 Hi everybody it's Sam at Mixed Up Craft, thank you for watching my tutorial today I'm going to be showing you how to make this really lovely school satchel gift bag So I actually made this during a Facebook live which I've just actually really kind of just finished But I thought while I've got all the mess around me I might as well just cut all the pieces and do the YouTube video which I promised I would do So this is what I made during my Facebook live I know quite a few of you craft along with me and I can't wait to see your versions of this But this is what it is. It's a lovely size It's 12 by three and a half by eight or was it eight and a half? I always forget eight and a half. It's a great size And I did say during the live though I think it would be really nice to maybe do as a little bit of a treat for maybe if you're home schooling right now Or as a back-to-school gift as well, but alternatively I think they would be great for Christmas and And birthdays, you know depending on what you're going to put in them But you could have a nice tag hanging down here. What I've actually got here is this acetate pocket You can just see Probably can't see the acetate too well and in here is this little there we go. You can probably see a bit better there There we go Um, and I just printed this on the computer. It says name and address But obviously you could have to and from you could have happy birthday And I did also say about heating bossing the initials of the person And having them here looks really nice as well Also, these fold flat So you just pop in the sides there So if you want to make a batch of them now put them away You could really get a head of yourselves ready for Christmas and just make a nice batch of gift cards And then also it's got a velcro fastening And then inside you've got a pocket here So you could put the card or you could put some little textbooks notebooks and inside there's lots of room there You could put some books in there as well or anything you want It would fit some clothing obviously it is wider just because it was flat there we go And if you did want to put something heavier just reinforce it with some greyboard and Maybe reinforce the handles a little bit there as well I think then it would work really well, but I think it's adorable So I've used the plain red card stock for this one But today I'm going to be using a really nice pattern just to give you some more inspiration So let me show you how to make it. Okay, so for the one that I'm going to make now I'm using this paper pad which was from the works. It's three pound bargain And it says make and create which is their kind of craft brand. I think when they do their paper pads I've got a really nice selection there So I've pulled out something that I think would work really well together for this project I'm also using for the fastening the buckle detail Oh, I'm using this one here, which is the doctor's bag which I shared the other day And I'm using the strap and the buckle here But I will show you a really easy way to make your own so you don't have to have them So there are no dies really in this apart from making the little A pocket piece at the front, you know that little kind of what would you call that just I don't know a little acetate Label area section. Was it called? I don't know. Anyway, I use these dies for that Which I'll give the measurements to and then that's the dies for the fastening. So we'll go through all of that later So I've prepared lots of pieces so the video will be, you know, nice and quick We'll pop those all there. So first of all I'm going to use this beautiful floral print So you want two pieces of 12 by 12 cardstock. Okay Now if you're using let me just pop that If you're using directional paper have it up this way so it's in the right orientation and then turn it Okay, this left hand side is now going to become the base So you want to score it three and a half all the way down And then just fold and burnish So that is now the front of the gift bag. Okay, then with your next piece Again, this is it facing up the right way Turn it this now becomes the base and you want to score it three and a half If you want it to fold flat, you also want to score it five and a quarter Okay, and then you're going to fold that first score line. So it's a mountain And then the next one so it becomes a valley Okay So if you want to score At three and a half this way and then flip it and score it five and a quarter Then your score lines will be in the right orientation But this is a really good cardstock considering how cheap it is. It doesn't crack So that's what you want. You can see there how that's going to fold flat So a mountain and a valley fold Okay Then for our lid you want a piece of four and a half by 12 and I'm using this nice It's like the safety glass Kind of print along the four and a half inch side. You want to score. I've done it that way You want to score at three and a half and four Okay Fold both them so they're both mountain folds And then what I did is I used my corner punch and I just Just rounded off The corners there That was okay. I think I missed a bit on the other one Okay, again completely optional, but it does look quite nice Then you will need two pieces for the side, which is here Okay, so I've already prepared that one, but you'll want two pieces that are four and a half by 12 And along the 12 inch side you want to score at three and a half And if you want it to fold flat you want to also score at five and a quarter Then rotate it and you're going to score at half an inch all the way down Then at two and a quarter just down to the first score line just here And then at four all the way down So you have half an inch tabs on the left and the right and then this through the middle Which is going to help you fold it all flat So do that on two pieces And then finally for the pocket you want a piece of cardstock that's seven and a half Oh throwing everything around seven and a half by ten and a half And on three sides only you want to make sure that Basically, yeah three sides only but you need to leave one of the longer sides free So make sure you score both short sides and one long side But you're going to score at half an inch and one inch. Okay rotate half an inch one inch And then rotate again half an inch and one inch Okay So that's all the scoring you'll also want two pieces of one by 12 for the handle I've doubled them up and I've curved them so they're already in my handle shape So I don't want to open that up again because it's going to kind of buckle the the card But that's now going to be ready for the handle. Okay So a bit rid of this so first of all we want to prep the sides So you want to fold and burnish All of your score lines And again that bottom score line fold down But that five and a quarter one where you've just got that Two and a quarter line meeting there you want to fold that so it's a valley Just the same way as we scored that back piece Okay, now you do need to do a little bit of scoring. So I'm just going to grab a ruler and a stylus And you just want to score within this rectangle here Okay, there's your score lines here and here You're working within this rectangle and you're going to score from the bottom of this score line To the bottom left and to the bottom right Just like I've done here It's all within that rectangle. Don't go over into these side pieces And then those folds would both become valleys Along with that middle Okay, and then the whole thing should fold flat either way Okay, next we just want to cut These bits here and then just take a few wedges off. So I'm going to remove Each of these side pieces And then you can take a nice wedge off of this here This will stop everything overhanging because it's a deconstructed gift bag. We've got lots of you know Sides to it We want to make sure they all kind of hide within each other And then I'm just taking little wedges off of all of those tops there You'll now have two pieces or you will do have two pieces that look like that Okay, next we want to attach these to the gift bag So if you start with the back piece where you'll have the two score lines This is the bottom. Okay, you're going to run glue all along this and stick it So that it lines up with the bottom score line So that five and a quarter one will line up with the five and a quarter one on here And the base score line will line up with the base score line here so And you know the the top would all line up as well But I always say focus on the bottom score line Because you can always trim the top if it's a little bit out I'm just running my glue just on that tab And then start down here And line that all up Like so, okay, and then add glue to this side And stick it at this end then flip the whole thing over Fold one in and again run your glue All down your tab Grab your front which would just have the one score line And lay that one down on top And that base score line again should line up with this score line here And then fold that one over Fold this side in And run your glue along this tab That one down and pop this one And it should just fall over the top and everything should line up perfectly And that way you know that everything will fold flat Okay Next we flip it up so the base is at the top Where you've got your score line this second score line here That's the back remember so you want to lay that one down first And then I'm going to add glue Fold these two pieces out here I'm going to add glue To one of those That one over And then add my glue onto this one here Don't worry if the other ones come open because once we stick everything down We can add a bit more pressure like so And then lie it on its side and add your glue all over this piece here Just bring the bag up You can now go in there and push everything down So while that's drying I'm going to bring in my lid And you want to run glue All down that half-inch outer Tab okay, don't go into the other one because that's just going to be the top Again, you're sticking this on the back so the same side where you've got that score line there So You lay it down this way. It's a bit easier just to kind of lie that down so Meets up with that score line. Just kind of tack it in place Bring it up and just go in there and really push that down and just move it around until you're happy That it all lines up Okay, so now that's going to come down like this now if you want to you could put a big topper on there You could put velcro dots underneath here Add a handle and have that style and I have something probably almost even the same as this already on the channel But you know, you don't have to add the other bits and and turn it into that satchel if you don't want to So That's that piece now. I'm going to move on to the pocket. So this is this piece here So just fold and burnish all of those score lines Have four squares in this bottom corner. You just cut up Those score lines so you freed up those four squares you want to remove The two outer ones and then remove the bottom one and it's just like a reinforced gift box And again go along to this side here just cut up both of those Like so and then if you just take again tiny little wedges off of each side It will just tidy up everything When we go to fold it all in And one other thing I also did which I forgot to do here is I added some extra score lines So you want to also score if you want this to kind of just be able to fold flat a little bit Score at three quarters of an inch about three quarters of the way down So you're scoring halfway within that second half inch section And then along here you just want to score at nine and three quarters Again just about three quarters of the way down Okay It's optional, but I don't do think it does help when you fold this flap down So now that fold you want to become a valley. So all the rest are mountain But that is a valley and you see there just right kind of like so Just on the side there You want to add glue to these tabs here so this one And sorry, I'm just off the camera there and that one there And you're just going to bring them under and bring the base around and just stick that down And just pinch that in place You can bring that one around at the same time as well if you want to do two Hold them there in place. Okay, and then I'm going to add a little bit of glue on top of this one here and just bring that over just to kind of tack it in place You can kind of pinch, you know, put your fingers in between there and just pinch those together And again, just this is just tacking it in place. It would just help bring everything else together Then you just want to add your glue on all three of those tabs If you fold, actually I just set that there, if you push your fingers in above the triangles on each side And push it against that fold the whole thing will fold flat Move that out of the way Okay, just makes it a bit easier to then stick this down. So this here You want to make sure you've got an even Amount here on each side. So what have I got there? I think it was about one and three quarters. So yeah, I need to push that along a little bit And then I've come up there. Yeah, it's about three quarters of an inch So kind of get that in place once you're happy where it is You can then Go in with the ruler and push that all down. Okay, so now that's going to come over there All right, next you want to have your little straps. So these are from the Simply made crafts and this is the doctors bag die set which I shared earlier in the week And I've just die cut a few of these and laid them on top of each other So they've come quite strong and I've die cut two of these as well And you'll see that one there So I die cut it in silver and then I die cut it with some cardstock underneath and just stuck it on top Just so it's a bit stronger So if you don't have that what you can also do is cut a piece of one by four and three quarters and then I think it was a lady called Harriet apologies Harriet if you're If it wasn't you it was Harriet or Tina I think it was Harriet and she suggested using the envelope punch board to create these little notches So then you just want to lay it in the envelope punch board and Punch it so it will give you a similar shape Okay, and then you can to create your buckle style You just want to die cut a couple of circles small nested circles one that's about one and one eighth of an inch Put a smaller one inside die cut them both so you get a like a frame And then you can just stick that over the top because yours won't have that bar through the middle And then if you want to create that little bit there, you can just if you've maybe got a silver pen You could put that in there as well Okay, or you don't even have to have the metal work You can just cut two strips of one by four or three quarters and stick them on But if you do have these little buckles Then you just want to add a little bit of glue behind This bottom piece and the top of it there. Sorry. I'm just off. I think my cameras Just moved back a little bit. So I feel like I'm sat in the same way You know my seat's the same position, but I feel like I'm a little bit out of shot and I'd already stuck that one down So I'm just going to lay this over the top and then I can just bring this Over it to make sure They're both in the same Place Okay So next I want to stick these down. So I'm going to add my glue just within the top section here So however you stick the first one down, you want to make sure you stick the second one the same So I'm going to bring this down And I want them, you know near to this side because we're going to have that little Kind of pocket detail in the middle. So I'm going to sit this one About there I'm actually going to try and line up the lines Like so You see there so I've come in two and Three quarters of the way I think I might have been two and a half on the other one, but it should all be okay That's that one there and then with this one just going to do exactly the same. So add my glue Lay my ruler down at two and three quarters And then I know where to stick this one here. I've got my 20 mil dot and dab Velcro dots And I'm just going to pop it behind the buckle on each of these And again And then just bring it over Making sure it runs nice and flush with the top. So that's all straight Wherever they like kind of lie is obviously where they need to be push down And then you'll be able to pull each one apart and just push down on that velcro a little bit better Okay, now we're just going to open it all up again You'll see we've got that really lovely satchel coming together. Next you've got your handles This was one by 12. I've already got it in that shape It stays there now because the glue's dried in that arch shape But I'm just going to add the glue at one end about half an inch And then I'm going to stick it Behind here, let's just see how far I came in on this one here So I came in three and three quarters. I'm just going to lay my ruler down there So three and three quarters. I'm going to stick it Just there Okay, and I'm sticking it within that half inch piece that overhangs here So just do that for a minute. Okay, so I'm just going to kind of leave that one drying because I want to make sure it's completely set before I bring Round to this side because it puts a little bit of pressure on this I'm just going to leave that Just kind of there for the moment. Then we can just concentrate on the frame I use these dies here So this one the largest one is three inches by Two and a quarter or two and one eighth and then this one here is two and a half by one and three quarters Pop this one inside until you've got a nice Even frame pops some washi tape on there So it stays in place and die cut that a few times and just stack them on top of each other until you've got this thicker piece here Okay, because this is going to go again. This is completely optional But it's going to go there and I think it does just finish off this satchel style bag Then I've also gone and cut a piece of acetate slightly smaller Then your dimensions of the of the biggest, you know sides here So mine now is just over two by just under three And I'm going to run some of my red tape around The frame here just taking off the release paper then I'm just going to stick this acetate behind Like so You've got anything sticky Just run your antistatic buddy or some cornflour or something over that just to take away anything sticky And then you can always Just go back in And buff it up, but that's actually okay Okay, that's a little bit of a mark on there. If you've got any markings just pop a little bit of your This is my surgical spirit And just got my cloth here even though this is stained it is clean And you can just take off any static and kind of any sticky Marks without damaging the acetate there So now there that's much cleaner Okay, and then you now want to add sticky tape just to three sides of the two shorter sides The longer side of the bottom there And then we're able to slide in that little piece of paper You can have two in front on it or name an address I'm probably going to put name an address. I think it looks quite nice now You want the sticky Long side at the bottom and then the stickiness on the two sides there So, you know the top it needs to be free basically and then you just want to sit it down It's up to you really where you want to do it. I'm going to line it up with the bottoms of the Straps just about Make sure you've got kind of an even Gap between the two I think that's about right I'm just going to open it back up again And then I can just go in there just push that all down I mean, it looks nice without anything in it because it catches the light. It looks really authentic Like so doesn't that look fab then I'm happy now that glue's dried so I can now add Some more glue to the bottom there And again, it was the measurement that we said for that side. So three and three quarters So I'm just going to twist that around And then three and three quarters. So I need to stick that there And I'm just going to hold that there for a few minutes until that's secure Okay, so the handle is nice and secure now. That's not going anywhere And I've also just cut the backs off of my split pins or brads And then I've just used some hot glue and just stuck some there just a little bit of hardware It just looks like a real kind of Rivet I guess something like that that you would put through the leather And I've also done it on this one here with the silver And I just went and distressed it a little bit more with a very deep red color Just think that looks quite good and you will see there that I've added the name and address label So I just printed this on my computer. You'll see their name and address and the measurement You just want it to be able to fit in your window. So I mean if yours is the same size then mine is Just over two and five eights Yeah, is that right? Yeah, just over two and five by just over one and three quarters So now I can just slide that In between there. I mean you don't have to put name and address you can have two and from you could have happy birthday in there It's entirely up to you, but I do think oh looks like I might need to cut that one a little bit Smaller probably got a little bit of the sticky tape maybe You know over one side more than the other. So I'm just going to trim just a little Smidge off of there and I also used my corner punch just Tidy up and it just kind of helps you slide that in A little bit easier. You could also stick this behind this before you stick the whole thing down So, you know if you write in it before Then you could do that as well, but there you go Doesn't it look cool? I think it just finishes it off and like I said, this would make a really nice You know kind of back to school gift or a homeschooling gift. I think it's super super fun So once again, it all folds nice and flat So you can store these away, you know for later and again pop that one there And there you have it. I love them. I think they turned out brilliantly. So I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial I'll link the facebook live Well, my page my facebook page if you'd like to join in any facebook live craft alongs every other day It's about two two and a half hours and I will put usually I'll put like a little Supplies list of what you would need. So again, it is a bit of fun and lots of people are enjoying it And yeah, hopefully you will too if you decide to join in and you don't have to join in You can just sit back and watch as well. So, yeah, really pleased with how this has come together Hope you've enjoyed it if you have as always, please give me a thumbs up It's really appreciated and consider subscribing to the channel so you get to see more fun tutorials And I'll be back very soon with another video. Thanks for watching. Bye