Good Saturday morning....oh, afternoon, to you!!!! I have to admit that my blog hopping and Splitcoast browsing has drastically declined since starting UStamp. I was over at my friend Anne's the other day and she showed me this super cute creation! I of couse freaked out because it's all about cutting and scoring and folding (love this!) and ran home and made up my own rendition with Emma. And now I realize they are everywhere on the net CAUSE THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!! I'm not sure who they originated from but for today I'll credit and thank Anne as I saw it from her!
Isn't it the sweetest little backpack ever??? We filled the backpack with 3x6 cards and Emma made one for her teacher! Of course we had to use the ADORABLE Teacher's Pet set to go with it!
Hope you're having a great weekend!
Here are the basic dimensions that I used. Not sure what else is out there for patterns as I just eyeballed this one.....
Pumpkin Pie: 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 scored at 2 inches along the bottom and the two sides (two of these are needed...these are the front and the back of the package), 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 for the flap scored at 2 inches (I used the Coluzzle to curve the flap front)
Create a tab from the bottom two 2x2 squares on the pumpkin pie cs by cutting one edge of the square off. These two pieces of Pumpkin Pie make a bag front and a bag back that assemble together. After they are attached, I creased the bag as you would for a 2x4x6x8 box. Then attach the flap from the back.
Designer Series Paper: 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 for the front and 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 for the flap
I used magnetic snaps to hold the flap down. Have fun!
Velcro even...
Posted by: Sue | September 13, 2008 at 12:55 PM
lol oh and I forgot to mention, I used felcro dots to close it!
Posted by: Sue | September 13, 2008 at 12:54 PM
PS... how did you attach the ribbons for handles?, I just made slits in the back, thread ribbon through then tied knots to keep it in place
Posted by: Sue | September 13, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Woohoo I just made one of your fab backpack's Heather. It was a little hard with only few instructions but I figured it out. Congrats to Emma and Heather for a job well done! TFS.
Posted by: Sue | September 13, 2008 at 12:50 PM
How fun is this??? Well it looks like fabulous fun to me! :) have to do this one now too! Wow I have a lot to make up to show customers and lots for workshops/classes that everyone will "love" to make now. TFS
PS... I have never has soooo much fun with my craftwork as I am having lately. Thanks all!
Posted by: Sue | September 07, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Emma you truly have the best Mom in the whole world for her ability to see something and then have the two of you make it together. Your teacher is going to flip over it. Love it!
Posted by: Dale | September 06, 2008 at 11:36 PM
How cute is your mom's comment! I really love the Washington Apple paper right now and in combination with the super cute backpack...what more could a teacher ask for. Now, if only one of my students would bring me suck an awesome gift!
Posted by: Jodie | September 06, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Emma, you and Mommy did a great job!!! I love the colours and the DSP paper you used. I'm sure your teacher will really like it. Well done!!! Love, Gramma.
Posted by: Gramma | September 06, 2008 at 06:53 PM
Hi!
Is there a link to your friend Anne? Would love the dimensions, can probably figure the rest out from your pics. Thanks~
BA
Posted by: Betty-Ann | September 06, 2008 at 04:23 PM
This is simply adorable!! Can you please share where you found the pattern for this?? I love this and it would make some cute gifts! Guess I haven't looked enough on Splitcoast myself because I haven't seen this yet. LOVE IT!!
Posted by: Melissa (smileytexan) | September 06, 2008 at 02:20 PM