A paper bag!!

One of my friend's is going through a rough time as her father has just been admitted into a hospice to die. He has had cancer for nearly a year and sadly is losing the battle with it. I have decorated this paper bag to hold a book, chocolate and a book mark for her - something to take with her when she goes to sit with him.
I used this week's Papertake Weekly sketch, WOJ's colour challenge (pink and brown) and the Stamp with Simon challenge Anything but a card. I have kept the layout simple - no flowers. Here's the back (posh side) of the bag. I have watercoloured Willow and cut her out using nesties. I threaded organza pink ribbon through the raffia to act as fastener, and added brown ribbon to the top.
The other side looks like this ...

I watercoloured Melinda and used the same nesties to cut her out. The layout is the same as the back and I added an extra panel of the dp. The bag ties with the ribbon from both pieces of organza ribbon.

Here's how I did it ...

The paper bag! I folded the top over and trimmed a tiny bit off to get rid of the rough edge.

On the back I added dp and the raffia ribbon which goes over the fold and fastens under the dp on the flap.
On the front of the bag I repeated the dp and raffia

Here's how it looks at the top where the flap goes.

And it fastens like this.

Simples!!!!

Now to fill it with the goodies and go and visit.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): WoJ Melinda Reading a book; Willow with umbrella
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: MME Every day tango
Embellishments: raffia, ribbon from stash