Then I dug through my stash of ribbon and found that lovely sparkly brown ribbon for the base of each handle. And yes I know the plaid ribbon isn't exactly sitting straight- but the handles on this bag are a bit wonky and not centered -guess I should have picked a better bag!


Here is a close up shot of the tag for you to see better- aren't those buttons sooo cute!

I found some other super fun Spider web ribbon and decided to do a Halloween treat bag also. I LOVE this ribbon- the little orange dots along the edge are sooo sparkly!

I did pretty much the same thing as the first bag- stamped some fun Spiders (Hero Arts again) on the bag and found some coordinating orange ribbon for the handles. Made a matching tag and that's it. Soooo quick and easy! Now I just need to find some yummy tissue papers to go inside both the bags. The "Happy Birthday" bag I will be using for my sister's birthday next week- going to fill it up with some goodies from Bath & Body Works, a gift card, and a few sweet treats.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I showed you and quick and easy way to make a pretty gift bag in no time at all.

Inky Hugs, Anne