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- Hi, I'm Lia.

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I'm the blogger and paper craft designer at liagriffith.com.

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I'm gonna show you some really fun ways

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to wrap your gifts.

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And this could be used at Christmas or all year round.

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Before we add the wrappers and gift tags,

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you need to wrap the gifts,

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so I'm gonna show you a few quick tips.

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I'm gonna turn my gift wrap over

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and place my gift along the edge.

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I have a very narrow gift here,

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so I'm gonna bring it close to the edge.

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I want to make sure I can cover the edge

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with just a little extra.

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So I'm gonna eyeball about the same width on this side

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and trim off my excess paper.

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It's okay that's it a little jaggy.

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We'll have it covered.

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I usually like to put the face of the book down,

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and then we're gonna have the seams on the back.

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So I'm gonna wrap it almost to the edge.

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I'm gonna crease my corners with my fingers.

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This'll make it really clean.

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Bring it back around.

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Crease again.

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I'm gonna trim off the excess.

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At this point it doesn't really matter.

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I'm gonna hide that cut.

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Open that back up, fold it,

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and put a piece of tape right on the seam.

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For the edges, I'm gonna push the little small pieces

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in first and I'm gonna crimp this with my fingers

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so that we have a nice fold.

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Press down the corner.

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You have to be careful not to let your book slide.

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And then I'm gonna flip that corner back inside

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once I have the crease already there.

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This is a small gift, so it's a little bit tricky,

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and it takes some nimble fingers.

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There we go.

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And then carefully go the other direction.

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I'm gonna crease this, fold it back.

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I didn't give myself a lot of extra there,

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but that's okay.

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Fold it back up,

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and then...

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add a piece of tape right on the seam.

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It's easier to do it standing up for the second side,

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so I'm gonna press in the corners first,

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crease the angles.

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Really fold your seam down.

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And then, just like I did the other side,

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I will reverse that fold

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so it's very clean.

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Bring it back down, crease it.

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Fold it under and give it a piece of tape.

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This looks really clean and professional.

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Now that my gifts are wrapped,

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we're ready to add the details.

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I'll need scissors and twine to add my gift tag.

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I think I like this one for this gift.

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I'm gonna cut a little piece of twine.

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I would say that's, mm, maybe eight inches long.

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I'll put my ends together,

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and then feed that through the hole.

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Put my ends back through the loop,

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and now we can tie it onto the gift.

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Just gonna wrap it right behind the bow

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where it's glued and do a double knot.

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And I actually like having that extra string.

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It kind of coordinates with the polka dots.

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Another option if you're using this paper bow

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is you can take a piece of the leftover paper

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and use it as a ribbon to wrap around the gift,

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and this gives it a really nice finished look

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if you have a bigger package.

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And now I'll show you how to use the paper cut wrappers.

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I usually like to put the wrapper

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along the short edge of the gift.

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That way, you can still see quite a bit of the paper.

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So I'll center that, wrap it to the back,

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and I'll line it up,

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and let's just attach it with a piece of tape.

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When I use these intricate wrappers,

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I like to use an extra ribbon to finish it off.

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I'm gonna center the ribbon on the band,

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measure it so it's even,

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and trim.

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And then I'm gonna tie my bow.

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The trick to getting the bow to go this direction

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is you'll loop your bottom first,

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go over the top of your loop and back through again.

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And that will give you a really straight bow.

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I'm gonna trim the ends,

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and then let's add a gift tag.

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I'll do the same thing that I did on my last gift.

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Sometimes you can string the gift tag through the bow,

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but I usually like to have it on a separate string.

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It keeps the bow looking a little bit prettier,

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and I like the added texture

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of the twine.

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I think it's fun.

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These are both small gifts,

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and so the belly band will wrap all the way around,

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but if you want to do this on a larger gift,

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cut two belly bands, tape them together,

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and you'll center it in the middle,

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and then wrap it around the back.

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And the tag and the bow will pretty much cover up the seam,

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and it'll look beautiful.

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I've cut my flower very large, and this gift looks so happy

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with the polka-dot gift wrap.

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I'm gonna place it in the center,

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align it as best I can.

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And you can use a double-stick tape with this.

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I'm just gonna use this invisible tape.

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On both of the peaks, I'll tape it down to the side,

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turn it over, and do the same thing.

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Another option, if you don't want to tape it,

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you could actually hold it on with the ribbon,

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but you're gonna have to hold it carefully

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while you do that.

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So just like the last belly band,

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I like to add that ribbon.

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This time I want my bow to go the other direction,

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so rather than over the top, I'll go under,

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so that my bow will go sideways.

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It's a little trick my mother taught me.

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I'm gonna slide my string behind the ribbon, and...

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add the little bit of detail

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of the red-stripe baker twine.

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You can tie that in a double knot

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or just tie it in a bow like that.

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I've wrapped these gifts for a holiday,

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but with different paper, you can use the same paper cuts

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and tags for all year round.

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I've given you a lot of little tips.

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I hope you have fun mixing and matching.