6:15 PM JANVSNF Brown Baggin' It!
 

Be sure to put JANVSNF in your Keywords!

My challenge was inspired by a swap that I received at my upline's last meeting. You must make a card using a lunch bag! These cards are great for tucking in gift certificates or $$$!!

The lunch bag can be any color, if you happen to have white instead of brown that is fine. If you don't have any lunch bags, then try cutting a 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 piece from a large grocery bag.

The purpose of this challenge is to use the lunch bag as the base of the card!

You can fold the lunch bag however you would like! To help get you going, here are a few options on how to fold it:

Directions shared by stampcrazed2:

1. You need a papercutter with a scoring blade or a bonefolder. You will make no cuts (just scores). You will also need scissors and one brown or white lunch bag.

2. Take your paper brown/white lunch bag start with the OPEN end of the bag using your fiskers (or whatever brand you have) papercutter stick the OPEN end into the papercutter and score at 1" then score at 5" take it out and fold.

3. The open end is folded on the inside of the card/bag and glued or stapled to keep it from flappin'.

4. Then fold again and the bottom part of the card will be your closure flap that can lay over the top. However, the bottom part is two sections, you will need to glue the other section down (basically folding the bottom part in half, one side used at the front of the card the other at the back glued down) Then cut the corners of my flap with scissors at an angle just for decoration.

Directions shared by emilymomto3boys:

1. Horizontally in front of me, open end to the left and the sealed stuff facing up to the right.

2. Then fold the open end so that it goes under the flappy part of the closed end. (this made the flappy end overlap the open end...so that you would pull it out and open it.)

3. Then fold the extra part of the closed end back to the back of the card - basicaly this makes that sealed part half as big.

4. Tye ribbon around the folded part and seal the part folded over the back to cover the ribbon. So the part of the bag that the chicken cs is on is tucked into the part where the ribbon is tied on.

Please keep in mind that you may fold the bag however you would like! Those are just two options on how to fold your lunchbag.

Big thanks to my VSN Diva Sisters for sharing the way they folded their cards!

In my sample, I cut along the inside seam to make a pocket for a package of cocoa! I also made it very similarly to how stampcrazed2 described.

DO NOT FORGET TO PUT JANVSNF IN YOUR KEYWORDS WHEN YOU UPLOAD YOUR CARD!

I am behind because I keep getting kicked of the site.... I will join in now and do the others later!

This looks so interesting. I'll be doing this later. It's dinnertime!!! :)

What could be better than a lunchbag card after dinner??

Hehehehehehhe!!

Woo Hoo!! Glad you're back on! Can't wait to see what you do!

Good point! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Been wanting to do something like this and just never sat down to do it. Now's the perfect time. :)

WOo Hoo, Emily!!!!!

Now, to find a lunch bag....I think that is in the box that I haven't unpacked yet :oops:

Me, too!! I made it my challenge so I'd do one, too!

:)

RAE! Go find a lunch bag, quick!

HEY, for all you stressed out divas, before you cut into that bag, hold the bag over your mouth and breathe deeply into the bag a few times and you will be ready to conquer this challenge. BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT! BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT!

OK Em - Jen and I are in! Looks like fun!!!

Ha ha ha!

Thanks for the great challenge! I was skeptical at first, but now having done one, I think I may just do this again!!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...197928&cat=587

Woo HOOO!!

I was going to take all your stickers away if you Big Timed me!! :twisted:

All those "6"s should have told you it was a bad idea!!

;)

In that case, pass the lunch bag!

Mine looks very similar when opened up! Here it is!

http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...97953&cat=4633

PIXIE!!! How fun!!! I am in, but can't upload... my camera isn't working!!

Figures!! :rolleyes:

Lovin' these cards, ladies!!!

Here's mine. There is print pattern on the bag, but you can't really tell.

Uh oh!! Will you be able to upload before judging tomorrow?

Me too! But I'm hangin' in there. This one looks fun!

I'm here now....can't wait to catch up. Great challenges!!
Starbright are you here?
j-me

Mr. LOL is sick, but if I can sneak out I will be going into work to scan it!!!

Here's mine

That should be easy! Got any night time medicine?? ;) :twisted:

I didn't have a brown bag, so I used a white one.

my bag card

It took me awhile to "get it". If you read and follow with your bag at the same time it helps.

These are looking great!

Ok, here's mine. Waterpixie, I didn't case you on this, honest. ;)

//www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=198021&cat=587

Hehehehehe! That stamp set RULES!

I got another one done. These challenges are coming at me fast and furious now!