Gift Box with Tutorial!

 

Once again René Sharp has prepared an amazing tutorial for us!  She covered a plain tin and turned it into a gorgeous and one of a kind Gift Box!  Here is the tutorial!!  We hope you will enjoy it and make a few boxes of your own!

STEP 1:

For this tutorial I decided to do something completely different from my previous tutorials. I grabbed a tin that has been lying in my drawer for ages, and decided to make a gift box. This tutorial will work with any box, you would just need to adjust your measurements accordingly!

STEP 2:

I took the measurements of the base of the tin, and of the lid. In my case the measurements of my box were: Base 3.3cm (I cut this the width of the 12x12 cardstock) the top of my box measures 10.2cm x 15.4cm.

STEP 3:

I cut the strips and the piece for the top. I used my very trusty (and well loved) Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers to round the corners of the top piece.

STEP 4:

I use double sided tape on the top and around the sides of the box to secure the pieces of cardstock.

STEP 5:

I use a border punch by EK Success to cut a masculine diamond strip to add a decorative touch to the base of the box.

STEP 6:

I secure the border strip with a very thin double sided tape.

STEP 7:

I cut another rectangle of paper, this time in the lovely red houndstooth paper included in the kit. I size it smaller than the original navy piece. This can be any size you would like, if you prefer more of the red, don’t size it down as much as I did. I also cut 2 mini cards from the gorgeous “cheer ‘em on” paper included in the kit.

STEP 8:

I adhere the 2 cards to the top as well as a tag from my stash.

STEP 9:

I spray the “Winner” chippie included in the kit with Mister Huey’s Color Mist in the color Classic Tan. I love the aged vintage look I ended up with.

STEP 10:

I spray a button chippie (from my stash) with the same Classic Tan, and pop it up with some adhesive squares. I also used the gorgeous FabScraps double page of letters for the word “our”. These letters are part of the kit, and really go a long way!!!

STEP 11:

Using some of my very thin adhesive tape, I adhere some dark brown & white twine to the lid. I see Scrapbook Studio now stocks twine, yay!!! This is such a versatile product for cards and scrapping too!

I don’t often make gift boxes, but I am super happy with the way this turned out. It will be perfect as a gift box for that special young man in your life!!

Smiles, Rene’