Handmade Christmas Bag

one side of bag

Howdy Crafters - I created my own paper bag from a sheet of computer paper. I glued a piece of recycled cardboard in the bottom of my bag for stability and glued 2 strips of white cardstock to reinforce the top of the bag. I attempted to redo the measurements since I was making a smaller bag, but had a few errors that I had to correct by adding additional paper to the side - therefore a sheet of computer paper would make a bit smaller bag as far as the width.
My inspiration came from viewing these instructions: click HERE .
If I get my measurements as I like them I will post those in the future - [HAVE them now Dec 12 - click HERE ]or possibly I will find a video showing how to create this bag with one sheet of computer paper. [I may stay with what I came up with and just add the extra strip of computer paper to the side as I like this bag.]
Thanks for stopping by. ~ Gail ~

Recipe
White homemade gift bag - sheet of computer paper plus some extra
Glue and glue gun
Jude Cording for handles
Scraps of white cardstock to reinforce handle area - Crop-a-dile punch
Cardboard recycled for bottom of bag
Sweet and Sassy die and stamp set - coffee cup, steam, a latte sentiment

other side of bag

Rangers black archival ink and Powderpuff chalking ink Mocha Mama
MFP Merry Christmas Sentiment Stamp - Rangers Black Archival Ink
 Christmas cardstock stripes
Bugaboo Joy Penguin Digital Stamp - Little Stackers Oval Die
Spectrum Noir and Micron Ink Pen Markers for coloring
Clear Dollar Stamps Present Stamps - Spectrum Noir Red Marker 

It would be an honor to share with these challenges:
Jan 6 Not Just Cards AG UE
Jan 2  Sweet Stamps AG UE
Jan 2 Catch the Bug - Penguins Parade #1
Dec 30 Just Keep on Creating AG UE
Dec 30 CHNC Extra December UE AG
Dec 20 Crafting Desert Diva Linky Party Christmas UE
Dec 19 Sweet Stamps Anything but a Card UE 
Dec 24 Marys Cardz TV - 3D challenge - Christmas Gift Bag or box #2
Dec 17 QKR Stampede Snow Scene #3
Dec 30 CHN Patterned Paper UE
Dec 18 CHNC Weekly Christmas UE
Dec 17 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop Challenge UE
Dec 18 Sweet Stampin Christmas Presents #1