I took my repeat patterns to print with the intention of printing the gift wrap sheets and creating the basis of a template for a variety of different shaped gift bags. Unfortunately the violet mothers day design came out very blue and the valentines red came out extremely pink! So I decided not to waste the stock and used them to mock up ideas for the gift bags and even created gift boxes too. I considered stocks and chose a heavy 245gsm matte card for the bags to be sturdy enough to stand by themselves and not bend or fall over.
Here are my practice mock ups:
