Die Cut Embellishments 2025 - Letting Myself Learn Through Playing

I recently saw something like this on Pinterest - a layered flag/pennant/tag-type fold-over thing used to decorate (and close) a gift bag. We’re staying with family for a few days and bringing a hostess gift, which of course I wanted to “wrap a little.”

I experimented a bit by folding my paper in half before cutting with the die. To keep it from cutting into 2 pieces, I set the fold inside the edge of the die before running it through the die cutter. The space between the handles on the bag was narrower than the flag die, so I used a round corner punch to nip-in the folded side. The inspiration used a small wooden clothespin to close them, but darn if I could find mine stash of those! I did find my stash of curly paper clips, though. THe copper finish ties in with the metallic copper stars on the smaller piece. Ribbon from the gift-wrapping stash.

I have several solid-color gift bags left from a multi-pack purchased years ago and I think I will try to make some of these types of things for those soon-ish. Hopefully, I’ll be more likely to use those if they’re a little fancier. The paper clip barely holds this together with the thickness of the velvet ribbon, so I hope to find my mini-clothes pins. I also have some pre-decorated clothespins in my stash, so maybe I’ll find papers to coordinate with those.

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