Well I have been working away on this Gift Set for Christmas and I was not going to post it here until fall but I have had a few (ok more than a few) people ask for the dimensions and instructions on this one, so I made up a quick tutorial using some Summer Smooches Cards and colours! Below is my original Christmas set and I will post more on this later.
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You will need to start with
2 12x12 pieces of Card Stock,
2 8.5x11 pieces of CS and one 7.5x7.5 square Window Sheet.
For the bottom of the box you will score a full sheet of 12x12 at 1" and 2" on all sides of the paper.
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For the Lid you will want to cut the paper to 10
1/8"x10
1/8" and score at 1' on all sides.
TIP: If you want to stamp your boxes to decorate them now would be the time.
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To create the hole in the lid I found it simple to just cut out a 6x6 piece of copy paper and glue it lightly down to the center of the lid. Then using my cutting tool I cut out the center using the copy paper as a guide.
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I cut all the tabs on the four corners and added a window sheet using tape runner.
Then fold the scored edges and glue the tabs in place. Set your lid aside and start on your base.
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Since you have already scored your 12x12 base you now need to cut out the four corners and snip out some tabs. As I have shown on this white sheet the shaded areas are cut out and the green lines (I hope you can see them) are where you cut the tabs.
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Once your tabs are ready you can fold in all of the score lines as shown.
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I added adhesive to each of the four sides just under the first score mark. The tabs will tuck into each of the folds next to them but I added adhesive is just to give it stability.
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Now that you have your lid and base created you can move on to the inserts that will divide your cards and tags up. Using your 2 pieces of 8.5x11 cut out one each of the following:
6 x 7
7/87
5/8 x 3
1/411 x 2
9
5/8 x 5
7/8
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Score the 6 x 7
7/8 piece on the short side at
2, 2 7/8, and 3 3/4
fold and insert as shown
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Score the 9
5/8 x 5
7/8 piece on the long side at
3 1/4, 4 1/8, and 5
fold and insert as shown
Score the 7
5/8 x 3
1/4 piece on the long side at
2 5/8, 3 1/2 and 4 3/8
fold and insert as shown
Score the 11 x 2 piece on the
long side at
2
1/4, 3
1/8, 4, 7, 7
7/8 and 8
3/4.
Fold and insert as shown. You may want to glue all the pieces down but I found they could be tucked under the folded edge of the base and they stayed in place. I did glue the folds together so they were good and firm.
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When you are all done the inserts you should have a space for full size cards with envelopes, 3x3 cards with envelopes, 3 spaces for tags and an extra space I used for twine and a pen. You could easily put in more tags if you wish.
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There is lots of potential to decorate the box, lid and all the fun pieces that go inside. I did add ribbon to the Christmas box I made at the top of this post. I will have more details on that closer to the holidays. For now I used some Summer Smooches to make a fun birthday kit.
I got the idea for this from a kit Jill Hillard did a while back. I created the dimensions for mine from scratch but after I did all that I saw Jill did provide some dimensions (that would have made my life easier LOL). Check out her blog at
Jill's Card Creations she has the most amazing ideas!
I hope you like the gift set and I hope the dimensions help.
Thanks for looking!
Janet Y
Hi Janet,
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this wonderful Tutorial .
Heike
Thank you for the tutorial! This is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Can't wait to make it TODAY!! I designated today as my fun stampin' day and I'm gonna love making this gift box!
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ReplyDeleteWow - what a cool gift. Thanks for the tutorial.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Fabulous project and an incredible tutorial. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteFabulous project - I absolutely love it!! Thank you so much for sharing your tutorial (I was one of the many who were asking for it!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I made the Christmas one! I am just in love with it :)
ReplyDeleteJanet,
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful....thank you for sharing
Are you going to offer this as a class for your customers? If so, what will you charge and how long do you think it will take them? I LOVE this and know my customers would too - thank you so much for sharing the tutorial!!
ReplyDeleteI have not thought about doing this as a class but I would most likely go one of two options. Maybe 35 CAD for the project or 75 and they get the Scentsational bundle and the project. I have not given it too much thought. Most of my clients are scrapbookers not card makers :(
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it...wonderful tutorial...thanks for sharing as it's helpful to me.Gift Card envelopes.
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