Origami-fold Tote...Supersized!

Not too long ago my sweet friend Ev did a tutorial for us at one of our monthly Cricuteer Club meetings for a little Origami fold tote bag. Using only a piece of 6x6" cardstock, ribbon, a hole punch, some adhesive and a few quick folds, Ev showed us how easily it was to make her adorable treat bag.  The best part is that no cutting was involved in constructing it!  The finished size of the mini bag was 2-1/2" x 3", the perfect size to hold a snack size candy. I really liked the mini-size but wondered how it would turn out using a larger sheet of cardstock?  At our next meeting, Ev had the same Origami tote to show us, only this time she had used a 12x12" sheet of cardstock...I totally loved this larger sized bag (5x6") even more, and knew I'd have to make a few too...

Originally I wanted to post a link to a tutorial for this tote, but after exhaustive searching online neither Ev or I could find the original tutorial. Ev did find a video tutorial by Kim Burmeister for a "gift card purse" which uses very similar folds which you can view here.
Only difference is for Ev's mini tote bag, she scored at 1-1/2" and 1-1/2" for the first set for scorelines and 2-1/2" and 2-1/2" for the second set of scorelines. For the supersized tote which uses 12x12 cardstock, we scored at 3" and 3" for the first set of scorelines and 5" and 5" for the second set of scorelines. Follow Kim's video for instructions on the folding. Then on the inside of the bag, the side panels were adhered to the front and back panels so the bag would sit upright.

As always, adding the embellishing touches was the funnest part. The little panda and shadow on the front were created in MTC, cut in several layers and popped with foam tape. Red sakura flower was handcut from the patterned cardstock and adhered to the front of the bag with more foam tape. Red flower shaped eyelets were used on the holes for the handles to give it a finished look.
Really liked the larger size of this tote, as it turned out to be the perfect size to fit the bags of yummy macadamia nut puffed rice candies I wanted to share with my friends. Loved that these bags were so quick to construct and that they can be easily made in different sizes by simply using different sized squares.
*edited to add: Just received an email from reader Janis U. who found and shared a link to instructions for this tote bag by Jonathan Phillips. Thank you, Janis! It has good illustrations to help explain the folding for this tote, but you'll probably want to use the scoring instructions provided above.