Hello to all who stumble upon this post today! It is labor day and I am spending the day at home with my kids who are all out of school as am I. This morning I woke up knowing I needed to work on my own homework and work on my lesson plans for this week, but I couldn't fight my creative bug this morning and had to make a little treat.
I got this idea from Split Coast Stampers. If you've never visited, I promise there is so much inspiration for cards, scrapbooks, and paper crafts, you won't be sorry! It is free to become a member and you can browse galleries for projects as well as the forums. I modified my box just a bit to suit my needs, but the tutorial and measurements can be found HERE.
Here is a list of my supplies:
Retired Close To My Heart coordinating papers
CTMH's Liquid Glass
CTMH's Borders
Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
Scissors
Retired CTMH decorative grosgrain ribbon
Dbl sided tacky tape (red rolls)
Pair A Phrase Stamp Set
CTMH Heavenly Ink
CTMH Cocoa Ink
I followed the tutorial for cutting my paper and scoring my paper, but instead of doing the embellished cut around the box top, I used the Kraft borders. Then I used ribbon to help the transition of papers.
On the top of my box, I used my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out these tags. I made the top layer a 2" tag and the bottom layer a 2 1/4" tag. Then I used the pair a phrase stamp set to stamp an image in heavenly blue in the back ground and I used cocoa to stamp the words in the foreground.
Right now I'm working on making flowers to add to the top, but you can do so much with this little box.
Now as you've seen from the tutorial this box can be used for 3x3 cards. But how about a little treat box? Or you could put words of encouragement on slips of paper in the box. There is so much you can do, and the best part is it was made by you, so that makes it more special for the one receiving it. I hope you've enjoyed!
Until next time, happy Craftastic Scrapping!
