Box....this one's for you Heather B!

For my stampers 6 I made a little box as a card holder and showed it on my blog a few weeks ago.  I had a few people ask me for a tutorial or "recipe" to make one so I made a gift set on the weekend for a friend and thought I'd pass along the template for the box. 

If you click on the picture, you can see it enlarged and read the measurements more accurately.  Start with a sheet of CS that is 4 3/4 x 8 1/2.  Going across the page, score at 2 and 6 1/2 (these lines are marked with a dotted white line).  From the top, score at 2 and 2 3/4.  You need to create tabs for your box to stay together so I have 3/4 inch tabs at the ends of my front and back panels.  These will adhere to the back of the side panels to close the box.  Then punch 2 slots in your box using your horizontal slot punch in the front and back.  This is where your ribbon will slide through.  By putting your ribbon through these holes then tying around the cards, it prevents the cards from falling out of the box....neat eh?

For the cards, I kept them simple and of similar design.

All of the cards are done on So Saffron CS, with a ribbon across the top of the Cutie Pie Designer Paper.  The ribbons have a few staples in them for a little extra touch.  I actually also embossed the images in Black and coloured them in using my aqua painter and watercolour wonder crayons.

Recipe:

Colours: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery

Stamps: Pun Fun

Other: Cutie Pie Designer Paper, Stapler, Watercolour Paper, Aqua Painter, Watercolour Wonder Crayons, 1/4 Grosgrain Ribbon

It's Friday!!!  Can't wait for the Big Sisters Fundraiser tomorrow!  I'll see you all there bright and early!

Comments

[heather b]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
You know how math impaired I am!!
Love the cards, too! Now I have to make some of those, too!!
Good thing I'm not back to work yet!!

[Dale]

This is so adarable Heather. I can't keep up with all your creations my friend. I need more hours in a day in order to get everything done that I want to make. Have fun tomorrow.

[Dawn Easton]

Love the card set Heather! Thanks for sharing your template. Hope to try that sometime really soon!