How To: DIY Shopping Bag Envelope for Memorabilia

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Jun 03, 2016

Hi all, Vanessa here with a quick tutorial that will have you keeping those paper shopping bags! Today I'm sharing how to create a DIY Shopping Bag Envelope. Inspired by one of the creative catalysts in the Awesome Ladies Feminist Scrapbook Challenge. This is the perfect way to include some shop memorabilia in your Awesome Ladies scrapbook.

Vanessa DIY Shopping Bag Envelope Tutorial for rukristin

Supplies Needed:

You’ll need a cool paper shopping bag, some scissors, glue or scotch tape.

Step-By-Step

The first step is to cut out one of the sides of the bag like so:

Next, fold the bag over so that the edge comes to about an inch and a half from the outside edge of the bag.

Depending on the size of your shopping bag, you may want to trim the edges to have the DIY Shopping Bag Envelope fit your scrapbook.

Now trim two triangles from the bottom edge of your folded bag.

Open the bag and fold in the edges, along the length of the border created by the cut off triangle.

Close your envelope once more and trim two bigger triangles on the top part of the bag. Make sure the long edges of the triangles meet up with the edge you just folded.

Fold this strip over the side of your bag and glue it (or tape it) down. Repeat with the other side.

Tadaa! Looks like an envelope no?

I left the handle on my bag because I think it looks very cool, but you can trim it off or keep it. It’s up to you and up to what the bag actually looks like. Fold over that top part and you are done.

Lots of space to put in all sorts of memorabilia and findings. The best part is that this method can be applied to any type of paper. I make DIY Shopping Bag Envelope like this from old calendar pages that I love too much to throw away. You can also make them out of wrapping paper. I love to put stickers on smaller versions of these envelopes and add them to gifts.

You could tape the sides down with colorful washi tape or even use old watercolor paper to make the envelopes. The sky is the limit! Punch holes in them and add them to your scrapbook or just glue down the smaller ones onto your pages. DIY shopping bag envelopes are a great way of using up paper scraps too.