Ingredients
A4 card – I
have printed borderless onto both sides of my card,
I
used two different patterns . But Card that co ordinates
with
your topper will do.
8x8 inch or
20x20cm Card -I have printed onto this also.
Topper – Must
fit 5inch or 13cm Square card, It can be birthday or
Christmas
.
Acetate – 4
inches or 10cm square optional, but does look nicer
Scoring tools
DST
Scissors
step 1
take your A4
card cut the length down to 5 inches or 13cm
see photo.
Step 2
using boxer or
other score board score at 5inches or 13cm, turn and score other end
at 5 inches, or 13cm, fold and burnish edges it will look like photo
Step 3
take the 8inch
or 20cm square card and score 3/4 inch and 2inches or 2cm and 5cm
around all 4 sides. Fold and burnish all the score lines
Step 4
Look at your
scored lines and at one edge of the card cut down from second score
lines to second score lines, cut out the corners on both sides, see
photo
step 5
at opposite end
cut to match the photo,its easier to see than explain
this step,
fold in you are
making a box shape, you will have to fiddle with the tabs that you
just cut trimming of small bits to help it close .
see second
photo , don t stick down yet.
How it will look folded ,This is the back view
Step 6
if you are
using Acetate you will need to cut a hole in the centre of the front of your box,
now because this is a small card if you fold in some of the scored
edges this does go through my bigshot, so I was able to use one of my
dies if, not you can just cut out a small centre square, stick
acetate over the hole using DST .
You can see the scallop oval I cut in the step 7 photos below
If not using
acetate just add another topper or embellishments to the front of the
box, to make it pretty .
Step 7
fold up box,
stick bottom the end with the tabs down with DST , to give the box
its shape, DO NOT stick top of box.
Then put double
sided tape all around the edges like in photo.
Stick to the
inside back section of your folded card, see photo.
Step 8
Decorate the
front of your box card with your topper and embellishments, to make
pretty, I also decorate the inside cover with a pocket and some
tags, or you can add another topper.
Fill box with
scented tea light, or chocolates, even jewellery for Christmas or
birthday presents .
Some Ferrero
Collection have found their way into this box for a lucky someone.
Or add some Scented tea lights, or a jewellery gift would be very welcome im sure
Thanks for stopping by.
Please leave me a link if you make one of these, I would love to come see your creations
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