Below you'll find complete instructions aa well as the products used in making this video.

Cousin Shelli & I made fun purses.

You need two pieces of cardstock cut to 8 1/4" x 10 1/4" each.

Scoring: Score both pieces of cardstock the same way....
On the 10 1/4" length, score at 2 3/4" and 9 3/4" (I'm left handed, so I turn the cardstock around so the 2 3/4" score is on the right side, and then I score at 1/2"...if you are right handed, it's probably easier to leave it so the 2 3/4" score is on the left side of the paper, then score at 9 3/4") I'm sorry if I confuse you going forward, as I sometimes refer to this score as the 1/2" score.

On the 8 1/4" length, with the 1/2" or 9 3/4" score at the top of the score board, score at 5 1/2".
Turn the paper so the 1/2" or 9 3/4" score is on the right side of the score board, score at 1 3/8" ONLY down to the score that's toward the bottom of the paper. I forgot to tell you this in the video, I just had Shelli rub out the score line that went past where it should have stopped. To fix that, you lay the paper with the raised side of the score face up, and take a bone folder, the back of a butter knife, or we used a diamond painting tool's back end to rub the score and basically rub it so you no longer see the score line.

For the lid of your purse, you'll need another piece of cardstock that is 7" x 5" and score on the 5" length at 1/2". These are the correct measurements. Designer paper layer 6 1/2 x 3 1/2". Corner round bottom two corners (farthest from score). Kadomaru Pro from Amazon is my favorite.

Fold and burnish all of three pieces of cardstock on their scores. The one score that only goes part way to the bottom of the paper, you'll pinch that in, don't fold it all the way down.

With the 1/2" or 9 3/4" score on the right side, you'll find a rectangular box on the bottom left, you'll cut from the bottom up on the vertical score to the horizontal score line, getting rid of the vertical score line and then cut an angled wedge out on the right and left side up to the horizontal score line. Then keeping the paper in the same position, go to the 1/2" (or 9 3/4") score and cut out the bottom rectangle long skinny box and then turning the paper on its side, cut angle wedges on the top and bottom of the rectangle left behind.

To make the purse, lay the two papers side by side with the 1/2" or 9 3/4" score on the right side of each. Put tear tape from the right side to the 1/2" score covering the entire wedge, remove the backing, then lay the right paper over the left to the 1/2" score but not over the score and lining up the score that runs horizontally across the two papers. Then put tear tape on the right paper's 1/2" score and fold the left half over so all that's left sticking out is the 1/2" score area on the right side. Put tear tape on the scored area and fold that onto the bag, closing it up.
Flip the bag on it's end so you have two of the sections with angled edges. Fold into the purse one of the bigger rectangles, then put glue on the inside of the angled cut piece and fold it onto the rectangular piece, then fold in the other angled glued piece and finally glue down the last rectangular section. Rub inside to make sure it's well adhered.

Lid: Put tear tape under the 1/2" score (make sure the score is well folded) then attach the lid to the bag centered at the top and with the bag pinched at the top so it's easy to attach the lid. Cut black strips 1 1/4" by 5 1/2" long to adhere to the center of the purse, then once the lid is attached to the purse, add another strip to the center of the lid of the purse lining it up with the strip underneath Put Velcro (from Dollar Tree) about 1/2" from the opening centered on black paper strip. Open purse and then rub to ensure both sides are well adhered. R

ORGANZA RIBBON! Shelli made a crossbody bag..her ribbon was about 2 ft long and she layered 1/4" white organza ribbon onto 1/2" lavender organza with tear tape to make a more substantial ribbon handle. I used about 15" of a heavy silver ribbon (not sure where I got it). Using a Big Bite or Crop a Dile on the smaller hole setting, we punched one hole on one side of the pinched score and one on the other side of the score using a marking on the Big Bite to make sure the holes were the same distance from the top of the bag. I cut the end of the ribbon on an angle and ran the ribbon from the inside to the outside with a knot on the other end of the ribbon, then pulled it to the knot and ran the other side from the outside to the inside then knotted it. You may need to double knot to make sure it doesn't pull out.

Decorations: If you use brads, add them before gluing down black strips. We used sticker buttons and laid them on the black strip, centering each. All embellishments we used were from my stash, so I have no clue where I got them or when.

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