Crafty As L

“Just Because” is our Design Team theme this week and my brief was for a non-card project.   My friend has just begun chemo and immunotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer so I had her in mind to make this for.   She’s a complete chocoholic so thought I’d take her some Freddos at my next visit and thought they’d look great in a little gift box-bag.   After debating which products to use, I spotted the ladybird and leaf on the chocolate wrapper so that decided it: Little Ladybirds stamp set and  Leafy stencil. The beauty of this box-bag is that you can make whatever size you need, although it might be necessary to join two pieces of card together for a large one.   Just decide what width and depth of bag is required, add up all the sides and add ½” for the tab.   For the height, add whatever depth you’ve chosen minus ¼” plus the desired height of the bag.   I find it helpful to make a little sketch to visualise all t...