Triangular gift box.

I watched a video on making a little triangular gift box, as I watched the demonstrator sticking lots of pieces together to form the sides of the box,  I thought, I'm pretty sure you could make one of those out of a single sheet of card, without having to cut lots of pieces and stick them all together.  So I set about designing one. I have no idea what sort of gift would fit in this box., apart from mini sandwiches. I guess I made it just to satisfy my curiosity  to see if it could be made as an all in one piece box..

 Here is the result.

 So if you want to make one yourself here are the instructions.

You'll need; 

1,  A4 piece of card cut to  8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches

 Half a sheet of patterned paper

Scoring tool,  rule  and a pencil

score board.

Scissors  &  glue

Cut a piece of card to 8  1/4 x 8  1/4 inches. Draw a faint line from corner to corner diagonally.

From that line measure 2cms out and mark all along the line on both sides,  join up the marks with a pencil and rule.  Then erase the centre line,  you should have a 4cm wide  band running through the middle of the card now. With a rule and a scoring tool score both lines.

Score a line 4cms in on all four sides.

at each end of the diagonal lines,  draw a line from the end of one diagonal to the end of the other to  join  them up, as in the photo below.

Cut off the corners at both ends.

Between the diagonal (marked in grey on the photo.) score a straight line across from score line to score line at each end. (marked in black on the photo.)

Once  you have cut along the cut lines fold in the tabs. You may find it useful to number the corners as I have.

On the opposite corners marked as 1 & 2 on the photo, cut one of the score lines to where the lines meet. Apply glue to the back of  panel 1 and adhere it to the inside of the side marked 1, to form a nice sharp corner.

adhere corner 2 in the same way.

adhere 3 to 3

and 4 to 4. Don't worry about the wings on the end.

Close the box.

Draw a line on the back of the wings following the edge of the box. Open the box  then trim the  wings off. 

The construction part is now complete.

the bottom

 

The measurements.

How to cut the triangular  panel to fit the top.

Measure the short side of the box, this box measures 10cms on the short sides. Cut a  square of pretty paper 1 cm smaller than the box's short side, so that will be 9 x 9cms. Then cut the square in half diagonally and you will have two triangles that will fit the top and the bottom of the box.

Cut 2 side panels measuring 9 x 3cms   and  the back panel 13 x3cms.If you turn it on it's side,  you have a cute  mini sandwich box.

Place cards with a difference.

 The next installment in my series of ideas for place cards involves some simple die cutting. It's far easier than you may think. 
The first example was cut using just the top half of  the Bride and Groom die from  First Edition's  wedding set of dies.
For the second I used a stitched effect circle die for the base card. I then die cut or punched smaller circles for the layers.

For the third example I used a heart shaped die to cut the base card. Then realized it didn't really look like a heart without the bottom point of the heart.









So I cut a complete heart ran it through the Xyron adhesive applicator and then flocked the heart before sticking to the base card.

The next  shot shows the back of the card.
Of course If you don't like the  look of the hole in the back you could cut the back section off completely and stick the  front panel onto another uncut base card.
You'll need a lot more card if you go down this route.



So here is how to create this type of place card.

Cut your base card to the size you require. Draw a  light pencil line across the middle of the card.

Place the die in the centre of the card and tape the die in position to prevent it slipping.                                                                            Line the edge of the top cutting up with the pencil line on the card.  feed the other end of the cutting plate into your  die cutting machine and wind the plates, die and platform through the machine.

 When it comes out the other side you will have cut a semi circle in your card. 
You can now score a line from the outer  edge to the cut line on each side and fold  each side of your card in half.

Cut a slightly smaller    circle from stamping card  stamp a design onto the card and die cut or punch out the design and adhere to the centre of the semi circle.   
Another option is to add an extra  layer around  your design as I have done in the  floral circle card above.    

  The bride and groom card at the top was created in exactly the same way.                                                                       

Boxed Chocolate Bear

The inspiration for this box for the Lindt chocolate bear came from the very talented Linda Parker. 
I am not entirely sure how Linda made her boxes but I think she has four acetate sides on her boxes and I think the lid and base on her boxes cap the acetate. I also think she has made a platform to raise the bear within the box.   But I wouldn't swear to that.  Sometimes it's hard to tell how something is made from a photo.

I decided to do my own version of this box.


 I started by  making the base and lid from  two squares 3" x 3" of  red card, I scored a line half an inch in,  all the way round each piece of card and folded on each score line. Then snipped and glued each corner  to form two shallow boxes. it is absolutely essential that both boxes finish up exactly the same size or your finished box will look warped and your acetate  won't fit properly.  
THE FINISHED BOXES  SHOULD  MEASURE  2"X 2"

Cut a piece of mirri board 2" x 3  1/2" .


At the top of the mirri board run a line of snail adhesive or double side tape close to the edge of the card (on the   shiny side.) 


Line up the edge of one of your shallow boxes with the edge of the mirri  card and adhere  (see photo)


Do the same at the bottom.

Using a glue dot adhere the bear to the centre of the  base.

To make the  hanger.
Cut a square  slightly short of  2" x 2"
on the reverse find the centre  and punch two small holes.
Thread   a length of elastic through the hole and tie in a not on the underside,  secure the ends  of the elastic with a little   snail adhesive.
Apply a stronger  adhesive  like fast fuse or red line double sided tape along two opposite edges  and place inside the top of the lid. 





 Cut a strip of acetate  6   3/4"  x  3  1/2" 

 Score at  1/4" and fold this edge over firmly. 

Place acetate back on score board and score at
2   1/8" then  at 4  1/8 then again at 6   2/8" 

The final width of the side panels and flaps  should measure...in order


First flap  1/4 "

First  panel   2    1/8 " 

The front  panel should be  2" wide 

 The third panel should measure  2   1/8 "

 Last flap 1/4" 




Apply a strip of strong double sided tape down the  inside edge of each 1/4"  flap.

Wrap the flap around the back of the mirri card and press firmly to attach the the flap to the back of the mirri  card.
repeat on the other side... you may need to insert something like an ultra thin steel rule or something similar to prevent the mirri card crushing when you apply pressure to the second flap.
I think I used a thin bamboo kebab stick.

I decorated the  inside top of this box with some Christmas paper and a little sponging.

Pretty Origami Box

Remember the origami basket tutorial I posted sometime ago. Well this pretty box is made in pretty much the same way until you get to the almost the end. when you have to fold down the handles as well  as the sides, and this has  a lid rather than a handle.
If I can find some time I will make another video tutorial on the making of this box.

This was made from a 12x12 sheet of DSP from SU. I think the colour is River Rock. It's not a colour I liked very much but I have to say I think it  looks great made into this box.
To make this box you will need two sheets of 12x12 paper and one sheet of co ordinating card stock.
 Some narrow  lace and decorations of your choice and a hot glue gun.
I have been suffering with a dreadful cold for the last few days and lacked  the patience to make the flowers myself. So I chose to use  a few of the flowers I  purchased  some years ago but never got round to using. 


You can just about see that  the bottom of the box has a reinforcing panel inside. As most the fold lines go through centre of the  sheet of card the base  can end up weakened. So the panel has been added for extra strength.
The side triangular panel decorations were made by punching a small hole through gold card, 
Then taking a slightly larger punch and lining it up over the  smaller hole you have just punched and punch again . This gives you the gold frame. 

With the larger of the two punches cut out  another circle in  your decorative paper, over stamp if you wish. I used the floral stamps from the Tiny Tags set of stamps.   When the ink was dry I then run a thin line of adhesive on the outer rim of the decorative paper , ( I used the two way glue pen.) line up your gold circle frame over the decorative paper and press firmly until  stuck.
The leaves were cut  using an assortment of punches and dies and  the edges were sponged to give  a little more depth to the creation.


In my last photo you can see the under side of the lid.
 this was made by making a small shallow box the same size as the aperture in the  top of the base. Which in this case  was 8 1/2 cm  square.  So I cut a square   11 1/2 cm  X 11 1/2 cm scored all the way around the card at 1   1/2 cms  and made the box this was then glued in to the centre of the decorative panels. The First/ Bottom  layer measured 12 x 12 cms.
The next layer was 1/2 a cms less at 11 1/2 cms
The next layer was 2 cm less  at 9 1/2 cms
and the last layer being 1/2 cm less  at 9 cms .
You  don't have to use these precise measurement because  they don't really matter,  you do whatever sizes  you like. 

Now for the filling....ummm  my friend Angie says  fill it with chocolates and use it as the centre piece of the table with coffee after a meal. Sounds like a wonderful idea to me.

But I think this one is nice enough for a wedding gift and I know just the person to receive it. Just need to find a  suitable wedding gift to fit in it.

Milk Carton Box

This gift box was created  with the milk carton die. Cut out two milk cartons and cut two panels off the end of one of the carton at the NON tab end. This is really important as you will find you don't have anywhere to put your glue or tape if you cut off the wrong panels.  decorate the panels as desired while the box is flat. (it is far easier to decorate  at this stage.).
Crease all the score lines in the top and add two more where they are missing (once you have done all the scored lines you will see where the two missing lines should be.) Punch a hole  on the folds thread ribbon through  draw it up tightly and  tie a nice bow and add  a tag.

Gift box

I used the stampin up jumbo wheel stamp for this box with perfect plum ink cartridge. I did decorate it inside and out .
I added purple grosgrain and a greeting.